Introduction: Onchocerciasis is a communicable parasitic disease caused by a nematode; Onchocerca volvulus and vectored by female Simulium blackfly. The disease is common among poor rural dwellers where it causes various degrees of skin and eye infections. Objectives: To evaluate...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23566
Background: Lactation mastitis is a painful, debilitating condition that if not well managed, can mislead women into prematurely stopping breastfeeding and by so doing deprive the child of optimal feeding. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 10% of breastfeed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23223
Aim: To determine the prevalence of vaginal Candida colonization among female students in Bingham University. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Bingham University, Auta balefi, Karu LGA, Nasarawa State between the months of March and July 2015. Research H...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22843
Ahmad M. Yakasai, Aliyu Ibrahim, Mustafa I. Gudaji, Hamza Muhammad, Aisha M. Nalado, Auwalu S. Salihu, Lukman F. Owolabi, Musa Baba Maiyaki, Muzammil M. Yakasai, Muhammad Nazeere, Shehu Sale, Zahraddeen G. Habib & Abdulrazaq G. Habib·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Introduction: Although major depressive disorder (MDD) is the commonest psychiatric complication of HIV infection, its prevalence and correlates are not fully evaluated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods: PsychInfo, Medline and Google scholar were among the data bases searched...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22594
José Aderval Aragão, Maria Izabel Aragão Mota, Marcel Lima Andrade, Roberta de Oliveira Carvalho, Ivan do Nascimento da Silva, Marina Elizabeth Cavalcanti de Sant’Anna, Sheila Schneiberg Valença Dias & Francisco Prado Reis·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2015
Introduction: Depressive disorders in the general population are a matter for concern because of their increasing prevalence and high social cost. The healthcare professionals who are most susceptible to mental health problems are the ones who spend most of their time at work int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/22569
In Malaysia, the Orang Asli community (the indigenous people of Malaysia) are prone to intestinal parasite infections (IPIs) due to their living environment, socio-cultural and personal hygiene practices. The prevalence and potential risk factors for infection among the indigenou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/21902
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a Public health problem in Nigeria and Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of Latent Tuberculosis Infections (LTBI) and TB disease. There has been no available information on the prevalence of LTBI in HCWs in Akwa Ibom State especially in h...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20380
Aim: The aim of this literature review was to determine the reported incidence and prevalence of visual impairment due to stroke for all visual conditions including central vision loss, visual field loss, eye movement problems and visual perception problems. A further aim was to...
The destructive nature of Argemone mexicana against field crops and grazing lands as invasive species and, the antibiotic effect for treating common diseases of dairy cattle causing mastitis were investigated at Farta, Gondar and Bahir Dar zuria districts. Plant materials were ex...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/20787
Aims: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in a group of women visiting different Units in a referral Hospital from Spain Study Design: This was a hospital retrospective and descriptive study for the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19542
Aims: Pregnancies which are too many, too early and too frequent result in maternal/child morbidity and mortality. Delivery of effective family planning services has a direct impact on maternal/child wellbeing. Though awareness of modern contraceptive methods was high, the uptake...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20373
Background: Low back pain (LBP) has been documented to be a common occupational health problem among health care workers. A cross sectional study was carried out in a health facility in South – South Nigeria to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20785
Background: Domestic cavies, commonly known as guinea pigs are more widely filling a niche in livestock production in West Africa, most especially in Cameroon. Cavies have been shown to play a vital role in the animal protein supply and income generation in rural areas in Cameroo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/20652
Aims: Anaemia in pregnancy is a common health problem in poor-resource countries like Nigeria and is associated with both maternal and perinatal complications. It is multifactorial in origin; the relative contribution of these factors may differ from one region to the other. Anae...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20791
Background: Uro-genital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. For the control of the disease, the frequent and periodic use of mass praziquantel administration (MPA) is recommended. However, despite of several preventive chemotherap...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19119