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

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

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Pathophysiology of ischemic reperfusion injury and the molecular targets involved in amelioration of brain injury by herbal medicine

Introduction and objectives A number of preclinical evaluations of stroke treatment with herbal medicine (HM) have been reported.The aim of the current review was to highlight powell and mahoney bloody mary mix the pathophysiology of stroke and review the pre-clinically identified molecular mechanisms of HM treatment.Material and Methods Only 32 ar

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MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE CONDUCTIVITY DURING SUDDEN IONOSPHERE DISTURBANCES AND VARIATIONS OF SCHUMANN RESONANCE FREQUENCIES

The investigation of the effect of space weather on different layers of the terrestrial atmosphere has been and remains a relevant problem of remote sensing of the environment.We describe a technique for detecting modifications of the peak frequencies of the Schumann resonance during the sudden ionospheric disturbances (SID) caused by the solar got

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