Publications by authors named "Chika E Ejikeugwu"
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- Researchers hybridized a human parasitic fluke with a livestock parasite in a lab setting, but the ecological extent of this hybridization is still uncertain in the wild.
- Analysis of 34.6 million genetic variations from 162 samples across 18 African countries showed a significant genetic divide between northern and southern populations, with no recent hybridization evidence but signs of past admixture events.
- The study found that while gene flow barriers exist, 15 introgressed genes are becoming fixed in northern populations, and certain genomic regions, especially on sex chromosomes, resist hybridization, highlighting the importance of interspecific hybridization in shaping the genetics of these medically and agriculturally significant parasites.
Abattoirs as non-hospital source of extended spectrum beta lactamase producers: confirmed by the double disc synergy test and characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry.
Moses Nkechukwu Ikegbunam Linda Onyeka Anagu Ifeanyi R Iroha Chika Ebiye Ejikeugwu Charles Okey Esimone
PLoS One
January 2015
In this study, the presence of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) producing organisms in abattoirs, a non-hospital community was investigated. The presence of ESBL-producing phenotypes was confirmed by the Double Disc Synergy Test (DDST). Out of the 99 isolates screened for ESBL, 28 (28.
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