G. O. Daramola, B. E. Olofu, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ojerinde, O. D. Ajayi, A. Fatoki, A. Egebbi, O. O. Jegede & O. O. Ogunfolakan·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2021
Viral hepatitis is a serious disease of the liver that can have grim prognosis in the absence of early and appropriate medical intervention. Globally, an estimated two billion people are reported to have been infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and out of this, more than 350 mi...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i1130404
G. O. Daramola, H. A. Edogun, O. Alex-Abioudun, Q. M. Umukoro, A. O. Ojerinde, O. D. Ajayi, A. Fatoki, A. H. Egbebi & O. O. Ogunfolakan·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2020
It was a major breakthrough for human medicine when Landsteiner discovered the ABO blood group system. But with the discovery of ABO and Rhesus systems, this major hindrance to safe blood transfusion- and by extension surgery- was effectively put behind humanity. Centuries after...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i430238
G. O. Daramola, O. O. Oni, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ojerinde, O. D. Ajayi, A. Fadeyi, A. Fatoki, B. O. Olofinbiyi & A. Egebbi·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2019
Background: Nine out of every 10 of the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and young people (AYP) live in developing nations, Nigeria inclusive. In Nigeria as in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, 1 out of every 3 persons is an adolescent or a young person. As at 2016, there were about...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330093
G. O. Daramola, T. A. Kumoluyi, H. A. Edogun, A. Fadeyi, A. Awosanya, F. O. Adewumi, E. F. Akerele, O. Ogunfowokan, A. O. Ojerinde & A. A. Shittu·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2019
Life on earth is practically impossible without water, in fact, the presence of water on our planet is one of the critical factors that make life possible on earth. Apart from commercial, agricultural, industrial, domestic and sundry uses of water, humans, like other living organ...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i130180
G. O. Daramola, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ojerinde, A. A. Agbaje, O. Ogunbola, O. O. Ajala, A. Egbebi & E. F. Akerele·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
Use of Condom and Knowledge of Own HIV Status among Undergraduates of Ten Tertiary Schools in Ekiti and Ondo States Southwest, Nigeria Bearing a burden of 66.7% of all global cases, HIV infection has become a major health challenge in Africa in general and sub-Sahara Africa in pa...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40205
G. O. Daramola, A. O. Oluyege, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ajayi, C. O. Esan, A. O. Ojerinde, O. O. Ajala, A. Agbaje, O. Ogunfolakan & A. Egbebi·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
With the huge potential health hazards and dangers associated with skin and sclera tattooing, there is hardly any responsible government anywhere that will not take interest in the rate and manner its populace in general and the youths in particular engage in the practice of skin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37366
The World Health Organisation estimates that about 3.3 billion people- roughly half of humanity’s population on earth- are at the risk of getting infected with Plasmodium spp, the causative agent for. It also estimates that 9 out of 10 of all global malaria cases take place in Af...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i33760
A study of the polybacteria in UTI among antenatal patients attending clinics at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, southwest, Nigeria was conducted between October, 2009 and July, 2011. Two hundred consenting symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant women were...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i1930666
Background: Although chloroquine (CQ) has been officially replaced with artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) as first line drug for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria since 2005, a lot of people still believe that chloroquine is more effective chiefly because of the decline in...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2018/v20i330078
Co-infection of HIV with certain diseases like pulmonary tuberculosis and malaria increases the morbidity and mortality of people living with HIV/AIDS. HIV-malaria co-infection has been regarded as having a synergistic effect on the patient. The former increases the patient’s vul...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/41025
Prevalence of Malaria Parasitaemia in Three Selected Local Government Areas of Niger State, North Central, Nigeria Introduction: Malaria- a parasitic protozoan infection, caused by Plasmodium species- is a major public health challenge in Africa. Aside hundreds of thousands of an...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37884
Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and remains a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, with substantial health and socioeconomic consequences. Nigeria bears a disproportionate burden because of socioeconomic and geographical factors, par...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2026/v29i5794
Background: Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genusSchistosoma. The disease is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, especially in rural communities without access to potable drinking water and adequat...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43860
O. O. Jegede, A. O. Ajayi, G. O. Daramola, A. Ojo, A. Egbebi, O. O. Ogunfolakan, A. O. Ojerinde & E. M. Aluko·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2022
The occurrence of Campylobacter jejeni in the large intestine of domestic fowls in Ado-Ekiti was assessed using standard microbiological procedures. One hundred faecal swabs were inoculated into modified cefoperazone charcoal deoxycholate agar (mCCDA). Twenty-seven isolates of Ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i11687
Infection with Staphylococcus aureus has been considered a major problem in hospitals. The clinical importance of S. aureus isattributed to notable virulence factors and genetic diversity. The objective of this study therefore was to investigate the distribution of S, aureus viru...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i1230422
Tuberculosis is an age-long disease that has proved challenging to eradicate. In 2019 about 10 million people fell ill of TB and it has caused 1.2 million deaths among HIV negative people and 208,000 deaths among HIV positive individuals [1]. The reduction in incidence rate betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330337
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B and D antibodies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti. Structured questionnaires were administered to obtain their socio- demographic dat...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i930495
O. O. Ogunfolakan, Olowe O. A., S. S. Taiwo, G. O. Daramola, B. T. Bamigboye, A. H. Egbebi, A. T. Okunlola & A. M. Olaniyan·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2021
The emergence of microbial resistance to antibiotics on daily basis has become a major global challenge. The increasing prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients due to emergence of unique communit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2021/v8i430213