Burden of care in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Greater Noida, U.P., India.

Background: Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that causes major functional impairments, raises the risk of disability, and reduces life expectancy. It affects around 7 in 1000 people b/w the age of 15 and 35 years. Schizophrenia poses a great challenge not only for the patient but also for the people and the society around the patient.

Double stigma: a cross-sectional study of Lassa patients with hearing loss in North Central Nigeria.

Introduction: Lassa fever is a zoonotic infectious disease endemic in West Africa with a high case-fatality rate and reported stigmatization of surviving patients. This study examines discrimination among survivors of Lassa fever (LF) complicated by hearing loss (HL).

Methods: This cross-sectional qualitative study used an in-depth interview guide to collect information from patients with HL about their experience of stigma.

Assessment of sexual beliefs among "drug naive male" patients attending psychiatry OPD in a teaching institution: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The basic objective of any civilization is to preserve a happy family. The quality of one's sexual encounters is crucial to a happy marriage. Couples' dissatisfaction in this area may be the cause of several social, psychological, and medical issues.

Development of a multiplexed Luminex assay for simultaneous detection of enteric viruses in cattle.

Viral and bacterial gastroenteritis and diarrhea have long been a problem in livestock with devastating effects on animal health and production causing a heavy financial burden on producers. Therefore, the bead-based multiplex detection assay was created for simultaneous detection of three livestock viral diarrheic agents . bovine rotavirus (BRV), bovine coronavirus (BCoV) and bluetongue virus (BTV).

Development of real-time RT-PCR systems for detection and quantitation of bovine enteric viral pathogens.

The enteric viruses in animals are responsible for severe and devastating losses to the livestock owners with a profound negative impact on animal, health, welfare, and productivity. These viruses are usually transmitted via the feco-oral route and primarily infect the digestive tract of the humans, bovines and different mammals as well as birds. Some of the important enteric viruses in ruminants are: Rotavirus A (RVA), Peste des petits virus (PPRV), Norovirus (NV), Bovine corona virus (BoCV) and Bluetongue virus (BTV).