2011 August - 14 articles
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a major impact on public health. In spite of the progress made in the prevention of transfusion-transmitted infections over the last years, these still occur, especially in multi-transfused patients such as sickle cell ane...
The role of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) in everyday clinical practice is now on the increase because Ct infections are the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infections worldwide. Ct can cause urethritis, cervicitis, pharyngitis, or epididy...
Many systems are available for the isolation of anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens. The jar system is the oldest and more adapted while the pouches are not popular with many investigators. The anaerobic chambers are expensive to maintain and...
Cystic echinococcosis (Hydatid disease) is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The aim of this study, was to evaluate the scolicidal activity of methanolic extract of Zingiber officinale (Rosc.) family Zingibe - raceae, against prot...
P. falciparum malaria continues as the serial killer of over a million lives yearly, mainly for children in sub-Saharan Africa. For severe malaria, we are still on the quest for a prognostic marker of fatal outcome. We analysed the association betwee...
We present here a case of cough, expectoration and fever for six days. After investigation by the doctor and epidemiologist, it was confirmed that this patient had a history of contact with a novel influenza virus. All the results of the real time PC...
The introduction of HBV vaccination in Italy has led to a decline in new HBV infections. Increasing immigration over recent years suggests a change in short-term epidemiology of HBV. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HBV infection...
The present study is an investigation on the kinetics of dimethoate biodegradation and an estimation of residual dimethoate in bacterial culture by spectrophotometry. The methylene chloride extract of the culture medium was used for determination of...
The frequency and range of long-term sequelae following acute Q fever infection remains controversial. This study aimed to assess a range of potential psychological and physical sequelae in a follow up study of a large outbreak of Q fever that occurr...
Measles virus has no or indistinctive cytopathic effects (CPE) in cell couture system. Employment of some detecting methods like plaque assay or stereologic experiments, as a method of detecting of viral infection in the cells would be applicable. T...
Bioactivity guided isolation of dichloromethane extract of Alternaria alternata identified tenuazonic acid (1) as potentially active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, MIC at 250 μg/mL concentration. This active metabolite 1, was also evaluate...
This study brings the analysis of amino acid sequences of matrix protein (M1) from the influenza virus A (H1N1, H3N2 and H5N1) during 2007-2208. 741 sequences of M1 were compared, of them, H1N1 388; H3N2 251 and H5N1 102. Even though, the M1 is rela...
Alkaline soils commonly called as Usar soil having pH 7.5 to 11.0 is commonly found in regions having poor drainage and little percolation. These soils occupy vast tracts of barren lands in the northern parts of India. These areas are frequently visi...
Avian influenza is a viral infection which affects mainly the respiratory system of birds. The H9N2 considered as low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) virus and continuously circulating in poultry flocks causing enormous economic losses to poultry i...
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