BACKGROUND African swine fever (ASF) is one of the major setbacks to development of the pig industry in Nigeria. It is enzootic in southwest Nigeria. We determined the sero-prevalence and factors associated with ASF among-herd seropositivity in 144 pig farms in six States from southwest Nigeria during the dry and rainy seasons using indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for ASF IgG...

How to cite this article: Oyelade BO, OlaOlorun AD, Odeigah LO, Amole IO, Adediran OS. The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic subjects in southwest Nigeria. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #354, 6 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ phcfm.v4i1.354 Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is rarely sought for and generally underdiagnosed even in diabetics in ...

This paper reports a study regarding households’ willingness to pay for private sector solid waste management services. The data originated from a contingent valuation survey conducted in 224 households in Ilorin in southwest Nigeria and was analysed using tobit and censored least absolute deviations models. The use of a robust and consistent estimator to model zero willingness to pay responses...

Introduction. The morbidity and mortality from malaria are still unacceptably high in the developing countries, especially among the vulnerable groups like pregnant women and under-five children, despite all control efforts. The knowledge about the preventive measures of malaria is an important preceding factor for the acceptance and use of malaria preventive measures like Insecticide Treated N...

Several studies have shown that the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa is associated with prevalent sexual practices that facilitate HIV transmission. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of knowledge of transmission routes for HIV in relation to high-risk sexual behaviour and to find factors significantly associated with condom use among sexually active respondents. High...

UNLABELLED Traumatic experiences have dire consequences for the mental health of young persons. Despite high rates of traumatic experiences in some African cities, there are no reports for Nigerian youth. OBJECTIVE To investigate the pattern of traumatic events and their association with depressive symptoms among youth in Southwest Nigeria. METHODS This is a descriptive cross-sectional stud...

BACKGROUND In recent times, the concept of routine HIV screening has been recommended to enhance early diagnosis and timely initiation of care thereby reducing morbidity and mortality among HIV infected persons. Dental practice has been identified as a unique venue of reaching at-risk individuals who may not otherwise access the conventional healthcare settings. AIM To assess the perception a...

It has come to the publisher’s attention that in the original article [1], Table 3 was incorrectly formatted. The correct formatting of the table has been updated in the original article, and published in this Erratum for quick reference, see Table 1. In addition, the authors noticed errors in certain reference citations within the discussion section following the publication of [1]. The sectio...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma and role of atopy in asthma among children has not been clearly defined in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of asthma and investigate risk factors related to allergy sensitization among urban and rural school children in southwest Nigeria. METHODS Validated ISAAC questionnaire was administered to 1736 high school children in randomly selecte...

This study identified one hundred samples of woody biomasses in the southwest, Nigerian. The biomass were collected from different saw mills, farms and kitchens Osun State, Nigeria. identification was done using literature materials at a herbarium Botany Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, vegetative parts their trees. carried out to know numerical availability, family or English n...