scholarly journals Prevalence of Common Infectious Diseases in Paediatric Age Group Admitted in Children’s Hospital Lahore, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rashid ◽  
Iqbal Bano ◽  
Asif Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Enteric Fever ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Watery Diarrhoea ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Common Infectious Disease

Background: Infectious diseases are common causes of presenting in emergency having severe signs and symptoms. Having significant mortality and morbidity are on the rise in Pakistan. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of infectious diseases in paediatric population.Methodology: We studied 200 consecutive patients from 1 month to 12 years of age presenting with infectious diseases. Their detailed history was then taken including symptoms at presentation and the type of infection was assessed with the help of history and laboratory investigations. Following are the common infectious diseases including pneumonia, meningitis, enteric fever, malaria, measles, tuberculosis, acute watery diarrhoea.Results: Frequency wise infectious diseases are pneumonia (63.5%), meningitis (20%), acute watery diarrhoea (8.5%), enteric fever (4%), malaria (2%), tuberculosis (2%), and no measles case found. Infectious diseases are more common in rural areas than urban areas and success after treatment is more (49.5) than death (2%) but a bad impact is that (48.5%) patient went without treatment.Conclusion: This data is taken in winter season that is why Pneumonia is most common infectious disease, second most common infectious disease is meningitis, and others are acute watery diarrhoea, enteric fever, malaria and tuberculosis in our patients. The awareness of risk factors amongst the public is low. Thus, there is an urgent need to create more and more awareness about the preventive aspects and healthier life style behaviour in our community.

Diversity, status and habitat usage of avifauna at sadar upazila, magura, Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-456
Author(s):  
Ashikur Rahman Shome ◽  
Md Mahabub Alam ◽  
Md Fazle Rabbe ◽  
Mohammad Mijanur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Firoj Jaman
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Line Transect ◽  
Common Myna ◽  
Rural And Urban

A study on diversity, status, and habitat preference of avifauna was conducted from November 2017 to October 2018 in Magura Sadar upazila, Magura. Data was collected through direct field observations using line-transect method. Field surveys were made for three days per month in both rural and urban sites. A total of 140 species of birds belonged to 18 orders and 48 families were reported. Among the total species, 55% (77 species) were non-passerines and 45% (63 species) passerines with the highest individuals were counted under order Passeriformes. Resident bird species were dominant (106 species, 75.71%) over migratory (34 species, 24.28%) species. Species richness was the highest in the rural areas (124 species, 88.57%) and occurrence was the highest in winter season (97 species, 69.29%). The maximum species were recorded from trees (87 species, 62.14%) as preferred habitat. In this study, in total 4,060 individuals of birds were counted and among them, 51.55% (n=2093) were observed in the rural areas and 48.45% (n=1967) were in the urban areas. The highest number of birds was found in December (10.34%, n=432) and seasonal abundance was the highest in winter (40.15%, n=1630). Abundance was the highest for Common Myna (5.76%, n=234) among all recorded species. Diversity indices showed that the bird species were the most diverse in the rural areas in the winter season and in July. Habitat diversity indices were the highest for trees and birds used different types of habitats at different times for roosting, breeding and feeding. Regarding the observation status, 29.28% species was very common, 4.28% common, 31.42% fairly common, and 35% were few. This baseline data indicate that this study site is significant from the ecological and conservation point of views. Therefore, further research is necessary to understand how this avian diversity is maintained in this ecological setting. Bangladesh J. Zool. 48(2): 441-456, 2020

Temporal trends in ambulatory antibiotic prescription rates in South Carolina: Impact of age, gender, and resident location

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 879-882
Author(s):  
Hana R. Winders ◽  
Julie Royer ◽  
Mariam Younas ◽  
Julie Ann Justo ◽  
P. Brandon Bookstaver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Antibiotic Prescription ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Ambulatory Setting ◽  
Oral Antibiotic ◽  
Prescription Rates

