PREVALENCE AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TB/HIV CO-INFECTION USING CHEST UNIT, UNTH, AS A CASE STUDY (2008 – 2009).
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infection in south-eastern Nigeria. The folders of TB/HIV co-infected patients, who attended the Chest Clinic of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria, from January 2008 to December 2009, were [...]
AGE AT MENOPAUSE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG URBAN WOMEN IN ENUGU, EASTERN NIGERIA
SUMMARY A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out to determine the age at menopause and associated socio-economic factors in an urban area of eastern Nigeria. A total of 173 women aged between 40 and [...]
LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS: AN OVERVIEW
or flies, the larva develops into adult worm (4-10mm long) which after mating produce many microfilaria (170-320mm long ) that migrate in blood or skin typically, the disease is due to host immune response to [...]
TUBERCULOSIS: An emergency in the African region
mainly by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Over the past two decacdes, the prevalence has increased tremendously properly treated is curable without serious complications in most cases. But the fatality rate within 5 years if left [...]