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An Overview of Antiviral Activity of some Medicinal plants of Africa
Olufunmilayo G Oyero1* and A Egunyomi2 • 11 Oct 2014
Owing to numerous problems of controlling viral diseases many African medicinal plants have been screened for their antiviral activity. A review of studies on this shows that 58 plant species had in-v...
Therapeutic Potential of Nanoparticulate System for Treatment of Protozoan Infection
Priya Yadav1 and Arghya Bandyopadhyay2* • 12 Oct 2014
Protozoan parasites cause serious human and zoonotic infections, including life-threatening diseases such as malaria, African and American trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis. According to World health ...
The Host Cell Co-Chaperonin Hsp10 is an Interacting Partner for the Legionella pneumophila Multifunctional Chaperonin HtpB
Gheyath K Nasrallah • 11 Oct 2014
L. pneumophila is an intracellular bacterium that replicates inside a membrane-bound vacuole called Legionella Containing Vacuole (LCV), where it profusely releases its HtpB chaperonin. From LCV, HtpB...
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among Food Handlers
Addis Aklilu1 and Mohammedaman Mama • 26 Dec 2014
Background: Food contamination may occur at any point during its journey through production, processing, distribution, and preparation. The risk of food getting contaminated depends lar...
BK Virus Detection by PCR in Renal Biopsy Specimens from Renal Transplant Patients
Riley Alexander1, Kristin Post2, Zijin Zhao1, Kari Meehan2, Carrie Phillips1, Rong Fan1, Liang Cheng1, and Jingmei Lin1* • 09 Dec 2014
Background: BK virus (BKV) infection in renal transplant patients is a constant concern. As BK-induced nephritis may lead to graft failure, detection of the virus is of significant clin...
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Urinary Catheter Biofilm and Urine - in Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangladesh
Majumder MI1* and Ahmed T2 • 05 Nov 2014
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is common worldwide health care associated problem. Antibiotic resistance in CAUTI is due to wide spread use of urinary catheter and inappropriate u...