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Infectious Disease Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2

June 2021 - 26 articles

Cover Story: The COVID-19 virus has caused an ongoing pandemic and received large global attention. However, spreading of false news on social media sites, such as Twitter, is creating unnecessary anxiety towards this disease. This study analyzes tweets by Indian netizens during the COVID-19 lockdown. Data analysis was conducted by the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model, which is a new deep-learning model for text analysis and performance, and was compared with three other models, i.e., logistic regression (LR), support vector machines (SVM), and long short-term memory (LSTM). Our findings present the high prevalence of keywords and associated terms among Indian tweets during COVID-19. Furthermore, this work clarifies the public opinion on pandemics and intends to lead public health authorities towards a better society. View this paper
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Articles (26)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,891 Views
11 Pages

Chromobacterium violaceum Periareolar Infection, First Non-Lethal Case in Colombia: Case Report and Literature Review

  • Diego Alejandro Cubides Diaz,
  • Daniel Arsanios Martin,
  • Nicolas Bernal Ortiz,
  • Ana Lucia Ovalle Monroy,
  • Valentina Hernandez Angarita and
  • Yesid Fabian Mantilla Florez

21 June 2021

Chromobacterium violaceum is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-negative rod found in different ecosystems, especially tropical and subtropical areas. Human infections are rare, and just a few cases have been reported in literature. In this paper, we pres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,545 Views
15 Pages

Global Temporal Patterns of Age Group and Sex Distributions of COVID-19

  • Russell Leong,
  • Tin-Suet Joan Lee,
  • Zejia Chen,
  • Chelsea Zhang and
  • Jianping Xu

21 June 2021

Since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has been the biggest public health crisis in the world. To help develop appropriate public health measures and deploy corresponding resources, many governments have been actively tracking COVID-19 in real time wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,980 Views
13 Pages

Point Process Models for the Spread of Coccidioidomycosis in California

  • Jiajia Wang,
  • Ryan J. Harrigan and
  • Frederic P. Schoenberg

16 June 2021

Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious disease of humans and other mammals that has seen a recent increase in occurrence in the southwestern United States, particularly in California. A rise in cases and risk to public health can serve as the impetus to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,099 Views
6 Pages

13 June 2021

To date, Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are the three Yersinia species generally agreed to be pathogenic in humans. However, there are a limited number of studies that suggest some of the “non-pathogenic” Ye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,534 Views
12 Pages

Potential Misdiagnosis between COVID-19 and Dengue Infection Using Rapid Serological Test

  • Siti Qamariyah Khairunisa,
  • Ilham Harlan Amarullah,
  • Siti Churrotin,
  • Anisa Lailatul Fitria,
  • Mochammad Amin,
  • Maria Inge Lusida and
  • Soegeng Soegijanto

7 June 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has a significant rapid transmission is an international public health concern. Several dengue-endemic countries reported similar clinical and laboratory features between COVID-19 and dengue in th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
28,712 Views
22 Pages

Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus: Laboratory and Point-of-Care Techniques

  • Peuli Nath,
  • Md Alamgir Kabir,
  • Somaiyeh Khoubafarin Doust and
  • Aniruddha Ray

2 June 2021

Herpes is a widespread viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) that has no permanent cure to date. There are two subtypes, HSV-1 and HSV-2, that are known to cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from acute to chronic. HSV is highly c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,277 Views
24 Pages

Cardiac Involvement in COVID-19 Patients: A Contemporary Review

  • Domenico Maria Carretta,
  • Aline Maria Silva,
  • Donato D’Agostino,
  • Skender Topi,
  • Roberto Lovero,
  • Ioannis Alexandros Charitos,
  • Angelika Elzbieta Wegierska,
  • Monica Montagnani and
  • Luigi Santacroce

1 June 2021

Background: The widely variable clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV2 disease (COVID-19) range from asymptomatic infections to multiple organ failure and death. Among the organs affected is the heart. This does not only affect people who already have...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,385 Views
8 Pages

Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Social Representations of a University Community in Endemic Outbreaks

  • Sylvain Delouvée,
  • Gail Moloney,
  • Kathleen McColl and
  • Grégory Lo Monaco

30 May 2021

(1) Background: Studying social representations as lay theories allows for a better understanding of the common sense knowledge constructed around mosquito-borne diseases and the impact this may have on attitudes and behaviors. (2) Methods: A hierarc...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,790 Views
6 Pages

24 May 2021

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is used worldwide to treat and prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Fanconi syndrome is a complication of TDF use and is characterized by inadequate reabsorption of glucose, phosphate and protein i...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,069 Views
11 Pages

Mycobacterium Avium Complex Genitourinary Infections: Case Report and Literature Review

  • Sanu Rajendraprasad,
  • Christopher Destache and
  • David Quimby

24 May 2021

Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) genitourinary (GU) infections are relatively rare, and there is frequently a delay in diagnosis. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) cases seem to be less frequent than other NTM as a cause of these inf...

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