Aims: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has very high mortality in severe forms of disease, where immunopathology plays an important role. Use of immunomodulating therapies including 6 to 12 mg of dexamethasone is well established. Higher doses of corticosteroids were used with...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i2283
Reynoso-Vázquez Josefina, Suarez-Velasco Alda Iliana, Vázquez-Hernández Carolina, Sánchez-Munive Denisse, Indira Vega Gaitan & Ruvalcaba Ledezma Jesús Carlos·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2023
In December 2019, China announced a SARS CoV-2 virus in the Wuhan market, later announced by the WHO as the COVID-19 pandemic with a global impact on public health. The aim of this review was focused on determining if there are disparities in the impact of COVID-19 associated wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i1281
Aims: To study the impact of past COVID 19 infections on various hematological parameters and morbidity in patients with active dengue infection by assessing days of hospital stay, platelet transfusion etc. Study Design: Prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i2282
Dengue fever (break-bone fever) is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. It is caused by the Dengue virus, which is a single positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family. Dengue fever is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas and is a significa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i1279
Aim: To discuss about the specific characteristics of intestinal parasitic infection that contributes to the formation of stunting. Discussion: Intestinal parasites infection (IPI) are one of the global utmost health dilemmas, because they put certain vulnerable member of the pop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i1278
Introduction: An abrupt increase in the mucormycosis patients in india during the COVID 19 pandemic was observed. A collective study was conducted in tertiary care hospitals in Aurangabad. Materials and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in Aurangabad (Mahar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i1277
Background and Aim: Scrub typhus, a potentially severe but treatable infection is a major cause of acute non-malarial febrile illness in children in the rural tropics. The present study aims to explore the association between the liver function tests in the cases of scrub typhus...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i1276
Alejandro Coutiño Valdovinos, Indira Vega Gaitan, Beatriz Garnica Guerrero, Iracema Islas Vega, Josefina Reynoso Vázquez & Jesús Carlos Ruvalcaba Ledezma·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2023
Introduction: SRAS-Cov-2, First found on December 2019 in Wuhan China has turned into a worldwide health care problem. The changes on genetic drift, genetic recombination, natural selection, and other mutations originated variants of medical concern because of the changes on its...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i4275
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can lead to severe complications and even death, especially in young children. Children who are not vaccinated against measles are at a higher risk of contracting the disease. In the first 5 weeks of 2023, a total of 209 suspected...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i4274
The rise in multidrug resistance is a growing public health concern among agents of respiratory tract infection, which is responsible for morbidity, mortality and costs in Africa. This study was designed to survey for multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens in patients with lower...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i4273