Addo Prince Clement, Gumah Bernard, Ato Kwamena Sagoe, Ohemeng Asare Andy, Kulbo Nora Bakabbey, Takyi Nyankom Lydia & Kulbo Bassamar Dora·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Wearing of face mask has become the new norm and a requirement for accessing public spaces. The current study explored the drives of self-regulation towards the purchase and use of face masks for actor wellbeing and public safety. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey approa...
The present study was aimed to compare the changes of physiochemical composition, antioxidant activities of fermented apple juice with non-fermented apple juice by two commercial lactic acid bacteria (LAB), Lactobacillus casei CICC 20975 and Lactobacillus bulgaricus CICC 21101. T...
Laura Nyawira Wangai, Shadrack Kimenju Kahiro, Kenny Kimani Kamau, David Waweru Nderu, Immaculate Marwa Nyaiseba, David Butto Amarch, Mark Kilongosi Webale & Elly Munde·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Malaria continues to cause enormous human suffering throughout most of the tropics and subtropics. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, it is estimated that about two million children die each year due to malaria. Vector control and malaria chemotherapy strategies that were previously ef...
Adedeji Okikiade, Ikeokwu Anderson, Twanna Browne-Caesar, Kevin Brown, Rebecca Lawrence, Daniel E. Osieme & O. Funmilayo Janet·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Background: More than 100 human diseases are due at least in part to an inappropriate immune system response that results in damage to an individual’s organs, tissues, or cells. Immunological diseases can affect any part of the body, and have myriad clinical manifestations that c...
Jefferson Asare Danquah, Albert Opoku, Thomas Boansi Gyamerah, Monica Pili Bernard, Prince Twene & Rebecca Kuma·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Introduction: Universal and global accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination is a vital tool for the reduction in the rate of infection, the severity of symptoms, the occurrence of death, and the acquiring of herd immunity. This is the major strategy in the reduction of the global so...
Bing Guan, Wei Ma, Dejun Ji, Xinyi Yang, Shiming Ye, Yanxian Wang & Haiyong Sun·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an allergic disease of the upper respiratory tract, becoming a global health problem with its mechanism still not clearly explained. To unveil the pathogenesis and immunology of AR, a transcriptomic assay was executed between the AR patient and control w...
Coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] belongs to the class of coronaviruses - one of a group of RNA[ribonucleic acid] viruses that infect animals and humans, primarily the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract and these are zoonotic, meaning that they can be transmitted betw...
Usman Salahuddeen Abdullahi, Mudassir Lawal, Jaya Bharti, Zainul Abidina Garba & Yusuf Yahaya Miya·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Background: Immune mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common manifestation of autoimmune disease in children. Although patients often present with bruises, petechiae, and some mucosal bleeding, the incidence of life-threatening hemorrhage is rare (0.2-0.9%) but can be fatal whe...
Background: A determine prevalence and identify risk factors of malignancy in autoimmune rheumatic diseases were important for raising awareness of the association between autoimmune rheumatic diseases and malignancy leading to more effective treatments. Objective: To determine p...
Adedeji Okikiade, Ikeokwu Anderson, Olayinka Afolayan-Oloye, Olanrewaju Adeola O. & Mane Paulpillai·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Background: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (TID), is a disease that has long been connoted to as insulin-dependent, childhood-onset, young adult-onset or juvenile onset diabetes with essential insulin deficiency that requires daily insulin administration with peak onset during puberty...