AbstractObjective:To examine the temporal trends in ambulatory antibiotic prescription fill rates and to determine the influences of age, gender, and location.Design:Population-based cohort study.Setting:Ambulatory setting in South Carolina.Patients:Patients ≤64 years of age from January 2012 to December 2017.Methods:Aggregated pharmacy claims data for oral antibiotic prescriptions were utilized to estimate community antibiotic prescription rates. Poisson regression or Student t tests were used to examine overall temporal trend in antibiotic prescription rates, seasonal variation, and the trends across age group, gender, and rural versus urban location.Results:Overall antibiotic prescription rates decrease from 1,127 to 897 per 1,000 person years (P < .001). The decrease was more noticeable in persons aged <18 years (26%) and 18–39 years (20%) than in those aged 40–64 years (5%; P < .001 for all). Prescription rates were higher among females than males in all age groups, although this finding was the most pronounced in group aged 18–39 years (1,232 vs 585 per 1,000 person years; P < .0001). Annualized antibiotic prescription rates were higher during the winter months (December–March) than the rest of the year (1,145 vs 885 per 1,000 person years; P < .0001), and rates were higher in rural areas than in urban areas (1,032 vs 941 per 1,000 person years; P < .0001).Conclusions:The decline in ambulatory antibiotic prescription rates is encouraging. Ongoing ambulatory antibiotic stewardship efforts across South Carolina should focus on older adults, rural areas, and during the winter season when antibiotic prescriptions peak.

The distribution of time to extinction in subcritical branching processes: applications to outbreaks of infectious disease

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Farrington ◽  
A. D. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Enteric Fever ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Time To Extinction ◽  
Spread Of Infection

We consider the distribution of the number of generations to extinction in subcritical branching processes, with particular emphasis on applications to the spread of infectious diseases. We derive the generation distributions for processes with Bernoulli, geometric and Poisson offspring, and discuss some of their distributional and inferential properties. We present applications to the spread of infection in highly vaccinated populations, outbreaks of enteric fever, and person-to-person transmission of human monkeypox.

A serological and epidemiological evaluation of risk factors for toxocariasis in children in central Poland

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Żarnowska ◽  
Anna Borecka ◽  
Jakub Gawor ◽  
Magdalena Marczyńska ◽  
Sabina Dobosz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Data Contamination ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Epidemiological Risk ◽  
Clinical Signs And Symptoms

AbstractThe level of specific anti-Toxocara IgG was examined in 343 children from central Poland with suspected Toxocara infection. Based on the presence of specific IgG antibodies and clinical signs and symptoms, toxocariasis was confirmed in 249 patients. The serological results of diagnosed cases were analysed in connection with epidemiological data (contamination of soil around the children's homes and presence of a dog or a cat). A higher prevalence of soil contamination with Toxocara eggs was found in suburban and rural areas (30.9% and 24.6%, respectively) whereas it was lower in urban areas (10.3%). In about 40% of the children whose households were not contaminated, a decrease in the antibody level was observed 2 years after treatment for toxocariasis, while there was no such decline in those living in contaminated places. The logistic regression model employed to determine the correlation between seropositivity in the children and selected epidemiological risk factors showed a statistically significant relationship in connection only with dog ownership (P = 0.0238). The present results have demonstrated the high risk of toxocariasis for children from rural and suburban areas in Poland. The sero-epidemiological investigations indicated that re-infection might be the reason for persistence of seropositivity after treatment.

scholarly journals Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Bonetti ◽  
C. M. F. Mangia ◽  
J. M. F. Zuza ◽  
M. O. Barcelos ◽  
M. M. S. Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Pediatric Nephrology ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Historical Cohort ◽  
Uremic Syndrome ◽  
The Mean

Purpose. To analyze the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in Uberlandia, MG, Brazil. Methods. A historical cohort study was performed encompassing a ten-year period from January 1994 to January 2004 in the Department of Pediatric Nephrology at a full-service hospital; demographic factors, triggering factors, time of hospitalization, supportive therapy, and disease progression were analyzed. Results. Twenty-seven children aged 5 to 99 months (median age of 14 months) were studied; 70.4% were male. Of the 27 patients, 77.8% were from urban areas and 18.5% were from rural areas. Eight of the patients (29.6%) were reported to drink raw milk, and clinical diarrhea was reported in 81.5% of cases. The most common signs and symptoms were fever and vomiting (85.1%), anuria (63.0%), seizure (33.0%), cardiac involvement (11.0%), and acute pulmonary edema (7.4%). Dialysis was performed on 20 patients (74%). The mean hospital stay was 24 days (range: 13 to 36 days). While monitoring the patients, 2 died (7.4%), 3 developed chronic kidney disease (11.0%), and 21 (77.8%) developed hypertension. Conclusion. Our results emphasize the possibility of diagnosing HUS as a cause of renal failure in childhood in both typical (postdiarrheal) and atypical forms and suggest that an investigation of the etiological agent should be made whenever possible.

scholarly journals Implementasi Koordinasi Lintas Sektor dalam Rangka Pengendalian Leptospirosis di Kabupaten Jeneponto

