Estimating the Seroprevalence of Scrub Typhus in Nepal

Autor: Piyada Linsuwanon, Nutthanun Auysawasdi, Chien-Chung Chao, Wuttikon Rodkvamtook, Binob Shrestha, Samita Bajracharya, Jasmin Shrestha, Sirima Wongwairot, Chawin Limsuwan, Erica Lindroth, Alyssa Mann, Silas Davidson, Elizabeth Wanja, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha

Publikováno v: Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 9, p 736 (2024)

Prior to the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015, scrub typhus was not recognized as a highly endemic disease in the country. This contrasted with neighboring India, where scrub typhus is endemic and there have been sporadic outbreaks of severe f

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An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission

Autor: Meghnath Dhimal, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Guna Nidhi Sharma, Pratik Khanal, Kamal Ranabhat, Lalan Prasad Shah, Bibek Kumar Lal, Runa Jha, Bishnu Prasad Upadhyaya, Bhim Acharya, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Silas A. Davidson, Piyada Charoensinphon, Khem B. Karki

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)

Abstract Background Scrub typhus is a largely ignored tropical disease and a leading cause of undifferentiated febrile illness in the areas of tsutsugamushi triangle caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is frequently diagnosed in South Asian countrie

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Use of Handheld Ultrasound to Estimate Fluid Status of Hemodialysis Patients

Autor: Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Anupam Ghimire, Safiur Rahman Ansari, Ashok Adhikari

Publikováno v: Nepalese Medical Journal, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 65-69 (2018)

Introduction: Accurate assessment of fluid status in hemodialysis patients presents a significant challenge. Nephrologists have long relied on dry weight estimation based solely on clinical parameters to decide the ultrafiltration volume for patients

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Causal Pathways from Enteropathogens to Environmental Enteropathy: Findings from the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study

Autor: Margaret N. Kosek, Tahmeed Ahmed, Zulfiquar Bhutta, Laura Caulfield, Richard Guerrant, Eric Houpt, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret Kosek, Gwenyth Lee, Aldo Lima, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, James Platts-Mills, Jessica Seidman, Rebecca R. Blank, Michael Gottlieb, Stacey L. Knobler, Dennis R. Lang, Mark A. Miller, Karen H. Tountas, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, William Checkley, Richard L. Guerrant, Carl J. Mason, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, William A. Petri, Jr., Jessica C. Seidman, Pascal Bessong, Rashidul Haque, Sushil John, Aldo A.M. Lima, Estomih R. Mduma, Reinaldo B. Oriá, Prakash Sunder Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Cláudia B. Abreu, Angel Mendez Acosta, Imran Ahmed, A.M. Shamsir Ahmed, Asad Ali, Ramya Ambikapathi, Leah Barrett, Aubrey Bauck, Eliwaza Bayyo, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Anuradha Bose, J. Daniel Carreon, Ram Krishna Chandyo, Vivek Charu, Hilda Costa, Rebecca Dillingham, Alessandra Di Moura, Viyada Doan, Jose Quirino Filho, Jhanelle Graham, Christel Hoest, Iqbal Hossain, Munirul Islam, M. Steffi Jennifer, Shiny Kaki, Beena Koshy, Álvaro M. Leite, Noélia L. Lima, Bruna L.L. Maciel, Mustafa Mahfuz, Cloupas Mahopo, Angelina Maphula, Monica McGrath, Archana Mohale, Milena Moraes, Francisco S. Mota, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Regisiana Mvungi, Gaurvika Nayyar, Emanuel Nyathi, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Reinaldo Oria, Angel Orbe Vasquez, William K. Pan, John Pascal, Crystal L. Patil, Laura Pendergast, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Stephanie Psaki, Mohan Venkata Raghava, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Muneera Rasheed, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Stephanie A. Richard, Anuradha Rose, Reeba Roshan, Barbara Schaefer, Rebecca Scharf, Srujan L. Sharma, Binob Shrestha, Rita Shrestha, Suzanne Simons, Alberto M. Soares, Rosa M.S. Mota, Sajid Soofi, Tor Strand, Fahmida Tofail, Rahul J. Thomas, Ali Turab, Manjeswori Ulak, Vivian Wang, Ladislaus Yarrot, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Didar Alam, Caroline Amour, Cesar Banda Chavez, Sudhir Babji, Rosa Rios de Burga, Julian Torres Flores, Jean Gratz, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, Alexandre Havt, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Robin P. Lazarus, Ila F. Lima, Dinesh Mondal, Pedro H.Q.S. Medeiros, Rosemary Nshama, Josiane Quetz, Shahida Qureshi, Sophy Raju, Anup Ramachandran, Rakhi Ramadas, A. Catharine Ross, Mery Siguas Salas, Amidou Samie, Kerry Schulze, E. Shanmuga Sundaram, Buliga Mujaga Swema, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso

Publikováno v: EBioMedicine, Vol 18, Iss C, Pp 109-117 (2017)

Background: Environmental enteropathy (EE), the adverse impact of frequent and numerous enteric infections on the gut resulting in a state of persistent immune activation and altered permeability, has been proposed as a key determinant of growth fail

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Comparison of left ventricular global longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with and without diabetes mellitus asymptomatic for coronary artery disease at a tertiary hospital in Nepal

Autor: Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Tunam Khadka, Anmol Prasad Shrestha

Publikováno v: Journal of Kathmandu Medical College. :240-246

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for cardiovascular events. A significant proportion of diabetics are asymptomatic for ischaemic heart disease either because of the early stage of ischaemia or silent myocardial ischaemia. Global l

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https://doi.org/10.3126/jkmc.v11i4.53665