Frequency of Dengue Virus Serotype 1 in Lahore by In-house assay.

Dengue is an important systemic viral infection that is caused by the dengue virus. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) from dengue NS1 positive samples, collected randomly during dengue epidemic from October 2016 to October 2017 at Chugtai Lab, was extracted for nucleic acid. Both the detection and serotyping of dengue samples were performed using real-time PCR on Rotor Gene Q.

Acute Thrombocytopenia, Leucopenia, and Multiorgan Dysfunction: The First Case of SFTS Bunyavirus outside China?

We report a 57-year-old man with acute thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, and multiorgan dysfunction. Patient was from North Korea and was temporarily working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when he fell ill in March 2009. At the same time and unknown to us, many patients with similar clinical manifestations were admitted to hospitals in China.

Onset of adult varicella in relation to rural or urban origin and its complications.

Objectives: To determine area of origin of adult varicella patients, whether rural or urban, to compare the mean interval between leaving the area of origin and onset of varicella in adults of rural origin in comparison with those of urban origin and to observe its complications.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad, from January to December 2006.

Dengue fever outbreak: a clinical management experience.

Objective: To determine the frequency of dengue as a cause of fever and compare the clinical and haematological characteristics of Dengue-probable and Dengue-proven cases.

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt.

Successful allogeneic stem cells transplantation in severe aplastic anaemia complicated by dengue Fever.

Aplastic anaemia is characterized by severe compromise of haematopoiesis and hypocellular bone marrow. Haemorrhagic episodes in patients with aplastic anemia occur usually secondary to thrombocytopenia and require frequent support with platelet concentrates and other blood products. Infection with dengue virus (particularly dengue sero type-2 of South Asian genotype) is associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever.

A crimean - congo haemorrhagic Fever outbreak in northern balochistan.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, epidemiology, predictors of fatal outcome (PFO), and management effects of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) patients during an outbreak in Northern Balochistan.

Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Fatima Jinnah Hospital and Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, from June to October, 2001.

Neurological manifestations as presenting feature in dengue Fever.

Dengue fever (DF), caused by dengue viruses, presents classic dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome. A young man presented with 5 days history of fever, body aches, headache, vomiting and one day history of drowsiness and a generalized tonic clonic fit. He was afebrile and hypotensive with platelets count of 24 x 109/l, and serum IgM DENV positive.

Dengue fever in malaria endemic areas.

Objective: To determine the clinical presentation and frequency of dengue fever in patients presenting with acute febrile illness.

Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Attock in collaboration with Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi from November 2003 to October 2004.

Understanding the HIV/AIDS context in Pakistan.

The social context of sexual relations is important in understanding the AIDS epidemic. So far, HIV in Pakistan has spread by heterosexual contact and blood transfusions. The magnitude of the problem is difficult to assess but health authorities estimate between 10,000 to 12,000 HIV infected people.

Chicken pox associated thrombocytopenia in adults.

Objective: To determine the frequency and magnitude of thrombocytopenia associated with chicken pox in adults.

Design: Observational descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Attock, from July 2003 to June 2004.

Significance of occult HBV infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Objective: To determine the frequency of occurrence of occult Hepatitis B infection in chronic hepatitis C patients and its impact (if any) on the effectivity of standard chronic hepatitis C treatment.

Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study was conducted at the Department of Medicine, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, and Virology Department, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, for a period of nine months from January 2003 to September 2003.

Hepatitis A virus infection -- shifting epidemiology.

Objective Of The Study: To determine the age distribution in HAV infection and seasonal variations in the prevalence of acute viral hepatitis caused by hepatitis A virus.

Study Design: A descriptive study.

Place And Duration: The study was carried out on the patients reporting at Virology Department, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, for determination of hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM antibody, from July 2003 to June 2004.

Winter peak of respiratory syncytial virus in Islamabad.

A study was carried out on 391 cases of bronchiolitis and pneumonia from different paediatric units in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan. A clear winter spike of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was noted. It was found that there was a substantial increase of 30-50% in the positivity of RSV from December to February.

Treatment response in HCV related chronic hepatitis.

Objective: To evaluate the virological response to treatment with interferon and ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C related liver disease.

Design: A descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: January to September 2002 at Virology Department, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi.

Correlation of HBV DNA PCR and HBeAg in hepatitis B carriers.

Objective: To correlate hepatitis B HBV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results with HBeAg and serum alanine transferase (ALT) in carriers.

Design: Non-interventional descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study was carried out at Virology Department, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi, from January 2001 to September 2002.