This study was carried out to assess the Physicochemical and Bacteriological qualities of borehole water sources in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Twenty (20) boreholes were used for the study and a total of sixty (60) water samples were collected for bacter...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i3-430100
Candidiasis is increasingly affecting women in developing countries, due to several factors relating to environmental and physiological conditions of the individual. Knowledge of the factors influencing the epidemiology of Candida spp. will be useful in formulating public health...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i430098
Aim: The aim of this study is to isolate, identify and characterize Candida spp from cloacal swabs of poultry or birds in Ekiti State University poultry farm, Ago-aduloju poultry farm and Federal Polytechnic of Ado Ekiti poultry farm using molecular method. Place and Period of St...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330097
Background: Many reports on the toxicity of some mosquito repellents have been recorded, however, its effect on the trachea. Aim: This study was aimed at determining the Histopathological and Morphological changes in Trachea of Wistar rats exposed to selected mosquito repellents...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330096
Howaida Mahmoud Hagag, Anwar Althomali, Rawan Alnefei, Bashair Alotaibi, Ola Abdullah, Ejtehad Almutairi, Reem A. Ramadan, Osama Mahmoud Khalifa & Khadiga Ahmed Ismail·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2020
Background: Cervical cancer is considered one of the most important health problem affecting women health all over the world also it is preventable cancer as soon as it was discover early by cervical cytology using Papanicolaou (Pap) smears as it is an effective means of screenin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330095
G. O. Daramola, O. O. Oni, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ojerinde, O. D. Ajayi, A. Fadeyi, A. Fatoki, B. O. Olofinbiyi & A. Egebbi·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2019
Background: Nine out of every 10 of the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and young people (AYP) live in developing nations, Nigeria inclusive. In Nigeria as in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, 1 out of every 3 persons is an adolescent or a young person. As at 2016, there were about...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330093
The study was carried out in March-May 2019 to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis and dicrocoeliasis in cattle slaughtered in parts of Akure abattoir, Ondo State, Nigeria. Two hundred (200) bile samples from cattle were collected from both male and female cattle. The para...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i230092
Aim: The effect of Host blood on the fecundity of female Anopheles gambiae sensu lato mosquitoes was studied under normal conditions of 64±2% Relative Humidity and 27±2ºC Temperature. Methods: Three-five day old (F1) female Anopheles mosquitoes were transferred into wooden cages...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i230091
The menace of antibiotic resistance and the antecedent evolution of innocuous microbes into superbugs is an epidemic of global concern. This study investigated the phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of hexane and methanol extracts of Gnetum africanum stem and root, on Staph...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i230090
This study was carried out to investigate the mycoflora and nutritional composition of smoked dried crayfish Penaeus monodon (prawns) during storage for twenty-four weeks. The mycoflora were isolated at four weeks interval using direct plating and dilution methods on Potato Dextr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i230089