Emerging and zoonotic parasitic diseases are sustained by transmission systems that cross human, domestic-animal, wildlife, vector, food and environmental compartments. Molecular methods can reveal parasite identity, genetic diversity and connectivity across those compartments, b...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2026/v20i10529
Water quality in flood-prone communities may be affected by seasonal changes that promote the movement of microbial and physicochemical contaminants into domestic water supplies. This study assessed bacteriological, parasitological, and physicochemical parameters in pipe-borne wa...
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Research Article10.9734/sajp/2026/v9i3301
Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito-borne neglected tropical disease caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori, and remains an important public health problem in endemic regions. This review summarises current advances in the diagnosis, immunopathogenesis, tr...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2026/v26i81156
Evelyn Orevaoghene Onosakponome, Tamunonengiye-Ofori Lenox-Prince, Amalachukwu Okwukwe Ike, Clement Ugochukwu Nyenke & Ibiso Bruce·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2023
Occupation is a labour routinely engaged in by individuals, often as a result of training, and for the purpose of making or earning a living. A hazard is something that could cause harm. The aim of this study was to study the association between risk factors and occupational haza...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i12960
An infection that can be acquired in the hospital or other clinical settings is known as a health care associated infection. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. It is also one of the factors that contribute to the rising cost of hospital ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i930496
Malaria control has become dependent on two technologies whose limitations are now well documented: light microscopy, which cannot reliably detect the low-density infections that sustain transmission, and antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests, whose principal target is being d...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i101789
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) nucleases with collateral, sequence-activated nuclease activity have been proposed as a route to molecular-grade sensitivity at the point of care, and the proposal is unusually consequential for neglected tropical...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2026/v20i10527
Background: Malaria control depends on the continued efficacy of antimalarial drugs and insecticide-based vector control, both of which are increasingly compromised by the evolving genetic capacity of Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles mosquitoes to resist these tools. Genomic s...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i10584
Effective diagnostic methods must continue to be developed due to the effects of malaria on world health. Malaria is an infectious disease spread by mosquitoes that affects both people and other animals. It is the product of Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted through bit...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2022/v13i430183
Carbon-based soot, a black particulate material, is produced when fossil fuels burn partially. Soot is seen as an unwelcome byproduct that results from the insufficient combustion of carbon-containing compounds. The environment is affected by the deposition of soot in water, air...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2022/v25i430298
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) play key roles in management of infectious diseases like cholera and other waterborne diseases; given that millions of people globally have no access to safe water. This cross-sectional study, conducted in 7 communities of Ogoni region (Khana,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2024/v45i61537
Vulvo-rectal the most prevalent species of candida, Candida albicans, is the cause of candidiasis, a fungal infection of the vagina that affects the genital system as an adaptive and opportunistic pathogen. This study was aimed at examining the prevalence and risk factors of vulv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i4314
Background: The evolution of antimalarial drug resistance increases malaria's burden and is a recurring concern in the global fight against malaria. Medicinal herbs have played an important role in the treatment of malaria and have been advised in reducing Plasmodium parasite res...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234885
Amudatu Ambali Adedokun, Le Bari Barine Gboeloh, Evelyn Orevaoghene Onosakponome & Adah Roseanne Okafor·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2022
Background: Detection and quantification of gastrointestinal parasitic infections (GIPIs) causing public health problems among poorer layers of the society are still one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in developing countries. Objective: The aim of the study was to dete...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i1030541
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The bacterium invades "wet" (mucous membranes) bodily parts such as the epididymis and genital tracts. It can also infect the throat, anus and rectum. In addition, it can infect the...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2024/v18i3348