Le diagnostic repose sur des tests sanguins pour détecter les anticorps ou l'ARN viral.
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Des tests cutanés et des analyses de crachats sont utilisés pour diagnostiquer la tuberculose.
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Comment identifier le paludisme ?
Le paludisme est diagnostiqué par des frottis sanguins ou des tests rapides de détection.
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Les signes incluent fièvre, douleurs musculaires et éruption cutanée, nécessitant des tests sanguins.
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Quels sont les symptômes de la dengue ?
Fièvre, douleurs articulaires, éruptions cutanées et fatigue sont des symptômes courants.
DengueSymptômes
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Quels symptômes de la tuberculose ?
Toux persistante, perte de poids, sueurs nocturnes et fatigue sont typiques de la tuberculose.
TuberculoseSymptômes
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Quels signes de paludisme ?
Fièvre, frissons, maux de tête et fatigue intense sont des signes fréquents du paludisme.
PaludismeSymptômes
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Quels symptômes de la leptospirose ?
Fièvre, douleurs musculaires, maux de tête et conjonctivite peuvent indiquer une leptospirose.
LeptospiroseSymptômes
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Quels symptômes du choléra ?
Diarrhée aqueuse sévère, vomissements et déshydratation rapide sont des symptômes du choléra.
CholéraSymptômes
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Comment prévenir la dengue ?
Éliminer les eaux stagnantes et utiliser des répulsifs contre les moustiques aide à prévenir la dengue.
DenguePrévention
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Quelles mesures pour prévenir la tuberculose ?
La vaccination BCG et le dépistage régulier sont essentiels pour prévenir la tuberculose.
TuberculosePrévention
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Comment prévenir le paludisme ?
Utiliser des moustiquaires imprégnées et prendre des médicaments prophylactiques aide à prévenir le paludisme.
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Éviter les eaux contaminées et porter des vêtements de protection réduit le risque de leptospirose.
LeptospirosePrévention
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Comment prévenir le choléra ?
Boire de l'eau potable et se laver les mains régulièrement sont cruciaux pour prévenir le choléra.
CholéraPrévention
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5
#1
Quel traitement pour la dengue ?
Le traitement est symptomatique, avec des analgésiques et une hydratation adéquate.
DengueTraitement
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Comment traiter la tuberculose ?
La tuberculose est traitée par une combinaison d'antibiotiques sur plusieurs mois.
TuberculoseTraitement
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Quel traitement pour le paludisme ?
Le paludisme est traité avec des antipaludiques comme la chloroquine ou l'artémisinine.
PaludismeTraitement
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Des antibiotiques comme la doxycycline sont utilisés pour traiter la leptospirose.
LeptospiroseTraitement
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CholéraTraitement
Complications
5
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Quelles complications de la dengue ?
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DengueComplications
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TuberculoseComplications
#3
Quelles complications du paludisme ?
Le paludisme peut entraîner des anémies sévères, des défaillances organiques et la mort.
PaludismeComplications
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Quelles complications de la leptospirose ?
Les complications incluent des lésions rénales, hépatiques et des troubles respiratoires.
LeptospiroseComplications
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Quelles complications du choléra ?
Les complications majeures sont la déshydratation sévère et le choc hypovolémique.
CholéraComplications
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels sont les facteurs de risque de la dengue ?
Les facteurs incluent vivre dans des zones tropicales et avoir des antécédents de dengue.
DengueFacteurs de risque
#2
Quels facteurs de risque pour la tuberculose ?
Les facteurs incluent la malnutrition, le VIH et le surpeuplement dans les zones urbaines.
TuberculoseFacteurs de risque
#3
Quels sont les facteurs de risque du paludisme ?
Vivre dans des zones endémiques et ne pas utiliser de protection contre les moustiques augmentent le risque.
PaludismeFacteurs de risque
#4
Quels facteurs de risque pour la leptospirose ?
Les personnes travaillant dans l'agriculture ou vivant près de l'eau sont à risque accru.
LeptospiroseFacteurs de risque
#5
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L'accès limité à l'eau potable et une mauvaise hygiène augmentent le risque de choléra.
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Centre for Dengue Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU), Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Centre for Dengue Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU), Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU), Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
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Alcohol imposes a significant burden on health, social and economic systems in Sri Lanka. In the present economic crisis taxes on alcohol provides necessary revenue increases. Yet, the perception of t...
This opinion survey was conducted with the aim to understand the public's awareness on alcohol harm, alcohol industry influences, barriers and facilitators for implementing alcohol control policies in...
