BACKGROUND Few studies in Nigeria have investigated HIV risk behavior among persons with severe mental disorders. This study examined HIV risk behavior and associated factors among patients receiving treatment at a Nigerian psychiatric hospital. AIM To determine the HIV risk behavior in persons with severe mental disorders in a psychiatric hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a cross-sec...

INTRODUCTION Human parvovirus B19 causes a wide range of complications in pregnant women including abortion, severe fetal anemia, non-immune hydrops fetalis, and even intrauterine fetal death. However, there is a dearth of information on the prevalence of the virus among pregnant women in southwestern Nigeria. METHODOLOGY Blood samples were collected from 231 pregnant women and screened for a...

Geological and geochemical studies of gold mineralization in Bode-Saadu axis, Southwestern Basement Complex, Nigeria have been conducted order to study their mode occurrence, structural settings, pattern distribution potential. reveal that granite gneiss are the prominent rocks area exist north-eastern, north-western southwestern part whereas mica amphibole schist occur as low-lying exposure. P...