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E. I. Kalu

Publications (4)

Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Seroprevalence of HSV2 Infection among Antenatal Clinic Attendees in Benin

E. I. Kalu · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

Background: Knowledge of the Sociodemoraphic factors associated with HSV-2 seroprevalence and identification of the associated patient-recognizable clinical features will enable informed preventive public health interventions. There’s yet no documented data on the clinical and so...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7014

Seroincidence of Human Herpes Virus 2 Among Ante-natal Clinic Attendees in Benin, Nigeria

E. I. Kalu, K. Akubuo, F. E. Agwu, E. O. Yusuf, C. K. Ojide & V. U. Nwadike · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

Background: Human Herpes Virus 2 (HSV-2) infection has been shown to be significantly associated with several obstetric complications, especially if the infection occurred during the pregnancy. Advocacy for policy formulation and the design of interventions requires local data on...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7020

Validity of Acid-Fast Smear of Gastric Aspirates for the Diagnosis of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children

E. I. Kalu, C. K. Ojide & V. U. Nwadike · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2013

Background/Aims: Gastric aspirate specimen is accepted as an alternative specimen of choice to sputum in the diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis (TB); and specimen microscopy is usually the only available bacteriologic confirmatory test for streaming cases into the Nati...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5966

Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus among HIV-Infected Adult Patients on HAART

C. K. Ojide, E. I. Kalu, V. U. Nwadike, E. Ogbaini-Emovon & C. Omoti · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2013

Background/Aims: Cytomegalovirus is one of the opportunistic infections associated with significantly high morbidity and mortality among patients living with HIV/AIDS. Clinical manifestation of CMV infection is worse among HIV patients not receiving highly active antiretroviral t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2013/4442