Microbial contaminants of retail beef in open market stalls and meat shops within Makurdi metropolis, Nigeria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV Co-infections among Patients Attending a Nigerian Tertiary Health Center

“…It was obvious that HIV was the major factor that fueled the TB infection and re-activation in this community. The prevalence of co-infection was much higher in most available studies such as 12.8% in Nassarawa Central Nigeria [7], 12.0% Ile Ife [8], 14.5% Oshogbo [9] and 32.8% in Okada Benin [10], all in Southern Nigeria. Ten percent rate of co-infection with HIV was recorded in Kano Northern Nigeria [11].…”