cryptococcus neoformans is the most incriminated fungal pathogen causing meningitis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) patients, and is known to constitute a major cause of deaths in aids patients. this study aimed to determine the sero-prevalence and effect of cd4 count on seropositivity for cryptococcus neoformans antigen (crag) in antiretroviral- naïve (art-naïve) aids patients. t...

This paper presents the sizing of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) with power 690.747 kW for coastal area Benin. The proposed DFIG starts from density offshore wind potential Benin obtained at 80 m sea surface to determine generator. Thanks geometrical, electrical and magnetic parameters after sizing, simulation generator operation was done using finite element analysis (FEA). is by runn...

The current study was aimed to establish the correlation between resistance level deltamethrin and physiological age of An. gambiae sensu lato populations from Dogbo district in South-Western Benin, West Africa. Female s.l. mosquitoes were collected window traps put on windows rooms surveyed. March July August November 2020 during rainy season locations Ayomi, Dévé, Honton, Lokogohoué, Madjrè T...

Rice (Oryza spp.) is an important food and cash crop in the Republic of Benin. However, despite its production increase recent years, yield cultivated varieties remains low, introduction improved threatens rice diversity existing traditional agriculture. Therefore, documenting on-farm management diversity, farmers’ varietal preferences, their perceptions performance species are prerequisites fo...

Abstract Background Pumpkin, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, is important food resource due to their nutritional composition. Despite advantages, they still remain underutilized crops in Africa and particularly Benin. No documented information available on the knowledge of producers use, conservation commercialization . The objectives this study are (i) collect various accessions pumpkin basis loc...

In 1953, officials of the Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) Church in Benin City, Nigeria, requested schoolgirls Benin–Edo ethnic origin at local Convent Primary School preparing for baptism to bring their fiancés school as a condition baptism. The demand presentation fiancé was first time such given young teenage girls since establishment RCM City 1923. and affected girls’ relationship with denomin...

Bovid diets have been studied for decades, but debate still exists about the diets of many species, in part because of geographical or habitat-related dietary variations. In this study we used stable carbon isotope analyses of faeces to explore the seasonal dietary preferences of 11 bovid species from a West African savanna, the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (PBR), along the browser/grazer (or C3/...