The first known case of COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 occurred in Wuhan, China in late December 2019. In a matter of a few months, it has spread globally to infect more than 500, 000 people and has caused more than 20,000 deaths. It was official...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i430132
Aim: The aim and objectives of the study were: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding dengue viral infection among undergraduate healthcare professional (HCP) students. 2) To investigate the association of socio-demographic factors towards dengue knowledge among the study participa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i430131
Chloramphenicol a broad spectrum antibiotic was tested on broiler birds to evaluate the effect of its prolonged administration on heamatological parameters, identification of histopathological changes on organs (Liver, Spleen and Kidneys) and to determine if prolonged effect has...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330130
Dieudonné Lobela Bumba, Issa Yakusu Issa, Daniel Kazadi Musakayi, Floribert Olinda Loku, Jacques Ossinga Bassandja, Dieu-Merci Mbumba Lupaka, Mbo Mukonkole Jean Paulin, Atoba Bokele Camille-Rémy & Charles Kayembe Tshilumba·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2020
Objective: To determine the predictive factors for the occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during the first 6 months of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kisangani. Methods: A case-control study was carried out during the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330129
This study established the diagnosis and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health-care workers in an endemic population using Tuberculin skin test (TST) and Quantiferon TB-gold. A total of 609 Healthcare workers from tuberculosis treatment facilities in A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330127
Background: Emergence of methicillin drug resistance is evident and has become a global challenge. Seeking for alternative antibiotics that are new, natural, plant based, cost effective and less toxic is the recent task for global health. Aim: This study is aimed at assessing the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330128
Aims: To identify the availability of Medications, Healthcare Workers and Laboratory Capabilities to manage HIV infection among children from 10 Districts of Indonesia to inform efforts to improve healthcare. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Five...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i330126
Introduction: In 1993, the International Task Force for Disease Eradication thought over and concluded that only six diseases are eradicable – but, malaria, dengue fever (and, dengue hemorrhagic fever) were not included. In 2010, 99 countries reported 219 million cases of malaria...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230125
Objective: This study aimed to determine HIV/AIDS knowledge level, attitudes toward individuals living with HIV/AIDS and to explore the relationship between HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among African American undergraduates in Jackson, Mississippi. Methods: A cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230124
In this Letter to the Editor, this author comments on the article in the NEJM (Nov 21 2019) in the above title on the TAK-003 Dengue vaccine Phase III trial from a point of comparing with the predecessor, the CYD-TDV, beside comparing the TAK-003 and Severe dengue, and the TAK-00...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230123
Aims: This study aimed to assess and compare risk behaviors for HIV Infection among undergraduate students by gender at a historically black university. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted from January 10, 2016 to Septembe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230122
Aims: To determine the knowledge on routine childhood immunization and the factors associated with it among mothers in rural area of Mon State, Myanmar during 2017. Study Design: A community based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Rural area of Mon State, Myanm...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230121
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