African Traditional Medicine Based Immune Boosters and Infectious Diseases: A Short Commentary

Editorial Commentary: Infectious Diseases/Critical Care Medicine: Time to Embrace a New Subspecialty of Infectious Disease.

Infectious diseases (ID) is a broad specialty with many areas of specialization. In the past, academic ID physicians became experts in areas based on their research focus, but in recent times, ID clinicians are increasingly subspecialized with areas of expertise in hospital epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship, transplant ID, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/ AIDS, hepatitis C, and glob...

Linking African Traditional Medicine Knowledge

African Traditional Medicine (ATM) is widely used in Africa as the first-line of treatment thanks to its accessibility and affordability. However, the lack of formalization of this knowledge can lead to safety issues and malpractice. This paper investigates a possible contribution of the Semantic Web in realizing the formalization and integration of ATM with data on conventional medicine (CM). ...

Commentary: “Rabies in Iranian Traditional Medicine” & Reply to Commentary on “Rabies in Iran: Past, Present and Future”

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Use in Pediatric Diseases: A Short Review

CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) therapies have become increasingly  popular in pediatric populations. phytotherapy are the most common CAM used in children. Yet, little is known about children’s preferences for CAM. But It is expected to become more widely integrated into the modern medical system, including the medical curriculum.The aim of this study is to introduce the prevalenc...

An Ontology for African Traditional Medicine

This paper describes an ontology for African Traditional Medicine (ATM), which is the basis for a knowledge management system, controlled by a multi-agent system. The interest of this problem, from the point of view of artificial intelligence and software engineering lies on the issues that arise from integration of the requirements of the different stakeholders in such a system and the diverse...