Latent tuberculosis infection and diagnostic performance of the tuberculin skin test among type 2 diabetics in Sana'a city, Yemen.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most widespread infectious diseases worldwide, typically persisting in the body as a latent TB infection (LTBI). Patients with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of LTBI progressing to active TB. Therefore, this study determined the prevalence and predictors of LTBI and assessed the agreement between tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) in diagnosing LTBI among type 2 diabetics in Sana'a city, Yemen.

COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among healthcare workers in Yemen.

Background: Acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine by healthcare workers (HCWs) can affect its acceptability by the general population.

Aim: To assess COVD-19 vaccine acceptability among HCWs in Sana'a, Yemen.

Methods: We conducted a multicentre cross-sectional study among 391 HCWs in Sana'a, Yemen, from January to March 2022.

Malaria and dengue in Hodeidah city, Yemen: High proportion of febrile outpatients with dengue or malaria, but low proportion co-infected.

Background: The emergence of dengue in malaria-endemic countries with limited diagnostic resources, such as Yemen, can be problematic because presumptive treatment of febrile cases as being malaria is a common practice. Co-infections with dengue and malaria are often overlooked and misdiagnosed as being a mono-infection because of clinical similarities. In Hodeidah city, Yemen, the capacity to conduct the diagnosis can be aggravated by the war context.

Analysis of Intravenous Urography Findings in a Tertiary Reference Center.

Objective: To analyze intravenous urography (IVU) findings in a tertiary reference center.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective, observational study was conducted in a tertiary reference center. The radiology reports of 1,470 patients subjected to IVU in the period from January 2008 to December 2012 were retrieved from the tertiary reference center databases.

A community-based survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in rural areas of Taiz governorate, Yemen: the risk of waterborne transmission.

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic coccidian parasite causing morbidity and mortality. In Yemen, T. gondii infection has been reported among pregnant women seeking healthcare in the main cities.

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among Yemeni children residing in malaria-endemic areas of Hodeidah governorate and evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for its detection.

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, the most common genetic enzymopathy worldwide, is associated with an acute haemolytic anaemia in individuals exposed to primaquine. The present study aimed to determine G6PD deficiency among Yemeni children in malaria-endemic areas as well as to assess the performance of the CareStart™ G6PD rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for its detection.

Methods: A cross-sectional study recruiting 400 children from two rural districts in Hodeidah governorate was conducted.