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-171
Author(s):  
Wirdayanti Wirdayanti ◽  
Syamsuar Manyullei ◽  
Muh. Fajaruddin Natsir
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Zoonotic Disease ◽  
Zoonotic Diseases ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Phenomenological Design

Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by leptospira sp. and many are found in populations of people who live in rural areas. Leptospirosis is also a zoonotic disease that can be endemic and has adverse economic, social and psychological consequences. Zoonotic disease is closely related to human health, animals, and also the environment so that in controlling and preventing it is necessary the involvement or cooperation of various parties absolutely. This study was to determine cross-sectoral cooperation through coordination in the context of controlling leptospirosis in Jeneponto Regency. This type of research is qualitative with a phenomenological design. The number of informants in this study was 14 people. Determination of informants obtained by purposive sampling by determining the criteria for informants who are willing to be interviewed and play an important role in controlling infectious diseases. Showed that coordination between informants in the cross-sector had been carried out through the administration at the puskesmas conducted every quarter. Coordination conducted by the informant in controlling leptospirosis still needs to be improved, especially communication in the event of a case or outbreak in the community. The conclusion in this study is that cross-sectoral coordination needs to be improved, especially in controlling zoonotic diseases that occur in the community. The researchers suggest to the health center health workers to always coordinate well with other sectors that should be involved in controlling leptospirosis.

scholarly journals Seasonal Variation in the Population of Indian Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa, Inhabiting the Arid Zone of Rajasthan, India

Our Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-202
Author(s):  
K.C. Soni ◽  
A.N. Sharma ◽  
V.C. Soni
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Juvenile Population ◽  
Rural And Urban Area

The population of Black ibis (Pseudibis papillosa) inhabiting rural and urban area of Churu city, Rajasthan was seasonally determined by the direct count method. The counting of the Black ibis was made at roosting sites of Churu city (28°15′N and 74°55′E, 286 msl) and it’s out skirts area of 400 km2. Total 35 roosting sites were identified in the study area of which 19 were located in the urban area and 16 in the rural areas. It was found that number was relatively higher from June to August in 2003, 2004 and 2005. However, the number was highest from June 2004 to August 2004 and lowest from June 2006 to August 2006. The maximum number of adult was noticed in the rainy months of every year. A sharp decline in the juvenile population was observed from January 2004 to April 2004. Maximum 17 juvenile birds were observed in the months of May and June 2004 and October 2005 while the minimum 4 juveniles were observed in January 2005. An average 40.08±3.62 and 35.33±4.61 in 2003, 42.5±4.81 and 43.16±8.69 in 2004, 42.16±4.23 and 38.33±4.47 in 2005 and 36.25±3.81 and 34.91±4.52 in 2006 ibises were recorded in rural and urban areas, respectively. The maximum number of ibis i.e. 101 individuals, occurred in the month of June, 2004. But in general, the population remained more or less constant with seasonal variations involving dispersion during the monsoons and aggregation during the winters. The winter season adversely affects the population of Black ibis in the study area because of the non availability of preferential food, particularly insects.Key words: Seasonal variation, population, Black ibis, arid zone, Rajasthan, IndiaDOI: 10.3126/on.v7i1.2571Our Nature (2009) 7:193-202

scholarly journals DeepViral: prediction of novel virus–host interactions from protein sequences and infectious disease phenotypes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Liu-Wei ◽  
Şenay Kafkas ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Nicholas J Dimonaco ◽  
Jesper Tegnér ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Protein Sequences ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Computational Prediction ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Host Interactions ◽  
Disease Phenotypes

Abstract Motivation Infectious diseases caused by novel viruses have become a major public health concern. Rapid identification of virus–host interactions can reveal mechanistic insights into infectious diseases and shed light on potential treatments. Current computational prediction methods for novel viruses are based mainly on protein sequences. However, it is not clear to what extent other important features, such as the symptoms caused by the viruses, could contribute to a predictor. Disease phenotypes (i.e., signs and symptoms) are readily accessible from clinical diagnosis and we hypothesize that they may act as a potential proxy and an additional source of information for the underlying molecular interactions between the pathogens and hosts. Results We developed DeepViral, a deep learning based method that predicts protein–protein interactions (PPI) between humans and viruses. Motivated by the potential utility of infectious disease phenotypes, we first embedded human proteins and viruses in a shared space using their associated phenotypes and functions, supported by formalized background knowledge from biomedical ontologies. By jointly learning from protein sequences and phenotype features, DeepViral significantly improves over existing sequence-based methods for intra- and inter-species PPI prediction. Availability Code and datasets for reproduction and customization are available at https://github.com/bio-ontology-research-group/DeepViral. Prediction results for 14 virus families are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4429824.

