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ReviewInhibitory Potential of Medicinal Plants Against Viral Pathogens and their Putative Modes of Action
Muhammad Akram, Anirban Mandal, Mehwish Iqbal, Arindam Mukherjee, Ritika Bandyopadhyay, Surendar Rangasamy et al.
Plants are useful as food and drugs to human beings. People are becoming progressively conscious of complications with the abuse and over prescription of conventional antibiotics. Plant extracts can be good alternative in day-to-day illness instead of antibiot…
3 Feb 2024DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.58.71
Research ArticleSerosurvey for HIV, Hepatitis B, and C Viruses Among Apparently Healthy Students of Federal Polytechnic Idah and its Environs
Joseph Oyiguh Abraham, Cornelius Arome Omatola, Martin-Luther Oseni Okolo, Ruth Foluke Aminu, Emmanuel Edegbo, Olubunmi Marvelous Emurotu et al.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) remain a significant public health concern globally. However, there is a dearth of information about the prevalence of the three viruses in the study area. Therefore, the…
30 Jan 2024DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.51.57- Review
The Implementation of Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Diseases and Practices: A Comprehensive Review
Muhammad Wasif Gulzar, Jawad Hussain
There currently exists no regulatory structure controlling the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in veterinary medicine and infectious diseases (viral, bacterial, and parasitic), in contrast to the heavily regulated field of the…
17 Jan 2024DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.43.50 
Research ArticleSero-Survey of Avian Influenza Disease Virus in Live Bird Markets and Farmers Appraisal within Abuja Municipal Area Council, Nigeria
Olabode, H.O.K, Mailafia, Martha Echioda-Ogbole, Ameh, J.A et al.
Avian Influenza (AI) virus is a transboundary animal disease of international food and biosecurity importance characterized by recurrent outbreaks in many countries where the virus is still endemic. This purposive sero-surviellance study was conducted to detec…
5 Oct 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.36.42- Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Human immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection Among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in a Specialist Hospital, Lokoja
Martin-Luther Oseni Okolo, Monday Eneojo Akor, Cornelius Arome Omatola, Zainab Penninah Ochada, Ugbane Eleojo Okolo, Benjamin Mudi Idache et al.
Worldwide tuberculosis (TB) prevalence increased as a result of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic. Nevertheless, the widespread use of efficient antiretrovirals has lately prompted the tendency to reverse. This study was carried out to detect Myc…
19 May 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.14.23 
Research ArticleFactors Associated with Declining Incidence of HIV-2 in West Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
Lipigwe Lauya, Peace Nkiruka Okeke, Chukwudi Chizorom Ibeh, Bello Ozovehe Banimoh, Nanma Tongnan Cosmas
The literature suggests that West Africa is the epicenter of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2), with only sporadic cases occurring in other parts of the world. However, surveillance has shown that both the incidence and prevalence of HIV-2 infection…
19 May 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.24.35- Review
COVID-19 Cytokine Storm, Co-Infections, and Secondary Infections: Recent Information and Clinical Implications
Ahmad Shahzaib, Tabish Raza, Aisha Areej
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel respiratory infection that has caused the most recent epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Although COVID-19 has a wide range of clinical manifestations, affecting many vital o…
19 May 2023DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2023/10.1.13 
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
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
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 Article
Herpesvirus of Turkeys as a Vaccine Vector in Viral Diseases: Pros and Cons
Mustafa Ozan Atasoy
Viral diseases of poultry have a devastating impact on the livestock industry leading to substantial economic loss in the worldwide economy. Recent advances in biotechnology have permitted the manipulation of viral genomes, thereby gaining a better understandi…
22 Jan 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.3.13.20 - Review
Molecular Biology, Immunosuppression and Pathogenesis of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus
Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Saad Ashraf, Asim Shamim, Mohsin Nawaz, Arslan Mehboob, Urooj Fatima
Infectious bursal disease (IBD), caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), is one of the most devastating and immunosuppressive diseases of the poultry and has been a constraint on the sustainable food security around the globe including Pakistan. Poul…
17 Jan 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.3.1.12 
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
Mini-ReviewA Theory of Recombinant Virus Particle Formation
Daniel Stewart Robertson
A mechanism by which novel virus particles evolve from existing virus particles is described. The control of nucleic acid base order in the new virus particles is discussed. The natural control of virus particles in a metabolism is shown to be hydrolysis of th…
12 Jan 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.6.7.13
Research ArticleIsolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phages from Wastewaters
Stephen Chijioke Emencheta, Chinelo Charity Eze, Anthony Amaechi Attama, Damian Ejike Agbo, Ebele Benedette Onuigbo
This research was designed to isolate and test the lytic action of a bacteriophage specific to Pseudomonas sp. Both Pseudomonas spp. and bacteriophages were isolated from residential wastewaters. The isolated Pseudomonas spp. were confirmed through biochemical…
12 Jan 2022DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.6.1.6
Research ArticleIsolation and Molecular Characterization of Bovine Coronavirus from Calves with Acute Gastroenteritis in Egypt
Saad A. Moussa, Ahmed F. Afify, Suzan Salah, Ayman Hamed
This study was intended for the antigenic and molecular characterization of betacoronavirus 1 (bovine coronavirus) BCoV in newborn gastroenteritis calves in the Delta Region, Menofia Province, Egypt, also for isolation and identification of the local circulati…
20 May 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.2.29.38- Short Communication
Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection among HIV/HBV and HBV-mono Infected Patients in Jos, Nigeria
Joseph Anejo-Okopi, Jennifer Ifeoma Okpara, James Mogoret Dabol, Joshua Adetunji, David Adeniyi, David O. Amanyi et al.
Globally, over 20 million of hepatitis D virus (HDV) are coinfected with Hepatitis B virus, which has an estimate of 350 million infected individuals. The study aimed to determine the prevalence of HDV infection in HBV/HIV and HBV-mono infected patients in Jos…
19 May 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2021/8.2.23.28 
ReviewDynamic and Epidemiology of Lassa Fever Infection in West Africa’s Population from 1969 to 2019
Roland Eric Yessinou, Alain Richi Kamga Waladjo, Nestor Noudeke, Ignace Dramou, Justin Adinsi, Victorien Tamègnon Dougnon et al.
Lassa virus (LASV) is a highly prevalent arenavirus that affects two to three million people in West Africa. A retrospective was conducted review through literatures search using the AGORA, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Researchgate and Google Scholar Databa…
9 May 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.hv/2020/7.6.137.146