Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses which affect the hepatic, gastrointestinal, neurological and respiratory systems. The increase in the daily number of COVID-19 confirmed and deaths cases from different countries of the world has brought social, economic and politi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430251
Background: Rickettsial infections are re-emerging arthropods born worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Rickettsia, which is responsible for spotted fever and typhus fever. The diagnosis of a rickettsial illness is important for appropriate antibiotic treatment. Aims: The study a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430249
Background: Vaccine acceptance is one thing that must be achieved before the masses can volunteer to be vaccinated. Vaccine acceptance is defined as the individual or group's decision to accept or refuse when presented with an opportunity to vaccinate. Acceptance can be active (a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430250
Background: Previous research has suggested that enteroviruses may be implicated in the development and persistence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). One method of investigating this topic has been to use a polio vaccination challenge, and a previous study showed that CFS patien...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430248
The concept that mosquitos do not transmit HIV was established in the 1980s. The present paper examined the early studies used in formulating the concept, and showed there were significant problems with the studies. The present paper demonstrates a consistent correlation between...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430246
Introduction: An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown reason was named as COVID-19 by WHO and declared as pandemic. It was observed as most people infected with the COVID-19 virus is mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without getting treatment. Older people with chronic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430245
Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a mesenchymal tumour composed of variable proportions of adipose tissue and vascular and smooth muscle elements. It can cause potentially life-threatening complications. This report aims to describe a bilateral angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous scler...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430244
Vaccines are one of the most significant innovations of modern science. Worldwide, millions of lives are saved each year by the vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy, which represents the refusal to receive vaccines when vaccination services are available and reachable, is a major obstacle...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430243
Introduction: Malaria, Typhoid fever, urinary schistosomiasis, AIDS and hepatitis B virus disease are major public health problems in the tropical and subtropical countries; they exert a huge burden of morbidity, mortality and economic loss on the populace. Aims: The study invest...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i430242
It is great time to know the psychological consequences and know how hoteliers are coping to it because of Covid19 lockdown. Thus we tried to access prevalence of perceived stress and associated factors among hoteliers of Nepal. A hotel based quantitative descriptive cross-sectio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330241
Andrew Ifeanyichukwu Obi, Pius Ononigwe, Faith Ireye, Patrick Okundia, Osamuyi Irowa, Helen Eboreime, Ekaete Tobin, Lauretta Iruobe, Bruce Osa, Uwa Okhuarobo & Kester Okoduwa·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2021
Background: Positivity rate is a very reliable indicator in determining the effectiveness of public health interventions of infectious disease magnitude. Aim: To use positivity rate as performance indicator of effectiveness of COVID-19 Control measures in Edo State, Southern Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330240
Here we are presenting a case of dengue fever presented with an atypical symptom of “oculogyric crisis” with features of multi organ dysfunction syndrome. Increased vascular permeability, plasma leakage, haemorrhagic manifestations, and thrombocytopenia are charecteristics of den...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330239
Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are among the commonest infectious diseases requiring hospitalization. There is an increasing resistance development of bacterial pathogens of LRTIs to the commonly prescribed antibiotics necessitating regular surveillance fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330237
Background: Novel Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality since the beginning of 2020 leading to range of symptoms from mild flu to respiratory distress, which is called COVID-19. RTPCR being the main diagnostic test can confirm the presence of the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i330236
Aim: The purpose of this work is to assess changes that occur on COVID-19 infection in Cameroon since the start of the epidemic. Study Design: We use a data-based analysis on longitudinal data of reported COVID-19 cases in Cameroon. Place and Duration: The data for the study were...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v8i230234