A. B. Shuaibu, B. R. Alkali, M. B. Abubakar, A. I. Daneji, S. A. Shuaibu, A. I. Bello, F. Abubaka & M. Bello·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a cause for public health concern in many developing countries where sanitation conditions are poor. Sheep along with other species has been reported to be highly sero-positive for anti-HEV antibodies. Given the high infection rates and expanded HEV hos...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31378
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus which is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. In 2015, the outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil cause rapid spread of this virus throughout the Americas. A new report of relation between ZIKV infection and an epidemic of m...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31151
Aims: To study the effects of fermentation on the nutrient composition of cassava and ripe plantain peels. Study Design: Raw cassava and ripe plantain peel blends were varied at different ratio (100:0, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50 and 0:100) and fermented for 96 h. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30354
Background: The global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis poses serious public health challenges which have heightened the need for evaluation and utilization of new tools for the disease diagnosis, especially in developing countries. In order to evaluate the rapidity and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31050
Food-borne diseases are the global public health problem. At random 75 food samples comprising of fifteen each of the five commonly eaten ready-to-eat foods (rice, beans, yam, fufu and meat) were collected from different vendors of the university. Aerobic bacterial count and fung...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30948
Coulibaly- Kalpy Julien, Koffi Kouadio Stephane, Dou Serge, Bamba Aboubacar, Kacou- N’douba Adèle & Dosso Mireille·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Salmonella cause salmonellosis, a disease which most common symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever. Aims: The purpose of this study was to highlight the health risks linked to Salmonella for the population through the study of wastewater in the Indénié wastewater...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30308
Aims: To determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV among pregnant women in Calabar, and the possible predisposing factors of the disease. Study Design: This was a cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Calabar, the capital city of Cross R...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30868
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of habitat locations on the bacteriological and physicochemical assessment of aquaculture freshwater Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using a small scale depuration system. Methodology: Nile Tilapia samples were harveste...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30285
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate Mucuna beans flour fermented with Lactobacillus plantarum in vitro and in vivo for probiotic activities. The L. plantarum used was isolated from neonate ‘ogi’ made from sorghum thereafter, which was screened for growth and survival in the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30143
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of habitat locations on the bacteriological and physicochemical assessment of aquaculture freshwater fish (Clarias gariepinus) using a small scale depuration system. Catfish samples were harvested from two different location...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/30160