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Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractScope and Perspectives of New TB Drugs and VaccinesJaishree Meena, Laxman S. MeenaTuberculosis remains a major threatening infectious disease claiming millions of lives every year; hence increasing the global burden of TB disease. Co-infection with human immuno-deficiency virus and emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, extremely drug resistant tuberculosis and totally drug resistant tuberculosis enhances deadly effect of tuberculosis. To eliminate TB disease from human population several partnerships are working together like Stop … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 10 Sep 2015 · 7,946 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractNew World Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis with Oral Manifestations: Case Report and Damage RepairManuel Antonio Gordón-Núñez, Stefânia Jeronimo Ferreira, Ana Luiza Dias Leite de Andrade et al.New World cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious and parasitic disease caused by protozoan species of the genus Leishmania. The disease is transmitted by the biteoffemaleinsects of the genus Lutzomyia and is endemic in some countries of the New World, including Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. The diagnosis of New World mucocutaneous leishmaniasis encompasses epidemiological, clinical and laboratory aspects. Usually, the combination … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 20 Feb 2015 · 7,013 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA LINN ON SUBCHRONIC CHLORPYRIFOS-INDUCED ALTERATIONS IN SEX AND THYROID HORMONES IN MALE WISTAR RATSShittu Muftau, Olatunji Omobolanle Aisha, Suleiman Folorunsho Ambali et al.Studies have shown that Chlorpyrifos (CPF), an Organophosphate (OP) insecticide alters both sex and thyroid hormones. Apart from inhibiting Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, CPF has been shown to cause oxidative stress. The antioxidant potentials of many flavonoid-containing plants are increasingly being exploited in the therapy of many infectious and non-infectious diseases. Hibiscus Sabdariffa (HS) is one of the most widely used … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 20 Feb 2014 · 9,102 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSerological Evidence of Recent Dengue Virus Infection Among Febrile Children in a Semi Arid ZoneFaneye Adedayo, Idika Nioma, Motayo Babatunde Olanrewaju et al.Presence of Dengue virus has been established in Nigeria; owing to the severity of this disease and its attendant complications we investigated the presence of this virus serologically in febrile Nigerian children under 5 years of age from Ilorin. Blood samples were tested from 130 children under the age of 5 years for the presence of IgM antibodies against all … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 1 Feb 2013 · 7,898 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssociation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection With Ischemic Heart DiseasesAbdullah S. Assiri, Adil H. Alshehri, Osama M.S. Abdul-Wahab et al.Association of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease well known main pathophysiologic basis for Ischemic Heart Diseases and Myocardial Infarction and due to major risk factors such as high plasma level of low density lipoprotein, low plasma level of high density lipoprotein, cigarette smoking, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, infection with few infectious agents such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae that might associated with … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 11 Oct 2012 · 8,096 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBovine Viral Diarrhea-an Emerging Disease in Camelids a ReviewU. WerneryBovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) is an emerging disease in both New World Camelids (NWCs) and Old World Camelids (OWCs). The virus has been isolated from NWCs particularly in alpacas and dromedaries, but there are no reports of BVD in Bactrians. BVD is an important infectious disease. Both sub-genotypes 1a, 1b and genotype 2 have been isolated from NWCs but the … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Aug 2012 · 12,853 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImmunity to Diphtheria in Haemodialysis PatientsAbdolreza Sotoodeh Jahromi, Mortaza Pourahmd, Sara Azhdari et al.Problem statement: The incidence of infectious diseases is increased in patients with chronic renal failure. Chronic renal failure severely influences the immune functions of the host. Diphtheria is of great epidemiological concern. Although mainly observed during childhood, unvaccinated adults and relatively immunocompromised patients are at increased risk for acquiring diphtheria. Approach: To evaluate the anti-Diphtheria immunity level in southern Iranian … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 27 Jun 2011 · 8,097 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBioassay Guided Isolation of Antibacterial Compounds from Andrographis paniculataAbubakar Sule, Qamar Uddin Ahmed, Othman Abd. Samah et al.Problem statement: Chronic disease-causing bacteria of medical importance have developed resistance to antibiotics, hence, necessitating distinct and constant need for safe and efficient therapeutic agents. Plants are considered potent candidate for this aim. A way out of reducing antibiotic resistance and adverse effects on host is the employment of antibiotic resistance inhibitors of plant origin. Approach: About 5 kg pulverized … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 13 Jun 2011 · 10,027 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIdiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Case ReportMojtaba Varshochi, Mehdi Haghdoost, Omid MashrabiProblem statement: Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis (GLM) or autoimmune mastitis is a rare and benign disease which, except one case reported in an old man, is usually seen during pregnancy or lactation period. This disease was described for the first time by Kessler. Approach: Our case is a 34 year-old woman who has a child with a history of using OCP … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,743 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEIAV Effectiveness Detection by Nested PCR Comparing two Different Samples: PBMCs and Bronchoalveolar WashElizangela Maira Dos Santos, Pedro Moreira Couto Motta, Marcos Bryan Heinemann et al.Problem statement: Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a chronic, relapsing infectious disease of horses caused by Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV). The objective of this experiment was compared EIAV effectiveness detection in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) and Bronchoalveolar wash (BAW) from naturally infected horses. Approach: Fifty seven DNA samples isolated from PBMCs and BAW of naturally infected animals were … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 7,465 accessesView PDFCite