International Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Special Issue

Infectious Diseases

  • Submission Deadline: May 25, 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Mikias Alayu
About This Special Issue
Our world was now facing a problem of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, most of which are zoonotic diseases. Every year two to three new infectious diseases were emerged or re-emerged. These diseases have specially a significant impact on the health system as well as economy of poor countries. The aim of this special issue is to conduct epidemiological investigation on infectious diseases in order to identify prevention modalities for those diseases. On the other hand, this special issue aimed at evaluating the existing infectious disease control programs and surveillance system.
Aims and Scope:
  1. Outbreak investigation
  2. Infectious disease research
  3. Surveillance system evaluation
  4. Effectiveness of infectious disease control programs
  5. Disease elimination and eradication
  6. Emerging and re-emerging disease prevention and control
Lead Guest Editor
  • Mikias Alayu

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Guest Editors
  • Abduilhafiz Hassen

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Melaku Seyoum

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Mengistu Biru

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Zewdu Asefa

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Helen Atikilt

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Desalegn Belay

    Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Published Articles
  • Fiery Fevers - An Epidemiological Evaluation and Management Strategies Experience from a Community Based Day Care Centre

    Hemalalitha Shilpa Renduchintala , Kodamarthy Vamsi Mohan , Sandhya Dixit

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 17-22
    Received: Dec. 25, 2019
    Accepted: Mar. 05, 2020
    Published: Mar. 24, 2020
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijidt.20200501.14
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    Abstract: Telangana has a long association with fiery fevers caused by mosquito bites. It is in fact in Telangana that Sir Ronald Ross discovered the malarial parasite in mosquito’s gut in the month of August 1897 for which he was later awarded Nobel Prize in 1902. Malaria has been high on the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with fever in this ... Show More