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Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3741
Sahilu AssegidCorresponding author
Background Ethiopia confirmed its 1st case of COVID-19 on Friday 13th February 2020. The burden increased dramatically by August/2020. The conditions that led to this rise were not reviewed. Objective To exploreCOVID-19 related phenomena in Ethiopia during 2019-2020. Materials and Methods Review of…
Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3683
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author
Women in Rwanda are still suffering from overweight and obesity and health-related complications. However, little is known about overweight/obesity prevention knowledge and factors associated with overweight/obesity prevention among women. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge and factors…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-21-3703
Marco NutiCorresponding author
Since a decade in Apulia, south-east of Italy, an increasing number of olive trees developed the quick decline syndrome (OQDS) leading to partial or total dessication of the canopy and subsequent death. Currently six million of olive trees show the symptoms of the decline, despite the mitigation mea…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2766-8681.jcsr-21-3701
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author
Background The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) suddenly appeared in Wuhan, Hubei since December 2019, and quickly swept across China, then the whole world. Today, after more than 100 days of fighting against the virus, China's epidemic has been effectively controlled, but when we looking at the entire…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-20-3686
Mosab AlguthmiCorresponding author
Background By the start of year 2020, the whole world was attacked by a rapidly spreading epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) which later was classified by WHO as Pandemic. some physicians reported multiple neurologica…
Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3383
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author
With the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, governments of various countries have begun to use the mathematical modeling method to construct some virus transmission models assessing the risks of spatial spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, while carrying out epidemic prevention work,…
Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3587
Raúl IseaCorresponding author
The work analyzes the dynamics of transmission of infections by the new coronavirus in twelve European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, and Portugal, whose data from contagion were obtained by Johns Hopkins University…
Oct 2020
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Osteoarthritis, a serious and increasingly prevalent disabling global health condition found largely among older adults, has been linked to the presence of excess body weight. But what contributes to this growing health epidemic of excess weight, which is increasingly observed in children…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3369
Bal Kishan GuptaCorresponding author
Background Since swine flu has been declared pandemic in 2009 it has become a major challenging public-health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. 25(OH)D deficiency is also pandemic and has been reported to be clinically correlated with decreased immunity and respiratory infections…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-2275.jzr-20-3537
O AzuonwuCorresponding author
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Bacteriology/Virology/Parasitology Unit, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
This study investigated the potential pathogenic bacteria that are associated with domestic dog stool in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Convenience sampling techniques were used for sample collection outcome. A total of fifty dog stool samples were collected aseptically into a sterile stool container fro…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3481
Shilpi GuptaCorresponding author
The indirect misuse of animals usually correlated to catastrophic consequences like the one we are facing now, novel coronavirus disease-19. However, the source of infection is not fully confirmed yet. But the finger of blame points to bats and pangolins. Hence, understanding and raising awareness a…
Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3442
Cameron Y. S. LeeCorresponding author
The Covid-19 pandemic has swept rapidly from Wuhan, China to the entire globe in less than six months, infecting over 7 million people and claiming the lives of over 500,000. In the United States, greater than 2 million individuals have become infected and over 110,000 people killed. With no evidenc…
Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3426
Kang ChengCorresponding author
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 400 thousand and infected more than 7 million people in the whole world as of 06/10/2020. Many open systems, such as educations, transportations, entertainments, sports or foods, have been completely or partially locked down in many regions of the world to…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373
Baratali RezapourCorresponding author
One of the key steps in determining how to prevent the viral disease is to identify the virus. The virus lives in different ways and in different environments. It lives in the air, in the sea, on plants, animals and objects and humans. Some people put humans on the path of developing zoonotic diseas…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3344
Mohammad Reza NaghiiCorresponding author
Identifying the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 disease will help to make appropriate decisions and thus control the epidemic. Although many details, such as the source of the virus and its ability to spread between people remain unknown, an increasing number of cases show the signs of h…
May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3355
Abdul Kader MohiuddinCorresponding author
Telemedicine and telehealth technologies are especially effective during epidemic outbreaks, when health authorities recommend implementing social distance systems. Currently, coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 210 countries around the world, killed more than 200,000 and infected more than 3 million,…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-20-3321
Wen-Xin TangCorresponding author
This viewpoint uses physical principles to explain mechanisms behind social distancing and surface disinfection. It links particle dynamics and contact transfer to practical guidance and risk communication during respiratory epidemics.
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-20-3299
Jose Luis TurabianCorresponding author
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is something new that baffles us. The dominant health model and the theory that supported it until before COVID-19 are refuted or invalidated by observing the current tragically situation, which also implies lasting changes in that new medical model.…
Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3261
Tafadzwa DzinamariraCorresponding author
Efforts to control the Human Immunodeficiency Virus epidemic in Rwanda have seen remarkable success over the years. Effective antiretroviral therapy has played great role in improving longevity among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH). While this is the case, there are various nutritional challenges…
Nov 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-18-2291
Yahya Muhammed BahCorresponding author
In The Gambia like all nations, drug abuse is seen as a social and health problem that has many serious implications for the physical, social, psychological and intellectual development of the victims more especially, the children. Therefore, it continues to be a concern to families, community leade…