Recent Articles
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September 23, 2024 Research ArticleAbstract Background: It is widely appreciated that vancomycin use is excessive. A drug use evaluation of intravenous vancomycin orders at our hospital showed that 48% were inappropriate. This finding was surprising because our stewardship program required Inf.....
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September 18, 2024 Short CommunicationAbstract In 1981, Cuba suffered the most serious outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever recorded in the region of the Americas, where 43 million dollars were used at the initial direct cost for the eradication of Ae. aegypti. As a result of the epidemic, the Na.....
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August 05, 2024 Research ArticleAbstract Introduction: In January/2020 China notified the appearance of a new coronavirus- SARS- CoV-2- that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that can evolve with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Due to its rapid spread throughout the world, .....
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July 19, 2024 Case ReportAbstract Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the invasive intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1–L3. LGV is distributed worldwide and most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics, but also causes ou.....
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July 12, 2024 Research ArticleMolecular Epidemiology of Human Enterovirus B in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis from Five West African CountriesNdack Ndiaye1# Fatou Diène Thiaw1# Hermann Nodji Djimadoum2$ Mohamed Lemine Diakité3$ Sidu Biai4$ Gassim Cissé5$ Landoh Dadja Essoya6$ Oumie Jagne-Jallow7$ Sidat Fofana8$ Boly Diop9$ Aliou Diallo10$ Annick Dosseh11 Anfumbom Kfuthwah12 Ousmane Diop13 Ousmane Kébé1 Khadija Leila Diatta1 Ndongo Dia1 Amadou Alpha Sall1 Ousmane Faye1 Martin Faye1*Abstract Enterovirus genus includes many viruses that are pathogenic for humans and most of the studies focusing on the distribution of Non-Polio Enteroviruses (NPEV) were conducted in Asia, Europa and in the Americas. However, only scarce data on the epide.....
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July 02, 2024 Research ArticleAbstract Dengue has a broad spectrum of syndromic presentations, making clinical diagnosis difficult in regions where acute febrile syndrome has multiple etiologies. Rapid tests for detecting NS1 and IgM are broadly proposed for the early diagnosis of dengue;.....
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July 01, 2024 Research ArticleAbstract In the present study, we investigated the activity of the synthetic peptide LKEKK (Np5) in murine model of tuberculosis induced by Mycobacterium bivis-bovinus 8 strain. Therapy with Np5 at doses of 0.01, 0.1, and 1µg/kg (5 daily injections) decrease.....
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May 25, 2024 Opinion ArticleAbstract New therapeutics and vaccines have had a significant impact on the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower mortality and morbidity reported in which host immunity from either vaccination or previous infection may be playing a significant role. However, High-Ri.....