Book is about common bacteriological agents of diarrhoea, dysentery and their sensitivity towards various allopathic medicines used for treatment. Having a practical approach, useful for medical practitioners, physicians, microbiologists, lab technicians, researchers, academicians, health-hygiene planners and policy makers equally. Throughout field and laboratory work, WHO Manual for Laboratory investigation of Acute Enteric Infections (WHO Manual CDD/833) has been followed to ensure its international standards.

Hepatitis (B and C) is a worldwide problem rapidly spreading in developing countries. Over 2 billion people across the globe have been exposed to Hepatitis B virus and 350 million are its chronic carriers. According to an estimate, it causes death of over 1 million people annually. Book is about prevalence of hepatitis B and C in Gilgit city of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Research also include genomic characterization of viruses collected during the study. Information presented will be helpful for health managers, planner, practitioners, hygiene promoters, pathologists, microbiologists and...

Studies on okra mostly emphasized the development in its pod production as vegetable and rarely on its seed production. In our country, okra is mostly not cultivated particularly for seed production, when crop season reaches its end the remaining pods are left for seed purpose, which are mostly insect attacked with low quality seeds. The rate sports which are kept for okra seed production are not given proper attention especially from nutrients (N.P.K) point of view, because for a good quality seed production 300-1000 kg NPK per hectare with 4:12:4 or 5:10:5 ratio is necessary (Anonymous,...