OBJECTIVES A prospective study was conducted in the Department of microbiology (IGMC) and the Department of obstetrics & gynecology (KNH), Shimla, and Himachal Pradesh over a period of 1 year from May 2005 to April 2006 on 463 asymptomatic pregnant females with a period of gestation (POG) 28 weeks or less. The aim was to find out the prevalence of pregnancy associated bacteriuria and bacterial ...

Introduction This survey was designed to assess the efficiency of policies for the screening of Servicewomen and Medical personnel for susceptibility to Rubella infection. The causal relationship between maternal Rubella and congenital defects has been c1earlyestablished and extensively reviewed in the literature • The disease has a worldwide distribution, being endemic in Western Europe. Epide...

Mesiodens, a common supernumerary tooth found in the midline inanterior maxilla. Multiple mesiodens are termed as ‘mesiodentes’. This report presents an extremely rare occurrence of two mesiodentes with different morphologyand their associated problems. It is an asymptomatic condition and is usually diagnosed on routine clinical and radiographic examination.Thisarticle also elucidate about the ...

Many papers in the medical literature analyze the cost-effectiveness of screening for diseases by comparing a limited number of a priori testing policies under estimated problem parameters. However, this may be insufficient to determine the best timing of the tests or incorporate changes over time. In this paper, we develop and solve a Markov Decision Process (MDP) model for a simple class of a...

Mixture models are appealing for identifying hidden structures affecting somatic cell score (SCS) data, such as unrecorded cases of subclinical mastitis. Thus, liability-normal mixture (LNM) models were used for genetic analysis of SCS data, with the aim of predicting breeding values for such cases of mastitis. Here, putative mastitis statuses and breeding values for liability to putative masti...

Methods: A systematic review of the literature using the MEDLINE database (search dates January 1980 – November 2011) was conducted to identify peerreviewed publications relevant to the diagnosis, evaluation, and follow-up of asymptomatic microhematuria in adults. The review yielded an evidence base of 192 articles after application of inclusion/exclusion criteria. These publications were used ...

Most of cerebral aneurysms (CAs) are incidentally discovered without any neurological symptoms and the risk of rupture of CAs is relatively higher in Japanese population. The goal of treatments for patients with CAs is complete exclusion of the aneurysmal rupture risk for their lives. Since two currently available major treatments, microsurgical clipping and endovascular coiling, have inherent ...

BACKGROUND Norovirus (NoV) transmission may be impacted by changes in symptom intensity. Sudden onset of vomiting, which may cause an initial period of hyper-infectiousness, often marks the beginning of symptoms. This is often followed by: a 1-3 day period of milder symptoms, environmental contamination following vomiting, and post-symptomatic shedding that may result in transmission at progres...

This paper presents a community based study of treatment seeking among people with symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in rural Uganda. The effects of asymptomatic infections and treatment seeking behavior on control of sexually transmitted disease were quantified. The study suggests that treating only individuals with STD symptoms results in only a small proportion of the i...