Histoplasmosis is a systemic fungal disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and is more common in immunocompromised patients. Histoplasmosis can present with a wide range of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic illness to severe organ dysfunctions and m...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i4272
Tetracyclines are broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, both Gram-positive and Gram-negative, mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, and protozoan parasites. Owing to their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activities and inex...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i4271
Aims: Venous thromboembolism is a state of hypercoaguability occurring due to various risk factors causing a prothrombotic state. In this case series, 3 cases are discussed where patients presented as DVT revealing underlying infection later on during the progression of it’s cour...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i3270
Whether pathogens in the ingested blood meal can enter the salivary glands of mosquitoes is a decisive factor in disease transmission. Unlike the known mosquito-borne pathogens (e.g. ZIKA, dengue, etc.), most human pathogens cannot enter the salivary glands of mosquitoes, and the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i3269
Background: Many acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) related deaths were reported in Yemen. The question is about what risk factors contribute to this excess death. Hodeidah governorate in the Western part of Yemen is exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic like other...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i3268
Aim: During the second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic, a life threatening fungal infection, mucormycosis have been detected in patients post COVID 19 disease. Commonly known as the ‘black fungus’ can causes tissue necrosis, inflammation and necrosis of the head and neck regions, p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i3267
Background: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the most common causes of acute hepatitis. Sudan is considered as hyper-endemic for HEV. HEV infection in patients with preexisting chronic liver diseases (CLDs) has been reported to result in severe clinical manifestations and poor o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i2264
Background: Nucleus Pulposus Herniation (NPH) is a disease in which the annulus fibrosus ruptures, causing the nucleus pulposus to protrude or bulge and press against the spinal canal, causing sciatic pain. One of the risk factors for Nucleus pulposus herniation was Body Mass Ind...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i3265
Introduction: The novel corona virus (COVID-19), which began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has been declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11th March 2021. Till now, even when nations are in race for developing vaccine against COVID-19, diagnosing the ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i2263
John Antwi Apenteng, Samuel Korsah, Miriam Tagoe, Nathaniel Nene Nortey, Jessica Korsah, Benedicta Delase Wobetsey & Frederick Akuffo Owusu·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2023
Background: Cholera affects several hundred thousand individuals worldwide each year. According to estimates, more than 20 million individuals in Ghana are at danger of contracting the illness. However, research from Asia and other continents continues to be a major source of inf...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v13i2261