International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications
Volume 3, Issue 2 (2017)
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Sero-prevalence of Hydatidosis Among Patients Visiting Neurological Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Abstract: Hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus remain as a considerable problem for public health and livestock economy in developing countries. A hospital based Screening of 80 neurological patients visiting neurology department of TUTH was carried out. Of the total studied samples 10 (12.5%) were found to have positive sero-prevalence towards E. granulosus (hydatidosis) using commercial indirect ELISA kit. The high rate of sero- prevalence was found among the dalit ethnic group …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Natural Painkillers
Abstract: Various natural sources are extensively used as traditional medicine for the management of various types of pain including tooth ache, gastric pain, abdominal pain, ear ache and generalized body pain. These natural painkillers are used as alternatives of synthetic painkillers which show adverse side effects in patients. They also possess long term antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory action in patient’s body. Various studies have been performed on a variety of natural sources possessing …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 13–25 Read article
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Clinical Evaluation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Culture and Multiplex PCR for the Characterization of Multiple Drug Resistance Tuberculosis in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract: Multiple drug resistance (MDR) tuberculosis timely diagnose is of utmost clinical relevance and needs to be diagnose at initial stages for the proper treatment. The current study was done to detect the multiple genes for MDR tuberculosis (TB) in clinical isolates by molecular tools. 186 clinical samples were considered out and subjected for AFB smear preparation, Nested PCR (IS6110) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detection and MDR TB PCR targeting rpoB, …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 26–31 Read article
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Characteristics of Mycrocystin aeruginosa – Review
Abstract: Cynobacteria are photoautotrophs, they have major significance in the branch of phycology. There are some cynobacteria which synthesize microcystin which is a toxin compound released and caused deleterious effect to human kind. Mycrocystin aeruginosa produces a toxic algal bloom, this organism released a hepatotoxin called mycrocystin. Cyanobacterial toxins they are membrane-bound or occur free within the cells. In in-vitro research, most of the toxin release occurs as cells age and …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 32–35 Read article
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Chikungunya Peregrination from Southern Tanzania (1952) to Italy (2017)
Abstract: Chikungunya is a mosquito–transmitted systemic viral infection disseminated in Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent. In recent decades, it has also spread to the boundaries of Europe and the Americas. Since the first discovery (outbreak) of the virus in Tanzania (1952), there have been many reported outbreaks worldwide, around one third of human population were affected in epidemic episode of Re´union Island (2005-2006). Recently, confirmed cases (2013) in the French …
Published in International Journal of Animal Biotechnology and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 7–12 Read article