Lack of access to safe drinking water is a threat to public health and wellbeing of the people as it exposes them to risk of waterborne diseases. This study assessed the bacteriological quality of well water samples obtained from Zaria communities and compared the level of contam...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2020/v4i130104
Aim: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other nosocomial pathogens are frequently isolated from the Radiology Department of hospitals. These pathogens are repeatedly exposed to refracted electromagnetic radiations during diagnostic clinical X-ray imaging sessi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2020/v4i130102
This study was aimed at investigating the anti-bacterial activity of some on shelf herbal medicines for treatment of Cholera and Typhoid in markets. The sample was collected from shops that sell herbal medicines using random sampling to investigate the effectiveness of these herb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2020/v4i130103
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) has been implicated in the outbreak of an uncommon pneumonia in Chinese City of Wuhan, Hubei Province first reported in late December 2019. Since then, infection has spread to other Chinese cities, as well as internationally, threatening to...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2020/v4i130099
This study was carried out to assess the Physicochemical and Bacteriological qualities of borehole water sources in Gokana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria. Twenty (20) boreholes were used for the study and a total of sixty (60) water samples were collected for bacter...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i3-430100
Candidiasis is increasingly affecting women in developing countries, due to several factors relating to environmental and physiological conditions of the individual. Knowledge of the factors influencing the epidemiology of Candida spp. will be useful in formulating public health...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i430098
Aim: The aim of this study is to isolate, identify and characterize Candida spp from cloacal swabs of poultry or birds in Ekiti State University poultry farm, Ago-aduloju poultry farm and Federal Polytechnic of Ado Ekiti poultry farm using molecular method. Place and Period of St...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330097
Background: Many reports on the toxicity of some mosquito repellents have been recorded, however, its effect on the trachea. Aim: This study was aimed at determining the Histopathological and Morphological changes in Trachea of Wistar rats exposed to selected mosquito repellents...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330096
Howaida Mahmoud Hagag, Anwar Althomali, Rawan Alnefei, Bashair Alotaibi, Ola Abdullah, Ejtehad Almutairi, Reem A. Ramadan, Osama Mahmoud Khalifa & Khadiga Ahmed Ismail·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2020
Background: Cervical cancer is considered one of the most important health problem affecting women health all over the world also it is preventable cancer as soon as it was discover early by cervical cytology using Papanicolaou (Pap) smears as it is an effective means of screenin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330095
G. O. Daramola, O. O. Oni, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ojerinde, O. D. Ajayi, A. Fadeyi, A. Fatoki, B. O. Olofinbiyi & A. Egebbi·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2019
Background: Nine out of every 10 of the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and young people (AYP) live in developing nations, Nigeria inclusive. In Nigeria as in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, 1 out of every 3 persons is an adolescent or a young person. As at 2016, there were about...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i330093