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Monkeypox in a Traveler Returning from Nigeria — Dallas, Texas, July 2021
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2022 Monkeypox is a rare, sometimes life-threatening zoonotic infection that occurs in west and central Africa. It is caused by Monkeypox virus, an orthopoxvirus similar to Variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox) and Vaccinia virus (the live virus ...
A. Rao +81 more
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Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021 Cryptosporidium spp. is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals.
A. Olonisakin, T. A. Olusi
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 A monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria during 2017–2020 provides an illustrative case study for emerging zoonoses. We built a statistical model to simulate declining immunity from monkeypox at 2 levels: At the individual level, we used a constant rate of ...
P. Nguyen +4 more
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Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 2, Issue 6, Page 507-521, December 2022., 2022 Graphical Abstract This study deals with a timely topic, COVID‐19, whose impacts on aquaculture have never been quantified in Benin. Direct discussions were held with aquaculture producers to understand how they are feeling the impact of the pandemic on their business.
Toundji Olivier Amoussou +7 more
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Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 2, Issue 6, Page 522-539, December 2022., 2022 Farm type delineation allows for simplifying the diversity in fish farming systems. Multivariate statistical techniques combined with the Calinski and Harabasz pseudo F statistic and bootstrapping were applied to determine the realistic number of fish farm types.
Ygue Patrice Adegbola +2 more
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Do smaller chicken farms use more antibiotics? Evidence of antibiotic diffusion from Nigeria
Agribusiness, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 242-262, Winter 2023., 2023 Abstract Farmers across the world have been using antibiotics in poultry production for both therapeutic and nontherapeutic purposes since the mid 1900s. The literature on antibiotic diffusion and intensification is largely focused on developed countries in North America and Western Europe.
Charuta M. Parkhi +2 more
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Milk lactoferrin is a multi‐functional, iron‐binding glycoprotein with immunomodulatory effects, protecting infants against infectious diseases. Aims This study explored how maternal inflammation/infection and iron‐deficiency anemia (IDA) might influence human milk lactoferrin.
Masako Fujita +3 more
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Monkeypox Virus in Nigeria: Infection Biology, Epidemiology, and Evolution
Viruses, 2020 Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a member of orthopoxvirus genus. The reemergence of MPXV in 2017 (at Bayelsa state) after 39 years of no reported case in Nigeria, and the export of travelers’ monkeypox (MPX ...
Emmanuel Alakunle +3 more
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Annals medicus, 2021 Background Targeted public health response to obesity in Nigeria is relatively low due to limited epidemiologic understanding. We aimed to estimate nationwide and sub-national prevalence of overweight and obesity in the adult Nigerian population. Methods
D. Adeloye +13 more
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Viruses in sanctuary chimpanzees across Africa
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 85, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Infectious disease is a major concern for both wild and captive primate populations. Primate sanctuaries in Africa provide critical protection to thousands of wild‐born, orphan primates confiscated from the bushmeat and pet trades. However, uncertainty about the infectious agents these individuals potentially harbor has important implications ...
Emily Dunay +9 more
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