Objectives: To examine and ascertain the toxic effects of CCL4 on the histology of the liver and kidney and to investigate the ameliorative of turmeric against his injury. Materials: Thirty (30) male adult Wistar rats weighing 150 ± 2.6 g - 317 ± 3.5 g were procured from the anim...
The effects of extraction solvents (methanol, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether and n-hexane) on the content of total polyphenols and flavonoids, as well as antioxidant activities of Artemisia argyi were investigated. The results showed that, the ethanol extract had the highest t...
Oguh C. E., Obiwulu E. N. O., Oniwon W. O., Okekeaji U., Ugwu C. V., Umezinwa O. J. & Osuji C. A.·Asian Journal of Immunology·2020
The sudden occurrence outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 (SARS-CoV-2) poses a serious harm worldwide and local economies. Due to high numbers of infection and death, the pandemic calls for an urgent demand of a...
This research was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and malaria among people living with HIV/AIDS within Makurdi metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria. Four hundred (400) blood and stool samples of people living with HIV/AIDS were collected from 45 NAF Base...
C. O. Onwuliri, C. C. Onyenekwe, M. H. Yeldu, A. A. Panti, A. B. Shuaibu & M. Kalgo·Asian Journal of Immunology·2020
Hepatitis B virus is the causative agent of hepatitis B infection. The virus is a major public health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa with high burden of morbidity and mortality. Vertical transmission is a significant contributor of new cases. This study was designed to access the i...
An exceptional role in protecting against pathogenic effects of various pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms is played by immunoglobulins of the main classes. As our studies showed, before treatment, the IgG content in patients did not differ significantly from the control...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout China and gained world-wide attention as a result of acute respiratory illness due to a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), traditionally known as COVID-19. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially an...
The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in Saudi Arabia. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in infant from south area in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. A female infant, 17-day-old, had lived with her family...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading reason for liver transplantation in the world; patients infected with HCV are at increased risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. The study was aimed at evaluating the seroprevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection amongst febrile patie...
Sadeeq Sheshe, Abdullahi Nazifi, A. M. Labbo, G. M. Khalid, Abubakar Yahya, Umar Muhammad & Aliyu Musa Haruna·Asian Journal of Immunology·2020
Immune systems are responsible for the body’s protection against invading foreign agents that could bring harm to normal cellular activities. Viral infection is one of the significant foreign attacks on the body and the immune system has developed key mechanisms to contain such a...