Due to the globally increasing need for utilizing antimicrobial materials, it is necessary to improve and develop newer methods and techniques for determining the antimicrobial properties of these materials qualitatively and quantitatively, especially in the medical field. Recent...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i330123
Aim: This study, aimed to identify the seroprevalence of T. gondii and HIV-1 co-infection in pregnant women in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Study Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 606 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in the Northwest region of...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i330122
Introduction: This study was aimed at evaluating the prevalence and the risk factors of Salmonellosis in patients who were consulted in some medical facilities in Fako Division of Cameroon. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2017 to November 2018 in th...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i230121
Aim: To investigate eco-toxicity of local and industrial refined kerosene on pollution bio-monitor Pseudomonas sp. in tri-aquatic ecosystem (Marine, brackish and freshwater). Study Design: The study employs experimental examination and statistical analysis of the data and interpr...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i230120
Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) have attracted considerable interest as biofertilizers and biocontrol due to their multiple beneficial effects on plant quantity and quality as well as their positive relationship with the ecological environment. The objective of this study was...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i230119
Aim: The antibacterial activity of Bay leaf (Laurus nobilis L.) and Zobo leaf (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) extracts on enteropathogenic bacteria was investigated. Study Design: The study utilized well in agar diffusion to investigate the antimicrobial properties of the extracts. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i230118
Pathogens on public shared objects among people have generated a lot of public health concerns. People are brought together and thus facilitate transmission of pathogens either directly or indirectly within the supermarkets. This study was aimed at isolating bacteria from items c...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i230117
This research work assessed the microflora of rooms sprayed with different insecticides and air freshners with the aim of investigating the effect of the aerosols on the types of microflora in the room environment. Eight (8) different samples of chemical aerosols were used they a...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i130116
Plasmid profile of multidrug resistant Helicobacter pylori isolated from ulcer patients in Ondo State, Nigeria was investigated. It was observed that the H. pylori isolated from ulcer patients in the course of the research were resistance to certain antibiotics. Consequently on t...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i130115
The effectiveness of different wastewater-treating agents were individually analysed and compared to one another in reducing bacterial counts (total bacterial and total coliform counts) during the treatment of restaurant wastewater. These agents include alum, chlorine, sodium hyp...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i130114
Evaluation of bacteriological diversity and physicochemical parameters as well as the heavy metals present in the water samples collected from Kolo creek flow station located in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta, Nigeria was carried out for the period of eight months (March to Oct...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i130113
Aim: This research was undertaken to compare the antifungal effects of Eupatorium odoratum leaf extract and Vernonia amygdalina extracts with common disinfectants on air-borne fungi in poultry houses. Place and Duration of Study: Air in four poultry farms within Ihiala Local Gove...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v16i130112
Fish constitutes the cheapest source of animal protein in the world. The nutritional qualities and the shelf ability of fish can be affected due to microbial contamination after harvesting. Hence, this study is designed to investigate the microbiological analysis of fish and the...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v15i430111
Jean Bienvenue Ouoba, Anne Ouedraogo, Kuan Abdoulaye Traore, Bruno L. Ouoba, Hortense Rouamba, Lamouni Habibata Zerbo, Sidi Moctar, Amadou Traore, Pierre Roques & Nicolas Barro·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2019
Aim: This study was undertaken to determine the sero-epidemiological information and associated risk factors, of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) among dromedaries in Sub-sahelian region. Study Design: Cross sectional epidemiological survey. Place and Duration: The study was carried out i...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v15i430110
Aim: To study the impact of selected pesticides on Azospirillum sp. population and its nitrification in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) soils. Study Design: Black clay and red sandy loam soils with known pesticide history were collected from groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cult...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v15i430108