examination of faecal samples of 6,430 school children aged between 2 and 20 years, for gastrointestinal parasites using sedimentation and kato smear techniques was carried out in benin city, nigeria between january 1997 and december 1998. four thousand two hundred and thirty six (65.8%) were infected. three species of protozoa and 8 species of helminths were recorded as follows: entamoeba hist...

background : plasmodium falciparum infection is endemic in most tropical countries and will definitely infect human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients living in this region at one time or the other during the course of their infection. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malaria infection in hiv-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy in benin c...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Nigeria 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University College of Medicine, Nigeria 3Department of Microbiology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Nigeria 4Department of Family Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Nigeria 5Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Babcock Un...

62 Optimal Transportation and Spatial Integration of Regional Palm Oil Markets in Nigeria L.O.E. Nwauwa, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria K.O. Adenegan, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria M.A.Y. Rahji, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, U...

Patrick Nguku, Fausta Mosha, Elizabeth Prentice, Tura Galgalo, Adebola Olayinka, Peter Nsubuga Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nigeria,Tanzania National Health Laboratory, Tanzania, Medical Microbiologist, AMPATH, South Africa, Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Kenya, Department of Medical Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, ...

background: the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections and the anthropogenic risk factors of 978 ran­domly selected primary school children from igbede community in isoko south local government area of delta state southern nigeria were evaluated. methods: subjects were screened for the presence of sth using direct smear method and kato-katz techniques. this study was c...

background: this study was carried out in opi-agu a tropical semi-urban autonomous community comprising of three villages in enugu state, nigeria, between the months of april and june 2010. it was designed to determine the prevalence of onchocerca volvulus infection and assess the perception of the disease among the inhabitants of this community. methods: a total number of 305 individuals compr...

this paper discusses the study of community’s preferences for biodiversity conservation management institution which may motivate them to support conservation efforts in the okwangwo division of the cross river national park, nigeria. the empirical data was generated from personal interviews and factors influencing the respondents’ choice were examined with the aid of multinomial logit mode...

in nigeria, the government is implementing the free maternal and child health care programme (fmchcp). the policy is premised on the notion that financial barriers are one of the most important constraints to equitable access and use of skilled maternal and child healthcare. in ebonyi state, southeastern nigeria the fmchcp is experiencing implementation challenges including: inadequate human re...

this study was conducted to determine the prevalence and effect of parasitic infection on erythrocyte indices in trade camels slaughtered in maiduguri, nigeria. two hundred adult one humped camels comprised of 87 (43.5 %) males and 113 (56.5 %) females were examined for helminths and hemoparasites at their slaughter time according to the standard procedures. an overall prevalence of 79 % for si...