Hematological profile of newborns exposed to maternal human immunodeficiency virus and antiretroviral therapy

Autor: Ibrahim Abdulqadir, Aminu Abba Yusuf, Muhammad Alhaji Ndakotsu, Abubakar Umar Musa, Mujtaba Mashi Isyaku, Sagir Gumel Ahmed, Jamilu Tukur

Publikováno v: Journal of Applied Hematology, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 95-100 (2018)

BACKGROUND: Thousands of pregnant women are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and some of them take antiretroviral therapy (ART) either for their own health or as a means of preventing mother-to-child transmission. This entails fetal e

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IMPACT OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS ON HAEMATOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROFILES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.

Autor: Sagir Gumel Ahmed, Modu Baba Kagu, Umma Abdulsalam Ibrahim, Bashir Jolayemi

Publikováno v: Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Vol 1 (2014)

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have impaired immunity with vulnerability to infections including parasitic infestations. Majority of SCD patients live in nations where urinary schistosomiasis is endemic. Objective: To determine the i

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Hematological Indices of Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northern Nigeria

Autor: Audu A. Bukar, Sagir Gumel Ahmed, Bashir Jolayemi

Publikováno v: Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp e2010014-e2010014 (2010)
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Nigeria has the fourth highest prevalence of TB and the highest prevalence of Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in the world. SCA patients have impaired immunity and are vulnerable to TB. Hence, we studied the haematological indices of SCA patients with TB i

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https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2010.014