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Lappet-Faced Vulture, Camel and Raven of Red Sea of Egypt

Mar 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2997-2248.jwl-22-4074
Samia Ahmed KamalCorresponding author

Camels imported from Africa enter Egypt at Southeast borders. Movement of life animals help spreading of transboundary diseases from endemic areas to free areas. Lappet-faced vulture in Egypt territory represents highly valuable gift of nature, it is recorded in Red sea zone of Egypt. Their numbers…

Features of the Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases, Geopolitics and Gain-of-Function Research

Jan 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-4044
Chrysanthus Chukwuma SrCorresponding author

This paper attempts to present the dissemination and transmission dynamics of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and the underlying features of gain-of-function research and geopolitics in the ambient within and across borders. Research and publication are relevant from perspectives in the…

Characterizing the Dynamics of Covid-19 Based on Data

Nov 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-21-3991
Raúl IseaCorresponding author

The objective of this paper is to apply datadriven discovery of dynamics modeling to obtain a system of differential equations that allows us to describe the transmission dynamics of Covid-19, based on the number of confirmed cases and deaths reported daily. This methodology was applied in four diff…

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Practices towards Sexually Transmitted Infections among Secondary School Students in Mlimba Division, Ifakara, Tanzania

Sep 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2994-6743.ijstd-21-3866
Nicholas J. KavanaCorresponding author

Background This study was done to assess knowledge, attitude and preventive practices towards sexually transmitted infections among secondary school students in Mlimba Division, Ifakara, Tanzania. Method A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2021. A total of 365 secondary school…

“Happy Village” Concept Helping Villages to Face COVID-19

Jun 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3758
NS Rajapaksa HewageeganaCorresponding author

“Health Promoting Village” concept named as “Happy Villages” started in 2007 in Badulla District in Uva Province was a community mobilization process through which village communities have been empowered to look after their community health. The areas included were Early Childhood Care and Developme…

Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Children Born from HIV Positive Women Musanze District, Rwanda

May 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3820
Erigene RutayisireCorresponding author

In Rwanda the prevalence of mother-to-child HIV transmission is 1.5%, the prevalence was found to be higher in rural area. The purpose of this study was to determine the Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Children born from HIV Positive Women in Musanze District. The study findings h…

Molecular Evolution of the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

May 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-4602.jes-21-3837
Jeffrey O. HendersonCorresponding author

The coronavirus infectious disease (20)19 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by a newly identified virus (2019) SARS-CoV-2, a beta coronavirus that shares similarities with other human-infecting coronaviruses. Genomic analysis suggests that SARS-CoV-2 is closely related to SARS-CoV, a bat-related coronav…

Analytical Solutions of the Transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 in Three Interactive Populations

Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3732
Raúl IseaCorresponding author

This paper resolves analytically a mathematical model that reproduces the transmission of Covid-19 in three interactive populations, i.e. from the initial source of contagion associated with the bat population, subsequently transmitted to unknown host (usually associate with pangolins). The host wer…

Mathematical Modeling of Covid-19

Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2766-8681.jcsr-21-3701
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author

Background The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) suddenly appeared in Wuhan, Hubei since December 2019, and quickly swept across China, then the whole world. Today, after more than 100 days of fighting against the virus, China's epidemic has been effectively controlled, but when we looking at the entire…

Models and data Analysis of the Outbreak Risk of COVID-19

Jan 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3383
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author

With the spread of the new coronavirus around the world, governments of various countries have begun to use the mathematical modeling method to construct some virus transmission models assessing the risks of spatial spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, while carrying out epidemic prevention work,…

Perceived Effect of Knowledge Level and Socio-Demographics on COVID-19 Risk Exposure: the Africa Experience

Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3620
Obioma AzuonwuCorresponding author Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Bacteriology / Virology / Parasitology Unit, Rivers State University, Nkpolu – Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency till date. It is eminent that the transmission of the disease is subjective to people’s readiness to implement public health preventative strategies and these are often related to knowledge. Proper public knowledge about COVID-19 plus its predisposin…

Dynamics of Infections and Number of Vaccines Needed to Avoid Covid-19 in Europe

Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3587
Raúl IseaCorresponding author

The work analyzes the dynamics of transmission of infections by the new coronavirus in twelve European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, and Portugal, whose data from contagion were obtained by Johns Hopkins University…

CFD Simulation Study on Shell Made of Composite Material when Subject to Temperatures Above 3000 Degrees Centigrade

Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-20-3534
C. Hari Venkateswara RaoCorresponding author

In this article I am explaining the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation study on shell made of Composite material when subject to Temperatures above 3000ºC. In this analysis a shell is made of the composite structure with all the properties defines as of the Carbon Phenolic materials and i…

Animals in the COVID-19 Era: Between Being a source, Victims, or Maybe our Hope to Overcome it!

Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3481
Shilpi GuptaCorresponding author

The indirect misuse of animals usually correlated to catastrophic consequences like the one we are facing now, novel coronavirus disease-19. However, the source of infection is not fully confirmed yet. But the finger of blame points to bats and pangolins. Hence, understanding and raising awareness a…

Biomedical Infophysical Models of Filtering Ghost Airflows by Wearing Masks and Maintaining Social Distancing to Prevent COVID-19 and Reopen All Systems after Shutdowns (Lockdowns)

Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3426
Kang ChengCorresponding author

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 400 thousand and infected more than 7 million people in the whole world as of 06/10/2020. Many open systems, such as educations, transportations, entertainments, sports or foods, have been completely or partially locked down in many regions of the world to…

Adaptive Artificial Passive Immunity as a Suggested Strategy for Treatment of COVID-19 Critical Cases

May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-20-3311
Ahmed G. ElkabilyCorresponding author

Currently, the emergence of a novel human corona virus, SARS-CoV-2, has become a global health concern causing severe respiratory tract infections in humans. Human-to-human transmissions have been described with incubation times between 2-14 days, facilitating its spread via droplets, contaminated h…

SARS-Corona Virus-2 Origin and Treatment, From Coffee to Coffee: A Double-Edged Sword

May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3344
Mohammad Reza NaghiiCorresponding author

Identifying the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 disease will help to make appropriate decisions and thus control the epidemic. Although many details, such as the source of the virus and its ability to spread between people remain unknown, an increasing number of cases show the signs of h…

Mathematical Modeling and Epidemic Prediction of COVID-19 and its Significance to Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures

Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2766-8681.jcsr-21-3719
Bin ZhaoCorresponding author

Background Since receiving unexplained pneumonia patients at the Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has rapidly spread in Wuhan, China and spread to the entire China and some neighboring countries. We establish the dynamics model of infectious disease…

Urgent Prevention of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Chinese Eating and Mask-Wearing Cultures

Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3264
Kang ChengCorresponding author

Chinese people have a very good mask-wearing culture; it is normal to wear masks to protect their faces from wind and pollution. Thus, they easily accept the wearing of masks to prevent infectious diseases, as seen with the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China today. However, Chinese people…

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