Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510142
A Descriptive Study of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Bhutan
Kinley Gyem, Adeep Monger, Jit Bdr Darnal, Lila Maya Adhikari, Sonam Wangchuk and Tandin Dorji
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched into the tiny Himalayan country Bhutan and the first suspected case was seen on 27th January 2020. There are no reports available in the country till date. Therefore, a descriptive study was conducted to understand the epidemiological characteristics of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bhutan as of 30th April 2020. Data were extracted from the Royal Center for Disease Control COVID-19 information database and analyzed using Epi Info 7.2....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510141
Gut Feeling: The Plausible Faecal-Oral Transmission Route of Covid-19
Mohammad Khalid Parvez
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: July 11, 2020
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2 is taking a toll on public health. The spread of Covid-19 is confirmed through person-to-person direct contact, aerosolized nasal or oral droplets, and fomites. The clinical symptoms of Covid-19 are cough, headache, fever and breathlessness, including mild to severe pneumonia and death. In addition, a proportion of individuals experience vomiting, stomach ache or diarrhoea with or without respiratory disease. Recent clinical studies have report...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510095
COVID-19 and Thrombocytopenia: Heparin or Sepsis-Induced?
Fabiana Tezza, MD, PhD, Angela Susana, MD, Jacopo Monticelli, MD, Lucia AC Leone, MD and Sofia Barbar, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 22, 2020
About 40% of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients are asymptomatic but infectious. More common symptoms are fever, dry cough and dyspnea but some patients might experience also myalgia, diarrhea, anosmia and ageusia. Severe cases present a severe pneumonia that could exitate in an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) characterized by acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and bilateral lung infiltrates...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510094
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in an Old Woman
Antoine Briantais, Margaux Froidefond, Julie Seguier, Laure Swiader and Jean Marc Durand
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 22, 2020
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common worldwide distributed hereditary red cells enzymatic defect, with a prevalence of 400 million affected subjects. It is a benign haematologic disorder, acute haemolytic crisis triggered by exposition to oxidative agents such as fava beans, drugs or infections might be its most common life-threatening clinical presentation. Although G6PD deficiency is X-linked recessive disorder, females are expected to have normal G6PD level. ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510124
Back to School: Monitoring a COVID-19 Outbreak Using Routine Clinical Data
Hilde Philips, Stefan Morreel and Veronique Verhoeven
Article Type: Brief Report | First Published: July 20, 2020
After 5 weeks of lock-down during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, the government considered reopening schools in the beginning of May 2020. Decisions were merely made, based on advices from epidemiologists and virologists. This study shows that by using routine data in primary care decisions can easily be supported and infections can be monitored in a valid way. In this manuscript we made a descriptive analysis of the respiratory and COVID-19 related illness burden in children aged 0 up to 19-...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510123
Antiplasmodial Efficacy of Anacardium occidentale in Albino Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei
Afolabi Olajide Joseph and Oluyi Timilehin Samson
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 11, 2020
Resistance of malaria parasites by most malarial drugs prompted the search for other drugs that are effective against the parasite. In endemic nations of the world, medicinal plants are often used to treat malaria. Among such plants is Anacardium occidentale which in addition to treating malaria, the plant has traditionally been used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery, colonic pains, genital problems, venereal diseases, impotence, bronchitis, cough and syphilis- related skin disorder. This research a...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5750/1510088
New Approachment of Creeping Eruption Management
Sukmawati Tansil Tan and Yohanes Firmansyah
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 23, 2020
Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a zoonotic infestation caused by penetration and migration of filariform larvae into the epidermal layer of skin derived from dogs and cats, namely Ancylostoma braziliense and Ancylostoma caninum. Infective filariform larvae penetrate the surface of the skin, and migrate beneath the epidermis by leaving prominent linear or serpiginous lesions called 'creeping eruption'. One case was reported of CLM with the main complaint of being very itchy and serpiginosa lesio...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510171
Validity of Lower Extremity Postural Sway for Baseline Concussion Testing
Marisa Pontillo PT, PhD, DPT, Shawn Hines and Brian Sennett, MD
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 18, 2020
The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) and King-Devick (KD) are utilized frequently in the athletic population for baseline testing, despite the BESS lacking sensitivity. Biomechanical testing detects smaller magnitudes of change but has not been validated against clinical tests. The objectives of this study were to examine the distribution of Lower Extremity (LE) sway variables in an athletic population; to examine the relationship between clinical and biomechanical concussion testing measures...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510170
Use of a Virtual Platform to Evaluate Mental Performance, Mood State and Anxiety in a Third-Division Mexican Soccer Team
Mora Rosas Norma Elizabeth, PhD, Natalia Lozano Virgen, PhD and Francisco Arroyo Paz, MD
Article Type: Sport Psychology Analisys | First Published: July 16, 2020
The psychological evaluation for soccer players should be conducted during different times of the regular season, as it can provide relevant data that are useful for the coach and his multidisciplinary assistant’s team. Generally speaking, this evaluation is carried out by a sports psychologist and takes time to apply to the entire team, which makes the scoring process and data interpretation take longer, especially if this is carried out by a single psychologist in the traditional way....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510169
Sleep Loss During Military Training Reduces Testosterone in U.S. Army Rangers: A Two-Study Series
Janna Mantua, Jacob A Naylor, Bradley M Ritland, Carolyn A Mickelson, Alexxa F Bessey, Jake J Choynowski, Walter J Sowden, Ashlee B McKeon and Tina M Burke
Article Type: Brief Report | First Published: July 11, 2020
U.S. Army Rangers must maintain a high level of physical fitness in order to be successful during training and deployment missions. The hormone testosterone increases muscle growth and strength, which leads to better physical fitness and performance. Therefore, maintaining high testosterone levels is of critical importance to this unit. However, many Ranger missions require sleep deprivation, which, in non-military populations, has been shown to decrease testosterone. The purpose of the study wa...