Background: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed an
unprecedented challenge to public health in Southeast Asia, a tropical region with limited …

Objectives To estimate the impact of a smallpox attack in Mumbai, India, examine the impact
of case isolation and ring vaccination for epidemic containment and test the health system …

The need for a vaccine/inhibitor design has become inevitable concerning the emerging
epidemic and pandemic viral infections, and the recent outbreak of the influenza A (H1N1) …

Emerging viruses represent a major concern for public health offices. Climate changes, the
international migration of people and products, deforestation, and other anthropogenic …

Materials and Methods: We have investigated the antigenic drift analysis of 96 isolates'
hemagglutinin (HA) gene sequences (59 central Indian and 37 local Indian and 28 global …

In the endemic settings of India, high CFR (3.6–7.02%) was observed in the consecutive
2009, 2015 and 2017 A/H1N1pdm09 outbreaks, though in eastern India CFR varied …

Background: Influenza is a contagious and acute viral disease caused by influenza viruses
involving upper and lower respiratory tract system, especially in the cold seasons. Children …

Background: The epidemic of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) started in Wuhan,
China, in December 2019, has been progressed to a pandemic level with high morbidity and …

Human influenza A viruses impose a heavy burden on global public health. The latest
human influenza pandemic virus (A/H1N1pdm09) that emerged in Mexico was devastating …

Background: The pandemic of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is worsening, with the
widespread disease spread in most countries. Due to varied clinical characteristics of the …