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Experience of Loneliness and Social Support during COVID-19 Confinement: A Nation-wide self-Assessment among Undergraduates of Nepal

Kushalata Baral, Maginsh Dahal, Sudip Khanal, Poonam Subedi, Kabita Pathak, Akriti Kafle & Pratikshya Gurung · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

In the account of the social nature of human beings, the given difficult circumstance due to COVID-19 may call upon social loneliness, emotional loneliness, and moreover, lack of perceived social support. We aim to elucidate by assessing the level of loneliness and the level of s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i130227

Potential Bat-like Rotavirus in Hospitalized Children with Diarrhea from the Dominican Republic

Lurys Bourdett-Stanziola, Edwing Centeno, Johan Nordgren, Armando A. Durant-Archibold, Eduardo Ortega-Barría & Filemón Bucardo · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Interspecies transmission is an important aspect of rotavirus evolution and is enhanced by the close contact between humans and animals. The role of bats as a reservoir or intermediary host for viruses associated with human gastroenteritis is poorly understood, but there are repo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i130225

Postoperative Pernicious Malarial Crisis in Patient Coming Back from an Endemic Area

Said Khallikane, Rachid Seddiki, Younes Aissaoui, Issam Serghini, Youssef Qamouss, Ayoub Belhadj, Hassan Alaoui & Mohamed Boughalem · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

The case of a young Moroccan doctor who spent Four months in Congo as part of an international humanitarian military mission; he underwent surgery under spinal anesthesia for an anal fissure a week after being returned to Morocco, In the seventh-day postoperative period, acute re...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430224

Co-Evolution of the Presence of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets and Plasmodium falciparum Welch, 1897 Prevalence in Cahata Village (Benguela Province, Angola) during a Village Scale Long-Term of Malaria Vector Control Program

P. Carnevale, J. C. Toto, V. Foumane, S. Carnevale & F. Gay · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

A long term village scale vector control programme was implemented since 2007 in 8 villages around Balombo town (Benguela Province) to compare the efficacy of 4 methods of vector control (1,2). One of them are deltamethrin treated Long Lasting Nets (“LLIN”) “Perma©Net 2.0” with a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430223

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Positivity and Sensitivity in Invasive Bloodstream Infections Using Automated Bactec in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of North India

Pankaj Katoch & Vipin Roach · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most commonly encountered gram-negative aerobic bacilli in the differential diagnosis of several probable hospital-acquired infections. Hence, the present study is designed to determine the Pseudomonas positivity and sensitivity in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430222

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Specialist Hospital Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria

Halima Isa, Mohammed Bashir & Mohammed Bilyaminu · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Aims: To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Specialist Hospital Yola. Study Design:  The prevalence of Hepatitis C was ascertained among pregnant women attending antenatal care in specialist hospital Yola, Adamawa State. Anti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430221

Toxoplasma Pericarditis in an Immunocompetent Child- A Rare Case Report

Pallavi Punhani, Neha Madan, Satnam Kaur & Sunil Ranga · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii which is an obligate intracellular parasite. Among all the parasites known to cause myocarditis or pericarditis, the most commonly found is Chaga’s Disease or American Trypanosomiasis. Several other...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430220

Evaluation of the « Time/Risk » Probability of being Infected and its Evolution Before/After a Long Term Village Scale Malaria Vector Control Programme in Angola

P. Carnevale, N. Carnevale & G. Carnevale · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Three main entomological indicators are classically used in the epidemiology of malaria: the inoculation rate (“h”) of Ross, the vectorial capacity (“C”) of Garrett-Jones and the reproduction rate (“z”) of Macdonald. In spite of their undoubtfully usefulness it appeared that thei...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330219

The Spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria: The Influence of Transportation and Economic Zones

Nathaniel O. Ajayi, Richard O. Awonusika, Adeniyi S. Ale & Ayooluwade Ebiwonjumi · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) now known as Covid-19 was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019. The disease rapidly spread to other cities in China and to other parts of the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the contribution which the economi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330218

Evaluation of pfmdr-1 Polymorphisms and Parasites’ Population Diversity in Children with Acute Uncomplicated Malaria 5 Years Post-Adoption of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies

Olundu Peter Segun, Awotidebe-Moshood Obafemi & Abdul-Azeez Abdul-Rahman · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Mutatons on pfmdr1 gene have been implicated in drug resistance to chloroquine and the partner drugs in artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), hence the need to evaluate the impact of ACTs five years after its adoption in Nigeria on pfmdr1 polymorphisms and parasite dive...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330217

Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infection in Pregnancy Causing Acute Hepatitis, Fatal Postpartum Hemorrhage and Possible Vertical Transmission

R. M. C. J. Ratnayake, W. M. M. P. B. Wanasinghe, P. Dissanayake, S. A. M. Kularatne, M. V. G. Pinto, T. M. K. Jayasinghearachchi & R. P. V. J. Rajapakse · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

We present a rare case of a 31-year-old pregnant mother in 37 weeks of gestation who presented with a 3-day history of vomiting, epigastric pain, and icterus, subsequently diagnosed as a rickettsial disease in pregnancy (with positive IgG titer for SFG) complicated with hepatitis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330215

Emerging Aspects of Coxiella burnetii and Molecular Identification along with Treatment Approaches

Arslan Habib, Zeeshan Ashraf, Muhammad Nabeel, Dominic Kwesi Quainoo, Umutumwa Eric Principe, Naeem Ullah Khalil, Muhammad Rizwan Ullah & Bilal Khalid · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

Q fever is an infectious disease caused by Coxiella burnetii which is an obligatory intracellular parasite. Globally Q fever is a widespread zoonosis. It is characterized by headaches, sudden fever and atypical pneumonia. In the rural environment, the main reservoir includes goat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i230214

Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Paper Currency Notes

Rikhi Ram Marasini, Pratikshya Shrestha, Prabhat Dhakal, Sukra Raj Shrestha, Sirjana Adhikari & Binita Koirala Sharma · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2021

The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in paper currency. The paper currencies in circulation in Pokhara Metropolitan City were inspected. Bills of various denominations (Rs 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i230213