BACKGROUND In Pakistan visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Northern Areas and Northwest Frontier Province; the areas which lack adequate diagnostic facilities. This study describes the clinical and laboratory features in 61 cases of childhood VL. METHODS All the children below 12 years of age who were managed as indoor cases from 1st Jan 1999 to 31st Dec 1999 were ...

Sajad Majeed Zargar1*, Nancy Gupta2, Rakeeb A Mir3, Vandna Rai4 1Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Division of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India 2School Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Chatha, Jammu, J&K, India 3School of Bio resources & Biotechnology, B...

A new lichen species Lecaimmeria pakistanica K.Habib, R.Zulfiqar & Khalid sp. nov. is described and illustrated from rocks in the temperate forests of Himalaya Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan. This characterized by its yellow-brown to brown thallus having areoles 0.4 1.5 mm across, branched anastomosing paraphyses, a tall hymenium, large ascospores 20–32 × 10–16 μm, no substance detected thin ...

Objective: The following study aimed to correlate the prevalence of COVID-19 and rhino pathological conditions simultaneously in population visiting hospital Mirpur, Azad Jammu Kashmir. Study Design: Case Control Study. Setting: DHQ Teaching Hospital, Period: April July 2020. Material & Methods: Patients teaching hospital, Kashmir for their related symptoms were included study. Demographic ...

Objective: The study aims to find the symptoms of COVID-19 in population Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It will then correlate observed patients based on their day monitoring. Study Design: Case-control study. Setting: Hospitals Mirpur, Kashmir. Period: April 2019 Dec 2020. Material & Methods: was carried out order estimate with anosmia. Patients visiting hospitals vicinity Kashmir for r...

The study deals with the enduring conflict between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. The ongoing conflict is analyzed as an enduring rivalry; characterized by three major wars (1947-48), 1965, 1971, low intensity military conflict (Siachen), mini war at Kargil (1999), internal insurgency, cross border terrorism. We examine the progress and the status of the dispute, as well ...