A street intercept survey among 997 participants (with a ratio of 2:1 for males and females) selected through a cluster sampling method responded to an interviewer administered questionnaire. Bivariat...
Among the respondents, 36.1% have consumed alcohol at least once in their lifetime and 29.1% have consumed alcohol during the past 12 months with a significant gender difference (females - 2.8%; males...
The majority of the public, including people who consume alcohol, are supportive of improving alcohol related policies, including taxes, and acknowledge negative impact of alcohol consumption on the c...
Deliberate self-poisoning using pesticides as a means of suicide is an important public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Three highly toxic pesticides-dimethoate, fenthion, and para...
To explore the association of pesticide bans with pesticide self-poisonings and in-hospital deaths....
In this cross-sectional study with an interrupted time series design, data were prospectively collected on all patients with deliberate self-poisonings presenting to 10 Sri Lankan hospitals between Ma...
Implementation of 2 sets of pesticide bans....
The main outcomes were changes in hospital presentations and in-hospital deaths related to pesticide self-poisoning as measured using segmented Poisson regression....
A total of 79 780 patients (median [IQR] age, 24 [18-34] years; 50.1% male) with self-poisoning from all causes were admitted to the study hospitals, with 29 389 poisonings (36.8%) due to pesticides. ...
These findings support the restriction of acutely toxic pesticides in resource-poor countries to help reduce hospitalization for and deaths from deliberate self-poisonings and caution against arbitrar...
Neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported from many countries around the world, including the South Asian region. This surveillance study aimed to describe the spectrum of...
COVID-19 patients manifesting neurological disorders one week prior and up to six weeks after infection were recruited from all the neurology centres of the government hospitals in Sri Lanka from May ...
One hundred and eighty-four patients with neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19 were recruited from all nine provinces in Sri Lanka. Ischaemic stroke (31%) was the commonest neurologica...
The spectrum and frequencies of COVID-19 associated neurological disorders in Sri Lanka were similar to that reported from other countries, with strokes and encephalopathy being the commonest. Requiri...
A new type of viral pneumonia, which has been named Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and has spread across the world since then. It has claimed more than 370 million c...
Data on COVID-19 from March 2020 to January 2022 were obtained from published databases maintained by the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka and information regarding populations...
In Sri Lanka, the first case of COVID-19 was a Chinese national and the first local case was identified in the second week of March. As of 31...
COVID-19 is an emerging public health problem in Western and Southern Sri Lanka where the population density is high. A decreasing trend of COVID-19 cases showed in all provinces after September 2021....
Many medicine quality problems are detected after they arrive at health facilities. Thus, critically defective medicines that may pose health risks to patients need to be withheld or recalled....
To investigate the withheld and recalled medicines in relation to the types of defects, their total numbers, therapeutic categories, pharmaceutical dosage forms, and country of manufacturer during the...
A retrospective review was performed on withheld and recalled medicines published on the publicly available National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) official website in Sri Lanka between June 20...
A total of 163 defects were identified in 143 defective medicines, among which the most common types of defects were contamination (n = 59, 36.2%), stability defects (n = 41, 25.2%), packaging and lab...
This study revealed that contamination was the most frequent cause of defective medicines, while parenteral preparations and anti-infectives were the most susceptible pharmaceutical dosage form and th...
Under-five mortality (U5M) is considered a major public health issue directly impacts a country's development. This study analyzed the prognostic factors of U5M in Sri Lanka using data from the 2016 D...
Kolonnawa marsh (KM) is an important wetland ecosystem in Colombo district, Sri Lanka that provides essential ecosystem services, and has undergone significant changes over recent decades due to conti...
There is limited evidence on the prevalence of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and its association with risk factors and socioeconomic status (SES) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the...
To estimate the prevalence of IHD in Sri Lanka, determine its associated risk factors and its association with SES....
We analysed data from 6,513 adults aged ≥18 years examined in the 2018/19 Sri Lanka Health and Ageing Study. We used the Rose angina questionnaire to classify participants as having angina (Angina+) a...
We estimated prevalence of History+ of 3.9% (95% CI 3.3%-4.4%) and Angina+ of 3.0% (95% CI 2.4%-3.5%) in adults aged 18 years and over. The prevalence of Angina+ was higher in women than men (3.9% vs....
All four serotypes of the dengue virus (DENV1-4) cause a phenotypically similar illness, but serial infections from different serotypes increase the risk of severe disease. Thus, genomic surveillance ...