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Nigeria is ranked among the five countries responsible for almost half of the global malaria cases.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 2 observations

388 cases388 children were diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Nigeriacerebral palsypublished 2020Archives of disease in childhoodPubMeddocument of 27 observations

30 %Infections from fungal, bacterial, and viral causes occurred in 30% of diabetic patients at Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, North West Nigeria.

Nigeriainfections from fungal, bacterial, and viral causespublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 6 observations

0.7 %Out of 1,170 sampled patients, 8 (0.7%) were positive for tuberculosis.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2013 to 2014published 2022Current microbiologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

76.5 %Compliance with National Guidelines in uncomplicated malaria treatment was 76.5% for government-supported primary healthcare centres.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2025The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

35.2 %Thirty-seven (35.2%) of the 105 patients with sickle cell disease had chronic kidney disease, as defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate of 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 and/or proteinuria.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · maladie rénale chroniquepublished 2024The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

18 %Every quartile-unit increase in the syndemic index was associated with an 18% increase in prevalence of HIV among sexual and gender minority people in Abuja, Nigeria.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2026AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 2 observations

6.7 %The specificity of the clinical risk factor-based prediction models ranged from 6.7% to 33.6%.

Nigeriagestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)published 2026Archives of endocrinology and metabolismPubMeddocument of 9 observations

96.9 %Polymerase chain reaction-corrected parasitologic cure rate on Day 28 was 96.9% for artemether-lumefantrine in children under 5 years of age with uncomplicated malaria in Nigeria.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved Day 28published 2014American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneOpenAlexdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0248

Participants identified patients with HIV within the age range of 18–40 as the most suitable population to benefit from using Smart Lockers for medication dispensing.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations

81 %In 2020, 81% of surveyed key population participants in Nigeria were willing to pay for HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2020published 2022Global health, science and practicePubMeddocument of 3 observations

82.1 %Awareness of HPV-associated anal cancer was 82.1% among the participants.

Nigeriaanal cancer · infection à HPVpublished 2025Sexual healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

4,471 individualsThe study recruited a convenience sample of 4471 adults in Nigeria, of whom 20.5% were HIV positive.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 4 observations

99 casesAnemia was present in 99 out of 1126 consecutive children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Nigeriaanémie · paludismepublished 2008The Open Tropical Medicine JournalOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.2174/1874315300801010013

45.5 %In the HPV screening with VIA triage, sensitivity was 45.5%.

Nigeriacervical precancer lesionspublished 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

3 yearsThe mean age of HIV-infected children was 3.0 ± 0.9 years.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 8 observations

54 nMLe chlorure de berbérine a un taux d'inhibition de croissance IC50 de 54 nM sur la souche D2d de P. falciparum.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2018HAL · Unilimdocument of 173 observations

40.6 pg/mlThe mean level of interleukin-10 (IL-10) was 40.60 ± 9.11 pg/ml in children with complicated malaria.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2024BMC immunologyPubMeddocument of 12 observations

54.64 %Treatment with ciprofloxacin 80 mg kg-1 alone suppressed parasitaemia by 54.64%.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2015Parasitologyeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

11.6 %The prevalence of severe anaemia was 11.6% among malaria cases and 1.3% among all paediatric admissions.

Nigeriaanémieobserved 2019–2022published 2024Ghana medical journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.83 heterozygosity_indexThe heterozygosity (He) index for the msp2 antigenic marker was 0.830.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2021Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genPubMeddocument of 5 observations

29 %Screening of 104 mother-baby pairs for P. falciparum malaria revealed that 29% of mothers from low socio-economic group had malaria parasitaemia.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2000African journal of medicine and medical scienceseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

42.9 %Of 240 samples successfully genotyped with HRM for Pfcrt, the wildtype C72M74N75K76 haplotype was observed in 42.9% of Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2020International Journal for ParasitologyOpenAlexdocument of 16 observations

4.932 AORTraders had an adjusted odds ratio of 4.932 for TB/HIV coinfection.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2018-2022published 2024BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

22.4 %Among diabetic patients, 22.4% had abnormal HDL, 16.9% had abnormal LDL, 30.1% had abnormal total cholesterol, and 13.8% had abnormal triglycerides.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)published 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations