| high frequency of salmonella species as a cause of neonatal meningitis in ibadan, nigeria. a review of thirty-eight cases. | | 1971 | 5209324 |
| surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in akwa ibom state, nigeria 2004-2009. | the last case of wild polio virus transmission occurred in akwa ibom state in october 2001; however, combination high routine immunization coverage with opv, high quality afp surveillance, mass immunization campaign in which two doses of potent oral polio vaccine is administered to eligible children and mop-up campaigns in areas with identified immunization or surveillance gaps has help the state in maintaining a free polio status for over ten years. this study was carried out to describe the ch ... | 2011 | 22145065 |
| dilated cardiomyopathy in young adult africans: a sequel to infections? | over a period of 6 years, only twelve cases of dilated cardiomyopathy were clinically diagnosed in nigerians between the ages of 11-30 years at the university college hospital, ibadan, nigeria. eleven presented with heart failure, while the twelfth patient presented with a cerebrovascular accident. two other patients also had a cerebrovascular accident. a history of febrile illness was obtained in seven, but in only three was fever unresponsive to antimalarials, documented on admission. antistre ... | 1982 | 6291352 |
| infections and dilated cardiomyopathy in nigeria. | the relationship of infection to dilated cardiomyopathy is reviewed on the basis of 200 patients seen at university college hospital, ibadan. evidence of infection with toxoplasma and coxsackie b viruses is presented. clinically detectable myocarditis is rare in children, and the preponderance of dilated cardiomyopathy is in patients above the age of 30 years, possibly because there is a long latent period between the initial infection and the development of frank cardiomyopathy. this paper conc ... | 1985 | 3038833 |
| complement fixing antibodies against selected viruses in diabetic patients and non-diabetic control subjects in ibadan, nigeria. | sera of forty insulin-treated nigerian diabetics attending the outpatients clinic of the university college hospital (u.c.h.), ibadan, and an equal number of non-diabetic control subjects matched for age, sex and social status were tested for presence of complement fixing (cf) antibodies against five viruses: coxsackie a and b1, mumps rubella and enterovirus group antigen. antibody levels to coxsackie b1, mumps, rubella and enterovirus did not show any significant difference between the two grou ... | 1992 | 1288637 |