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30 %Nigeria accounts for 30% of global transmission of HIV from mother to child.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 2 observations

Significant clusters of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria were confined to the North Central and South South regions.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017published 2021JMIR public health and surveillancePubMeddocument of 6 observations

87.4 %The seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 was 87.4% among single patients with HIV in Nigeria.

Nigeriaherpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 · VIH/sidaobserved 2019published 2023BMJ openPubMeddocument of 5 observations

5 percent_chanceGlobal spatial autocorrelation Moran I statistics revealed a clustered distribution of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria with less than 5% likelihood that the clustering was due to chance.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017published 2021JMIR public health and surveillancePubMeddocument of 6 observations

230 casesAmong 16,727 female sex workers on antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria between 1 January 2016 and 31 August 2022, 230 (1%) were lost to follow-up by 31 August 2022.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2016-01-01 to 2022-08-31published 2026BMC women's healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

1.34 %The overall prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections over the 6-year period for all donors at LUTH was 1.34% for HIV.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

1.5 odds_ratioHIV-exposed infants tested at 8–20 weeks of age had significantly greater odds of a negative HIV result (OR = 1.5) compared to those tested after 20 weeks of age in North-Central Nigeria from January 2015 through July 2017.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved January 2015 through July 2017published 2019AIDS research and therapyPubMeddocument of 8 observations

19.4 %The diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis among hospitalized HIV positive patients at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria decreased from 19.4% in 2010–2011 to 4.8% in 2016.

Nigeriadisseminated tuberculosis · VIH/sidaobserved 2010–2011published 2020West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is a serious public health burden in Nigeria, where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains highly prevalent.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérus · VIH/sidapublished 2022Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

48 %Key populations constitute almost half (48%) of the estimated number of new HIV infections in Lagos state.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePubMeddocument of 7 observations

10.7 %Wrong drug accounted for 10.7% (n=23) of the 215 drug therapy problems identified among PLWH in the study.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

40 %Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) completion among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Nigeria was 40% to 87.9%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 2 observations

29.7 %Among people living with HIV in the African Cohort Study from 2013 through 2020, deaths were caused by infections in 29.7% of cases with ascertained causes.

Nigeriainfections · VIH/sidaobserved 2013 through 2020published 2022Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 6 observations

44,000 per_monthDuring October 2019–September 2020, the monthly number of people screened for HIV testing eligibility in the community in Rivers State increased from 44,000 to 360,000.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved October 2019–September 2020published 2021AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 3 observations

69.7 %69.7% of the people living with HIV who refused linkage to treatment eventually accepted treatment using an alternative community treatment method.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2019International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 6 observations

There was a statistically significant association between serum selenium concentration and birth weight among both HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women.

Nigeriafaible poids de naissance · VIH/sidapublished 2023Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.667 fractionSub-Saharan Africa bears two-thirds of the global HIV burden.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

18.5 %18.5% of respondents were unsure of the mode of HIV/AIDS transmission.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2026AIDS carePubMeddocument of 7 observations

13.66 odds_ratioHIV coinfection was associated with mortality among mpox cases (adjusted OR 13.66, 95% CI 1.88 to 98.95, p=0.010).

Nigeriampox · VIH/sidaobserved 2017-2019published 2023BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

93.1 %The proportion of HIV-positive women delivered by skilled birth attendants (SBA) was 93.1%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and GynPubMeddocument of 4 observations

11.87 yearsThe mean age at full HIV disclosure to children in Abuja, Nigeria was 11.87 years.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2016published 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 5 observations

6 odds_ratioIn a single-arm trial, the odds of virologic suppression among youth with HIV in Nigeria was higher at 48 weeks (odds ratio = 6.00, P = 0.013) compared with baseline.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 12 observations

1.53 aORAdolescents and young adults in the 'testing site' class were more likely to report transactional sex (adjusted odds ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.26–1.85).

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

6.08 aORBeing a woman or girl on the move living with HIV was associated with economic precarity (adjusted odds ratio 6.08, 95% CI 1.94 to 19.03).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

66.7 %Among tuberculosis-HIV co-infected patients, the tuberculosis mortality rate was 66.7%.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 10 observations