| long term variations in trypanosome infection rates in highly infected tsetse flies on a cattle route in south-western nigeria. | one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven male and 1988 female glossina morsitans submorsitans were dissected at ogbomosho, on a trade cattle route in south-western nigeria, from june 1970 to august 1973. of male flies, 1307 (65-45%) were infected by trypanosoma vivax trypanosomes, 66 (3-31%) by the subgenus nannomonas (congolense group) and three (0.15%) by the subgenus trypanozoon (brucei group). of flies, 1236 (62-17%) had t. vivax infections, 80 (4-02%) had infections of the subgenus nanno ... | 1977 | 849015 |
| the decline of a glossina morsitans submorsitans belt in the egbe area of the derived savanna zone, kwara state, nigeria. | in the the early 1970s the egbe area of nigeria was known to be one of high trypanosomiasis risk, with four glossina species g. morsitans submorsitans newstead, g.longipalpis wiedemann, g.palpalis palpalis robineau-desvoidy and g.tachinoides westwood present. grazing by fulani pastoralists used to be short-term and only in the dry season. in recent years these pastoralists have grazed their cattle in the area throughout the year and this has prompted a reappraisal of the tsetse situation. tsetse ... | 1991 | 1768900 |
| changing lifestyle and prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral fulani children in southwest nigeria. | this paper reports the results of a cross-sectional study on the growth of fulani children, aged 6 months-15 years, living in kwara, ogun and oyo states, south western nigeria. this population of fulani are fully settled pastoralists whose economy and culture are now centred on cattle and farming. there is a dearth of information on the prevalence of malnutrition in this group. we measured the heights and weights of 164 girls and 167 boys and determined their anthropometric indices, height-for-a ... | 2008 | 19061253 |
| identification of three members of the anopheles funestus (diptera: culicidae) group and their role in malaria transmission in two ecological zones in nigeria. | the role of the anopheles funestus group in malaria transmission was investigated in two ecological zones in nigeria. sampling was carried out at four sites each around ibadan (forest) and ilorin (savanna). human landing catches were supplemented with indoor and outdoor resting collections. pcr was used to identify 1848 a. funestus group mosquitoes to species level (749 in the savanna, 1099 in the forest) and three species were identified. in the forest, a. funestus s.s. predominated (55.4%), fo ... | 2005 | 15869772 |
| guinea worm infection in a nigerian village. | an epidemiological study of wawa village near kainji lake in kwara state of nigeria led to the source of guinea worm infection, a man-made cattle pond by the village. the people acquired the infection mainly during the dry season by drinking cyclops-infested water of the pond known to be the best and coolest for the rural people through the water was dearer and more difficult to get than the water from the wells. it is suggested that an interdisciplinary approach should replace the usual fractio ... | 1981 | 6454294 |
| babana parasitic diseases project. ii. prevalence and impact of dracontiasis in babana district, kwara state, nigeria. | an epidemiological survey of dracontiasis conducted in babana district, kwara state, nigeria revealed that of 669 subjects examined in the three communities where active transmission occurred, 366 (54.7%) were infected. multiple infections were common (85.1%) and the frequency of severe incapacitation was correspondingly high (55.5%), especially among the economically productive adults of whom about 70% were disabled. whereas the infection rate was 37.9% among 190 children under 10 years of age ... | 1983 | 6226131 |
| cutaneous myiasis due to tumbu-fly, cordylobia anthropophaga in ilorin, kwara state, nigeria. | the occurrence and public health significance of cutaneous myiasis were investigated in ilorin, kwara state, nigeria between june and september, 1981. the findings indicated that human myiasis caused by the maggot of african tumbu-fly, cordylobia anthropophaga was relatively common and constituted potential public health problems in the affected parts of the state capital. the importance of animal myiasis due to larvae of sheep bot-fly, oesteris ovis and the cattle grubs, hypoderma bovis, was as ... | 1982 | 6131594 |
| weaning practices in ilorin community, nigeria. | the paper examines the knowledge, attitude and practice of weaning in 516 mothers in ilorin community, the capital of kwara state of nigeria. women with a higher level of education and family income breastfed for a shorter period, and tended to wean earlier than the illiterate and low income group (p less than 0.05). two hundred and twenty-eight mothers (44.2%) had commenced weaning by 3 months of age while 433 (83.9%) had done so by 6 months. hunger, indicated by crying after a feed or demandin ... | 1992 | 1390380 |