Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710033
Malaria Control Efforts in the Era of COVID-19: A Call to Remain Vigilant in Endemic Areas
Eliningaya J Kweka
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: June 19, 2020
Success in controlling malaria has been reported across the world mainly through the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets, indoor residual spray, and appropriate diagnosis and treatment. However, in the era of COVID-19, more attention has been shifted to cases and mortality caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which are jeopardizing the continuity of efforts attained so far in malaria control. This commentary proposes alternatives to be adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain the attained m...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710032
Epidemiology of Intestinal Parasitism in Schoolchildren Treated at the Primary Health System. Havana 2020
Osvaldo Batista Rojas, MSc
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 04, 2020
An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out; the universe of study was represented by all schoolchildren from six Primary Schools in Marianao during the period from August 2018 to January 2020 with the clinical and microbiological diagnosis of intestinal parasitosis and they were treated at Five Family Medical Offices. There was a predominance of the female sex for 51.4%. With greater predominance of the age group of 5 to 7 years for 33.8%, abdominal pain was the most...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710031
SARS-Cov-2 Infection and Cardiology: Beware of Myocarditis
Marco Antonio Machado Schlindwein, Leticia Caroline Breis, Isabelle Pastor Bandeira, Rafael M Ronsoni, MD, MsC, Clizenaldo Torres, MD and Marcus Vinicius Magno Goncalves, MD, PhD
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: May 13, 2020
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 is a challenge in the actual medical scenario. Besides the classical lung and respiratory disease, patients infected with the virus can present with cardiac injury, and pathogenic mechanisms point to direct infection of the heart. In this paper, we seek to show the correlation between cardiology and SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially with regard to myocarditis, which has been shown to be one of the complications in COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for coron...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710030
Parasites Intestinal: Level of Knowledge and Envisions Measures Mothers of Schoolchildren of Marianao Municipality
Osvaldo Batista Rojas, MSc
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 24, 2020
To determine the association between the level of knowledge about intestinal parasitosis and preventive measures in mothers of parasitized schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 11 years of the Marianao municipality in Havana in 2019. An observational, analytical, crosssectional study that included 195 mothers of schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 11 years attended in the four Family Medical Offices of Marianao, Havana. Age, marital status, educational level, occupation, level of knowled...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710029
A Prospective Analysis of Otomycosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Shuaib Kayode Aremu, Kayode Rasaq Adewoye and Tayo Ibrahim
Article Type: Original article | First Published: April 08, 2020
The study was conducted in the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) department of Federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti, which is a tertiary care hospital in Ekiti state, Nigeria. The study involved 275 patients above the age of 10, who presented in the ENT department over 5 years period and were clinically diagnosed cases of otomycosis. Certain patient demographics such as age, gender, and clinical presentations were recorded along with possible risk factors and clinically observed findings. Microbiologic...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710028
Results of an Intervention Model in Intestinal Parasitosis in Parents Havana 2019-2020
Osvaldo Batista Rojas, MSc
Article Type: Research article | First Published: February 20, 2020
An educational intervention study on intestinal parasitism was carried out in parents of parasitized children of Capitan San Luis de Marianao Elementary School, Havana in the period May 2018-2019, with the purpose of modifying the knowledge in these parents against some hygienic- sanitary aspects in order to reduce the incidence of disease through the application of a program of educational activities. Knowledge was determined through the use of a structured questionnaire. And social activities ...
