ABSTRACT The effect of Ethylenedianinetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on lead content of blood has not been worked on in vitro. This led to carrying out this research. The aims of this research is to ascertain if EDTA has any effect on blood lead levels if the sample is collected using an EDTA tube and also to find out if there is any significant difference in the blood lead levels of the same sample when collected with an EDTA tube and a non-EDTA tube. Hundred (100) males who are commercial painter...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was reported in Nigeria in 1986, HIV/AIDS has continued to penetrate the fabrics of all sectors of the Nigerian population and the complex health and social issues associated with living with HIV has made the people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to often turned to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to compliment their management with antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study was to explore the prevalence of complementary and alter...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the nutritional status and traditional foods of indigenous people in two communities in Abia State. As a result of the high rate of food insecurity within the indigenous people, local food resources required investigation to identify food use. Secondly to develop food based strategies to combat malnutrition. The study also assesses some indigenous foods with a focus on their seasonality and attributes in two communities in Abia State. It determines the food c...
ABSTRACT The worldwide prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in 1995 was estimated to be 152 million males, and the figure is expected to rise to 322 million by the year 2025. The inability to achieve or sustain an erection and/or an inability to ejaculate is common among men over 40 years, where about 5% will experience ED and rates increase with age. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has traditionally been believed to be of importance in male sexual disorder management. This investigation ...
ABSTRACT Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), is the most important legume in pulses category of Kenya’s agricultural commodities and is second only to maize in importance as a food crop. Among the bean diseases angular leaf spot (ALS) caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola is a major constraint to production in the tropics and subtropics, and causes considerable yield losses. The effectiveness of the available methods for control of angular leafspot, which include cultural practices, use ...
ABSTRACT Armillaria root rot has been documented as one of the major diseases of tea (Camellia sinensis) that hinders successful establishment of tea when planted shortly after deforestation. Effective methods for managing the disease have not been fully developed. Trichoderma harzianum, a soil-borne fungus, has been demonstrated to be an effective antagonist to several species of Armillaria. In this study, formulation, stability in storage and viabilit y of T. harzianum in selected substrate...
ABSTRACT The pressure on the wildlife in Lake Chilwa Biosphere Reserve (LCBR) has been increasing due to increase in population, illegal and unsustainable hunting practices. This has become a threat to sustainability of fish, birds and other wildlife species in LCBR. The broad objective of this study was to assess the status of poaching, its impacts and food security as one of the key drivers in LCBR in Malawi. The study employed a social survey research design. One hundred households were sa...
ABSTRACT The pressure on the wildlife in Lake Chilwa Biosphere Reserve (LCBR) has been increasing due to increase in population, illegal and unsustainable hunting practices. This has become a threat to sustainability of fish, birds and other wildlife species in LCBR. The broad objective of this study was to assess the status of poaching, its impacts and food security as one of the key drivers in LCBR in Malawi. The study employed a social survey research design. One hundred households were sa...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to validate the Quality Index Method (QIM) scheme and determine storage days on ice for domestically processed Nile perch (Lates niloticus). Samples collected from the fishermen at landing site were used to develop the QIM and for shelf life study at 0ºC to -1ºC for 33 days. Those collected from fish factories and cold stores were used for validation. The study assessed the sensory, microbiological and chemical quality changes of Nile perch on ice. The QIM...
Abstract: This article describes Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO) recent use of specially trained African giant pouched rats as detectors of pulmonary tuberculosis in people living in Tanzania. It summarizes the achievements and challenges encountered over the years and outlines future prospects. Since 2008, second-line screening by the rats has identified more than 2000 tuberculosis-positive patients who were missed by microscopy at Direct Observation of Treatment...
ABSTRACT Contaminated milk is responsible for up to 90% of all dairy-related diseases of humans. A cross sectional study was carried out in Lushoto and Handeni districts of Tanga, Tanzania to determine the milk handling practices, bacterial contamination and selected milk-borne zoonotic pathogens along the dairy value chain. A total of 93 respondents were interviewed and 184 milk and milk product samples were collected. Laboratory analysis of total and coliform plate counts, detection of Esc...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Actellic Super (pirimiphos-methyl) in Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) in Mvomero District, Morogoro, Tanzania. Field surveys using questionnaire interviews were used to collect sociological data from households that own fish ponds. The response of Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and Pseudocholinesterase (BuChE/PChE) activities in O. niloticus as a result of Organophosphates (OPs) and carbaryl waterborne exposure was determined i...
Abstract Objective: To determine markers of HBV infection and detect the presence of its occult infection in serum of a cohort of adult Nigerians. Methodology: The study involved 28 adult Nigerians with viral hepatitis (Group 1) and 28 apparently healthy adult Nigerians as controls (Group 2). Their sera were assayed for HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBe, anti-HBc, anti-HBs, and anti-HCV, while HBV DNA was determined in 15 patients with chronic hepatitis. Significance of differences between the patie...
SUMMARY Objective: To determine the time flow of service uptake JS assessed by patients in the eye clinic of UCll with the view of identifying delays in service uptake, the reasons [or such delays and ways lo improve services. Materials and methods: Fa ticals at lending the eye clinic of ihe University College II ospita I(VCr f) were selected (( scculively and interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire on the amount of time ihcy spent w(liting for the various services uIhc eye clinic a...
INTRODUCTION Foreign body impaction in the oesophagus is a quite common occurrence but 90% of such foreign bodies pass through the digestive tract to be eliminated in stools. The incidence of complications following ingestion of foreign bodies is surprisingly low. It was 10% in a study of 2400 cases by Nanchi and Ong. Presented below is a case of a young boy who accidentally swallowed a drawing pin and in whom plain radiographs confirmed the presence and location of the foreign body. Endosc...