Surfactants are a surface-active group of molecular compounds with hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties in one single molecule that distributes themselves between two immiscible fluids, reduce surface/ interfacial tensions and cause the solubility of non-polar compounds in polar...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i330170
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the effects of dried Moringa oleifera leaves on Bifidobacteria and Escherichia coli in the gut of albino rats. Location: The rats were habituated under laboratory conditions at the animal house of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i230168
Background: Malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Zimbabwe due to transmission of Plasmodium parasite by the Anopheles mosquitoes. Globally, several species of Plasmodium parasite have been identified, but only P. falciparum, P. ovale, P. vivax, P. malariae...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i230167
Background and Objective: Extended Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is an important public health issue due to lack of therapeutic antibiotic options and the danger it portends to the pregnant woman. This study was carried out to determine the p...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i230166
Wassiyath Moussé, Haziz Sina, Ibrahima A. Mama-Sirou, Eugénie Anago, Durand Dah-Nouvlessounon, Christine N’Tcha, Farid Bade, Sévérin Anagonou, Adolphe Adjanohoun & Lamine Baba-Moussa·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2019
Aims: The aim of this work was to determine the resistance profile and to investigate the production of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) by clinically relevant Gram-negative Bacillus (GNB) strains. Methodology: About 191 strains were isolated from 1823 samples collected at t...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i230158
Aim: To study the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) contamination among dyspeptic patients in Damaturu and report on the relationship between H. pylori predominance and different age groups in the population under study. Methods: A sum of 229 volunteers with dyspeptic...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i230159
Background: Enteric fever is a global disease. In India, Enteric fever is endemic with Salmonella enterica serovar typhi being the predominant etiological agent. Due to changing antimicrobial resistance patterns, knowledge of local epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance pattern h...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i130157
Introduction: The idea that certain plants had healing potential was known long before human beings discovered the existence of pathogens. Methodology: The crude methanolic leaf extract of Prosopis africana was assayed for antimicrobial potency using Agar-well diffusion technique...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i130156
This study aimed at determining the impact of Carbofuran and Paraquat use on soil microbial biomass and microbial population as soil health index. Pot experiment, set-up as a randomized block design with replicates was done, with both pesticides applied at recommended rates for e...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i130155
Background/Purpose: Based on fact there is high urinary tract infection and increasing treatment failure among pregnant women and this has led to increased mortality and morbidity among pregnant women, and increased stay in the hospital. This study was conducted to evaluate the p...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i130154