Development of molecular techniques for the detection and pathogenesis study of swine corona-and corona-like virus

Antiviral and cytotoxic effects of a traditional drug KanthaRasaVillai with a cocktail of metallic nanoparticles.

Abstract—Perceived Susceptibility is an individual's subjective perception of the risk of getting a disease, and Perceived Severity is information that a person believes about the severity or seriousness of a disease. A person with high Perceived Susceptibility and Perceived Severity can improve preventive behavior against Covid-19. The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in Perceived Susceptibility and Perceived Severity in the implementation of the Covid-19 health protocol in urban and rural communities. The research method is quantitative in the form of observational analytic study with cross sectional approach. Data was collected in urban and rural areas with 88 total of respondents. The results of the analysis with the Mann Whitney test show that there is a difference in Perceived Susceptibility based on urban and rural area(p=0.001), education level(p=0.001), occupation(p=0.008), experience of being diagnosed with Covid-19(p=0.025) and there are not any difference based on the source of information(p=0.938). There are differences in Perceived Severity based on urban and rural areas(p=0.026), education level(p=0.005), occupation(p=0.012), experience of being diagnosed with Covid-19 (p= 0.03) and there are not any differences based on the source of information(p=0.877). This study shows that urban communities have higher Perceived Susceptibility and Perceived Severity in the implementation of the Covid-19 health protocol than rural communities.  
Keywords: covid-19 health protocol, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity 
  
Abstrak—Perceived Susceptibility atau persepsi kerentanan merupakan persepsi subyektif seorang individu terhadap risiko terkena suatu penyakit sedangkan Perceived Severity atau persepsi keseriusan merupakan persepsi yang diyakini seseorang tentang suatu keparahan atau keseriusan suatu penyakit. Seseorang dengan Perceived Susceptibility (persepsi kerentanan) dan Perceived Severity (persepsi keseriusan) yang tinggi terhadap Covid-19 dapat meningkatkan perilaku pencegahan terhadap Covid-19. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis perbedaan Perceived Susceptibility dan Perceived Severity dalam pelaksanaan protokol kesehatan Covid-19 pada masyarakat perkotaan dan pedesaan. Penelitian menggunakan metode kuantitatif berupa studi analitik observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Pengambilan data dilakukan secara consecutive sampling di dua lokasi yaitu di wilayah perkotaan dan pedesaan dengan total responden sebanyak 88 orang. Hasil analisis dengan Uji Mann Whitney menunjukan adanya perbedaan Perceived Susceptibility berdasarkan wilayah perkotaan dan pedesaan (p=0,001), pendidikan (p=0,001), pekerjaan (p=0,008), pengalaman positif Covid-19 (p=0,025) dan tidak ditemukan adanya perbedaan berdasarkan sumber informasi (p=0,938). Sedangkan untuk Perceived Severity ditemukan adanya perbedaan berdasarkan wilayah perkotaan dan pedesaan (p=0,026), pendidikan (p=0,005), pekerjaan (p=0,012), pengalaman positif Covid-19 (p=0,03) dan tidak ditemukan adanya perbedaan berdasarkan sumber informasi (p=0,877). Penelitian ini menunjukkan masyarakat perkotaan memiliki Perceived Susceptibility dan Perceived Severity yang lebih tinggi dalam menjalankan protokol kesehatan Covid-19 dibanding masyarakat pedesaan. 
Kata kunci: protokol kesehatan covid-19, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity

Perbedaan Perceived Susceptibility dan Severity Pelaksanaan Protokol Kesehatan Covid-19 Masyarakat Perkotaan dan Pedesaan

Antiviral and cytotoxic effects of a traditional drug KanthaRasaVillai with a cocktail of metallic nanoparticles

The health crisis that presently threatens the whole world is COVID-19. The spread of the disease has increased with the number of individuals affected increasing day by day. Currently, many drugs are used all over the world to fight against the disease. Drugs like remdesivir, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are used all over the world. Scientists all over the world especially in India are trying to find alternative medicines with minimal side effects to treat this disease. The main aim of this study is to bring alternative medicines for the treatment of COVID - 19 as a consideration to the general public.

Alternative medicine suggestions for treatment of COVID-19-a review

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 is one of seven types of coronavirus Infections caused by them range from mild to deadly Some complications of COVID-19 can be caused by a condition known as cytokine release syndrome or cytokine storm The patients with COVID-19 should be protected from nosocomial infection in hospitals This study mainly aims to know about the awareness and understanding of rural and urban populations about the COVID-19 virus Materials and Methods: A total of 100 participants were involved in this survey Participants in the study belong to rural (Am-mapettai, Kachirapalayam-Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu) and urban (Trichy, Salem, Madurai, and Chennai cities) places of Tamil Nadu, India The questions were simple and understandable and it was distributed through WhatsApp and the Google forms Data was collected from filled questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS software Results: From the 100 responses, 53% of the study population was urban and 47% belong to rural areas 66% of participants accept that urban populations are more prone to the spread of coronavirus infection than the urban population 60% of participants agree that both urban and rural people are aware of coronavirus 65% of participants say that COVID-19 spread occurs due to droplet transmission and touching objects used by infected patients 65% of participants say that mouth mask, handwash, and social isolation protects from the transmission of infection The majority of the urban population responded that the urban areas are more prone to COVID-19 infection than the rural areas However, there was no significant difference between the opinion of urban and rural populations on the infection-prone areas, p-value = 0 687 (>0 05) The majority of the urban population (41%) believes that coronavirus spreads through both the routes (droplets and touching objects used by infected patients) and the rural population responded less (24%) for both the routes of transmission, p-value = 0 016 (<0 05), hence it was statistically significant More of the urban population (27%) believes that the lockdown was very useful in minimizing the coronavirus transmission when compared to the rural population (15%), p-value = 0 004 (<0 05), hence it was statistically significant Conclusion: According to the study, rural people are less aware of Covid-19 than urban people Rural people need far more knowledge and awareness about COVID-19 for prevention and control of infection © IJCRR

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S. Balaji Ganesh

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Alternative medicine suggestions for treatment of COVID-19-a review

Perception and awareness of covid-19 among urban and rural population – a survey