An efficacy and safety report based on randomized controlled single-blinded multi-centre clinical trial of ZingiVir-H, a novel herbo-mineral formulation designed as an add-on therapy in adult patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.

Objective: Coronaviruses, hence named because of the crown-like spikes on the viral envelope, are members of Coronaviridae family and Order Nidovirales. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh human pathogenic coronavirus identified after HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, SARS-CoV (SARS-CoV-1), HCoV-NL63, CoV-HKU1, and MERS-CoV. SARS-Cov-2 is highly similar to SARS-CoV.

Household symptomatic contact screening of newly diagnosed sputum smears positive tuberculosis patients - An effective case detection tool.

Objectives: Primary objective was to assess the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among household contacts of newly diagnosed sputum smear (SS) positive TB index cases. Secondary objectives were the evaluation of risk factors in household contacts for acquiring TB disease; and the evaluation of various characteristics of index cases which influence the transmission of disease to household contacts.

Settings And Design: This exploratory cohort study included 521 household contacts of 133 newly diagnosed SS positive TB patients who were registered under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program at the Directly Observed Treatment-Short Course Centres of District Tuberculosis Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra from July 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014 (8 months).