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Letters to the EditorOpen accessEvery word in the titleCOVID-19 Masquerading as Chikungunya FeverWaqas Ullah, Andrew Tran, Sohaib Roomi et al.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 COVID-19, with an atypical presentation of arthralgias and false-positive results for the chikungunya virus. By highlighting the importance of this rare association, we want physicians to be vigilant in the … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 14 May 2020 · 7,831 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessEvery word in the titleVaricella Zoster Virus Causing Aseptic Meningitis Without Fever or Rash in an Immunocompetent PatientFazal I RaziqVaricella-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 here a rare case of VZV causing meningitis in a 44-year-old immunocompetent man. He presented with an isolated headache without any fever or rash. CSF PCR for VZV DNA was … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 29 Apr 2020 · 8,021 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleImmunopathogenesis of Dengue Hemorrhagic FeverHuan-Yao Lei, Kao-Jean Huang, Yee-Shin Lin et al.Dengue virus infection causes Dengue Fever (DF), Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) whose pathogeneses were not clearly understood. A new hypothesis of immunopathogenesis is proposed for the development of the DHF/DSS. An aberrant immune over-activation after dengue virus infection not only impair the immune response to clear the virus, but also result in overproduction of cytokines … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 14,762 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessEvery word in the titleQuery Optimization on Distributed Database Dengue Fever by Minimizing Attribute InvolvementSlamet Sudaryanto Nurhendratno, Sudaryanto, Fikri Budiman, Maryani SetyowatiQuery optimization is an important task in a client/server environment of a distributed database, whereas a health epidemiologist data distribution based on DBD data on Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A proper method for a particular query process function is needed to generate query optimization on a distributed database. The query process requires important attention especially in distributed databases because the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 4 · 7 Apr 2018 · 8,327 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA 30 Year Old Man with Fever and Indolent Soft Tissue MassesWissam Zaeeter, Ashwin Jathavedam, Rosalyn StahlAbstract: Problem statement: Multifocal Skeletal Tuberculosis (MSTB) is a rare presentation of skeletal tuberculosis. The indolent nature of this condition often leads to delayed or missed diagnosis, sometimes with devastating consequences for the patient. In order to provide meaningful clinical information and to highlight pitfalls in diagnosis of MFST, we present a case of MSTB. A review of this condition … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,713 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleHigh Case-Fatality Rate of Adults With Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever During An Outbreak In Non-Endemic Taiwan: Risk Factors For Dengue-Infected EldersChing-Chuan Liu, Kao-Jean Huang, Mei-Chih Huang et al.In 2002, a dengue outbreak occurred in Taiwan with 5336 confirmed cases, 242 DHF and 21 death, the case fatality rate reached 8.7% (21/242). The demographic data of these age-specific dengue patients showed that dengue virus infection caused symptom primarily occurred in adults. A comparative analysis of clinical and laboratory data for DF, DHF/DSS and fatal DSS found that high … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 8,002 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the keywordsAn Unusual Case of Pyrexia with BlindnessNaveen, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Annu Kumari Saw, Akash ParuthiPyrexia is a common clinical problem; causes may vary depending on the clinico- epidemiological settings. Infectious diseases form the most common cause of fever especially in the immunocompromised category. The cause may not be obvious from the initial presentation and a stepwise workup is usually required. Potential diagnostic clues are very important in this regard. Our patient had a fever … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 20, Issue 3 · 2 Dec 2024 · 4,932 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsIsolation and Identification of Local Soil Bacteria with Larvicidal Activities Against Aedes aegypti LarvaeNaif Mohammed Alotaibi, Saber Abdelkader Saïdi, Mohamed Mohamed Roushdy et al.Mosquito-borne diseases caused by infected mosquitoes like dengue fever, Zika fever, Chikungunya and malaria are spread to humans through biting causing disease epidemics all over the world. This indicates the necessity for new mosquito-borne disease control strategies in Saudi Arabia and internationally. This study evaluated the potential of local bacteria isolated from the soil of the Rahat region of Makkah, … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 4 · 14 Dec 2022 · 5,411 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsProcalcitonin and Clinical Factors Associated with Severe Dengue Infection in Hospitalized Adults in MalaysiaHuzairi Sani, Nada Syazana, Zahir Izuan et al.Dengue Fever (DF) is the commonest mosquito-borne viral infection that results in hospitalisation amongst patients in Malaysia. The cornerstone of managing dengue virus infection is the prediction hence prevention of severe DF from developing. Warning signs proposed by WHO as clinical predictors of severe DF are insensitive. Procalcitonin (PCT) has been shown to increase in bacterial infections and is useful … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, Issue 4 · 3 Dec 2019 · 7,360 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsCOMPLICATED CASE OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; UNEXPLORED FOR YEARSM. Arif Khan, Raj Kishore Pandey, Tarique Nadeem et al.Rheumatic heart disease is a one of the very common heart problem commonly prevalent among the children of developing countries, may occur in adults in their fourties also, if undiagnosed in early ages, similar in symptoms to ’rheumatism’ but quite difficult to diagnose or are often misdiagnosed. The main objective of this article is to make acquainted about the disease … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 23 Jan 2014 · 7,797 accessesView PDFCite