Background: Most studies on the burden of intestinal parasitic infections have largely been focused on the perceived vulnerable populations, such as rural community dwellers, children, and pregnant women. This perspective, however, tends to overlook the migration flux between urb...
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Research Article10.9734/sajp/2026/v9i1262
Background: Premarital medical screening tests (PMST) occupies a strategic public health position in the prevention and control of both heritable and infectious health conditions which a couple who intend to get married may transmit to each other and also pass to their offspring....
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Research Article10.9734/ahrj/2024/v7i4187
Background: Hepatitis B and C viral infections are sexually transmitted and blood borne infections with vertical and horizontal transmission, constituting major global public health threats. While about 254 million people globally are living with hepatitis B and 50 million people...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrrga/2024/v7i1153
Introduction: Viral hepatitis which includes five the main strains of hepatotropic viruses, hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), (HBA), hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis D(HDV), and hepatitis E (HEV), are leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Much public health attentio...
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Research Article10.9734/aji/2024/v7i1145
Introduction: Infection with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a public health threat accounting for an estimated nearly one million deaths annually largely due to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Abattoir workers were reported to be at high risk of contracting HBV infection. Thi...
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in uropathogens remain an intractable public health concern due to the associated mortality, morbidity and economic and manpower losses worldwide. This retrospective study was aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of the bacterial uropa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2024/v13i5310
Community acquired pneumonia is a major global public health concern given its substantial contribution to the mortality and morbidity associated with infectious diseases, the huge losses in human and economic resources and the increasing challenges in treatment due to multidrug...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2024/v13i3287