Blockchain Assisted Disease Identification of COVID-19 Patients with the Help of IDA-DNN Classifier.

Globally, millions of people were affected by the Corona-virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) causing loads of deaths. Most COVID-19 affected people recover in a few spans of weeks. However, certain people even those with a milder variant of the disease persist in experiencing symptoms subsequent to their initial recuperation.

Detection and molecular characterization of uncommon rotavirus group A genotype G12 among hospitalized children in Chennai.

Arun P, Krishnasami K, Gunasekeran P, Fathima G, Padmanabhan V. Detection and molecular characterization of uncommon rotavirus group A genotype G12 among hospitalized children in Chennai. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 209-216.

Isolation & molecular characterization of human parainfluenza virus in Chennai, India.

Background & Objectives: Human parainfluenza virus (HPIV) accounts for a significant proportion of lower respiratory tract infections in children as well as adults. This study was done to detect the presence of different subtypes of HPIV from patients having influenza like illness (ILI).

Methods: Throat and nasal swabs from 232 patients with ILI who were negative for influenza viruses were tested by multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(mRT-PCR) for the detection of human parainfluenza virus.

Bone grafts in dentistry.

Bone grafts are used as a filler and scaffold to facilitate bone formation and promote wound healing. These grafts are bioresorbable and have no antigen-antibody reaction. These bone grafts act as a mineral reservoir which induces new bone formation.