Inflammation is inseparable from blood-cell biology: circulating cells detect inflammatory cues, bone-marrow progenitors alter lineage output, erythroid iron supply is actively restricted, and haemostatic pathways can be recruited as components of host defence. Yet the expression...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4396
Background: Storage of whole blood is accompanied by biochemical and cellular changes that may alter soluble adhesion molecules. This study evaluated serum concentrations of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and P-selectin dur...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4400
Introduction: The P1 blood group antigen is part of a clinically relevant blood group system that plays an important role in blood transfusion. The prevalence of the P1 blood group antigen among individuals in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, is not yet known. Aims: This stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2026/v9i2229
Aims: Burden of infectious diseases in correctional institutions constitutes a public health concern due to the confined nature and congestion of the prisons. This study aimed at surveying Burden of HIV, Tuberculosis Infection and Risk factors amongst inmates of Correctional Inst...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1030489
Sickle cell disease is a systemic vasculopathy in which intravascular haemolysis, endothelial activation, leukocyte and platelet recruitment, and coagulation activation operate as a single self-reinforcing process now commonly described as thromboinflammation. Most of the mechani...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4399
This case-control study investigated the effects of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on coagulation parameters in a cohort of 102 individuals, revealing a significant increase in activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) among vaccinated individuals (34.233±0.653 seconds vs 28...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i1171
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the imperative of effective vaccination strategies, and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been extensively deployed globally, including in Nigeria. However, the haematological effects of this vaccine in the Nigerian population remain poorl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijr2h/2025/v8i1170
Cervical cancer remains a significant global health concern, with a high incidence and mortality rate among women. This study was aimed at evaluating the alterations in haematological parameters of cervical cancer subjects in Port Harcourt. This study is a case control study. A t...