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45.2 %Only 45.2% of women in Taraba, North-East Nigeria regularly engaged in cervical cancer screening and other prevention practices.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2019Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCPPubMeddocument of 6 observations

8 casesEight children progressed from persistent early-appearing anaemia to asymptomatic late-appearing anaemia after recovery.

Nigeriaanémie · persistent early-appearing anaemiapublished 2019BMJ Global HealthOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-edc.134

87.4 %87.4% of the respondents had not accompanied their wife/female partner for cervical cancer screening.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2018published 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 14 observations

51 patientsFifty-one (85%) patients reported no positive family history of breast cancer.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2025Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society PubMeddocument of 14 observations

22 patientsPatients diagnosed with breast cancer one year before the study were 22 (39.3%) of the participants.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2025Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society PubMeddocument of 14 observations

47.7 %47.7% of the study participants were HIV positive.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2020–2022published 2023BMC cancerPubMeddocument of 14 observations

32.7 %Mortality among HIV/AIDS admissions was 32.7%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

94.5 %The frequency of the mutant Pfcrt 76T genotype was 94.50% among Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Nnewi town, Southeast Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2019Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

2 subjectsGlobin analysis in 30 SCA subjects showed that two had two alpha-globin genes.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 1989African journal of medicine and medical scienceseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

7.2 %The crude mortality rate for severe malaria was 7.2% (68/948).

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2019–2022published 2023Trends of incidence and outcomes of childhood severe malaria in Nigeria: A four-year studyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3321303/v1

71.6 %71.6% of orthopaedic surgeons surveyed had ever used the tourniquet in diabetic patients.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)published 2021The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

11 %IPT initiation rate increased from 11% to above 50%.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2019The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 3 observations

10 patientsTen patients had resistance to their first-line drug(s).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020BMC microbiologyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

81 %The test accuracy of SD-Bioline™ mRDT for malaria diagnosis was 81.0%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2021Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 18 observations

8 %Oesophageal candidiasis accounted for 118 (8%) of the 1,632 opportunistic fungal infection episodes among HIV-infected patients assessed at the PEPFAR outpatient clinic at Lagos University Teaching Hospital between April 2004 and February 2016.

Nigeriaesophageal candidiasisobserved April 2004-February 2016published 2020African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 12 observations

51.5 %HIV prevalence among transgender women (TGW) in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria was 51.5%.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2013 to 2020published 2022Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 20 observations

107 minutesKnockdown time for permethrin was 107 minutes in Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations in Ado-Odo Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2024published 2026Acta tropicaPubMeddocument of 7 observations

7 allelesHigh genetic diversity was observed, with 7 pfmsp-1 alleles and 10 pfmsp-2 alleles.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2020Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genPubMeddocument of 12 observations

During 2018, an unusual increase in Lassa fever cases occurred in Nigeria.

Nigeriafièvre de Lassaobserved 2018published 2018The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

80 %Pain was the most common symptom among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Delta State, Nigeria, reported by 80% of participants.

Nigeriacancer du sein · painpublished 2026The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

75 %Ischaemic ECG identified SCA children with elevated cTnT during VOC with sensitivity 75% and specificity 33.3%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Paediatrics and international child healtheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

56 %Of 6108 registered patients, 3397 (56%) were lost to follow-up from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital antiretroviral program.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2019PloS onePubMeddocument of 8 observations

75 %The overall tuberculosis-specific service readiness index for both states was 75%.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 14 observations

1.26 %La prévalence de la neuropathie chez les personnes exposées à des substances toxiques au Nigeria était de 1,26 % en 2015.

Nigeriatoxic substanceobserved 2015HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

1.4 odds_ratioForced sexual initiation was significantly associated with infrequent condom use (OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 1.1–2.1) among youth in Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Nigeria · Ouganda · ZambieVIH/sidaobserved 2014 and 2015published 2019Child abuse & neglectPubMeddocument of 8 observations