A study of the incidence of porcine taeniasis and other intestinal parasites in a rural community of South Western Nigeria.

In the course of an investigation into the incidence of porcine taeniasis among humans and and pigs which live in close contact with each other in a rural town of South-Western Nigeria, no incidence of the parasite was found. Ascaris, Strongyle (hookworm in case of humans) and Trichuris were the helminths encountered while Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli were the common protozoan cysts. Polyparasitism was common and a 12 year old boy had Salmonella infection concurrently with Ascaris and hookworm.

Herpesvirus hominis type 2 infection in Ibadan. Problem of non-venereal transmission.

Examination of sera from blood donors, from patients attending a special treatment clinic, a family planning clinic, and an antenatal clinic showed that the prevalence of herpes virus hominis type 2 antibodies among the adult population in Ibadan is similar to that in other parts of the world. The possibility of non-venereal transmission of herpes virus infection was confirmed by the finding that herpesvirus hominis type 2 could survive on cloth samples under humid tropical conditions for long enough to allow transmission of infection via fomites.

Herpesvirus hominis antibodies among children and young adults in Ibadan.

A total of 422 sera collected from children and young adults living in Ibadan, Nigeria, has been examined for the presence of antibodies to type 1 and type 2 herpesvirus hominis. Type 1 antibodies were rapidly acquired from the age of 1 year onwards, reflecting the relatively poor living standards and the overcrowded accommodation among the population studied. Type 2 antibodies were acquired between the ages of 3 and 5 years.

Sensitivity pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to penicillin and screening for beta-lactamase production in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The few reports from Africa on sensitivity determinations of Neisseria gonorrhoeae suggest that there is an increasing resistance in the strains, as has been found in other parts of the world. In the current study, the penicillin sensitivities and β-lactamase production of 80 consecutive strains of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from cases of acute urethritis in African men in Ibadan were studied.