Tuberculosis is the oldest documented infectious diseases in humans and they still cause significant morbidity and mortality. Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a growing hazard to human health worldwide and threat to control of tuberculosis. WHO estimates 3.2% inciden...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i230161
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Letter to the Editor: Neonatal Coronavirus Disease-2019: Presentation and Management”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i230164
Under-five mortality is among the major public health problems in developing countries, the rate of which is an important factor for a country’s development. For this reason, under-five mortality status is an important outcome to measure for children’s health. This study uses the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130160
Background: The emergence and the spread of the novel coronavirus or the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a devastating impact on the economy and has become a pressing issue globally. Due to the significant increase in the number of confirme...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130159
Enterococci despite being a normal commensal is of great health concern since it can become virulent. Hence the study investigated the prevalence of Enterococci infection and two tertiary health institutions (Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130158
A. S. M. Sarwar, Khandaker Sabit Bin Razzak, Anika Bushra, Mohammad Nabil Hossain, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Shirin Tarafder, Ashfa Mahjuba, Sabrina Rahman, Md. Evangel Islam Anik & Tah-Ima-Tabassum .·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2020
Identifying the effects of temperature on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is essential for modelling studies and guiding intervention strategies all over the world. The aim of the study is to understand the effect of temperature on global epidemic trends, geographic distr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130156
Background: The sanitary state of the environment and general hygiene has long been known to play a critical role in the cause and spread of infectious diseases, be it directly or indirectly. Objective: This study was aimed at exploring the implications of some WASH practices...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i130157
Malaria is a life threatening infectious disease that has affected economic development in many parts of the world. Although preventable, malaria has claimed the lives of thousands of individuals in endemic African countries. Antimalarial drug resistance, lack of vaccines in clin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430155
Background: Safe and appropriate feeding is a key intervention that can prevent mother to child transmission of HIV. This study aimed at determining the level of knowledge, attitude and current practice of primary health care (PHC) workers in Uyo of the recommended infant feeding...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430154
Lung cancer is known as lung carcinoma. It is a disease which is malignant tumor leading to the uncontrolled cell growth in the lung tissue. Lung cancer is caused generally by smoking and the use of tobacco products. It is classified into two broad Small-cell lung Carcinomas and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430153