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99.3 %Attitudes toward HIV/AIDS were positive among senior secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria, at 99.3% for males and 98.1% for females.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2019West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

6.2 %The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among antenatal women at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Lagos was 6.2%.

Nigeriahépatite Bpublished 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

41 %Mixed dyslipidemia of high triglyceride and high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was present in 41.0% of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria.

Nigeriadiabète de type 2 · mixed dyslipidemiapublished 2019The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

170 individualsA total of 170 HIV-positive children were assessed in the study.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2025West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

0.09 %FIH/1000 parasites cleared from peripheral blood at 24 or 48 hours was 0.09% in artemether-lumefantrine-treated children.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2014American journal of therapeuticseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

38 %The prevalence of BTT was 38% among in-patients.

Nigeriabeta thalassaemia traitpublished 2025Annals of hematologyPubMeddocument of 12 observations

38.5 %Peripheral arterial disease was present in 38.5% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria.

Nigeriadiabète de type 2 · Peripheral arterial diseasepublished 2020BMC cardiovascular disordersPubMeddocument of 2 observations

1.91 aORContact with a symptomatic confirmed case was associated with increased odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection (adjusted odds ratio 1.91, 95% CI: 1.30–2.80).

NigeriaCOVID-19observed April to July 2020published 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 13 observations

4.5 %The Tyr268Asn mutation was detected in five out of 111 unexposed Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Nigeria, representing a prevalence of 4.5%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2006Malaria JournalOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-5-82

46.8 chi_squaredA statistically significant association was observed between cervical premalignant lesions and high-risk HPV infections (χ² = 46.800, P < 0.001) among HIV-infected women.

Nigeriacervical premalignant lesions · infection à HPVpublished 2019The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

15 °CLa transmission par l’anophèle ne peut avoir lieu en général qu’à partir de 15°C.

NigeriapaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 173 observations

35 %The double mutant CVIET pfcrt haplotype and pfmdr1 Tyr86 allele were present in 35% of Plasmodium falciparum isolates.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2011Acta tropicaeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.08.013

66.6 %At 6 months after commencement of TB treatment, 1842 (66.6%) of 2764 patients remained in care at an HIV clinic in Nigeria.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2022Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePubMeddocument of 7 observations

1,137 US_dollar_per_QALYThe intervention was not cost-effective according to the cost-effectiveness threshold of US$1137 per quality-adjusted life-year suggested by Woods et al., 2016.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2016published 2021BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 2 observations

93.3 %After a health education session, 93.3% of pregnant women understood that sickle cell disease can be diagnosed shortly after birth, compared to 43.9% before the session.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

42.5 %Missed opportunities for intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine represent 42.5% of the total sample analyzed in this study of pregnant women in Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2018published 2026Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

13.5 %Only 13.5% of the patients knew that diabetes mellitus foot ulcer could be related to long duration of diabetes, nerve damage, blood vessel blockage, foot deformity, and uncontrolled blood glucose.

Nigeriadiabetes mellitus foot ulcerpublished 2022The international journal of lower extremity woundsPubMeddocument of 6 observations

4 casesFour cases of Tropical diabetic hand syndrome (TDHS) were managed at the Endocrine Unit of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, over an 11-month period from August 2023 to June 2024.

NigeriaTropical diabetic hand syndrome (TDHS)observed August 2023 to June 2024published 2025West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

74.4 %Hexane extract of Lophira alata reduced parasitaemia by 74.4% in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei NK65.

NigeriaPlasmodium berghei NK65published 2014Journal of parasitology researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

In children treated with chloroquine or amodiaquine, pfmdr1/pfcrt mutants were associated with delay in parasite clearance and treatment failures.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 1996–2008published 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-53

476 womenOf 619 screened pregnant women with HbSS and HbSC, 476 eligible women were recruited into a randomized controlled trial in southwest Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved July 1, 2020 to May 27, 2024published 2026The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 13 observations

0 %CAE had a sensitivity of 0% for identifying the AC genotype relative to PCR.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Global pediatric healtheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

32.5 ng/mlThe median salivary lysozyme was 32.5 ng/ml in the group with diabetes.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)published 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

9.7 %Surveillance drug resistance mutations (SDRMs) were observed in 36 of 373 ART-naive participants (9.7%) from March 2013 to June 2017 in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved March 2013 to June 2017published 2019Antiviral therapyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

-0.149 correlation_coefficientThere was a significant negative correlation between health-related quality of life and fasting blood glucose (r = -0.149, p = 0.033) among Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Nigeriadiabète de type 2published 2024BMC endocrine disordersPubMeddocument of 3 observations