Lung cancer is known as lung carcinoma. It is a disease which is malignant tumor leading to the uncontrolled cell growth in the lung tissue. Lung cancer is caused generally by smoking and the use of tobacco products. It is classified into two broad Small-cell lung Carcinomas and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430153
Aims: Corona virus SARS-CoV-2, otherwise known as COVID-19 has created a pandemic resulting in social and financial crisis throughout the world. The virus has no known drugs or vaccines for preventive or therapeutic purposes. The objective of the present study was to screen phyto...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430152
M. O. Mohammed, M. Sirajo, O. O. Okechi, A. T. Muhammad, R. I. Tsamiya, U. Abubakar, I. Mohammed, A. Umar, M. K. Dallatu, A. S. Ajayi, S. M. Sani, A. Abdulazeez, A. A. Hali, M. Isah, S. Y. Ma’aruf, B. A. Bello, J. M. Bunza, H. Kabir, F. A. Dogondaji, H. M. Tambuwal, N. Okorie, A. A. Ngaski, D. Isah, A Salisu, N. A. Idris, A. Ya’u, H. I. Wasagu & H. Abdullahi·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2020
Introduction: Fungal infection is a common manifestation in this part of the country and worldwide. It is essential to define the epidemiology of fungal infection in a particular environment. Aim: This study aims to analyze the diagnosis of fungal infection carried out in patient...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i330151
Aims: Dengue is a disease closely related to the environment, including several climatic variables such as temperature, humidity, and wind speed. This research attempted to illustrate the relationship between dengue fever incidence and climatic factors, larva free rate (LFR) or A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i430150
Aims: Provision of constant and safe blood has been a public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa with a high prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs). This study aimed at determining the seroprevalence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among prospectiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i330149
COVID-19 creates panic not only in China but also in developing countries like Bangladesh because it is a pandemic. More than 8.06 million cases and 440290 deaths were caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 216 countries. There are no approved vaccines or antiviral drugs for the disea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i330148
Background: Lassa virus (LASV) is the cause of lassa fever (LF) belonging to the Arenaviridae family. Clinical diagnosis is often difficult because of symptoms commonality with other infectious diseases. Early and rapid diagnosis is critical for therapy initiation and LF transmis...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i330147
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic illness and so far, there are almost 8860331 confirmed infected cases worldwide concentrating mainly in Americas and Europe, whereas data are less prominent in African countries. In Libya, the preliminary reports revealed there ar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i330146
The extent of usage of antimicrobials is expected to increase markedly over coming years due to intensification of farming practices in most of the developing countries. The main aim of the study was to assess the pattern of farming practices and antibiotic use in the selected po...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i230145
Introduction and Objectives: The results of two simulations of the propagation of an infectious disease are presented. The objective of this research is to track the propagation of an infectious disease as a function of particle density and time. The results are given as a percen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i230144
Corona virus COVID-19 is a pandemic whose devastating effects were felt in all corners of the world and by all humanity of whatever age, gender, economic and social status from the beginning of January 2020 and the intensity increasing day-by-day. The patients that had symptoms w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i230143
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health issue in low-middle income countries. Accurate and timely diagnosis is key to effective management. Diagnosing Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is mostly done with phenotypic Lowenstein Jenson (LJ) proport...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i230142
Andreus Roberto Schlosser, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Rayanne Alves de Arruda, Felipe Monteiro de Araújo, Rudi Nogueira, Cássio Braga e Braga, Breno Wilson Benevides Andrade, Mardelson Nery de Souza, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Antonio Camargo Martins, Luiz Fernando Melo Lima & Mônica da Silva-Nunes·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2020
Background: Malaria remains a health problem in the Amazon and since 2005 the state of Acre has high incidence of malaria. Treatment with Coartem® for cases of falciparum malaria was introduced in Acre in August 2012. In Brazil, there is still no published study on the effectiven...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i230141
COVID 19 can be considered as the most devastating pandemics that happened in the 21st century. Many researches on its virology, epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, and treatments are ongoing. Studies on the causative virus of COVID 19 has been successfully carried out. Its ge...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i130140
Mardelson Nery de Souza, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Andreus Roberto Schlosser, Rayanne Alves de Arruda, Cássio Braga e Braga, Breno Wilson Benevides Andrade, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Antonio Camargo Martins, Rudi Nogueira, Breno Matos Delfino, Kauan Alves Sousa Madruga & Mônica da Silva-Nunes·Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases·2020
Aims: To characterize the frequency and clinical characteristics of venomous animals’ accidents in Mâncio Lima, Acre. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place in Mâncio Lima, Acre, Brazil, between 2013 and 2015. Methodology: We incl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2020/v4i130139