Objective: To determine the prevalence of anaemia, the associated risk factors and the red cell morphological pattern among pregnant women at booking in Federal Medical Centre Owerri. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 400 women at the booking clinic ov...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44496
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. This burden is more felt in the paediatric population, mother to child transmission (MTCT) being a major mode of infection. This study sought to assess the kn...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/44714
Aims: To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among pregnant women. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal clinic of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, between April and July 2016. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/44572
Aim: The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of tongue worm (Linguatula serrata) in dogs slaughtered at Bukuru dog market, Jos-South Local Government Area (L.G.A). Study Design: The study was cross-sectional in which only indigenous dogs meant for slaughter were exa...
Background: Co-infection of HIV–positive patients with hepatitis C viruses worsens the long term diagnosis and causes of the liver related diseases in almost three –quarters of the HIV infected individuals. Aim: This research was carried out to know the sero-epidemiology of HCV a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/17398
Aim: To determine the prevalence, grades, clinical features, triggers and predictors of migraine headache among students from Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among during 2016/20...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/45089
The prevalence and socioeconomic status of Urinary Schistosomiasis in the riverine areas of Ilaje Local Government in Ondo State, Nigeria was surveyed. This was done by examining people from five (5) selected villages in the area. A total of 2052 urine samples were collected and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/43962
Aims: The study aimed at determining the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus isolated from wound and otitis media among patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospitals, Kano Nigeria. Study Design: This was an experimental laboratory cross-sectional st...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44684
Background: Trichomoniasis, an infection caused by Trichomonas vaginalis is among the most neglected sexually transmitted disease in the world and it affects the vagina, cervix, urethra and paraurethral glands as well as the bladder in women. Objectives: To determine the prevalen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/14616
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infectious diseases in community practice and a significant public health problem regarding morbidity and financial cost worldwide. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Staphylococc...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2018/v2i229249
Ravindra Sharma, Keshaw Tiwari, Gitanjali Arya, Victor Amadi, Darnell Blackman, Nicholas Markette, Tomer Shua-Haim, Roxanne Nicholas-Thomas & Harry Hariharan·Microbiology Research Journal International·2018
Aim: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella species and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates in brown rats (R. norvegicus) from two parishes (St. George and St David) of Grenada, West Indies. Study Design: Salmonella spp. was...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44563
The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths has been reported to be high among residents especially school pupils in small communities located in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. Gia is one of the communities in the Kassena-Nankana district of the Upper East Region of Gh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/43809
Background: Drug interactions continue to be an important cause of adverse effects, especially with cardiovascular drugs. Objective: This cross-sectional observational study aimed to recognize the frequency of potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) using three electronic knowle...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2018/44526
Bako Hauwa, Muazu, Salisu Babura, Dankoly, Sani Usman, Ahmad, Mohammad Bello, Iliya Sani, John, Noah Onuche, Mustapha, Aminu Saleh & Banya, Richard James·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2018
Introduction: Viral hepatitis is a liver disease with numerous etiologies. Hepatitis B and C virus infections and co infections are pandemics that constitute a major public health challenge in Nigeria. Diabetes mellitus is sought to be a risk factor for HBsAg and HCV coexistence....
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/43908
Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell) 1837, commonly known as ‘Milk shark’ is the frequently available elasmobranch from the Nellore (14.43°N 79.97°E.) coast off Bay of Bengal. A total of 152 R. acutus were collected from this coast during January, 2014- December, 2015, of which 89 hos...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/44374