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The value of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as early markers of bacteraemia among patients with haematological malignancies receiving chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2018-04)The immune system of patients with haematological malignancies is suppressed during chemotherapy. This renders them vulnerable to frequent infections especially of the bacterial type. Timely diagnosis of these infections ... -
Variation in the sensitivity to normal human serum of clone-drived antigenic variants of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) brucei complex trypanosomes
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-04)The present concept of T. rhodesiense sleeping sickness epidemiology rests, to some extent at least, upon the long-held belief that the infectivity for man of Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon rhodesiense and the ... -
Vesico-Ureteric Reflux in Urinary Billharziasis
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1983-07)Cystoscopic, urographic and voiding cystogram findings on 75 consecutive patients with urinary bilharziasis have been presented. 8 cases (14 ureters) showed grade 3 vesicoureteric reflux. An ... -
Vitamin D: the unsought solution to the TB andemic
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2019-01)Tuberculosis has been known to mankind since ancient times. Despite Tuberculosis (TB) having been a major killer from antique time to date and the improvement in diagnostic tools, its eradication still remains a pipedream. ... -
Wuchereria bancrofti: The staining of the microfilarial sheath in giemsa and haematoxyl in for diagnosis.
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-08)Indigenous cases of bancroftian filariasis have recently been identified in the country for the first time. The diagnosis of such infections depends on demonstrating the characteristic ... -
The Zambia health information digest July - September 2001
(University of Zambia Medical Library, 2001-07)Cervical cancer is an important women's reproductive health problem, especially in African countries where many women die from the disease each year. Unlike many cancers, cervical cancer can be prevented. The ... -
The Zambia Health Information Digest July - September 2005
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2005-07)This edition of the Zambia Health Information Digest is dedicated to Traditional Medicine. Traditional medicine has become even more prominent because of the high prevalence of HIV in Zambia. With a number of traditional ... -
Zambia health information digest.
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2004-07)This issue carries a selection of articles on the all-important subject of HIV/AIDS and the different efforts and progress being made towards arresting the pandemic. The main feature article however, is on Obstructive Sleep ... -
Zambia's participation in the WHO collaborative project on recording health problems triaxially:the physical, psychological and social components of primary health care.
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1982-10)There has been increasing recognition by health researchers and clinicians of the importance of social and psychological factors in illness. Moreover, the recent emphasis on primary health care has prompted ...