Wound healing effect of methanolic leaf extract of Napoleona vogelii (Family: Lecythidaceae) in rats.

Objective: To investigate the wound healing property of Napoleona vogelii leaf extract in folkloric medicine.

Methods: Both sexes of adult albino rats (n=25) were used in this study and another group (n=30) were subjected to acute toxicity test (LD50) of the plant extract. For the LD50, three randomized groups of 5 rats were first treated with 10, 100, 1 000 mg/kg body weight (bw), orally.

A comparative laboratory diagnosis of malaria: microscopy versus rapid diagnostic test kits.

Objective: To compare the two methods of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria.

Methods: RDTs and microscopy were carried out to diagnose malaria. Percentage malaria parasitaemia was calculated on thin films and all non-acute cases of plasmodiasis with less than 0.