S Awasthi

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..To assess the prevalence of asthma and wheeze and factors associated with it in children aged 6-7 and 13-14 years...

..However, since there is better adherence and lower drug costs associated with biweekly IFA administration, this can be considered for programme use...

..The aim of this study was to examine the possible contribution of genetic variants in the TNF and FCGR2A genes in determining severity/resistance to P. falciparum malaria in Indian subjects...

..Using tuberculosis (TB) in India as an example, we examined the population impact of two interventions: direct observation of therapy and increasing case-finding...

..In Uttar Pradesh there is meager data for spending on health care in general and neonates in particular...

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..More than a third of the world's children are infected with intestinal nematodes. Current control approaches emphasise treatment of school age children, and there is a lack of information on the effects of deworming preschool children...

..Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce a locally modified community IMNCI program here, for promoting care seeking from qualified providers for sick neonates...

..The current study assessed the seasonal trend in cases admitted with intussusceptions and dehydrating acute watery diarrhoea in children aged 2 months to 10 years...

..Intestinal worm infestation is widely prevalent in developing countries and can result in impaired nutrition and development...

..04, 95% confidence interval: - 0.035-0.12). We conclude that there was no difference in effectiveness of oral co-trimoxazole or amoxycillin in treating non-severe pneumonia...

..To assess the impact of a behaviour change communication (BCC) intervention on qualified medical care-seeking for sick newborns in urban Lucknow, northern India...

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..5%) knew that iron intake will improve it. They relied on "doctors" (86.7%) for anemia prevention...

..5-1 year of age in populations with a high transmission rate of intestinal roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides. It was a cluster randomized trial in the urban slums of Lucknow, North India...

..To study the clinical efficacy and the incremental cost-effectiveness of albendazole in improving the nutritional status of pre-school children...

..To assess the protective effectiveness of BCG vaccination against tuberculous meningitis, while controlling for age, nutrition and socio-economic status, in children 1 month to 12 years of age...

..A high degree of strain diversity of rotavirus G and P types was detected. Rotavirus was found to be associated with dehydrating diarrhoea, particularly in children aged 0-7 months, placing them at increased risk of mortality...

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..Rotavirus excretion was highest (50%) when all three symptoms (diarrhea, vomiting and fever) occurred in the same child. A planned study for surveillance of rotavirus serotypes is required from this area...

..To assess serum homocysteine levels and its association with conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Indian adolescents...

..To assess the satisfaction of parents with the immunization services and its association with their sociodemographic characteristics...

..014 to 0.45. These estimates may provide useful information for the design of epidemiological studies in which the sampled (or allocated) units range in size from households to large administrative zones...

..This study was conducted to compare physicians' diagnosis with Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) algorithm generated diagnosis in hospitalized children aged 2-59 months...

..Prevalence of resistance to various antimicrobial drugs among S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae was estimated...

..pneumoniae DNA. Chlamydia sp. have an important role in CAP in children < 5 years and for early diagnosis of infection, use of more than one method i.e. PCR and serology both is advisable...

..To find out the suitable factors for raising the coverage of immunization...

..In developing countries with limited investigative facilities it can be used for identification and selective referral of patients with a higher risk of death to specialized centres. This study validates the predictive value of the MGCS...

..Costs incurred at a later time are discounted. Such evaluations help us make informed decision to choose between various health interventions. Their increasing use in health research in the developing countries is needed...

..4x) and 4.31 h of electrophoresis at 4.6 V cm(-1) electric field strength. Modified agarose gel electrophoresis can replace other methods as a simplified alternative for routine detection of rotavirus where it is not in practice...

..Influenzae from nasopharyngeal swab. Cotrimoxazole resistant S. pneumoniae were isolated from 95% of cases and 41.2 % of controls (P = 0. 0004). Therefore, the role of zinc in treatment of severe pneumonia should be investigated...

..9 % were type II and 16.6 % were type III. Most of the strains belonging to biotypes III-VIII were ampicillin sensitive. Ampicillin resistance is significantly more common in biotype I and serotype b than in other biotypes and serotypes...

..56 +/- 20.04 micrograms/dL: P value =.003). The zinc levels were also similar among those with and without exclusive breast-feeding. Studies on the clinical benefits of zinc supplementation in young infants are needed...

..There was no significant association with any of the clinical, laboratory and radiological variables in children with pneumonia by the atypical pathogen...

..AIMS, SETTINGS AND DESIGN: We have investigated the association of IL-4, IL-6, and TNF-alpha gene polymorphisms and analyzed the data to evaluate the effect of these polymorphisms on the pathogenesis and clinical course of INS...

..89 (1.83 to 4.55)), and non-adherence with treatment at day 5 (11.57 (7.4 to 18.0)). CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with oral amoxicillin for three days was as effective as for five days in children with non-severe pneumonia...

..We developed an intervention of behaviour change management, with a focus on prevention of hypothermia, aimed at modifying practices and reducing neonatal mortality...

..The methods proposed here could easily be adapted to evaluate the results of such experiments...