Background: Ehrlichia canis, a rickettsial organism, is responsible for causing ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne disease affecting dogs.
Objectives: This study aimed to estimate ehrlichiosis prevalence and identify associated risk factors in pet dogs.
Methods: A total of 246 peripheral blood samples were purposively collected from pet dogs in Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Rajshahi districts between December 2018 and December 2020.
Type-2 diabetes mellitus is a global pandemic with immense social, health and financial consequences. The pathophysiology of type-2 diabetes is significantly influenced by overweight and obesity. Type-2 diabetes often goes hand-in-hand with high blood pressure.
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Sedentary behavior has significant deleterious effects on human health. Sedentary behaviors associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders by decreasing lipoprotein lipase activities, impaired lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. This cross sectional study was done to see the association between fasting serum glucose and serum total cholesterol in sedentary male.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNow a days, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem. This study was done to evaluate the changes of body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in COPD patients in comparison to healthy person. This analytical type of cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Physiology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh between the periods from July 2018 to June 2019.
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