Rapid confirmation of drug susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using MPT 64 Ag based test Ernest Afu Ochang, Oyinlola O. Oduyebo, Ifeanyi A. Onwuezobe, Sunday M. Obeten, Godwin I. Ogban, Ubleni E. Emanghe Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, ...

An epidemiological study of Babesia canis in dogs in Nigeria was performed. Four hundred blood samples collected from dogs in Nigeria were investigated using nested PCR and sequence analysis. On nested PCR screening, nine samples (2.3%) produced a band corresponding to a 698-bp fragment indicative of B. canis infection. Sequence analysis of the PCR products identified eight samples (2.0%) as B....

rural households in nigeria are vulnerable to shock because of their limited capacity to make informed decision on secured coping strategies which is further aggravated by some households’ specific socio-economic characteristics. attempts were made to identify shocks being faced by households’ heads and coping strategies. multistage sampling technique was used to select 80 respondents and well ...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA) are a major concern in densely populated urban areas. Initial studies of S. aureus in Nigeria indicated existence of antibiotic-resistant S. aureus strains in clinical and community settings. METHODS 73 biological samples (40 throat, 23 nasal, 10 wound) were collected from patients and healthc...

OBJECTIVES To explore roles and responsibilities in newborn care in the intra- and postpartum period in Nigeria, Tanzania and Ethiopia. METHODS Qualitative data were collected using in-depth interviews with mothers, grandmothers, fathers, health workers and birth attendants and were analysed through content and framework analyses. RESULTS We found that birth attendants were the main decisio...

BACKGROUND Nigeria continues to struggle in its efforts to eliminate circulating live polioviruses using oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). METHODS We modeled population immunity, and we estimated cases and the timing of transmission die-out for numerous policies that could accelerate the elimination of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and help Nigeria manage the risks of circulating vaccine-derived...

This study estimates the aggregate import demand function for Nigeria for the period of 1980 2010. Cointegration approach was implemented. While the error correction term in the estimated VEC model was evaluated for long run causal relationship, the short term coefficients were gauged for short term causal relationship between the explained and the explanatory variables. Results indicate: (i) t...

INTRODUCTION Open Heart Surgery (OHS) is not commonly practiced in Nigeria and most patients who require OHS are referred abroad. There has recently been a resurgence of interest in establishing OHS services in Nigeria but the cost is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the direct cost of OHS procedures in Nigeria. METHODS The study was performed prospectively from November to Dec...

1. Department of Business Administration, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria. E-mal: [email protected] 2. Department of Management, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The paper is on the application of probability theory in small business firms in Nigeria. It looks at the rate small business firms fail despite the...

BACKGROUND Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) undermines control efforts and its burden is poorly understood in resource-limited settings. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide an up-to-date summary of the extent of drug-resistant TB in Nigeria. METHODS We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, HINARI, AJOL, the Cochrane library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for reports ...