The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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Ebola viruses are the causative agents of a severe form of viral haemorrhagic fever in man, designated Ebola haemorrhagic fever, and are endemic in regions of central Africa. The recent west African outbreak of Ebolavirus has brought this filoviral infection again in limelight, Indian government has issued guidelines to various airports to screen travelers coming from Africa and middle east Haj pilgrims to keep a check on this highly virulent infection. ⋯ Management of these patients with symptomatic therapy is the current strategy which is followed. There is absence of any effective vaccine so further research is warranted in this direction.
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J Assoc Physicians India · Sep 2014
Tc 99m Sestamibi Scanning in Multiple Myeloma--a New look with SPECT-CT.
A variety of diagnostic tools including biochemistry, radiological imaging bone marrow studies and recently metabolic imaging with FDG PET are used for assessment of disease extent in myeloma. ⋯ Whole body Sestamibi Imaging (WBSI) is very useful for evaluating the extent of disease in multiple myeloma. Being a metabolic imaging modality it is superior to radiological (X-ray or CT) assessment alone, and where FDG PET scan is not available, it is a valuable tool for myeloma assessment at a much lower cost.