| trial of economical regimens of suckling mouse brain rabies vaccine for postexposure prophylaxis in lagos, nigeria. | the suckling mouse brain rabies vaccine, recommended for production and routine use in nigeria from our previous study, was investigated in the present study in an effort to reduce the cost of antirabies treatment in the country. this is needed for economic reasons. instead of seven daily doses followed by three boosters, we tried five daily doses followed by three boosters, with or without equine hyperimmune serum given on day 0 (40 iu per kg body weight). fifty dog-bite, victims, aged 3-81 yea ... | 1989 | 2815968 |
| observations on the epidemiology of house infesting rhipicephalus sanguineus in a household in lagos, nigeria. | | 1982 | 7186809 |
| detection of mokola virus neutralising antibodies in nigerian dogs. | five hundred healthy nigerian dogs were randomly selected and bled for serological detection of antibodies to lyssa-viruses, including mokola, lagos bat and duvenhage viruses. the canine sera were screened for virus neutralising antibodies by a modification of the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition technique. three serum samples were seropositive to mokola virus but all were negative to lagos bat and duvenhage viruses. the three seropositive mokola samples were also negative for rabies virus neu ... | 1990 | 2333438 |
| serological evidence of infection of dogs and man in nigeria by lyssaviruses (family rhabdoviridae). | a survey was conducted for serum neutralizing antibodies against 3 members of the lyssavirus group (rabies, lagos bat and mokola viruses) in nigerian dogs and humans. of 463 unvaccinated dogs sampled, 142 (30.7%) had antibodies against rabies; 39.2% of the stray dogs were positive. of 241 dogs tested, 17.4% had antibodies against mokola virus and 5.8% against lagos bat virus. 28.6% of human samples tested had antibodies against rabies and, of 158 human samples tested, 12 (7.5%) had antibodies ag ... | 1990 | 2096520 |
| dog ecology and population studies in lagos state, nigeria. | dog population dynamics have a major impact upon the effectiveness of rabies control strategies. as such, understanding domestic dog ecology has been recognized as central to the design of effective rabies control programmes. this study was conducted to determine the dog ecology in lagos state using compound dog count and street dog count in the three senatorial districts (lagos west, east and central) of lagos state from february, 2011 to january, 2012. a total of 546 questionnaires were distri ... | 2014 | 24576383 |
| seroprevalence of brucella abortus and b. canis in household dogs in southwestern nigeria: a preliminary report. | a preliminary serological study of 366 household dogs in lagos and ibadan, southwestern nigeria, was carried out to determine antibodies due to exposure to brucella abortus and b. canis, using the rose bengal test (rbt) and the rapid slide agglutination (rsa) test, respectively. results showed that 5.46 % (20/366) and 0.27 % (1/366) of the dogs screened were seropositive to b. abortus and b. canis, respectively. of all dogs, 36 had a history of being fed foetuses from cows and 11 (30.6 %) of the ... | 2011 | 21826840 |
| anti-rabies treatment of dog-bite victims in lagos, nigeria: trial of suckling mouse brain and fetal bovine kidney cell rabies vaccines. | human rabies is common in nigeria, a country known for rabies endemicity. yet the supply of anti-rabies vaccines for human use (adult sheep brain origin, produced locally, and duck embryo and human diploid cell vaccines, imported) is grossly inadequate. this study involved controlled treatment of dog-bite victims with suckling mouse brain (smbv) or fetal bovine kidney (fbkv) rabies vaccines in an effort to determine which type to recommend for production and use in nigeria. dog-bite victims trea ... | 1984 | 6531964 |