Aims and Objectives: To determine the baseline CD4 positive T lymphocytes count of HIV/AIDS treatment naïve adults clients presenting for the first time treatment in Benue State University Teaching Hospital. Subjects and Methods: A total of 700 subjects age between 18 years to 7...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19294
Aims: Astaxanthin, especially natural astaxanthin, is a powerful antioxidant, which is used as a nutraceutical and a common coloring agent in aquaculture. The present study was carried out to investigate the ability of astaxanthin production from the red yeast Rhodosporidium sp....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19368
Aims: Seemingly innocuous commercial cosmetic products have been responsible for serious overt and covert skin infections, which were often ignored as the sources or vehicles of transmission of pathogens. Materials and Methods: Three (3) popular brands of commercial cosmetic pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/14083
Aims: The tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum, has been one of the major risk factors for oral cancer. However, the literature has endowed it as “holy herb” since the pre-Columbian era as being used for treating pain, poisonous bites, ulcers, nasal polyp. So we designed a study to e...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18568
Cytomegalovirus has been implicated as one of the causes of congenital defects in babies of infected mothers. This study was therefore conducted to determine the prevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus IgM antibodies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at the General hosp...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16863
Aim: The risk of developing infection in diabetic mellitus patients is known to be higher than in normal individuals. The urinary tract is the most common entry point of infections. Surveillance of urinary tract pathogens and their antibiogram is key to patient management. The ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17483
Background: Most of orthopaedic implant and prosthesis infections are actually biofilm-correlated infections that are highly resistant to antibiotic treatment and to the host immune responses. Staphylococcus epidermidis is considered one of the principal etiologic agents of ortho...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18650
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the first-line therapy in most malaria endemic countries. An impressive 47% reduction in the global mortality rate between 2000 and 2013 has been achieved by ACT and artemisinin (ART) monotherapy. However, artemisinin resistance (AR)...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18776
Aims: Lactic acid bacteria are important organisms recognized for their fermentative ability. They produce various compounds including bacteriocins which are proteinaceous antimicrobial compounds. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the lactic acid bacterial content of ogi,...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13471
This research assessed the microbiological quality of smoked fish consumed around the Lagos metropolis to ascertain the safety for consumption. Four samples of selected smoked fish obtained from five market locations in Lagos, Nigeria were analyzed to determine their bacteria loa...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17161