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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES AMONG HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN KANO, NIGERIA [PDF]

Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008
Background: Parasitic infestation of the intestinal tract is a major source of disease in patients with HIV infection in the tropics, where diarrhea of variable severity is a common complaint in which specific treatable causative pathogens is often ...
ABDULLAHI S, SAMAILA AA, ABUBAKAR IS, YUSUD SM, BORODO MM, BABASHANI M, AHMED M, SAMAILA AB   +7 more
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Digital Images on Social Media and Proliferation of Fake News on Covid-19 in Kano, Nigeria

Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований, 2021
Misinformation becomes rampant in the digital age and social media provide people with the opportunities for engaging more actively in society. The objectives of the study are: (i) to ascertain the extent to which residents of Kano have been exposed to ...
Mainasara Yakubu Kurfi, Msughter Eric Msughter, Idris Mohamed   +2 more
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Molecular studies on extra-pulmonary tuberculosis among patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2022
In 2010 World Health Organization reported that, one third of the World population had tuberculosis, and it is among the infectious disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a successful pathogen that has evolved several mechanisms to manipulate the host immune response.
Mohammad, A.B., Zakari, F., Yusuf, A.S., Sani, N.M., Gwarzo, A.M., Iliya, S., Gwarzo, F.S., Mukhtar, M.D.   +7 more
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Sonographic determination of thyroid gland volume among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Northern Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2023
Background: Thyroid disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are interconnected endocrine disorders with a bidirectional relationship. T2DM patients may present with various thyroid abnormalities, such as gland enlargement and nodule formation ...
Abubakar Abubakar Aminu, Ramalan Mansur, Anas Ya'u, Umar Mansur, Aliyu Abdullahi Hassan, Auwal Sadiq Adam   +5 more
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Factors associated with rabies immune status of dogs and anti-rabies vaccination of animal health workers in Kano Metropolis Nigeria

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Rabies, although a very fatal viral disease, is 100% preventable majorly through vaccination. There is therefore a need to ensure that vaccines induce sufficient antibody titre for protection in vaccinated animals.
Visa Ibrahim Tyakaray, Junaidu Kabir, George Uzoaga, Grace Sabo Nok Kia   +3 more
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Age-appropriate vaccination and its determinants among children <24 months in Kano, Nigeria

Journal of Public Health and Primary Care, 2023
Background: Administration of vaccines at recommended ages and according to recommended intervals between doses of multi-dose antigens provides optimal protection, ultimately reducing the possibility of propagating the transmission of vaccine ...
Hajara I Maizare, Fatimah Isma'il Tsiga-Ahmed, Shahida Labaran Faruk, Abdulmajid Yakubu Ahmad, Aisha Aliyu Abulfathi   +4 more
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Identifying the Factors Affecting on Service Quality & Passenger Satisfaction in Commuter Train Services [PDF]

International Journal of Railway Research, 2017
This paper addresses identifying the factors affecting the service quality in commuter trains services and passenger satisfaction. To this end, the Service Quality Management Framework (SERVQUAL model) with five dimensions of service quality including ...
Asal Farajpour, Parinaz Bazeghi kisomi, Morteza Bagheri   +2 more
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Pattern of hysterosalpingographic findings among infertile women at a tertiary hospital in North West, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND: Infertility is a global public health problem, with the highest prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa where infection-related tubal damage is the commonest cause.
Murtala Yusuf, Mansur Yahuza Adamu
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Children and the experience of violence: contrasting cultures of punishment in northern Nigeria [PDF]

, 2000
Arising out of debates over ‘children at risk’ and the ‘rights of the child’, the article compares two contrasting childhoods within a single large society—the Hausa‐speaking peoples of northern Nigeria.
Last, M
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NUAK2 Inhibition Enhances Macromolecular Drug Delivery in a 3D Fibrotic Model of the Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Using a 3D cell culture model of the fibrotic barrier in pancreatic cancer, this work shows that inhibiting NUAK2 kinase in pancreatic stellate cells enhances macromolecular drug delivery. Mechanistically, NUAK2 inhibition disrupted actin stress fiber assembly to downregulate collagen I expression, thus enhancing macromolecular permeability.
Misaki Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Y. Tanaka, Mayu Ohira, Haruko Ohta‐Okano, Reika Nakamura, Yu Seno, Saaya Yara, Sakura Fujita, Daichi Shibata, Masaya Yamamoto, Shinichi Toyooka, Kensuke Osada, Horacio Cabral, Atsushi Masamune, Mitsunobu R. Kano   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source