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Respiratory Health Effects of Pollution Due to Artisanal Crude-Oil Refining in Bayelsa, Nigeria [PDF]

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Purpose: Artisanal refining of crude oil has been associated with the manifestations of various health problems directly related to the release of particulate matter, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), into the environment.
Benson Chukwunweike Ephraim-Emmanuel, Okokon Enembe, Best Ordinioha   +2 more
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Cytokine Responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Ascaris lumbricoides Costimulation Using Human THP-1 and Jurkat Cells, and a Pilot Human Tuberculosis and Helminth Coinfection Study [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Background: Helminth infections are widespread in tuberculosis-endemic areas and are associated with an increased risk of active tuberculosis. In contrast to the pro-inflammatory Th1 responses elicited by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection ...
Khethiwe N. Bhengu, Ravesh Singh, Pragalathan Naidoo, Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Nomzamo Nembe-Mafa, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +5 more
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Cytokine Gene Expression Profiles during HIV and Helminth Coinfection in Underprivileged Peri-Urban South African Adults [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2023
Background: Intestinal helminth parasites are potent stimulators of T helper type 2 (Th2) and regulatory Th3 anti-inflammatory immune responses, while human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are activators of predominantly T helper type 1(Th1) pro ...
Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Pragalathan Naidoo, Khethiwe N. Bhengu, Md. Mazharul Islam, Ravesh Singh, Nomzamo Nembe-Mafa, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +6 more
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Immunological Interactions between Intestinal Helminth Infections and Tuberculosis [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2022
Helminth infections are among the neglected tropical diseases affecting billions of people globally, predominantly in developing countries. Helminths’ effects are augmented by coincident tuberculosis disease, which infects a third of the world’s ...
Khethiwe Nomcebo Bhengu, Pragalathan Naidoo, Ravesh Singh, Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Nomzamo Nembe, Zamathombeni Duma, Roxanne Pillay, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +7 more
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The challenges of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing in low-middle income countries and possible cost-effective measures in resource-limited settings [PDF]

Globalization and Health, 2022
Diagnostic testing for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains a challenge around the world, especially in low-middle-income countries (LMICs) with poor socio-economic backgrounds.
Zamathombeni Duma, Anil A. Chuturgoon, Veron Ramsuran, Vinodh Edward, Pragalathan Naidoo, Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Khethiwe N. Bhengu, Nomzamo Nembe, Roxanne Pillay, Ravesh Singh, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +10 more
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SARS-CoV-2 and helminth co-infections, and environmental pollution exposure: An epidemiological and immunological perspective [PDF]

Environment International, 2021
Soil-transmitted helminths infect billions of people globally, particularly those residing in low- and middle-income regions with poor environmental sanitation and high levels of air and water pollution. Helminths display potent immunomodulatory activity
Pragalathan Naidoo, Terisha Ghazi, Anil A. Chuturgoon, Rajen N. Naidoo, Veron Ramsuran, Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Khethiwe N. Bhengu, Nomzamo Nembe, Zamathombeni Duma, Roxanne Pillay, Ravesh Singh, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +11 more
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Size and shape ideophones in Nembe a phonosemantic analysis.pdf

Studies in African Linguistics, 1988
In Nembe, ideophones, as in symbolic words in all languages in general, there is direct connection between sounds and the meanings they convey. For Nembe ideophones describing the fields of size and shape.
Omen N. Maduka
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TEXTURE AND CEMENT STABILIZATION OF DREDGED SAND USED FOR OGBIA – NEMBE ROAD, BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]

Engineering Heritage Journal, 2022
This paper is aimed at determining the texture, compaction, and cement stabilization properties of the dredged sand used in the Ogbia-Nembe road construction in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Both field and laboratory studies were undertaken.
Nwankwoala, H.O, Ukwoma, I.P, Akpokodje, E.G.   +2 more
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Spatial distribution of the sibling species of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) and malaria prevalence in Bayelsa State, Nigeria [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Much of the confusing ecophenotypic plasticity of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato is attributable to the differential biological traits of the sibling species, with their heterogeneous geographical distribution, behavioral dissimilarities and ...
Amawulu Ebenezer, Aline Edith Mekeu Noutcha, Peter I Agi, Samuel N Okiwelu, Thomas Commander   +4 more
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Potential Interactions Between Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Herpes Simplex Virus Type II: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan African [PDF]

Biology
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears a disproportionate and overlapping burden of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and sexually transmitted viral infections. An estimated 232 million pre-school and school-aged children in SSA are vulnerable to STH infections.
Roxanne Pillay, Pragalathan Naidoo, Zamathombeni Duma, Khethiwe N. Bhengu, Miranda N. Mpaka-Mbatha, Nomzamo Nembe-Mafa, Zilungile L. Mkhize-Kwitshana   +6 more
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