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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430222
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430221
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i430220
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330219
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330218
Brucellosis is also known as Undulant fever, Malta fever, rock fever, intermittent fever, Gibraltar fever, contagious abortion, Maltese fever, Crimean fever, or even Mediterranean fever. Clinical manifestations commonly encountered are fever and arthralgia. It has veterinary impo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330216
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330217
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i330215
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v7i230214