Aims: This research work was conducted for isolation and molecular detection of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus from the field samples, development of inactivated trivalent FMD vaccine, and determination of antibody titer in vaccinated cattle. Methodology: A total of 10 sample...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25870
Zoonotic parasitic diseases including helminths and protozoa are common especially in areas with poor living conditions in developing countries. The poor living conditions combined with poor veterinary services and lack of awareness of the zoonotic diseases exacerbates the risks...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25331
Tuberculosis (TB) has been declared a public health emergency in Nigeria. Currently, the country has the highest TB burden in Africa and the third in the whole world behind China and India only. Further complicating the efforts at combating this ugly scenario is the rising multi-...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23447
This paper did a review of literature on osteoporosis, the risk factors, the consequences, and the prevention through the synergy of diet, exercises and appropriate lifestyle modification. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become dangerously thin and fragile over time. F...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23403
Background: Nutrition is an important element of a child’s survival and development. To achieve MDG 4 in Nigeria, nutritional status of under-five children needs to be improved as malnutrition remains an underlying factor in about one third of under-five deaths in Nigeria. Unfort...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25292
Aim: This study was to evaluate the role of Curcumin along with or without chemoradiation in the management of locally advanced head and neck cancers (LHNC) in terms of tolerability, toxicity and response. Sixty treatment naive histopathologically proved cases LHNC were included...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25780
The humoral immune response in parvoviral vaccinated dogs experimentally infected with single and mixed infection of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei was studied in mongrel dogs. Twenty mongrel dogs of mixed sexes and approximately 4-6 months of age weighing an avera...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/24973
Tuberculosis (TB) and cryptococcosis cause severe morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. However, cryptococcosis and TB co-infection is rare. We present a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis co-existing with pulmonary TB in a 42 year old Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25157
Aim: This study was aimed at investigating malaria parasite and anaemia prevalence, the impact of co-infection on immune-haematological parameters, clinical/treatment profiles and how malaria preventive measure associate with malaria and anaemia in adult HIV-patients attending ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25022
Aims: Ischemia modified albumin (IMA) level is increased in ischemic conditions and in diseases such as myocardial infarction, systemic sclerosis, advanced cancer, end-stage renal disease and intrauterine disorders. The role of IMA in chronic liver diseases and its correlation wi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25293