Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) poses a great public health problem in India, occurring both in epidemics and sporadically. Although bacteria, viruses and protozoan parasites may cause encephalitis, among these; the viruses are the most common and important cause of encephaliti...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i130119
With reference my article ‘How Malaria is Practically Eradicated in Malaysia – A Reminiscence’ (AJRID, Jan 6, 2020), me seem to have left out writing on the present availability, role and impact of vaccines against malaria. The only approved vaccine RTS,S, known by the trade name...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i130120
In 2010, 99 countries reported current malaria transmission, causing an estimated 219 million cases and 660,000 deaths, the deaths mostly in young children in Africa. In Malaysia, the country started on a Malaria Eradication Programme, MEP, in the third quarter of the past centur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i130118
The purpose of the present study was to establish experimental model of toxoplasmosis in pigeons, to investigate pathogenesis and compare tissue lesions by clinical, histopathological, serological and bioassay techniques. Total of 60 unknown aged pigeons (Columba livia), 21 males...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i130117
Bacterial Meningitis (BM) is the most common serious infection of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). This research aims to determine the mineral composition and to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of the Juice Extract of Allium Sativum, Ethanolic Extr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i130116
Maryam Ibrahim Rimi, Isaac Agyigraa, Kelechi N. Nkwazema, Abubakar Yakubu Jajere, Astaharam Ardo Jabbo, Sumayya Ibrahim Ango & Muhammad Kabir·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2019
This is a case study of the incidence of diphtheria in National Ear Care Centre Kaduna. Samples included all patients presented with diphtheria symptoms referred to the hospital from October to December; 2018. A total of 8 patients were referred and several samples taken for labo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i430115
Aims: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of eosinopenia on 28-day mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABSI). Methods: A retrospective study was designed to evaluate the impact of eosinopenia on 28-day mortality in SABSI. Results: Patien...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i430114
Aims: To determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Rifampicin resistance among patients attending General Hospital, Mararaba. Study Design: This was a descriptive health-based research that involved clinically suspected tuberculosis patients whose sputum samp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i430113
The objective of the study is to understand the seasonal variation in influenza incidence across multiple Indian states by using diagnostic laboratories data of influenza. Materials and Methods: Diagnostic laboratory-based data of subjects who were tested for influenza between 1s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i430112
Accidental exposure to blood (AEB) constitutes a risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus especially amongst health workers. This study aims to describe accidental exposure to blood and post exposure management five years after...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i430111