Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among intending blood donors at two Hospitals (government and private-owned) in Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Two Hospitals...
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is a pharmaceutical ingredient widely used in clinics. As bile acid it solubilizes cholesterol gallstones and improves the liver function in case of cholestatic diseases. The HPLC method for determination of assay of ursodeoxycholic acid tablet had bee...
Aims: This study was carried out to ascertain hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection among fresh undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study...
Inflammatory bowel disease is an immune mediated chronic inflammatory disorder, wherein including Ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease these are two major phenotypes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Even though the mechanism of Inflammatory disease is still unclear, probiotic strains...
Parasitic infection has been implicated to have some effects on the packed cell volume, white blood cell count and CD4 counts of the infected person. This research was conducted to determine the effect of intestinal parasites and Malaria on some blood parameters of people living...
Background: A mesenteric cyst is defined as a cyst which is located in the mesentery of the gastrointestinal tract; it may extend from the base of the mesentery into the retroperitoneum. The incidence of mesenteric cysts is 1:102,500 to 1:250,000 hospital admissions. Case Report:...
The spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to almost every part of the globe making it a global pandemic as resulted to be a global crisis with urgent need of innovative research ideas, mechanisms and strategy to treat, curtail, contain and prevent the spread of the diseas...
Background: Biliary lithiasis can be defined as the presence of concrements in the gallbladder, the biliary ducts, or both. Patients are mostly asymptomatic in over 80% of cases and are discovered by chance during a rouine ultrasound scan. When symptomatic, it can manifest as hep...
World Health Organization defines Lassa fever as a viral haemorrhagic fever that is transmitted to people through contact with food or household items contaminated with rat pee or defecation. Secondary transmission occurs in human to human through direct contact with the blood, d...
Aim: This study focuses on the effect of consumption of garri processed by traditional and instant mechanical methods on the lipid profile of Wistar rats. Methods: Cassava samples were obtained from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan and were proce...