Background: Rickettsial infections are re-emerging arthropods born worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Rickettsia, which is responsible for spotted fever and typhus fever. The diagnosis of a rickettsial illness is important for appropriate antibiotic treatment. Aims: The study a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430249
Background: Vaccine acceptance is one thing that must be achieved before the masses can volunteer to be vaccinated. Vaccine acceptance is defined as the individual or group's decision to accept or refuse when presented with an opportunity to vaccinate. Acceptance can be active (a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430250
Background: Previous research has suggested that enteroviruses may be implicated in the development and persistence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). One method of investigating this topic has been to use a polio vaccination challenge, and a previous study showed that CFS patien...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430248
The concept that mosquitos do not transmit HIV was established in the 1980s. The present paper examined the early studies used in formulating the concept, and showed there were significant problems with the studies. The present paper demonstrates a consistent correlation between...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430246
Introduction: An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown reason was named as COVID-19 by WHO and declared as pandemic. It was observed as most people infected with the COVID-19 virus is mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without getting treatment. Older people with chronic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430245
Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mesenchymal tumour composed of variable proportions of adipose tissue and vascular and smooth muscle elements. It can cause potentially life-threatening complications. This report aims to describe a bilateral angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous scler...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430244
Vaccines are one of the most significant innovations of modern science. Worldwide, millions of lives are saved each year by the vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy, which represents the refusal to receive vaccines when vaccination services are available and reachable, is a major obstacle...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430243
Introduction: Malaria, Typhoid fever, urinary schistosomiasis, AIDS and hepatitis B virus disease are major public health problems in the tropical and subtropical countries; they exert a huge burden of morbidity, mortality and economic loss on the populace. Aims: The study invest...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430242
It is great time to know the psychological consequences and know how hoteliers are coping to it because of Covid19 lockdown. Thus we tried to access prevalence of perceived stress and associated factors among hoteliers of Nepal. A hotel based quantitative descriptive cross-sectio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330241
Andrew Ifeanyichukwu Obi, Pius Ononigwe, Faith Ireye, Patrick Okundia, Osamuyi Irowa, Helen Eboreime, Ekaete Tobin, Lauretta Iruobe, Bruce Osa, Uwa Okhuarobo & Kester Okoduwa·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2021
Background: Positivity rate is a very reliable indicator in determining the effectiveness of public health interventions of infectious disease magnitude. Aim: To use positivity rate as performance indicator of effectiveness of COVID-19 Control measures in Edo State, Southern Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330240