1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115 Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences...

Recent studies have shown an increasing trend in the prevalence of hypertension in rural communities compared to that of the urban communities. This study was therefore carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its predictors (if any) in both urban and rural communities of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. Subjects and Method. This was a cross-sectional study of urban and rural comm...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Onchocerciasis is endemic in some parts of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. This study describes the entomological parameters of transmission in three rural communities of Akwa Ibom State, prior to ivermectin intervention in 2004. METHODS Blackflies were caught using human bait and 90% of the flies were dissected for parity. All parous flies were further dissected for the pre...

introduction high doses of ionizing radiation can lead to adverse health outcomes such as cancer induction in humans. although the consequences are less evident at very low radiation doses, the associated risks are of societal importance. this study aimed at assessing entrance skin doses (esds) in patients undergoing selected diagnostic x-ray examinations at public hospitals of akwa ibom state,...

Sikiru Adigun Sanni Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, 520003 Uyo, Nigeria Correspondence should be addressed to Sikiru Adigun Sanni, [email protected] Received 4 August 2011; Accepted 15 October 2011 Academic Editor: Yuji Liu Copyright q 2011 Sikiru Adigun Sanni. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, ...

Colorectal carcinomas (CRC) were initially thought to be rare in Africa including Nigeria, but recent studies have shown a reverse trend in our environment. This study is aimed to identify the clinical and pathological characteristics of CRC diagnosed between July 2006 and June 2015 in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, and a Private Specialist Laboratory, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. A...

Dysmenorrhoea, premenstrual syndrome and menstrual hygiene are leading contributors to the burden of disease borne by adolescent secondary school girls and this study sought to determine the prevalence of menstruationrelated problems among adolescent school girls in southern Nigeria. A crosssectional study design was used with a minimum sample size of 601 derived over 4 different centres (2 rur...

The incidence of enteric bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus in four day care centers in Akwa Ibom State was studied using culture techniques. The percentage frequencies of the isolates from 124 samples were Staphylococcus aureus (33.9), Escherichia coli (19.0), Klebsiella sp (14.4), Citrobacter sp (12.5) and Proteus mirabilis (7.4). The sources of contamination were floors, chairs, skin, bed li...

This article reports the outcome of a Special Action Project for the Elimination of Leprosy (SAPEL), including the implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) in difficult situations in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Twenty-two fishing villages and five communities in areas of gully erosion participated in the project from August 1996 to September 1997. Seven new cases were detected and treated with...