Since 1969, when the first case of Lassa fever was documented in Lassa town, Nigeria, Lassa fever has assumed endemic proportion with yearly outbreaks in West African countries of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia; with devastating public health implications. Despite the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/37171
The African meningitis belt (AMB) is made up of 26 contiguous countries from Senegal in the West to Ethiopia in the East. Recurring epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have afflicted this region for more than a century. Epidemics are seasonal, occurring during the dry hot seaso...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34151
B. A. Ojo, W. T. Yongo, C. T. Soo, I. T. Annongu, R. Vhriterhire, H. Mohammed, E. I. Ogwuche, O. Shorun, I. V. Ugwu, E. O. Umobong, B. Eke, D. J. Omeh, M. O. Ogiator & P. Abayol·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2017
Cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma is a rare variant of Wilm’s tumor and it represents the hyperfavourable end of the Wilm’s spectrum affecting young children. We described the first documented case from the northern part of Nigeria. The index patient presented with l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/24956