Publications by authors named "Abdullahi Abubakar Kawu"
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- The COVID-19 pandemic's impact in Niger State, Nigeria, was assessed through a pilot study to determine the spread of SARS-CoV-2, focusing on seroprevalence and associated risk factors.
- The study involved 185 participants selected randomly, utilizing rapid test kits to identify the presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, with results analyzed for various demographics and health indicators.
- Findings showed a seroprevalence of 25.4%, with significant asymptomatic cases and elevated risks for health workers and those with recent flu-like symptoms or travel contact, alongside a concerning lack of social distancing practices among participants.
The limited volume of COVID-19 data from Africa raises concerns for global genome research, which requires a diversity of genotypes for accurate disease prediction, including on the provenance of the new SARS-CoV-2 mutations. The Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN)-Africa studied the possibility of increasing the production of clinical data, finding concerns about data ownership, and the limited use of health data for quality treatment at point of care. To address this, VODAN Africa developed an architecture to record clinical health data and research data collected on the incidence of COVID-19, producing these as human- and machine-readable data objects in a distributed architecture of locally governed, linked, human- and machine-readable data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Subjective well-being (SWB) is an individual's judgment about their overall well-being. Research has shown that activities that elevate people's sense of SWB have a significant effect on their overall health. There are two dimensions of SWB: Affective and Cognitive dimensions.
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