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Ethnicity as a cultural factor influencing complete vaccination among children aged 12-23 months in Nigeria

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Achieving complete vaccination for children has been challenging in Nigeria. Yet, addressing Nigeria’s completeness of vaccination requires ethno-cultural diversity consideration rather than nationally population based.
Rotimi Felix Afolabi, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Babatunde Makinde Gbadebo, Adetokunbo T. Salawu, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Ayo Stephen Adebowale   +5 more
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Marked differences in CRP genotype frequencies between the Fulani and sympatric ethnic groups in Africa

Malaria Journal, 2009
Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase protein that can activate various immune cells and bind to certain Fcγ receptors. The latter may compete with the binding of IgG antibodies to these receptors and could thereby interfere with the ...
ElGhazali Gehad, Doumbo Ogobara K, Maiga Bakary, Homann Manijeh, Arambepola Gishanthi, Kearsley Susannah, Dolo Amagana, Nasr Amre, Ekström Mattias, Israelsson Elisabeth, Giha Hayder A, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Berzins Klavs, Tornvall Per   +13 more
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Population history and genetic adaptation of the Fulani nomads: inferences from genome-wide data and the lactase persistence trait

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Human population history in the Holocene was profoundly impacted by changes in lifestyle following the invention and adoption of food-production practices.
Mário Vicente, Edita Priehodová, Issa Diallo, Eliška Podgorná, Estella S. Poloni, Viktor Černý, Carina M. Schlebusch   +6 more
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Effect of Fulani Herdsmen Grazing Activities on Food Crop Production among Farm Youth in Nigeria

Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023
This study investigated the effect of herdsmen grazing activities on food crop production among farm youth in Nigeria. Data were collected from 120 farm youth through a structured interview schedule with a multi-stage selection process. Data analysis was
Kolawole Adelekan Adeloye, Dixon Olutade Torimiro, Kazeem Babatunde Oladejo   +2 more
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The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans. [PDF]

, 2009
Africa is the source of all modern humans, but characterization of genetic variation and of relationships among populations across the continent has been enigmatic. We studied 121 African populations, four African American populations, and 60 non-African
A. A. Awomoyi, A. Froment, A. Ranciaro, A. T. Juma, Batini, Behar, Bereir, C. Ehret, C. Wambebe, Campbell, Cann, Cerny, Chen, Coia, Destro-Bisol, F. A. Reed, F. R. Friedlaender, Forster, Forster, Friedlaender, G. Lema, G. S. Pretorius, H. Mortensen, Hassan, J. B. Hirbo, J. H. Moore, J. L. Weber, J.-M. Bodo, Jakobsson, K. Powell, Li, Lind, M. A. Thera, M. Ibrahim, M. J. Kotze, M. W. Smith, O. Doumbo, Parra, Parra, Patin, Patterson, Pritchard, Pritchard, Reed, Reynolds, Rosenberg, Rosenberg, Rosenberg, S. A. Omar, S. A. Tishkoff, S. M. Williams, Salas, Scozzari, Semino, Sirugo, Smith, T. B. Nyambo, Tishkoff, Tishkoff, Verdu, Wang, Wood   +61 more
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Interaction between environment, nutrient-derived metabolites and immunity: A possible role in malaria susceptibility/resistance in Fulani and Dogon of Mali. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
The role of some nutrient-derived metabolites on the innate and adaptive immune responses is now established. Global research approach investigating the interplay between environment, lifestyle and the host's immune responses is crucial in the ...
Karim Traore, Mahamadou A Thera, Anne-Lise Bienvenu, Charles Arama, Guillaume Bonnot, Adeline Lavoignat, Ogobara K Doumbo, Stephane Picot   +7 more
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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
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The origin and spread of Islam in Anglophone Cameroon

Vestiges: Traces of Record
The Fulani and Hausa were among the first people to embrace Islam in black Africa through the Jihads of Muslim clerics, among was Uthman Dan Fodio and had far reaching consequences for Muslims and non Muslims peoples.
Jabiru Muhammadou Amadou
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Essai préliminaire d'embouche intensive de béliers Fulani et Djallonké à base de céréales (mil et maïs) et de graines de coton, au nord-est du Bénin [PDF]

Tropicultura, 1991
Intensive feeding trials of Fulani and Djallonke rams with grains (Millet, Maize) and cotton seed, in Northern Benin. This note presents the results of a preliminary trial including entire rams five Fulani and five Djallonke fed with grain (millet and ...
Dehoux, JP., Hounsou-Vé, G.
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Has this house fallen? Fragile nationhood and the Fulani herdsmen’s genocide in Nigerian poetry

Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2022
The paper evaluates the prevailing anxieties gnawing at the Nigeria nation-state, deriving from the Fulani herdsmen’s genocidal campaign. These anxieties are painstakingly reflected in insecurity, chaos, violence, banditry, and uncertainty that have ...
Niyi Akingbe
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