A real-world study of BBIBP-CorV vaccine effectiveness in a Sri Lanka rural province.

Objective: Real-world studies assessing the effectiveness of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine in low and middle-income countries are limited. We evaluated the BBIBP-CorV vaccine's effectiveness in reducing COVID-19 symptomatic disease, hospitalisation, severe disease, and mortality during the third wave of the pandemic in Sri Lanka.

Methods: We conducted a test-negative case-control study in North Central Province from May 2021 to February 2022.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Following the First Dose of Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, BBIBP-CorV.

We present a case report of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following inactivated whole virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine, BBIBP-CorV. A man presented with paresthesia in both upper and lower limbs with bifacial weakness, onset 18 days after receiving the first BBIBP-CorV vaccine. A bifacial palsy with a paresthesia variant of GBS was diagnosed, and the patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin, arresting the progression of neurological symptoms.

Kounis syndrome following an anaphylactic reaction to antivenom in a patient with Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) bite: A case report.

Kounis syndrome is the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome associated with mast cell and platelet activation in the setting of allergic or anaphylactic insults. Kounis syndrome has been previously reported following snake envenoming rarely, with or without antivenom therapy. We report a case of inferolateral ST elevation myocardial infarction 32 hours from a confirmed Russell's viper bite.

Demographic, exposure, clinical, biochemical and diagnostic data of febrile patients recruited for the largest field study on leptospirosis in Sri Lanka.

This dataset includes data from febrile patients recruited for a large hospital-based study in Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2019. The variables include primary socio-demographic data, exposure data, clinical data, biochemical and investigation data. Some of these data are available as serial data from admission to discharge daily.

Selected Liver Markers in Predicting the Severity of Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisoning.

Background: Intentional ingestion of organophosphate (OP) and carbamate is a significant health issue worldwide. It causes adverse health effects on the liver. This study aimed to determine liver transaminases (AST and ALT) and bilirubin levels to assess the severity of poisoning in patients with acute OP and carbamate poisoning.