Bats, including African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum), have been highlighted as reservoirs of many recently emerged zoonotic viruses. This common, widespread and ecologically important species was the focus of longitudinal and continent-wide studies of the epidemiological and ecology of Lagos bat virus, henipaviruses and Achimota viruses. Here we present a spatial, morphological, d...

This paper investigates the relationship between the Lagos Megacity and Ota Township, a small township onits periphery. The study examines linkages between and Lagos in terms of growth, urban development as well as mobility. 553 questionnaires were administered to household heads across the 12 residential districts of Ota Township. Survey was carried out by systematic random sampling. Classifie...

Housing developments in Lagos State peri-urban settlements have contributed immensely to the alleviation of the challenges of housing deficits in central Lagos. This research aims at examining the characteristics of housing development in the peri-urban settlements of Lagos State, Nigeria. Using a case study approach, housing developments in peri-urban settlements in Ibeju-Lekki Local Governmen...

Department of Building Technology, Lagos State Polytechnic, Lagos, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: D.O Olanrewaju ________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The importance of decent housing has been well recognized, articulated and elucidated in the literature, yet a great proportion of the urban poor in Nigeria especially in Lagos State sti...

by M. S. Odimayo, W. I. Olanrewaju, S. A. Omilabu, and Boaz Adegboro Department of Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria Olanrewaju Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria Department of Microbiology & Parasitology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nig...

Edison P Reyes1,2, Paula P Cortés3 and Ricardo Fernández3* 1Centro de Fisiología Celular e Integrativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile 2Dirección de Investigación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Chile 3Departamento de Salud, Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile *Corresponding author: Ricardo Fernández, Departamento de Salud, Universidad de Los Lagos. Av. Fuch...

concentrations of eight metals namely, cr, mn, fe, co, ni, cu, zn and pb were examined in the surface sediments of discharge channels of six industries in lagos using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry.these channels drain into the isolo canal which empties into the lagos lagoon and eventually into the atlantic ocean. this study was conducted to detect any contamination levels within the sediment...

The objective of the study was to investigate the results of Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) conducted in three referral hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria over a two-year period and to report the outcomes and the lessons learned. MPDRS panels were constituted in the three hospitals, and beginning from January 2015, we conducted monthly MPDSR in the three hospitals...

OBJECTIVE To assess N51I, C59R and S108N polymorphisms of dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and A437G and K540E of dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) genes of P. falciparum isolates recovered from pregnant women with asymptomatic malaria in a coastal setting in Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 107 consenting and consecutively enrolled pregnant women (mean age ± standard deviation, 26.6 ± 4....