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Is Pandemic Teaching Gut Biome Maybe Holding The Key With Us Carrying Our Answers In Our Gut?
My opinion: Just like global epidemiology of HIV had its onset among men having sex with men, global epidemiology of monkeypox is following the same onset. However, just as HIV did not limit itself to men having sex with men, monkeypox too may evolve a similar pattern. Therefore, the question arises as to why so. Is it the absence..
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Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Can Clear Anesthesia Screen Drape Be Suppressing Self-Infection (SSI)?
My opinion: Since the onset of pandemic, it has been anecdotally observed that incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) may be coming down [1-6]. One of the explanations thought to be underlying this presumed reduction in SSIs is sterner as well as more complete use of personal protective equipment (PPE) not only by providers ..
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Antibiosis: "Dear Microbiome, Are You Dead Yet?" Probiosis: "Maybe Never, Must Be Never."
My opinion: Since watching movie "Kiss the Ground" [1], it has been fascinating personal enterprise to foresee personal "Poop in the Loop" [2]. However, neither the ground has been kissed nor the poop has been looped. Henceforth, the deeds which could not be completed are being documented as the deeds which should have been a..
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Kissing HPV or Kissing It Goodbye: Time To Reinvent Mass Media Strategy To Increase Acceptance Of HPV Vaccination Among Parents And Their Young Wards
My opinion: As physicians, some of us first encountered the plight of human papillomavirus (HPV) among their patients once they moved across the continents. Surprisingly, those first observed episodes were among toddlers and even infants presenting for surgical management of recurrent respiratory/laryngeal papillomatosis under..
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Is It Apophenic Bet on Bats to Search for SARS-CoV-0 as Prequel and Prepare for SARS-CoV-X as Sequel to COVID-19 Pandemic?
My opinion: My imagination has always run wild but it is running amok since COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the question bugging me is “if pandemic had started with bat-consumption [1-2], will pandemic end with bat-consumption too?” as if lyrics penned by Qateel Shifai and sung by Jagjit Singh that translate as “He/She/It who/..
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Influenza: The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic And Antiviral Treatment Options
Abstract : Purpose. To provide an overview of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and antiviral treatment options for influenza. Summary. Influenza infection causes significant morbidity and mortality every year. The high mutation rate and segmented nature of influenza virus genome gives rise to high genetic variability which enable..
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Adult Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A 25-Year Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Abstract : Five patients of acquired Hemophago Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) were seen in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 25 years. Three of the patients had a culture proved Salmonella typhi infection and one had evidence of Epstein Barr virus infection. The three patients with Enteric fever were managed with antibiotic th..
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Serum Lipid Profiling In Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy-naive HIV Positive Patients In Ghana; Any Potential Risk?
Abstract: Background In recent years serum lipid profile alterations have been described from an early stage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and more importantly in the progression of the disease. The aim of this study was to find out if any correlation existed between serum lipid profile and the progression of H..
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Sneeze-vector And Sexually Transmitted Vaccines
Hypothesis: Intra-nasal vaccine delivery (e.g. Flumist) has become a popular alternative to injections: just as naturally occurring viruses can enter the body through the respiratory system, so can artificially attenuated or inactivated viruses, or vaccines. The ability of vaccine strains to act effectively after entering the body..
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Antioxidant Therapy- A Relevant Therapeutic Adjunct For Antiretroviral Therapy In Plwhas In Ghana
Abstract: Background: Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) has been implicated in the stimulation of replication and progression of HIV infection. This study was aimed at investigating the levels of oxidative stress and the relevance of antioxidant therapy as an adjunct for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in people living ..
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