Aribodor Dennis Nnanna, Okezie Godson Nwabueze, Ugwuanyi Ifeoma Kosisochukwu, Aribodor Ogechukwu Benedicta & Ike Edith Amauche·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Aims: Mosquitoes constitute important vectors of diseases of public health importance. The study was carried out to determine the species composition of man-biting mosquitoes and their infection rate following indoor residual spraying (IRS) in order to currently assess the epidem...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25866
Malaria prevalence, the use of intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) and long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) was studied among pregnant women in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Peripheral blood were obtained from 204 pregnant women and examined microscopically for malaria par...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16630
Aims: Blackflies of the Simulium damnosum complex are the principal vectors of Onchocerca volvulus, the causative agent of Onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Nigeria and other West African countries. They therefore constitute serious public health and socio-economic problems in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25858