Oladapo Sunday Shittu

Seroprevalence of Lassa Virus Infection and Associated Risk Factors in North-Central Nigeria: A Community-Based Multi-State Study

Stephen Abah, Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Temidayo Oluwatosin Omotehinwa, Oga Ode et autres

Background: Lassa fever remains a major public health threat in West Africa, with Nigeria accounting for the highest burden of disease. However, the true extent of population-level exposure is poorly defined, particularly in North-Central Nigeria. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional seroprevalence of LASV …

Nigéria (code pays fourni par la source)

Modelling Household, Behavioural, and Environmental Determinants of Lassa Virus Exposure Using Formative Risk Indices

Temidayo Oluwatosin Omotehinwa, Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Onyemocho Audu, Stephen Obekpa Abah et autres

Lassa fever remains a major public health threat in West Africa, yet the household and behavioural determinants of prior Lassa virus exposure are not sufficiently understood. This study examined environmental, behavioural, and demographic factors associated with Lassa virus IgG seropositivity among residents …

Nigéria (code pays fourni par la source)

Serological Evidence of Lassa Virus Exposure in Non-Mastomys Small Mammals Within a Hyperendemic Region of North-Central Nigeria: A Pilot Study

Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Temidayo Oluwatosin Omotehinwa, Joseph Aje Anejo-Okopi, Sara El Yaagoubi et autres

Lassa fever (LF), a severe hemorrhagic disease endemic to West Africa, is primarily transmitted by rodents of the genus Mastomys, particularly Mastomys natalensis, which serve as the main reservoirs of Lassa virus (LASV). There have been reports of high prevalence of LF …

Nigéria, Maroc (code pays fourni par la source)

Serological Evidence of Lassa Virus Exposure in Non-Mastomys Small Mammal Within a Hyperendemic Region of North-Central Nigeria: A Pilot Study

Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Temidayo Oluwatosin Omotehinwa, Joseph Aje Anejo-Okopi, Sara El Yaagoubi et autres

Lassa fever (LF), a severe hemorrhagic disease endemic to West Africa, is primarily transmitted by rodents of the genus Mastomys, particularly Mastomys natalensis, which serve as the main reservoirs of Lassa virus (LASV). There have been reports of high preva-lence of LF …

Nigéria, Maroc (code pays fourni par la source)

Implementing Community-Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response to identify and prevent maternal and perinatal mortality in Kaduna State, Nigeria: Results and lessons from a pilot study

Alice Tilton, Clara Ladi Ejembi, Moshood Salawu, Oladapo Sunday Shittu et autres

Nigéria, kh (code pays fourni par la source)

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and effects of service charges on notification among pregnant women attending antenatal care at General Hospital, Otukpo, Nigeria

Joseph Aje Anejo-Okopi, Celina Onyawoibi Aju-Ameh, Oludare Oladipo Agboola, Augustine Ovie Edegbene et autres

Objectives: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem, even though its prevalence is disproportionately high in resource-limited countries, it is still under-reported. Mother-to-child transmission is a major route of HBV transmission in an endemic region like sub-Saharan Africa. …

Nigéria (code pays fourni par la source)

Building a national framework for multicentre research and clinical trials: experience from the Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance

John Olajide Olawepo, Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue, Adanma Chidinma Ekenna, Olabanjo Okunlola Ogunsola et autres

There is limited capacity and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa to conduct clinical trials for the identification of efficient and effective new prevention, diagnostic and treatment modalities to address the disproportionate burden of disease. This paper reports on the process to establish locally …

Nigéria, us (code pays fourni par la source)

Prevalence and Predictors of High-Risk HPV in Nigeria

Aigbe Gregory Ohihoin, Patrick Azuka Okwuraiwe, Adesola Zaidat Musa, Gbenga Samuel Olorunfemi et autres

Introduction: Cervical cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the female population in sub-Saharan Africa. Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV), the main causative agent, has the potential to eradicate cervical cancer. In-country evidence of sub-types of HPV associated with …

Nigéria, Afrique du Sud (code pays fourni par la source)

Gross Total Hematuria in Pregnancy with Differing Pathologies: Is This Entity on the Increase?

A. Mustapha, M.S. Ahmed, Afolabi Korede Koledade, Oladapo Sunday Shittu

Gross haematuria in pregnancy, unlike microscopic, is rare and worrisome. We report four consecutive cases seen within four months. The four patients were aged 22, 36, 39 and 42years respectively. They were all multigravida except the 22-year-old who was a primigravida at …

Nigéria (code pays fourni par la source)

“It might be a statistic to me, but every death matters.”: An assessment of facility-level maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response systems in four sub-Saharan African countries

Mary V. Kinney, Gbaike Ajayi, Joseph de Graft‐Johnson, Kathleen E. Hill et autres

BACKGROUND: Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) systems aim to understand and address key contributors to maternal and perinatal deaths to prevent future deaths. From 2016-2017, the US Agency for International Development's Maternal and Child Survival Program conducted an assessment …

us, Afrique du Sud, Nigéria, Tanzanie, Rwanda, Zimbabwe (code pays fourni par la source)

Tubal schistosomiasis: A not so rare cause of ectopic gestation

Aminatu Makarfi Umar, Usman Danjuma Zubairu, Afolabi Korede Koledade, Yusuf Salisu Abeku et autres

Schistosomiasis, a neglected Tropical disease affects over 220 million people worldwide and is endemic in Nigeria. Reproductive difficulties are some of the consequences of chronic infestation with Schistosoma spp particularly S. haematobium. We present the case of a 20 year old nullipara …

Nigéria (code pays fourni par la source)

"I think this is the only challenge… the stigma” Stakeholder perceptions about barriers to Antenatal care (ANC) and Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) uptake in Kano state, Nigeria

Osasuyi Dirisu, George Eluwa, Eseoghene Adams, Kwasi Torpey et autres

BACKGROUND: Despite the progress made so far in reducing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), Nigeria still contributes significantly to the global burden of new pediatric HIV infections. The elimination target for MTCT has not been reached and the decline in new infections among all …

Nigéria, Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)