Petrus Uchenna Inyama, AIDS/ Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, University of Jos, Nigeria Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria Greg Ike Anyanwu, AIDS/ Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, University of Jos, Nigeria Okonkwo Moses Njoku, GEDE AIDS & Infectious Diseases Research Institute Abuja, Nigeria J...

1Department of Haematology, Special Investigations Laboratory, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,2Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,3Department of General Medical Practice, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,4Department of Chemical Pathology, Universit...

1 Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. 2 Department of Botany, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 3 Department of Physiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 4 Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. 5 Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, N...

Vancouver, October 2005. Bridging the Gap between Technology and Users: Leveraging Machine Translation in a Visual Data Triage Tool Thomas Hoeft Nick Cramer M. L. Gregory Elizabeth Hetzler Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 902 Battelle Blvd. 902 Battelle Blvd. 902 Battelle Blvd....

1. Atmospheric Sciences and Global Climate Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA. 2. W. R & Wiley Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA. 3. Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA. 4. SPI Supplies/Structure Probe, Inc., West Chester,...

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...

1080 I n this issue of PLoS Medicine, Oye-Adeniran and colleagues report a new community study in Nigeria in which contraceptive users were surveyed about their sources of family planning information and contraception [1]. Enquiry about the source of contraceptive is a standard part of family planning surveys that assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and these surveys are commonly used i...

INTRODUCTION Rubella cases are often under-reported, especially in many developing countries, owing to inadequate attention and weak funding of elimination strategies, despite being an epidemic-prone disease. Based on available data, this paper, therefore, seeks to bring the attention of public health practitioners, researchers and policy makers to threats of rubella in our environment, and als...