ENURESIS IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIAN CHILDREN: PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND PARENTAL PERCEPTION OF TREATMENT 1 2 Abiodun MT, Oluwafemi RO Department of Child Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria Department of Paediatrics, Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo State Nigeria Correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Moses Temidayo Abiodun Email: Department of Child He...

1 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115 Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences...

Nigeria is one of the most malnourished and hunger ridden in the league of developing countries; according to reports of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations estimated daily animal protein intake for developing countries averaged at 4.5 g/head/day at the beginning of this century which has hardly risen to 10 g/head/day into the second decade of the century in Nigeria. This...

In order to amalgamate research findings on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria as well as the trend of the infection in a concise manner, we reviewed published articles on the HIV/AIDS situation in Nigeria. We categorized this review into several subheadings. The HIV prevalence rate has continued to rise steadily from less than 0.1% in 1987, to 5.8% in 2001, with a slight decrease in 2003 to 5.0%. Although th...

Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, and College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomoso,Oyo State,Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex,and College of Health Sciences,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Vener...

Unemployment, corruption, non-diversification of the economy, income inequality, laziness, and a poor education system can be considered to be some of the key factors contributing to poverty in Nigeria. This article analyzes these factors after reviewing some of the most recent contributions to the literature and summarizing some of the key dimensions of poverty in Nigeria. It also shows that t...

Introduction. Rubella infection has the potential of causing severe fetal birth defects collectively called congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) if the mother is infected early in pregnancy. However, little is known about rubella and CRS epidemiology in Nigeria and rubella vaccines are still not part of routine childhood immunization in Nigeria. Methods. Analysis of confirmed cases of rubella in A...

with advanced TB may occur, given the endemic nature of TB in humans in Nigeria (10). TB cases caused by EAI strains have been found in humans in southwestern Nigeria (4; S.I. Cadmus et al., unpub. data), a fi nding that supports zoonotic transmission of this organism from humans to goats. However, different lineages of M. tuberculosis may vary in host range, and EAI genotype strains may be ada...

Lion fecal DNA extracts from four individuals each from Yankari Game Reserve and Kainji-Lake National Park (central northeast and west Nigeria, respectively) were Sanger-sequenced for the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The sequences were aligned against 61 lion reference sequences from other parts of Africa and India. The sequence data were analyzed further for the construction of phylogeneti...