Issue · 2022
Vol.9, Pages 1-45
6 articles · pp. 1-45 · All issues →
Research ArticleIsolation of Escherichia Coli Phages from Waste Waters
Stephen Chijioke Emencheta, Anthony Amaechi Attama, Ezinwanne Nneoma Ezeibe, Adaora Angela Agubata, Ebele Benedette Onuigbo
This research was designed to isolate and test the lytic action of a bacteriophage specific to Escherichia coli. Both Escherichia coli and bacteriophages were isolated from farmlands and residential wastewaters. The isolated Escherichia coli were confirmed thr…
27 Apr 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.2.1.7
Research ArticleOccurrence of Lassa Fever Virus Infections and Control Efforts in Nigeria
Martha Echioda Ogbole, James Agbo Ameh, Samuel Mailafia, Olatunde Hamza Olabode, Bridget Jessica Adah
Lassa fever (LF), caused by Lassa virus (LV), is a severe and acute viral haemorrhagic fever. The LV is a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Arenaviridae, transmitted by the Mastomys natalensis rodent. This retrospective study was undertaken to determine…
10 Feb 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.1.7.11
Research ArticleThe Effect of Pars Humic (Ammonium humate) on Reducing Damage Caused by Potato Virus Y in Cultivars Agria
Vahid Mollasadeghi, Samaneh Elyasi
This paper investigated the effect of Pars Humic on potato cultivars Agria in Rezvanshahr city in 2020-2021 in greenhouse conditions in order to reduce the damage caused by Virus Y in potato. Pathogen-free seedlings of potatoes were propagated and grown and th…
13 Jan 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.1.1.6
Research ArticleAvian Coronaviruses in Wild Birds along Brazilian Segment of Atlantic Flyway
Barbosa Carla, Gregori Fabio, Thomazelli Luciano, Oliveira Amanda, Araújo Jansen, Ometto Tatiana et al.
Degradation of natural habitats has been described by many previous studies as a major factor in the transmission of infectious diseases, once it leads to changes on migration patterns and dispersal of birds, as resting and feeding points become scarcer result…
3 Jan 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.38.45
ReviewWeapon Store of Contagious Ecthyma Virus: Accounting for Immune Evasion and Re-Infection Strategies in Target Hosts
Monu Karki, Amit Kumar, Gnanavel Venkatesan
Orf otherwise known as contagious ecthyma is a mild, self-limiting, localized skin disease of small ruminant’s viz. sheep and goats, ensuring its presence and related economic loss all over the world. The virus is the prototype member of the Parapoxvirus…
3 Jan 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.19.31
Short CommunicationPacheco’s Disease Outbreak with High Mortality in Brazilian Captive Psittacine Birds
Carla Meneguin Barbosa, Fabio Gregori, Cairo Monteiro, Thais Helena Martins Gamon, Luciano Matsumiya Thomazelli, Tânia de Freitas Raso et al.
Psittacid Alphaherpesvirus 1 (PSHv-1) is the causative agent of Pacheco’s disease that infects psittacine birds, highly transmissible and presenting high mortality rate. Here we describe the investigation of 98 sudden deaths of birds, belonging to 8 Braz…
3 Jan 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2022/9.32.37