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A simplified hydroxyurea dosing strategy resulted in a substantial reduction in vaso-occlusive crises requiring emergency care in paediatric sickle cell anaemia patients in South East Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2022–2024published 2025BMC pediatricsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

54.4 %Among HIV-positive pregnant women in Kaduna State, 54.4% had a fair knowledge of antiretroviral therapy.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2025Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

89.9 %Among patients with sudden cardiac arrest, 89.9% were in-hospital cardiac arrest cases.

Nigeriain-hospital cardiac arrest · sudden cardiac arrestpublished 2026Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 11 observations

67.3 %The majority of the respondents reported a low level of viral load (67.3%).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2024The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

8.9 %Sickle cell disease patients have higher hearing thresholds, with 8.9% conductive loss, 4.5% unilateral mild mixed hearing loss, and 3.3% sensorineural hearing loss.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 5 observations

1.28 aORMales among young adults living with HIV in Nigeria were more likely to not be retained in care, with an adjusted odds ratio of 1.28.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

34.3 %Seventy-nine (34.3%) patients among the 230 participants were living with HIV.

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

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectively prevents HIV.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2026AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 6 observations

97.4 %The specificity of GeneXpert MTB/RIF was 97.4% among 150 patients with smear-negative pulmonary TB.

Nigeriasmear-negative pulmonary TBpublished 2020Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygienePubMeddocument of 2 observations

16 %Among 50 HBsAg-positive samples, 16.0% (8/50) had detectable HDV RNA.

NigeriaHepatitis D · VIH/sidaobserved June 2017 to August 2017published 2021Virology journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

4.51 odds_ratioThose with doctor-diagnosed arthritis had more than four times higher odds of physical inactivity (OR 4.51, 95% CI: 1.95–10.42, p<0.001) than those without arthritis.

Nigeriaarthritepublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 10 observations

62.9 %Wildtype N86Y184 Pfmdr-1 haplotype was observed in 62.9% of Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2020International Journal for ParasitologyOpenAlexdocument of 16 observations

43 casesForty-three cases of chronic pyelonephritis were diagnosed between 2010 and 2017 at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.

Nigeriapyelonephritisobserved 2010–2017published 2020The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

14.7 yearsThe mean age at menarche was 14.7 years in girls with sickle cell anaemia.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

28.3 %Among young key populations aged 15–24 years in Nigeria, the most cited barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake were lack of access (28.3%) and fear of side effects (28.3%) among female sex workers.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2020published 2024International journal of STD & AIDSPubMeddocument of 5 observations

0 %At day 14, MPXV detection was observed in 0 (0%) of 21 throat samples.

NigeriampoxHAL · Unilimdocument of 102 observations

FIH/1000 parasites cleared from peripheral blood in patients with higher parasitemias was five- to 10-fold lower than in patients with lower parasitemias.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2014American journal of therapeuticseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

100 %100% of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Brazil harbored wild-type pfmdr1Asn86.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2012The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0368

61.96 %Among 2,169 presumptive pulmonary TB patients in Southwestern Nigeria, 61.96% were previously treated TB cases.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

6.6 %The most prevalent high-risk HPV type detected was HPV35 at 6.6%.

Nigeriahigh-risk HPVpublished 2025International journal of STD & AIDSPubMeddocument of 13 observations

32 casesTwo bacterial species were identified among septicemia cases: Escherichia coli in 32 (45.1%).

Nigeriasepticemiapublished 2024Acta parasitologicaPubMeddocument of 5 observations

6 per_7In the initially detected gametocytes, the proportion of children with a male-biased sex ratio (> 0.5) was significantly higher in anaemic children (6/7 vs. 3/10, p = 0.027).

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2011Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1590/s0074-02762011000500008

1.5 %Of the 200 participants, 3 (1.5%) had syphilis.

Nigeriasyphilispublished 2022Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistryPubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.9 %Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infections occurred concurrently in 0.9% of antenatal women at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Lagos.

NigeriaHepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIVpublished 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

12.9 %Baby peripheral blood malaria parasitaemia prevalence was 12.9%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2026Parasitology internationalPubMeddocument of 8 observations