Aims: This study aimed at providing evidence of the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns towards Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. and Escherichia coli among under-five children in Unguja – Zanzibar, Tanzania. Study Design: Cross sectional design was used to collect...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i6831
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), continues to be a persistent worldwide health problem, made worse by the appearance of strains that are resistant to drugs. This review thoroughly examines the complex phenomenon of drug resistance in TB,...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i6829
Now a day the world is go under slightly safe zone of imminent Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic situation that cause the highly acute respiratory syndrome Corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Several COVID-19 variants, like Alpha, Delta, Gama, OMICRON and PIROLA, is also causing serious...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i6828
Fig rust is one of the most prevalent diseases caused by Cerotelium fici is an obligate parasite and it has to be maintained only on its own host. The present study was taken into consideration to check the comparative effectiveness of various inoculation methods for inducing dis...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5827
Aim: Recently, many viral Immunogenic peptides or epitopes have been used as potential vaccine and also immuno-diagnostic candidates. In this study, we predicted different epitopic peptides on VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) using bioinformatics tools, which...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5824
Elochukwu Chidubem Sunday Okoye, Nnachetam Anthony Egudu, Nwamaka Anthonia Dibua & Lydia Chidimma Okoye·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2024
Potable water is essential for health and survival of all life forms. Contamination of groundwater sources by microbes, organic and inorganic matter has continued to negatively affect the well-being of most people in developing countries such as Nigeria. Thus, this study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5825
A laboratory experiment was conducted in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture Raichur and Bheemarayangudi for isolation, characterization and screening of yeast isolates from different fruit samples of Raichur district. Fruit samples like Fig, Papay...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5823
Sclerotium rolfsii is a destructive soil-borne pathogen causes over 500 spp. in 100 families of agricultural and horticultural crops. Collar rot disease of chickpea caused by pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. First symptom associated with S. rolfsii are usually girdling or rottin...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5821
Blood is a life-saving resource. Despite the significance of blood transfusion in saving a millions life in emergencies and medical treatment, the safety of blood transfusion faced challenges of transmitting life threatening transfusion transmissible infectious agents such as hep...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i5822
Aims: To assess the potency of two brands of locally prepared antibiotics against two bacterial species. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria, between September 2021 and February 2022. Methodology: We purchased two brands of...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2024/v24i4820