Introduction: Hepatitis B virus infection is assuming a silent epidemic phase in India. Majority of the chronically infected are asymptomatic and unaware of their status. This pool of individuals called; incidentally detected hepatitis B positive subjects [IDAHS], unknowingly tra...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27483
Md. Fazle Rabbee, Musammat Kulsuma Begum, Md. Jahidul Islam, Parveen Afroz Chowdhury, Osul Ahmed Chowdhury, Fatema Tuj Zohora, Pijush Sutradhar, Kamrul Islam & Abul Kalam Azad·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Aim: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by Escherichia coli have become a significant worldwide public health concern and the situation is now worsening by the ability of bacteria to develop resistance to antimicrobial agents. The main aim of our study is to determine the pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27393
Background: The carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the anterior nares of subjects in the study environment has not been carried out before and this study is thus a reference study against which future studies can be compared. The isolates obtained were also tested against frequ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27202
With increasing misuse of antimicrobial substances in medical settings, it became imminent to search for alternative pathogen control means to aid in preventing disease spread. Among such alternatives is the action upon virulent gene expression of the pathogen itself. A possible...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27009
Aim: The aim of this research study was to isolate and serologically characterize Haemophilus influenzaeserotypes with view to determine antibiotic susceptibility profile of the isolated bacterium and compare the effectiveness of the antibiotics used on the capsulated and unencap...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26779
The influenza virus A/Beijing/353/89 matrix (M), M1 and M2 genes were cloned and sequenced. The sequence identity rates (based on published data) of the first 34 influenza A viruses with M genes most phylogenetically related to A/Beijing/353/89 virus were in significant positive...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27447
Aims: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are associated with benign and malignant lesions of the female and male anogenital tract. Currently, the possible role of HPV infections in prostate carcinogenesis is a subject of great controversy. The aim of this study is to investiga...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27283
Aims of the Study: To isolate and identify the bacteria associated with mastitis and study the pathology of udder tissue. Study Design: Out of 353 culled she-camels (from Tumbool abattoir), 105 (29, 7%) sections of udders (including 31 milk samples) showing mastitis lesions were...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25966
Aims: To isolate biosurfactant producers from natural habitat and to test the antimicrobial activity of the extracted biosurfactant against fungal plant pathogens. Study Design: The present study was designed to achieve the following objectives: 1. Isolation, screening and identi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27097
Aim: Aguas Calientes (AC) is an isolated geothermal spring located deep into the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The principal aim of this study was to isolate and characterize thermophilic lignocellulolytic bacterial strains from AC. Study Design: Bacterial strains were cultured in...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27520