Background: Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a global public health emergency affecting thousands of people across the world. The knowledge, attitude and practice related to transmission prevention COVID-19 are regarded as most critical effective control measures. Therefore, purpose this study was assess knowledge of, along with precautionary practices adopted by city Kolk...

The Howrah Bridge and Second Hooghly Bridge has been serving the city of Kolkata in conjunction with each other by allowing the city to be well connected with the rest of the state and indeed the rest of the country. The bridges by themselves, the former being of balancedcantilever form and the latter being cable-stayed, are marvels of bridge engineering with each being built in very different ...

In the absence of any nationwide cervical screening program, cancer of cervix remains a major public health problem for India. We here assessed knowledge levels of female college students about cervical cancer, its risk factors, the human papillomavirus (HPV) etiologic agent and Pap (Papanicolaou) smear testing for screening. We conducted a questionnaire survey of the students (N=630), aged 17 ...

A cross-sectional study was carried out during January-June 2004 to assess the status of HIV infection among brothel-based sex workers in Kolkata city, India. Six hundred and twenty-two sex workers, selected from six brothels, were included in the study to assess their HIV status, and 362 sex workers, a subset of the above population, were interviewed to study their risk behaviour and practices...

Chloroquine (CQ) is highly effective against P. vivax, due to the rapid spread of CQ resistance in P. falciparum parasites; it is no longer the drug of choice against P. falciparum. This study elucidates the scenario of chloroquine efficacy at times that coincided with a new drug policy and especially assessed the chloroquine resistant molecular markers after withdrawal of chloroquine in Kolkat...

A major hurdle in increasing the economic feasibility of solar photovoltaic (SPV) plants is ever-increasing share location-dependent costs (land, transmission, labor, etc.) total installation costs. Such are geospatial nature, due to spatial socio-economics affecting them. Present geolocation methods, for locating SPV sites, do not consider effect installation. We use a parameterization model e...

AIM The ringworms of pet dogs, cats, and stray animals (dogs, cats, and other animals) could be a potential source of zoonotic infections causing a serious public health problem in the busy city Kolkata. The pet owners are more susceptible to get this infection from their pets, because of the close contact with them as dermatophytosis is very much prevalent in those pets. So, this study was aim...

The head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) accounts for about 30-40% of all cancer types in India and the subcontinent in general. HNSCCs are primarily not hereditary, but rather a disease of older and middle aged adults. Many etiological factors like tobacco, alcohol and HPV infection are known to play important roles. Eastern India, particularly Kolkata, has a population heavily expose...