Tag: Infection

FEVER AS A PREDICTOR FOR MALARIA INFECTION AMONG INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING KOFAI PHCC IN  ARDO-KOLA LGA TARABA STATE ABSTRACT This study was carried out on fever as a predictor for …

EFFECTS OF SEVERITY OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTION ON SERUM LIVER ENZYMES OF NIGERIAN CHILDREN Abstract Liver involvement in malaria infection is now a known entity with its specific histopathological …

SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION IN WOMEN WITH SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS Abstract BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is a common sexually transmitted bacteria pathogen which might be implicated in miscarriage. OBJECTIVES: …

HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AMONG PARTURIENT DELIVERING AT JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL AND THE RISK OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION Abstract Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of …

PREVALENCE OF MATERNAL AND PLACENTAL PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA INFECTION AT DELIVERY IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IKEJA Abstract A total of 265 subjects delivering at the maternal and …

HUMAN IMMUNODEFFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION: SEROCONVERSION DURING PREGNANCY Abstract BACKGROUND: The burden of HIV infection constitutes a major public health concern worldwide. Nigerian HIV/AIDS disease burden is the third largest …

DETERMINANTS OF POST CAESAREAN WOUND INFECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL Abstract Wound infection following caesarean section is an important cause of morbidity. There is therefore the …

SERO-PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS AND 17 YEARS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT THE LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL. Abstract Hepatitis C …

THE PREVALENCE OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION USING STOOL ANTIGEN IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SURULERE LGA, LAGOS STATE Abstract Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is known to …

THE SERO-PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND CO HEPATITIS B AND C INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA SEEN IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN JOS Abstract The understanding …

THE PREVALENCE OF SCHISTOSOMAHAEMATOBIUM INFECTION IN ADIM VILLAGE OF BIASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CROSS RIVER STATE Abstract Schistosomahaematobiumis one of the major infections of public health and socio -economic importance …

RENAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH HIV INFECTION SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILORIN Abstract The kidney is a common target in HIV infection and a significant …

SEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL BENIN CITY Abstract Vertically transmitted cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause …

SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF H ELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION IN CHILDREN ATTENDING CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY UNIT OF UNIVERSITY OF UYO TEACHING HOSPITAL UYO Abstract H elic o b a c t e r …

AN EVALUATION OF THE STATUS OF NUTRITION AND HELMINTHIC INFECTION IN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN AT IKOT OMIN VILLAGE OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA Abstract The nutritional status and intestinal helminthic …

THE PREVALENCE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION AMONG TRANSFUSED CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA IN ENUGU, NIGERIA Abstract A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of …

EFFECT OF TRAINING ON ‘FAST” STRATEGY OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION CONTROL AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN A TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA Abstract Background: Tuberculosis (TB) though a long …