Ifedi, B.O.

Isolation of Intestinal Parasites of Public Health Importance from Cockroaches in Anambra State, Nigeria

Ifedi, B.O., Anyaegbunam, L.C., Igbodika, C.M. & Iwueze, M.O. · Asian Journal of Biology · 2025

Cockroaches pose significant public health problem due to their ability to mechanically transmit human intestinal parasites and other disease-causing micro-organisms. Hence this study was carried out to assess the prevalence and distribution of intestinal parasites associated wit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i11576

The Role of Non-Biting Synanthropic Flies in Mechanical Transmission of Medically Important Intestinal Parasites in Anambra State, Nigeria

Ifedi, B.O., Anyaegbunam, L.C., Igbodika, M.C. & Iwueze, M.O. · Asian Journal of Biology · 2025

Synantropic flies are those flies associated ecologically with human and have been linked with the transmission of bacteria, viruses, fungi, soil-transmitted helminthes (STH) and some protozoa. A survey of synanthropic flies was carried out in Anambra State using constructed fly...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i11570