One of the greatest challenges facing most urban centers in Nigeria today is how to cope with the increasing volume of solid wastes being generated daily by its populace. Municipal solid waste tend to be one of the most visible and serious environmental problems in Nigerian cities [1]. This is manifested by large refuse heaps which dot most carriageways, streets and surroundings disfiguring the...

A geotechnical evaluation of some soils in Numan, Adamawa, North –East, Nigeria has been carried out. This was done to determine the suitability of the soils for use as subgrade/filling, sub-base and base course materials for road construction. The samples were collected from five different areas, at surface and sub-surface levels. The areas are New Demsa, Farei, Dowaya, Numan Town and Imbru. T...

Background and Objective: Asymptomatic bacteriuria is bacteria in the properly collected urine of a patient, leading to a urinary tract infection with no symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a common complication in clinical practice with an increasing prevalence due to increase of age. The present study investigated the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women receiving ant...

Poststroke fatigue (PSF) is a debilitating but often neglected consequence of stroke. This cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of PSF among one hundred stroke survivors receiving physiotherapy in North-east Nigeria. Demographic and clinical data were obtained while PSF was assessed with the 9-item Fatigue Severity Scale. Descriptive and Chi-square statistics were used to respectively...

The study assessed dynamics of food insecurity among households in rural Nigeria using the Living Standard Measurement Survey-Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMSISA) collected 2010/2011 and 2015/2016. Food status was constructed Household Insecurity Access Scale analysed with descriptive statistics random effect ordered probit model. Overall, 63.10%, 26.24%, 9.53% 1.13% were secure, mildly i...

Evidence of current and past Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in dromedary camels slaughtered at an abattoir in Kano, Nigeria in January 2015, was sought by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and serology. MERS-CoV RNA was detected in 14 (11%) of 132 nasal swabs and antibody in 126 (96%) of 131 serum samples. Phylogenetic anal...

A house-to-house survey of the prevalence of leishmaniasis infection was carried out in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria, Cutaneous Lishmaniasis was diagnosed in 2.6% of a population of 703 inhabitants of the area. 18 inhabitants had the infection, which was considered to be native. 10 were males and 8 were females with age varying between 10 and 55. This area is a new f...

On the basis of sex chromosome variation, three cytotypes of Simulium squamosum (Enderlein) (Diptera: Simuliidae) are described from Cameroon and Nigeria. Simulium squamosum A is the typical form as originally described by Vajime & Dunbar (1975) with chromosome I as the sex chromosome. It occurs throughout most of Cameroon and south-east Nigeria. A second cytotype, S. squamosum B, is described ...

Using deletion typing technique, five mycobacteria isolated from unpasteurised milk samples from cows in north-central Nigeria were characterized as Mycobacterium bovis (n=4) and M. africanum (n=1). This report emphasizes that transmission between the animal and human reservoir is a serious threat in Nigeria.