scholarly journals Seasonal variation in the population of Black kite (Milvus migrans), inhabiting the Arid Zone of Rajasthan

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Sandeep Sharma ◽  
K. C Soni
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Milvus Migrans ◽  
Black Kite ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Rural And Urban Area

The population of Black kite (Milvus migrans) inhabiting rural and urban area of Churu city, Rajasthan was seasonally determined by the direct count method. The counting of the Black kite was made at roosting sites of Churu city (28o 15’ N and 74o 55’ E, 286 msl) and it’s out skirts area of 400 km2. Total 46 roosting sites were identified in the study area of which 34 were located in the urban area and 12 in the rural areas. It was found that number was relatively higher from June to September 2012, 2013 and 2014. However, the maximum numbers of Black kite were during August 2012 and July 2014 and minimum were during November 2012 and February 2012. The maximum number of adult was noticed in the rainy months of every year. A sharp decline in the juvenile population was observed from September 2014 to December 2014. Maximum 28 and 22 juvenile birds were observed in the month of August 2012 and July 2013 while the minimum 4 juvenile were observed in February 2012, March 2013 and November 2014. An average 25.41 ±SD12.4 and 42.33 ±SD 18.82in 2102, 27.33 ±SD 9.19 and  54.25 ±SD  14.9 in 2013, 20.90 ±SD 5.05and 43.08 ±SD 12.75in 2014 Black kites were observed in rural and urban areas, respectively. The maximum number of Black kites i.e. 134 individuals, occurred in the month of August 2012. But in general, the population remained more or less constant with seasonal variations involving dispersion during the monsoons and aggregation during the winters. The winter season adversely affects the population of Black kite in the study area because of the non-availability of preferential food.

scholarly journals Role of Pharmacist in Addressing the Adverse Drug Reactions and Improving the Knowledge of Patients Regarding Their Drug Therapy at Government Civil Hospital Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-110
Author(s):  
Zuheeb Ahmed ◽  
Marvi Metlo ◽  
Sajid Ali ◽  
Shahzad Ali ◽  
Hetesh Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Before And After

Adverse Drug Reactions are among the major problems that cause mortality and morbidity in patients worldwide. In this study, Adverse Drug Reactions with common medicines were addressed, and the knowledge of pharmacist for prescribed medicine was also evaluated before and after educating the patients by pharmacist. The duration of this study was one year from October 2016 to October 2017. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed and completed on 150 patients admitted to the hospital's medical ward. Patients whose ages were between 18-60 years, either male or female, who reported chronic diseases and took medication for a long time were selected for the study. Children or patients having < 18 years and taking medicine for a short period were excluded from this study. Selected patients were evaluated, and results were collected. Finally, the collected data was analysed with the 21st version of IBM’s Statistical Package for Service Solutions (SPSS v23). Of 150 selected patients, 61% were male, and 39% were female. Most patients were from the 18-30 age group, i.e., 28%. 60% of the patients hail from rural areas, and 40% from an urban areas. Of the 150 patient studied, 36.7% were illiterate, and only 4.7% of patients were above intermediate. Most of the patients were working in different government and private sectors. 8% of those taking the combination of Amoxicillin+Omeprazole+Salbutamol reported side-effects, whereas minimum side effects (2.0%) with Cholorothiazide+Atenolol+ Paracetamol. Reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in patients were Headache (14.9%), nausea (13.8%), vomiting (10.3%), abdominal pain (12.6%), constipation (8.0%), diarrhea (10.3%), skin rashes (5.7%), loss of appetite (4.6%), dizziness (6.9%), tiredness (6.9%) and confusion (5.7%). The knowledge of patients regarding therapy was compared before and after counseling that shows increased awareness in patients after counseling the patients. Before counseling average knowledge of patients was 27.5% that increased to 50.3% after counseling. After analyzing the results, it is concluded that pharmacist counseling and providing education to patients can significantly decrease the ADRs and increase the compliance of drugs that will ultimately enhance patients' quality of life. It was recommended that the hospital should appoint the pharmacist, especially a clinical pharmacist, and Hospital administration should arrange the programs for the awareness of patients on appropriate uses of drugs and their side effects.

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