Background: Tuberculosis is a global health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis is essential for early disease management. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that gradually attacks the immune system and the immune syste...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2021/v9i130202
Lynn Maori, Hussaini Suleiman Salihu, Japhet J. kalang, Maikudi Haruna, R. C. Mamtara, Emmanuel Peters, Abdulsalam Yakubu & Usman Muhammed·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2021
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood glucose, either because the body does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Defects in immune system are associated with diff...
Background: Tuberculosis is a global health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis is essential for early disease management. Aim: This study evaluated the performance of gene expert MTB/ RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tube...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2021/v11i130134
Kabiru Ibrahim Mohammed, Lynn Maori, Maikudi Haruna Ishaya, Emmanuel Peter, Japhet J. kalang, Abdulsalam Yakubu, Samira David Awak & Rimamnyang C. Mamtara·Asian Journal of Biology·2021
This study was undertaken to assess the occurrence of Klebsiella pneumoniae and there in-vitro susceptibility among cattle traders, herdsmen and butchers in Maiduguri cattle market, Borno state, Nigeria. Two hundred and twelve sample (212) sputum samples were collected using wide...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2021/v12i430169
Emmanuel Peters, Nuhu Muhammed, Lynn Maori, Maikudi Haruna, Zainab Umar, Rimamnyang C. Mamtara, Samirah David Awak & David Peter Damuut·Asian Journal of Biology·2022
Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi causes typhoid and paratyphoid fevers respectively. Out of the one thousand two hundred and six (1206) sample analyzed for Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers using tile method; 748 (62.0%) were positive while 458 (38%) were negative. Females...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2022/v14i130201