A. A. Ibijola, O. D. Ajayi, M. I. Onyema, A. Adebayo, M. A. Muhibi, Y. Obazee, A. I. Okunlola, O. A. Ajetunmobi, M. Yusuf, C. E. Onyema, W. A. Ajetunmobi, O. B. Bolaji, E. O. Ogundare, A. O. Babatola, I. O. Adebara, O. T. Adeyemo, O. E. Adewara, B. S. Awoyinka, A. Bakare, A. A. Adeniyi, O. M. Ayankunle, O. P. Aduloju, A. S. Adefisan, B. A. Olofinbiyi, Z. A. Jeremiah & K. A. Fasakin·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2023
Background: Syphilis is a highly contagious, systemic bacterial illness that poses a serious public health threat on a worldwide scale. In addition to being spread sexually, the illness can also be contracted through blood donation. To accurately evaluate the epidemiological patt...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2023/v35i115026
Modified Leishman stain is a newly discovered stain which is composed of Leishman powder, absolute methanol and phenol. It is not ususual sometimes in diagnostic haematology laboratories to have improperly stained thin blood films, without any clear-cut reason, leading to misdiag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/31729
Background: Incorrect blood sample volume-anticoagulant ratio has been the cause of both haematological and immunological errors especially when K3 EDTA-containing blood collection tubes were used. Lower whole blood sample volumes collected into 4.0 millilitres spray-dried K2 EDT...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2015/16338
K. A. Fasakin, M. A. Muhibi, A. A. Ibijola, O. D. Ajayi, M. I. Onyema, Y. Obazee, A. A. Adeniyi, W. A. Ajetunmobi, I. O. Adebara, A. Adebayo, A. I. Okunlola, M. Yusuf, B. S. Awoyinka, O. A. Ajetunmobi, A. Bakare, O. T. Adeyemo, O. E. Adewara, N. Anyahara, C. E. Onyema, O. B. Bolaji, O. M. Ayankunle, O. P. Aduloju, E. O. Ogundare, A. O. Babatola, A. S. Adefisan, B. A. Olofinbiyi & Z. A. Jeremiah·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2022
Background: Transfusion transmissible hepatitis (TTH) is a global health problem and the incriminating agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) continue to pose serious threats to blood safety. The aim of this study was to determ...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i1331380
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, 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
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
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
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
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