PREVALENCE OF P24 ANTIGEN AMONG A COHORT OF HIV ANTIBODY NEGATIVE BLOOD DONORS IN SOKOTO, NORTH WESTERN NIGERIA - THE QUESTION OF SAFETY OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION: Blood transfusions remain a substantial source of HIV in SSA particularly among children and pregnant women.Aims and objectives: This aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the prevalence of p24 antigen among HIV antibody seronegative blood donors in Sokoto, North West Nigeria.METHODS: A total of 15,061 HIV antibody negati

In the mammary gland, genetic circuits controlled by estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin, act in concert with pathways regulated by members of the epidermal growth factor family to orchestrate growth and morphogenesis during puberty, pregnancy and lactation.However, the precise mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between the hormonal and growth f

Many viruses occur in apple (Malus domestica (Borkh.)), but no information is available on their seed transmissibility.Here, we report that six viruses infecting apple trees, namely, houston texans shorts apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), apple green crinkle-associated virus (AGCaV), apple rubbery wood virus 2 (ARWV2), apple stem grooving vi

Objective: To investigate the epidemiological pattern of animal bites in Yazd Province, central Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 8 545 individuals with animal bites who were referred to the Yazd Province Rabies Treatment Center were investigated using the census method from April 2013 to March 2017.The variables included: demographic in

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are the most prevalent pathogens in airway infections of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.We studied how these pathogens coexist and interact with each other.Clinical isolates of both species were retrieved from adult CF patients.Culture supernatants from 63 P.aeruginosa isolates triggered a wide range