Volume 16, Issue 2 (2020) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Hematological Changes during Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pregnant Women in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Khalil Mohamed — 2020-04-09

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 9 April 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.36.39

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate parasite and intracellular protozoans infect all kinds of animals and humans. The aim of the present study was to determine whether there was any effect on complete bl...

Measles in its Malignant form in a 12-Year-Old Girl Immunosuppressed by HIV at the University Hospital of Brazzaville

Ossibi Ibara Bienvenu Rolland — 2020-04-15

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 15 April 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.40.43

Measles is an eruptive and febrile disease that affects unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children, thus undermining the who-wanted goal of elimination. Its diagnosis is most often clinical and facilit...

Direct Acting Anti-Viral Drugs Improve Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients' with Hepatitis C

Wesam Morad — 2020-04-29

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 29 April 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.44.54

Chronic hepatitis C Virus (HCV) causes significant decline in the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL). Recently, direct Acting Anti-viral Drugs (DAA) have been endorsed as standard of care for treat...

Varicella Zoster Virus Causing Aseptic Meningitis Without Fever or Rash in an Immunocompetent Patient

Fazal I Raziq — 2020-04-29

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 29 April 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.55.59

Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) is known to be a cause of aseptic meningitis and can be potentially fatal. VZV meningitis can arise in immunodeficient and more rarely, immunocompetent hosts. We present h...

Social Awareness and Knowledge of Parenteral Viral Hepatitis (B and C) Among Residences of Menoufia Governorate, Egypt: A Questionnaire-Based Field Study

Wesam S Morad — 2020-05-12

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 12 May 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.60.72

Egypt had led a unique successful campaign in treating and surveillance of the most prevalent viral infections. However, social awareness evaluation is an unmet need for viral eradication strategic pl...

COVID-19 Masquerading as Chikungunya Fever

Waqas Ullah — 2020-05-14

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 14 May 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.73.76

The COVID-19 outbreak is an unprecedented global public health challenge. It has a myriad of clinical presentations including fever, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. Here, we present a unique case of CO...

Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Risk Factors Among Patients Attending Medical City Hospital in Baghdad City, Iraq

Fadhl A.S. Al-Gasha’a — 2020-06-25

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 25 June 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.77.84

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are the most common bacterial infection in humans and a major cause of morbidity and they are the most common cause of hospital visits worldwide. Proper knowledge in id...

Evaluation of A Rapid IgM-IgG Combined Antibody Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Single Italian Center Study

Katia Margiotti — 2020-06-22

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 22 June 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.85.88

The need for timely establishment of diagnostic assays of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is demanded in laboratories worldwide. We evaluated the performance of a flow imm...

An Insight into the Simplified RP Transmission Network, Concise Baseline and SIR Models for Simulating the Transmissibility of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak

Eva Gupta — 2020-07-01

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 1 July 2020; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2020.89.108

The World Health Organization has reported about a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) (a virus of Wuhan, China pneumonia). The present investigation explores the transmissibi...