Catherine N. Stanley, Amaka M. Awanye, Ukamaka C. Ogbonnaya, Regina Joseph, Chidozie N. E. Ibezim, Mary A. Alex-Wele, Ukamaka G. Okafor & Princewill C. Stanley·International STD Research & Reviews·2026
Background: Certain mental health conditions are known to make people incapable of making rational decisions thus exposing them to risky sexual behaviours that may result in sexually transmitted infections. Objective: This study evaluated the impact of psychotic and non-psychotic...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2026/v15i1196
Aim: HIV/AIDS continues to spread globally and remains a worldwide pandemic. Opportunistic infections (OIs) occur more and are severe in people living with HIV who have weakened immune systems, and co-infection is another major challenge because it affects the rate to which the d...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2020/v8i130182
Aim: HIV/AIDS remains a leading cause of death and disability in Sub Saharan Africa and this accounts for almost half of the world’s HIV related deaths. On the other hand, bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as syphilis contributes to the morbidity and mortality o...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2020/v9i230112
Aim: This study reports on the detection of Treponema pallidum (syphilis) antibodies in HIV infected patients in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Screening for syphilis was carried out to determine the prevalence levels of these infections, as biological markers of risk, modes, and time f...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2020/v9i230110
The recent COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) has taken the world by surprise since its outbreak in 2019, and as on February 2021, the world had experienced a total of 107,643,141 (one hundred and seven million, six hundred and forty-three thousand, one...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2021/v24i130193