BACKGROUND Information about the burden of invasive pneumococcal disease among children in Pakistan is limited. METHODS Surveillance of bacterial meningitis among children aged <5 years was set up at 18 hospitals in southern Pakistan that fulfilled the following criteria: (1) >30 pediatric admissions weekly, (2) skilled personnel to perform lumbar punctures, and (3) close proximity to an Aga ...

Following the declaration of eradication of wild poliovirus (WPV) type 2 in September 2015, trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV) was withdrawn globally to reduce the risk for type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV2) transmission; all countries implemented a synchronized switch to bivalent OPV (type 1 and 3) in April 2016 (1,2). Any isolation of VDPV2 after the switch is to be treated as a ...

Breast cancer is a cancer of the breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females-affecting, at some time in their lives, approximately one out of nine Benign lesions of breast are the most common lesions which accounts for 90% of the clinical presentation related to breast. The main aim of this study is to profile the pattern of benign breast lumps amongst young female...

The title compound, C(20)H(26)O(4), was extracted from Leucas Urticifolia, a wild Lamiaceae herb distributed in the Punjab, Baluchistan, Sindh and the Rajputana desert of Pakistan. The plant is utilized for various medicinal applications by the local community. The title compound is based on the pimarane-diterpene skeleton. The mol-ecule exhibits an ep-oxy ring fused to momilactone-A, leading t...

—The growth and development of institutions day by day especially universities are increasing very large number of peoples including employees as well as students, working on different domain in distance between multiple integrated institutes, and degrading the overall efficiency of system that cannot facilitate better interoperability and automated integration. In many universities, exist syst...

The Earthquake of January 26, 2001 of magnitude 7.6 on Richter scale has resulted in more than 25,000 fatalities and wide spread damage in India and SouthEast lower part of Sindh, Pakistan. The Intensity of this earthquake was felt from severe to minor near the epicenter and areas within 400 km radius. It has been reported that severe damage has occurred to mid to high-rise buildings in the cit...

&#x0D; The reported cases of snake bite are 5.4 million per year, making the serious envenoming issue so, that WHO categorises in neglected tropical diseases. Anti venom is produced by intramuscular injection crude with different formulation adjuvants to equine animals, but these injections have several health impact equine. Snake species categorised according geographical locations, and there ...

This paper presents an assessment of groundwater quality and quantum in the command areas two secondary canals lower Sindh, southern province Pakistan. These off-take from Rohri main canal Sukkur barrage Indus basin system. The scarcity water is due to climate change, population growth increased demands. farming community uses meet needs improve their livelihood. fresh Sindh only 22 percent, wh...