In June, 1895, The Strand Magazine, a periodical best known for its stories about a certain pipe-smoking Baker Street detective, published a tale about a London physician, Clifford Halifax, and his encounter with a promising young medical colleague named Arthur Feveral. Continue Reading
This article became necessary on encountering this article written in Lancet Journal. The key information relayed in that article should be extracted and highlighted for the usage of those health workers and officials involved in the armed conflict areas in Nigeria and other places to have maximum effect on the health of children in affected areas.Continue Reading
The rampage of the Ebola epidemic has driven more people to panic than the HIV/AIDS scourge. Yet, few people really knew little about why the causative virus itself, Ebola virus, is proving elusive to prevention and cure. This article listed and explained five virological-based information about the disease and its causative virus.Continue Reading
Over much of epidemiology early history, epidemiologists concentrated almost entirely upon human infectious diseases, and much of the epidemiological work on these diseases has focused on measuring burden, describing patterns, and attempting to understand the transmission dynamics of infectious agents.Continue Reading
By Tayo Fasuan
In this Part 2 of the series of article about the potential therapeutic applications of Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) like receptors, the writer provides the means of viruses recognition by the receptors and the models of mechanisms involved.Continue Reading
In a series of articles, the magazine provides information about the potential therapeutic applications of Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) like receptors as given in a seminar by Tayo Fasuan.Continue Reading
The causative viruses of respiratory infections are often transmitted by inhalation of virus-containing aerosols and droplets from infected individuals, or by direct or indirect contact with virus-contaminated fomites on environmental surfaces. However, it has been discovered that the epithelia of the human eye is another mucosal surface which is equally exposed to infectious aerosols and contaminated fomites.Continue Reading
Know more about this important infection of infants.Continue Reading
In a series of articles and write-ups, the magazine provides simple and usable information about medically important diseases, together with their symptoms, diagnoses, treatments and preventive controls.Continue Reading