Objective: This study aimed to assess the current community’s perception status of dengue fever in the (Yuhana Abad) slum area of Lahore. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in Yuhana Abad, a suburb of Lahore, Pakistan. It is the largest majority Christian...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i2215
Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a highly fatal, but uncommon viral disease which causes viral infection accompanied by hemorrhage and fever. It is caused by Marburg virus (MARV), a zoonotic virus belonging to the family of viruses known as Filoviridae, a single stranded RNA negati...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i2213
Background: Superficial fungal infections (SFIs) are common and have considerable negative impact on school children in tropics. Objectives: The study compared the prevalence and pattern of SFI among primary school pupils in an agrarian (Ukpor) and commercial (Nnewi) communities...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i2214
It remains unclear how human diseases are distributed spatially and temporally in Bangladesh. A retrospective epidemiological study was conducted using Bangladesh National Health Surveillance Data from 2000 to 2016, examining the risk factors, transmission mode, and treatment of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i230305
Identification of commonly encountered pathogens and their comprehensive understanding has become the utmost requirement for oncologists to treat the disease. (1) Human brucellosis is one of them. This is class B bioterrorist agent and one of the highly neglected tropical disease...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i130304
Abdulwasiu Oladele Hassan, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, David Toluwani Ajayi, Adeyemo Abolaji Tolulope, Chinelo Chioma Madekwe, Chika Chizitelu Madekwe, Justina N. Ikpenwa & Sarah Nakyeyune·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2022
Coronaviruses have become a global health threat over the past two decades as their geographical spread has accelerated. Coronavirus disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 The epidemic caused by (SARS-CoV-2). The first known c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i130303
Kidney transplant recipients are immunocompromised and have been under the spotlight during the COVD-19 pandemic. In our ICU 27.7% of patients received remdesivir as compared to the previous study in which no remdesivir therapy was administered. We did not report any deterioratio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i130302
Background: Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized and require respiratory support than non-pregnant women. There is little published data on Remdesivir use in pregnant women with COVID-19. We aimed to investigate the clinical course and obstetric outcome...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i130301
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) causes monkey pox infection which is a zoonotic disease with symptoms presentation similar to smallpox. The disease has a public health significance as it affects humans and animals worldwide. It is usually self-limiting but may be acute in some people. Tra...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i130299
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “ Assessing the Quality of Sepsis Management in an African Island ”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i430300
Background: Viral hepatitis C (HCV) is a global health challenge affecting at least 3.3% of the world population. Sub-Saharan Africa still battles with under diagnosis, and poor access to diagnostic facilities occasioned by a lack of manpower/facilities to treat infected persons...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i430297
Monkeypox virus is an Orthopoxvirus of the Poxviridae family that is of zoonotic origin. It is a double-stranded DNA virus similar to the eradicated smallpox virus. Monkeypox disease caused by this virus is mainly endemic to western and central African region. The disease has now...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i430296
Aim: This study was conducted to the faculty of medicine at Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan to study the Prevalence, Factors, and Perception against Covid-19 Vaccine Uptakes among Clinical Years students. Background: Medical students are among the frontline healthcare prov...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i430295
Background Information: Survival of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has increased since the emergency of High active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996. Methodology: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study design. The study population consisted of those diagnosed for...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i430294
The existence of garbage in everyday life can not be separated from human behavior that litters. Lack of public awareness in disposing of waste results in an unhealthy environment. An unhealthy environment triggers the emergence of various diseases, one of which is a disease caus...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i330293