8 articles in this issue
Swaminathan S., Rajeswari S., Wasim Mohideen
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus, especially T2DM is on the increase worldwide and in a developing country like india, as of date approximately 30 40% of population are identified as having DM. Sedentary life style, obesity, increa... see more
Shyam Lal Agarwal, Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Shadab Afroze, Anirbaan Palit, Aniruddha Ghosh, Kaustav Nayek
Introduction: Japanese encephalitis virus, a flavivirus is a significant cause of arboviral encephalitis worldwide. The virus is transmitted to humans via the bite of infected Culex mosquitoes especially C. tritaeniorhynchus , they prefer to bite outdoors... see more
Geeta B. Shinde, Sanjay Popere
Aim: To assess the hyperpigmentation after fever and joint pain as a cutaneous marker of chikungunya fever and to assess with serological correlation. Methods: A total of 15 patients comprised of 9 males, 6 females and neonate have aged betw... see more
Adediji Isaac Oluwole, Ayodele Ademola Adelakun, Afolabi Joy Oluwaseyifunmi, Akinleye Waheed A, Taiwo Timilehin Darasimi
Background: Type II DM and obesity are metabolic disorders characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, and metabolic stress. These features were assessed in patients using fasting plasma glucose, fasting lipid profile and serum cortisol as their m... see more
Tolulope Afolaranmi, Hassan I Zuwaira, Nianglong Enoch N, Adem Issac I, Atsi Azi B, Onyedibe Kenneth I, Bello Danjuma A
Background: Effective hand hygiene is the simplest proven and most cost effective means of reducing hospital acquired infections both among the health care providers and the receipts of health care services. Hospital acquired infections have... see more
Anup Poudyal, Nimesh Poudyal, Basudha Khanal
Background: ToRCH infection ( Toxoplasma gondii , Rubella virus, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus) causes severe consequences in child in ongoing pregnancy. Screening for ToRCH etiologies are sought for those females who have had bad obstetrics histo... see more
Aditi Bansal, Saini Surbhi, Ankita Srivastava, Lata Rajoria, Gangal Shweta
The aim of this study was to determine the elements of fatigue in occupations which constitute possible risk factors for the course of a pregnancy, and, in particular, that could cause premature birth. A total of 400 women with singleton pregnancie... see more
Rajan Shah, Smriti karki, Ujawal Rai, Shankar Kafle
Mycetoma, an uncommon chronic infection of skin and subcutaneous tissues commonly seen in tropical and subtropical countries. It is caused by true mycetes named eumycetoma and filamentous bacteria belonging to group actinomycetes. The incidence is ... see more