Publications

larval stages of brachylaima fuscatum in the terrestrial snail limicolaria aurora from southern nigeria.	of 150 specimens of the gastropod snail limicolaria aurora examined from the edo and delta states of nigeria, 63.4% were infected with larval digeneans comprising mother sporocysts (12.1%) daughter sporocysts (20.4%) cercariae (43.1%) and metacercariae (24.5%). attempts to experimentally infect three 14-day-old chicks (gallus domesticus) and two laboratory-bred 4-month-old mice (mus musculus) by oral feeding and peritoneal injection with cercariae were negative, although experimental infections ...	2003	12590656
the socio-cultural context of health behaviour among esan communities, edo state, nigeria.	this paper reports on health beliefs and their influence on treatment decisions and behaviour among the esan people of mid-west nigeria. the sources for the study are my own experience of growing up in esan society, anthropological field work, and focus groups. the research revealed a transitional society where both traditional and modern medicine are employed and where the choice between them is determined by belief systems which are themselves in the process of change, as well as by distance ...	1993	10146569