disseminated nocardiosis (dn), is an infrequent and severe infection due to nocardia species and defined as infection in two or more discontinuous organs.  most infections occur in the immunocompromised host or in persons with underlying disease.  dn occurs rarely in children.  in this report, we describe an 11-year-old immune-compromised child with nocardiosis involving the lung, skin, brain a...

there are several important mosquito borne infectious disease in the tropical countries. chikungunya virus infection is an important arbovirus in this group. we hereby used a standard medicogeographical analysis to assess the correlation between prevalence of chikungunya virus infection and rainfall in the endemic area of thailand, the southern region. in this work, the correlation was poor but...

ebola virus disease is the important emerging disease in africa. this infection is deadly and has the main clinical feature as an acute hemorrhagic fever. the main hematological alteration in this infection is the platelet change. however, the change in other hematological parameters should be mentioned.

autoimmunity and viral infections are closely associated fields, and viruses have been proposed as a likely aetiological, contributory or triggering factors of systemic autoimmune diseases. hepatitis c virus seems to be the virus usually associated with the appearance of autoimmune diseases, and the relationship between chronic hepatitis c virus infection and some autoimmune disease has been st...

 Coronavirus disease (COVID) has had a growing outbreak around the world. China reported COVID-19 infection for the first time in December 2019. Symptoms of this disease often include respiratory symptoms, but gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea) were also reported in COVID-19 infection. Coronavirus transmits through direct droplets, contact, or fomites. However, other mod...

Grain mold caused by Fusarium verticillioides is one of the most dangerous food and feed safety challenges in sorghum production. The most efficient solution for reducing the hazards of the disease is breeding resistant varieties. In order to find the resistant sorghum varieties, nine sorghum varieties were evaluated for their reaction to F. verticillioides and fumonisin accumulation in their ...

rust caused by phakopsora pachyrhizi syd. is a major constraint to soybean product in asia. early detection and possibilities of controlling plant diseases by the integration of several image processing methods has been the subject of extensive research. the main contribution of this paper is to present different methodologies for quantitatively detecting soybean rust at each stage of disease d...