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Anaemia in pregnancy: a survey of pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
BACKGROUND Anaemia in pregnancy is a common problem in most developing countries and a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially in malaria endemic areas. In pregnancy, anaemia has a…
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Urinary schistosomiasis among preschool children in a rural community near Abeokuta, Nigeria
TLDR
It is shown that pre-school children also harbour infection and are a source of transmission of schistosomiasis in endemic communities and planning and provision for their treatment should be considered in control programmes.
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Urinary schistosomiasis in preschool children in settlements around Oyan Reservoir in Ogun State, Nigeria: implications for control
TLDR
Focus group discussions with adult men and women revealed that infection in preschool children was primarily because of exposure occasioned by the mothers' domestic and occupational activities, while older children could go swimming on their own.
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Bayesian Geostatistical Model-Based Estimates of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Nigeria, Including Annual Deworming Requirements
TLDR
The predictive risk maps and estimated deworming needs presented here will be helpful for escalating the control and spatial targeting of interventions against STH infections in Nigeria.
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Helminthiasis and Hygiene Conditions of Schools in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria
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It is indicated that burden of parasite infections and poor sanitary conditions are of greater public health importance in government-owned schools than in privately owned schools.
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Geographical information system and predictive risk maps of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria
TLDR
The risk maps developed will hopefully be useful to the state health officials, by providing them with detailed distribution of urinary schistosomiasis, help to delineate areas for intervention, assesses population at risk thereby helping in optimizing scarce resources.
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Perceptions and home management practices of malaria in some rural communities in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
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Malaria among pregnant women in Abeokuta, Nigeria.
TLDR
The need to improve the quality of care, malaria prevention and treatment given to pregnant women especially receiving antenatal care outside the hospital is recommended.
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Biting behaviour of Simulium damnosum complex and Onchocerca volvulus infection along the Osun River, Southwest Nigeria
TLDR
The longitudinal study to investigate the transmission index of Simulium damnosum complex species along Osun River, South Western Nigeria provided the baseline data for further study on onchocerciasis transmission dynamics and the need to intercept man- simuliid vector contact at the study area.
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Traditional birth home attendance and its implications for malaria control during pregnancy in Nigeria.
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