Lobelia nicotianaefolia is a medicinal plant found in the Western ghat region of Karnataka (India), with a common name [Heddumbe]. The leaves are used in traditional health care system to treat various ailments including pain and snake bites but despite this there are no proper reports supporting it. In the present study to understand its medicinal benefits, the leaf extracts were assessed for ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES A longitudinal, entomological and virological study was conducted from 2007 to 2010 in four dengue fever affected areas of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala to understand the risk factors involved in the dengue transmission. METHODS Aedes surveys were carried out seasonally in the selected localities both indoors and peridomestic sites. Water holding containers were ...

was admitted into the XI B. I., Depot Hospital, Bareilly, on the 29th of March 1892, suffering from a perforating gunshot wound of the left knee-joint. The history of the case is as follows:?The XI B. I. were 111 camp at Ganesh Ghat near Rampur, and this sepoy was sitting outside the o-uard tent talking to some of his comrades and waiting for his turn to go 011 guard. A sepoy outside the tent f...

Aim The study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of antibodies to Capripoxviruses among small ruminants of Odisha, India. Materials and Methods A total of 500 random serum samples collected from 214 sheep and 286 goats across 10 agro-climatic zones of Odisha, were screened using whole virus antigen-based indirect ELISA for antibodies against Capripoxviruses. Results were analyzed by suit...

A phosphate-solubilizing bacterial strain NII-0909 isolated from the Western ghat forest soil in India was identified as Micrococcus sp on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, carbon source utilization pattern, fatty acid methyl esters analysis, and 16S rRNA gene sequence. The strain exhibited the plant growth-promoting attributes of phosphate solubilization, auxin production, 1-aminocyclop...