Maïga S., Ali Moussa ML., Tagne M.L., Valia A., Gilbert N., Idriss Y.T., Bonsa E., Sawadogo G., Sana A., Akiridzo I.V., Bado B., Ouédraogo L., Boncoungou K., Badoum G. & Ouédraogo M.·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2025
Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease. It poses a major public health problem. While pulmonary forms are the most frequent in our countries, extra-pulmonary forms are rare in our daily practice. This may be due to their rarity, on the one hand, and to the difficu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3432
Background: Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (type-2 DM) is one of the comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), associated with the incidence of respiratory tract infections which is a risk factor for COPD exacerbations. Methods: Systematic review include publicatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3431
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic illness endemic to West Africa that poses a significant public health burden. One of its most debilitating complications is sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), which affects up to 30% of survivors, regardless of the severity of its acute phase. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3429
Background: Mumps parotitis, a contagious infection is of public health concern as it can be easily transmitted among cohorts of children in schools, day care centres and religious centres. Although it can be prevented with vaccination, the mumps vaccine is not yet available in t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3430
Khardiata Diallo Mbaye, Ndeye Maguette Fall, Aminata Massaly, Viviane Marie Pierre Cisse, Sokhna Waalo Mbacké Ndiaye, Moustapha Ndiandam Diop, Ndeye Aissatou Lakhe, Daye Ka, Aboubacr Sidikh Badiane, Assane Diouf, Cheikh Tidiane Ndour & Moussa Seydi·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2025
Introduction: Pulmonary tuberculosis remains the priority of national disease control programs, while extra-pulmonary cases are increasingly observed, often at a late stage. Additionally, in sub-Saharan Africa, data on these extra-pulmonary locations are scarce. Methodology: This...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3428
"Tomato Flu" refers to a relatively new viral condition that garnered attention in 2022, especially in various region of India. It's important to note that despite its name, Tomato Flu is not a type of influenza. The term "flu" in this context might be slightly misleading as it i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3427
Healthcare workers are frequently exposed to blood and body fluids during their regular and daily patient care. These practices tend to expose them to preventable infectious diseases such as Human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B and C viruses. Preventing these exposures throu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3426
The world continues to suffer from mortalities due to infectious diseases in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. As of 12 January 2025, COVID -19 has killed over 2,800 people in the past 28 days globally. From 2021 to 2024, the Marburg virus disease has claimed 59 lives in sub-Sahara...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i3425
Ka Daye, Badiane Aboubakar Sidikh, Aboubakar Taha Ibrahim, Neldje Brian Brian, Sarr Catherine, Seck Mamadou, Sambou Christine, Thioub Daouda, Fall Ndèye Maguette, Massaly Aminata, Lakhe Ndéye Astou, Diallo Mbaye Khardiata, Cisse Diallo Viviane Marie Pierre, Diouf Assane, Ndour Cheikh Tidiane, Soumaré Massérigne & Seydi Moussa·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2025
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis remains a major public health problem in Africa, with a persistently high incidence and case fatality. The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, biological and therapeutic profile of bacterial meningitis, and to i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2424
FAGBOLAGUN OLAJIDE ABIODUN, ADEGBOLA OMOLOLU, OKUNADE KEHINDE S, OMISAKIN SUNDAY Isaac, UGWU Aloy Okechukwu, AWONIYI Adebayo, KUSAMOTU A Olaniyi, Olabisi OLANREWAJU, ADEFEMI Kayode Ayodeji & Alani Sulaimon Akanmu·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2025
Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen that has been implicated in a wide spectrum of human reproductive diseases including infertility. Many studies have confirmed the association of Chlamydia trachomatis with tubal infertility. However...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2422
Aims: HIV infection and AIDS remain global health challenges, with many individuals suffering from endocrine disorders such as gonadal dysfunction. This study assesses the levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, and estradiol in HIV-p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2423
Monkeypox is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus that occurs primarily in central and western Africa. Nonetheless, it has recently spread internationally, garnering the attention of the scientific community to its own. For many years, medicinal plants and natural substa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2421
Khardiatou Barro, Adja Mah Djamaro Diane, Soukeye Ndiaye, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Ndeye Maguette Fall, Amadou Ibra Diallo, Viviane Marie Pierre Cisse, Khardiata Mbaye Diallo & Adama Faye·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2025
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted global health systems, and vaccination remains a critical strategy to mitigate its effects. However, vaccination rates among pregnant women, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, remain understudied....
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2420
Introduction: The Republic of Guinea, like other countries, has recorded cases of Covid-19 in all its health districts. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with death in hospitalised patients. Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, analytical...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2419
Dengue is the world’s most significant arboviral disease and it is endemic in contemporary Nigeria. It is usually underreported and misdiagnosed because of its overlapping clinical manifestation with other common causes of fevers such as malaria and typhoid fever. By deploying ri...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i1418