Background: There is high prevalence of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy worldwide, primary infection in particular has been associated with significant haematological changes and childhood neurodevelopmental disabilities. There is however, paucity of information on the effect...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/34415
Aims: HCV causes both acute and chronic infections and can be easily transmitted through contaminated blood or other body fluids. The present study deals with the molecular detection of HCV with help of one-step RT-PCR assay followed by nested PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis....
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/34463
Background: Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) can inhibit the deoxygenation induced polymerization of sickle hemoglobin (HbS) that drives the Pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. The aim of this study was to determine fetal Hb level in Sudanese sickle cell disease patients as well as to...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/34020
Background and Aims: To know blood group antigen frequencies in a population has various benefits as the assessing risk of alloimmunization, the providing antigen-negative compatible blood to patients with multiples antibodies and the development of a donor data bank for the prep...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/33385
Background: Anaemia is common in critically ill trauma patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit. The aetiology of the anaemia in trauma patients is often multi-factorial, usually resulting from the trauma event, from subsequent interventions and from complications that may...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/33339
Aims: To determine the effect of intestinal parasites on the haemoglobin concentration and eosinophil levels among the patients treated at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Nigeria. Study Design: This was cross sectional study. Ethical approval and patients’ inf...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/31861
Aims: HBV causes both acute and chronic infections and is transmitted through blood or other body fluids. The present study deals with the molecular detection of HBV using PCR. Study Design: Confirmed positive samples of HBV were used to standardize the molecular diagnostic ass...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/31171
Aims: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most frequent adult leukemia in Western countries accounting for 25 to 30% of all leukemic patients. The clinical and haematological features vary from patient to patient. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical presentation of...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/31359
A. S. Mainasara, K. K. Ibrahim, E. U. Uko, N. M. Jiya, O. Erhabor, A. Umar, S. K. Muhammad, M. Sanusi, A. Garba, M. L. Jidda, S. K. Ladipo, L. Haruna, L. S. Sani, F. U. Onuigwe, M. Danyaro & Z. Bello·International Blood Research & Reviews·2017
Introduction: Anaemia is a global public health problem. It affects more than 56 million people globally, two thirds of them being from developing countries. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and types of anaemia among the children attending the Paediatrics De...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/29225
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the Haemoglobin Electrophoresis pattern among the children attending Paediatrics Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, North-Western of Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A total of three hundred and...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/30490
Background: Blood donation is a very important life-saving intervention in health care services. Post transfusion infections such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus infection continues to be an important public health concern with regard to blood transfusion, and WHO h...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2017/29124
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) still posed to be ultimate threats to the community in Libya. The rapid screening and identification of these infections has been the important subject of research globally to rid of these vir...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/30576
Objective: To determine the association between obesity indices e.g. body mass index, waist circumference and platelet function in healthy blood donors. Methodology and Procedures: A cross-sectional study conducted on 100 healthy blood donors in Transfusion Medicine Department of...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/28567
Aims: The aim of this study was to see the effect of pregnancy on some selected enzymatic and non-enzymatic biomarkers based on trimesters. Study Design: One-factor, one control - three test group quasi - experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemical Pa...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/29410
Background: The need for advanced laboratory tests, mostly performed at reference laboratories, increases over time. Officials have to choose between “send-out” testing or introducing such tests among their test menus, bearing necessary cost. Aim: This study aims to identify the...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2016/29818