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J Cancer Educ
October 2023
Laboratory of Health Sciences and Technologies, Epidemiology and Biomedical Unit, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University of Settat, Settat, Morocco.
In Morocco, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer affecting women after breast cancer. Encouraging more women to practice cervical cancer screening remains a major public health concern. There is a lack of data on awareness and of data concerning the determinants of the acceptability of Pap smear test in Morocco.
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December 2018
Professor, Dept. of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Background And Objective: Nodular fasciitis (NF) is a self-limiting, transient neo- plasm composed of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Since it regresses spontaneously, diagnosis by fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology plays a major role in its management.
Methods: We present a series of 8 cases with either FNA or biopsy diagnosis ofNF, and study the major cytological features with a review of literature on diagnostic criteria and its pitfalls.
J Pathog
April 2016
Division of Infectious Disease and Center for Global Health, Northwestern University, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
In Nigeria, one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) burdened nations, sputum smear microscopy is routinely employed for TB diagnosis at Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) Centers. This diagnostic algorithm does not differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) from nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Between December 2008 and January 2009, consecutive patients diagnosed with TB were screened for inclusion at 10 DOTS centers in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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January 2014
Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-stomatology of Bamako, University of Sciences, Technics and Technologies, BP: 1805, Bamako, Mali.
Background: Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is widely used for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Africa. The emergence of resistance to SP is a concern requiring monitoring the effectiveness of SP for IPTp.
Methods: This was an in-vivo efficacy study to determine the parasitological treatment response and the duration of post-treatment prophylaxis among asymptomatic pregnant women receiving SP as part of IPTp in Mali and Burkina-Faso.
Med Pregl
January 2009
Institut za plućne bolesti, Sremska Kamenica.
Cervical cancer is the second most common gynecological malignancy in the world. Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is the leading ethiologic agent in the development of premalignant and malignant cervical diseases. HPV is a member of the Papovaviridae family and until now over 100 types have been recognized There are two types of viral infection: latent and productive.
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