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    • Bacterial Throat Flora in Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia (Hbss) 

      Chintu, C.; Gupta, K.; Osborne, C.; Masona, J. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1983-10)
      ln 181 cases of sickle cell anaemia (Hbs.S) bacterial throat flora was studied. The commonest organisms' isolated in all age groups were alphahaemolytic streptococci of the viridans group ...

    • Differential solubility test for haemoglobin S 

      Bhushan, V.; Chintu, C.; Masona, J. (Bhushan, V. Chintu, C. Masona, J., (1980). Differential solubility test for haemoglobin S. Medical Journal of Zambia. Volume 15 (1), 1980-12)
      Two hundred and seventy-eight blood specimens were examined, both by the Sickle-quik solubility test and haemoglobin electrophoresis on paper. Two hundred and sixty specimens (96.04%) were correctly identified ...

    • Haemophilia in Zambian children. 

      Chintu, C. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1976-06)
      Haemophilia is not as uncommon in Black people as was previously thought (Bullock and Johnson 1957, Gelfand 1945). Several cases of haemophilia have been reported in Africa (Forbes et al 1966, Comperts et al 1969, Robin ...

    • Neuroblastoma - An Unusual Presentation 

      Gupta, K.; Chintu, C.; Dube, M.K. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)
      Neuroblastoma is relatively a common malignant solid tumour in childhood. Half of the cases occur in children two years of age and younger and three quarters before 4 years of age. Neuroblastoma develops ...

    • Tuberculosis and pregnancy 

      Mwaba, P.; Kasolo, F.; Chintu, C.; Kasonka, L. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 2003-01)
      Tuberculosis is a disease of antiquities and it has been there since medieval times though according to literature, It is no older than the first conception of Adam's wife. Despite the extensive studies on tuberculosis ...

    • Tuberculous Manifestations in Children 

      Raghu, M.J.; Patel, Y.S.; Chintu, C.; Chawla, V. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)
      Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease that still ranks high as a public health problem. It occupied the 13th position among the 21 communicable diseases considered as priority problems ...