Introduction: Onchocerciasis has been a threat to public health in the Americas for almost five centuries, affecting hundreds of thousands of people with the threat of severe dermatological conditions, visual impairment, and blindness. In Latin America, 13 foci of onchocerciasis...
Obianuju Nwadiogo Mbakwe, Miriam Okwudili Iwueze, Kindness Chidi Irikannu & Chikodili Obiajulu Aniefuna·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2021
Background: Synanthropic flies are of public health importance due to their role as mechanical transmitters of parasites. The link between human pathogens and fly-transmission is because adult flies feed and breed on refuse dump, human excrement, and other decaying materials and...
Leachate is a discharge interface from leaching, as of dissolvable organic constituents from pollutants and landfill by sloping downward exude dregs water. They are formed when precipitation enters wastes in dumpsites. This study isolated the parasitic and fungal organisms associ...
Aims: Analysis of cytotoxic effect, and correlation of in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activities of the root extract and fractions of H. africana so as to identify the active fraction. Methodology: The extract (200, 400, 600 mg/kg) and fractions (400 m/kg) were evaluated in mi...
Akinseye Olanrewaju Roland, Gbadamosi Folawiyo I., Ale Ebenezer Morayo, Ojomo L. Joan, Adelabu Mustapha & Olaleye Olusola·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2021
Introduction: A combination of phylogenetic tree of trypanosome isolates and the geographical information of the epidemiologic foci can acquaint us with the occurrences of African trypanosomiasis outbreak necessitous for educating the spatial distribution of the parasites, vector...
Malaria poses a major public health problem that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in impoverished and poor sanitary settings. Malaria, a vector-borne disease, transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito is an endemic disease. Farmers are often known to live in remote locati...
G. U. Amana, J. C. Ozougwu, I. C. Okoye, C. A. Imakwu, O. P. Okeke, I. Nwachukwu, J. E. Ekeleme, J. Idakwo & J. C. Ogbodo·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2021
Parasites infect nearly every species of animals, nevertheless the majority are inadequately studied except they have proven economic, medical or conservation significance. The role of parasites in the decline of anuran population is not clearly understood, therefore this study i...
Pauline Ukamaka Umeanaeto, Queenette Eberechukwu Chukwuma, Goodness Nkiru Itemba, Kindness Chidi Irikannu, Joseph Uche Anumba, Chukwudinma Chigozie Okoli & Justina Chimezie Akulue·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2021
Background: The practice of eating raw fruits and vegetables has led to infection with various parasitic diseases. Some flies species has been reported as mechanical transmitters of parasites and so contribute to the spread of the disease-causing organisms on fruits and vegetable...
A study on evaluation of human intestinal parasite associated with edible vegetables commonly consumed in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was carried out to determine parasitic contamination of these daily consumed items. The samples included waterleaf, pumpkin leaf, scent lea...
Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of malaria in the area with reference to location, sex and age; mosquito vectors and the Plasmodium specie responsible for the transmission of malaria in the area, as well as the reliability of two diagnostic methods: rapid diagnostic test (...