TY - JOUR T1 - Louse-borne relapsing fever in the Sudan. A historical review and a clinico-pathological study JF - Tropical and geographical medicine Y1 - 1980 A1 - Ahmed,M. A. A1 - Abdel Wahab,S. M. A1 - Abdel Malik,M. O. A1 - Abdel Gadir,A. M. A1 - Salih,S. Y. A1 - Omer,A. A1 - Al Hassan,A. M. SP - 106 EP - 111 KW - humans KW - Insect vectors KW - lice KW - Liver/pathology KW - Relapsing Fever KW - Spleen/pathology KW - Sudan AB - A small outbreak of louse-borne relapsing fever in Khartoum (May-June 1974) provided material for a clinico-pathological study. The history of the disease in the Sudan is reviewed and the clinical and laboratory findings in 32 patients are presented. Fever, headache, jaundice, epistaxis and hepatosplenomegaly were the commonest clinical findings; thrombocytopenia was detected in 93% of cases. Although elevated levels of fibrin degradation products were found in most patients, disseminated intravascular coagulation could not be diagnosed. Hepatocellular derangement was found in 68% of cases, while 78% had high blood urea. In five autopsied bodies there was bronchopneumonia, interstitial edema with focal myocardial fibrosis, hepatic necrosis, splenic infarcts, increase in size and cellularity of the glomeruli and brain edema and congestion. Intracranial haemorrhage was found in three of the autopsied cases. CY - NETHERLANDS VL - 32 SN - 0041-3232 IS - 2 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 0376231; ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Louse-borne relapsing fever and its treatment JF - Tropical and geographical medicine Y1 - 1995 A1 - Rahlenbeck,S. I. A1 - Gebre-Yohannes,A. SP - 49 EP - 52 KW - animals KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage/therapeutic use KW - Borrelia KW - Clinical Trials KW - Ethiopia KW - humans KW - Insect vectors KW - Lice/parasitology KW - Relapsing Fever CY - NETHERLANDS VL - 47 SN - 0041-3232 IS - 2 N1 - LR: 20041117; JID: 0376231; 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents); RF: 35; ppublish ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The low income preschools in Benin City: some health aspects of the children JF - Tropical and Geographical Medicine Y1 - 1988 A1 - Goyea,H. S. SP - 369 EP - 372 KW - Africa KW - Nigeria KW - Pediculosis KW - schools VL - 40 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Louse-borne relapsing fever JF - Tropical and Geographical Medicine Y1 - 1994 A1 - Debeer,P. A. M. SP - 192 EP - 192 VL - 46 IS - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Louse-borne relapsing fever - a clinical and an epidemiologic- study of 389 patients in Asella hospital, Ethiopia JF - Tropical and Geographical Medicine Y1 - 1993 A1 - Borgnolo,G. A1 - Hailu,B. A1 - Ciancarelli,A. A1 - Almaviva,M. A1 - Woldemariam,T. SP - 66 EP - 69 KW - Borrelia KW - Ethiopia KW - louse borne KW - Pediculus KW - Relapsing Fever AB - An outbreak of louse-borne relapsing fever, due to the return of soldiers to their original recruitment areas, after the end of thirty years of fighting in northern Ethiopia, was reported in Arsi region, southern Ethiopia. The epidemic spread to different members of the community and eventually the schools. We studied 389 patients affected by the epidemic and who were admitted to Asella Hospital between June 1991 and May 1992. Twenty-seven per cent of the patients were ex-soldiers; 28% were students, who were admitted to the hospital since the schools were opened after the summer vacations. The common clinical features of the disease were fever (99%), headache (92%), hepatosplenomegaly (66%), myalgia (55%), arthralgia (51%), petechial rash (43%), epistaxis (24%) and jaundice (23%). Observed complications were pneumonia (10%), pulmonary edema (6%), myocarditis (3%) and 6 abortions in 15 pregnancies. Patients were treated with low dose penicillin anti I.V. fluids. The in-hospital case fatality rate was 3.6%. Jarisch- Herxheimer reaction occurred in 43% of the patients. 1.8% of the patients had relapses after treatment. VL - 45 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemiology of common transmissible skin diseases among primary school children in North West Ethiopia JF - Tropical and Geographical Medicine Y1 - 1991 A1 - Dagnew,M. B. A1 - Erwin,G. SP - 152 EP - 155 KW - Children KW - Ethiopia KW - infections KW - Infestation KW - Prevalence KW - school KW - skin KW - transmission AB - A total of 1842 school children were examined for the occurrence of common transmissible skin infections in a rural area in North-West Ethiopia. The result showed a prevalence rate of 49.2%. Tinea capitis, impetigo, infected wounds and verrucae vulgaris were common. In addition the overall prevalence rate of lice infestation was 55.4%. The findings indicated the need to develop appropriate intervention programmes both at school and community levels. VL - 43 IS - 1-2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Epidemiology and control of human head louse in Malaysia JF - Tropical and Geographical Medicine Y1 - 1983 A1 - Sinniah,B. A1 - Sinniah,D. A1 - Rajeswari,B. SP - 337 EP - 342 VL - 35 IS - 4 ER -