Publications by authors named "A M Agina"

Background: Nonunion in scaphoid fractures may be considered a devastating problem. Union failure results in scaphoid deformity, resorption, and bone loss. Failed previous fixation decreases remaining bone stock and makes it more difficult to achieve union.

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One hundred and five patients with Plasmodium falciparum were included, forty-three with cerebral malaria and sixty-two without cerebral manifestations. The main clinical presentations in cerebral malaria patients were fever (76.4%), pallor (72%), splenomegaly (60.

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  • A study involved 26 Yemeni patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL), assessing the efficacy of a C-ELISA test compared to traditional microscopy for diagnosing the disease.
  • The C-ELISA test showed higher sensitivity, identifying additional positive cases missed by microscopy, with 82.3% of patients testing positive on both methods.
  • Among the treated patients, 76.3% responded to sodium antimony gluconate, with the C-ELISA effectively monitoring treatment success by showing a decrease in antibody inhibition in drug-responsive patients.
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Health questionnaires and parasitologic examinations of urine and stool were performed upon a stratified random sample of 14,344 individuals from 1,952 households in 34 rural communities in Gharbia Governorate of Egypt to investigate the prevalence of, risk factors for, and changing pattern of infection with Schistosoma sp. A subset, every fifth household, of 1,973 subjects had physical and ultrasound examinations to investigate prevalence of and risk factors for morbidity. Community prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni ranged from 17.

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210 fishermen and 210 farmers from two Egyptian villages (Gharbia Governorate) were selected. Their main clinical manifestations were terminal haematuria in 17.1% and 10%, dysuria in 16.

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