Potential Misdiagnosis between COVID-19 and Dengue Infection Using Rapid Serological Test

Serodiagnosis of dengue infection using rapid immunochromatography test in patients with probable dengue infection.

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of seropositive dengue infection using rapid immunochromatographic assay in patients with probable dengue infection as per WHO criteria. METHOD A cross-sectional observational study was conducted at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi from July 2008 to January 2009. Patients presenting with acute febrile illness, rashes, bleeding tendencies, leucopenia and or...

The correlation between H. pylori infection and COVID-19

SARS CoV-2 and H. pylori are pathogens associated with the most common viral and bacterial infections globally. The co-infection of pathogenic bacteria and SARS CoV-2 represented  a true health challenge. The current study aimed to estimate the incidence of H. pylori in patients with COVID-19. For this purpose, 130 patients with RT-PCR confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection as well as 130 apparently he...

Nutrition and Infection with COVID-19

a comparative study of a rapid test and elisa for the serological determination of hiv infection

in a comparative study, 460 serum samples were tested for the serological determination of human immunodeficiency vrius (hiv) using an elisa kit and a rapid test kit. results indicated that the rapid test is reliable for screening unkonwn samples when there is no special equipment for screening with immunoblotting and/or elisa.

Therapeutic potential of Paclitaxel against COVID-19

The coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and soon became the most serious global health challenge due to high rate of human-to-human transmission. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2), is a single-stranded RNA virus and belongs to the large Coronaviridae family. Paclitaxel, an antineoplastic drug extracted from the Tax...