| a case-control study of stillbirths at a teaching hospital in zambia, 1979-80: serological investigations for selected infectious agents. | sera were obtained from 266 mothers of singleton stillborn babies (cases) and 266 mothers of live-born babies (controls), matched for parity, who delivered at the university teaching hospital, lusaka, zambia, between october 1979 and april 1980. tests were performed on 262 samples from cases and 261 from controls. the microhaemagglutination assay for treponema pallidum (mha-tp) was reactive in 54% of cases and 29% of controls; the rapid plasma reagin (rpr) 18-mm circle card test was reactive at ... | 1984 | 6334574 |
| a case-control study of stillbirths occurring at the university teaching hospital, lusaka: serological investigations. | to explore the probability of intrauterine infections in the etiology of stillbirth, sera from 266 mothers of consecutive singleton stillborn babies (cases) and 266 mothers of liveborn babies (controls) delivered at the university teaching hospital were screened for the presence of antibodies against syphilis, cytomegalovirus, herpes, and hepatitis b virus between october 1979-april 1980. highly significant differences between cases and controls were observed only in the case of syphilis. the ... | 1983 | 6673412 |
| lung diseases at necropsy in african children dying from respiratory illnesses: a descriptive necropsy study. | accurate information about specific causes of death in african children dying of respiratory illnesses is scarce, and can only be obtained by autopsy. we undertook a study of children who died from respiratory diseases at university teaching hospital, lusaka, zambia. | 2002 | 12383668 |
| haematuria frequency syndrome in patients with positive hiv serology: observations in zambia. | observations are presented on 9 patients recently treated in the university teaching hospital, lusaka, zambia, for painful urinary frequency, suprapubic pain and microscopic and/or macroscopic haematuria without any demonstrable urinary tract infection. at cystoscopy the bladder mucosa of all patients depicted a highly characteristic, uniformly congested appearance with no demonstrable ulcers; there was no significant reduction in bladder capacity. the histological appearance was essentially non ... | 1991 | 2004224 |