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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, J. Schulte, Tai-Ho Chen, C. Hughes, W. Davidson, Justin Neff, Mary Markarian, K. Delea, Suzanne Wada, A. Liddell, Shane Alexander, Brittany J Sunshine, Philip Huang, Heidi Honza, Araceli Rey, Benjamin P. Monroe, Jeffrey B Doty, Bryan E. Christensen, L. Delaney, J. Massey, M. Waltenburg, Caroline A. Schrodt, D. Kuhar, P. Satheshkumar, Ashley V Kondas, Yu Li, Kimberly Wilkins, Kylie M Sage, Yon C. Yu, Patricia A. Yu, Amanda L Feldpausch, J. McQuiston, I. Damon, A. McCollum, Asma’u Aminu-Alhaji, Lauren Andersen, M. Arduino, Nicolette Bestul, Megan Bias, Mary J. Choi, C. Gigante, Madison Harkey, Kate Hendricks, Yonette Hercules, F. Husain, O. Ipadeola, Robynne Jungerman, T. Khān, G. Kharod, Amber Kunkel, A. MacGurn, A. Matheny, Timothy McCleod, F. Minhaj, J. Mink, Clint N. Morgan, Y. Nakazawa, Donovan Newton, E. Ortega, Lalita Priyamvada, K. Radford, Joseph Rehfus, Muhammad Saleh, M. Townsend, R. Traxler, F. Whitehill, Xianfu Wu, H Zhao, M. Carruthers, I. Gómez, Samantha Groppell, J. Jaramillo, Daniel Serinaldi, J. Serrano, Joey Stringer, Jenna Gettings, Jessica Pavlick, J. Retana, S. Stonecipher, R. Straver, I. Vilcins, L. Nolen   +81 more
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Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium sp. infection among free-range and intensive farm birds in Akure South LGA, Ondo State, Nigeria

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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Reemergence of Human Monkeypox and Declining Population Immunity in the Context of Urbanization, Nigeria, 2017–2020

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, W. S. Ajisegiri, Valentina Costantino, A. Chughtai, C. R. MacIntyre   +4 more
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Nigeria's energy review: Focusing on solar energy potential and penetration

Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022
In Nigeria, the rapid population increase and the overreliance on fossil fuel have created significant environmental, health, political, and economic consequences leading to severe socio-economic drawbacks. These factors have developed a wide gap between
Yusuf N. Chanchangi, F. Adu, Aritra Ghosh, S. Sundaram, T. Mallick   +4 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, U. Moens, G. Nchinda, M. I. Okeke   +3 more
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Estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigeria in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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, Janet Ige-Elegbede, M. Ezejimofor, E. Owolabi, N. Ezeigwe, C. Omoyele, Rex G. Mpazanje, Mary T. Dewan, Emmanuel Agogo, M. Gadanya, W. Alemu, M. Harhay, A. Auta, Akindele O Adebiyi   +13 more
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A Review of the Health Implications of Heavy Metals in Food Chain in Nigeria

TheScientificWorldJournal, 2020
Heavy metals such as Zn, Pb, Fe, and Cu are abundant in the environment and contribute largely to the sustainability and equilibrium of ecosystem processes.
U. Nkwunonwo, P. O. Odika, Nneka I. Onyia   +2 more
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Nigeria’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020

Journal of Global Health, 2020
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020399 1 December 2020 • Vol. 10 No. 2 • 020399 1 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria 2 African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria 3 Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal ...
C. Dan-Nwafor, C. Ochu, K. Elimian, J. Oladejo, E. Ilori, C. Umeokonkwo, L. Steinhardt, E. Igumbor, J. Wagai, T. Okwor, O. Aderinola, N. Mba, Assad Hassan, M. Dalhat, Kola Jinadu, S. Badaru, C. Arinze, A. Jafiya, Y. Disu, F. Saleh, Anwar Abubakar, C. Obiekea, A. Yinka-Ogunleye, D. Naidoo, Geoffrey Namara, S. Muhammad, O. Ipadeola, Chinenye Ofoegbunam, O. Ogunbode, C. Akatobi, Matthias A Alagi, R. Yashe, E. Crawford, O. Okunromade, Everistus Aniaku, S. Mba, E. Agogo, M. Olugbile, C. Eneh, A. Ahumibe, W. Nwachukwu, Priscilla Ibekwe, Ope-Oluwa Adejoro, W. Ukponu, A. Olayinka, I. Okudo, O. Aruna, F. Yusuf, Morenike Alex-Okoh, T. Fawole, Akeem Alaka, Hassan Muntari, S. Yennan, R. Atteh, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Ndadilnasiya E. Waziri, A. Ogunniyi, B. Ebhodaghe, V. Lokossou, Mohammed Abudulaziz, B. Adebiyi, A. Abayomi, Ismail Abudus-Salam, S. Omilabu, L. Lawal, Mohammed Kawu, B. Muhammad, A. Tsanyawa, F. Soyinka, T. Coker, Olaniran Alabi, T. Joannis, I. Dalhatu, M. Swaminathan, B. Salako, I. Abubakar, Braka Fiona, P. Nguku, S. Aliyu, C. Ihekweazu   +79 more
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The 2017 human monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria—Report of outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

PLoS ONE, 2019
Background In September 2017, Nigeria experienced a large outbreak of human monkeypox (HMPX). In this study, we report the outbreak experience and response in the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Bayelsa state, where the index case and ...
D. Ogoina, James Hendris Izibewule, A. Ogunleye, Ebi Ederiane, U. Anebonam, Aworabhi Neni, Abisoye S. Oyeyemi, E. N. Etebu, C. Ihekweazu   +8 more
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The impact of flooding on Nigeria’s sustainable development goals (SDGs)

, 2020
Nigeria has Africa’s biggest economy and a population of over 200 million people. Nigeria faces numerous challenges as it struggles to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with flooding being the most serious with wide-reaching impacts.
A. Echendu
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