Publications

isolation of herpes simplex virus from sexually transmitted disease patients in ibadan, nigeria.	despite the public health importance of herpes simplex virus infection in nigeria, attempts have not been made to isolate and identify the virus.	1994	7974067
genital herpes simplex virus infection in females in ibadan nigeria.	in a study of female patients attending the sexually transmitted diseases clinic of the university college hospital ibadan, nigeria, herpes simplex virus was isolated from the cervix of 5 of 117 patients, a prevalence rate of 4.3%. two (1.7%) of these patients had hsv in the vagina. the viruses were identified by culture in hep-2 cell line, chloroform sensitivity test, complement fixation test and indirect immuno-fluorescent antibody technique. only one (20%) of the five patients has hsv-1 in th ...	1996	8855674
herpetic urethritis in male patients in ibadan.	in a study of 151 male patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic, 40 (26.4%) had non-gonococcal urethritis. herpes simplex virus was isolated in tissue culture of hep-2 cell line from 10 of the patients with non-gonococcal urethritis, and identified by complement fixation and indirect immunofluorescent anti body tests. of the isolates, 30% were herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1), while 70% were herpes simplex virus types (hsv-2).	1997	9133820
prevalence of papillomavirus infection in women in ibadan, nigeria: a population-based study.	to investigate the prevalence of and the risk factors for cervical infection with human papillomavirus (hpv) in an inner-city area of ibadan, nigeria, we interviewed and obtained a sample of cervical cells from 932 sexually active women aged 15 years or older. a total of 32 different hpv types were identified with an hpv prevalence of 26.3% overall and 24.8% among women without cervical lesions; or age-standardised to the world standard population of 28.3 and 27.3%, respectively. high-risk hpv t ...	2004	14760378