COVID-19 mortality rate and its associated factors during the first and second waves in Nigeria.

COVID-19 mortality rate has not been formally assessed in Nigeria. Thus, we aimed to address this gap and identify associated mortality risk factors during the first and second waves in Nigeria. This was a retrospective analysis of national surveillance data from all 37 States in Nigeria between February 27, 2020, and April 3, 2021.

Assessing the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: a national derivation and validation cohort study.

Objectives: This study aimed to develop and validate a symptom prediction tool for COVID-19 test positivity in Nigeria.

Design: Predictive modelling study.

Setting: All Nigeria States and the Federal Capital Territory.

Research as a pillar of Lassa fever emergency response: lessons from Nigeria.

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are becoming more frequent and developing countries are especially at increased risk. A recurring infectious disease outbreak in Nigeria has been that of Lassa fever (LF), a disease that is endemic in Nigeria and other West African countries. Nigeria, between 1 January and 27 October 2019, reported 743 confirmed cases of LF and 157 deaths in confirmed cases.

Patient characteristics associated with COVID-19 positivity and fatality in Nigeria: retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Despite the increasing disease burden, there is a dearth of context-specific evidence on the risk factors for COVID-19 positivity and subsequent death in Nigeria. Thus, the study objective was to identify context-specific factors associated with testing positive for COVID-19 and fatality in Nigeria.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Preponderance of bacterial isolates in urine of HIV-positive malaria-infected pregnant women with urinary tract infection.

Introduction: This study examined HIV and malaria co-infection as a risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in pregnancy. The study group included 74 pregnant women, 20 to 42 years of age, who attended the antenatal clinic at the Specialist Hospital at Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Methodology: Forty-four of the pregnant women were either HIV seropositive with malaria infection (HIV+Mal+) or HIV seropositive without malaria (HIV+Mal-).

CHARACTERISATION OF BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM PATIENTS WOUNDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PREDICTIVE OF POST-SURGICAL INFECTIONS AT THE ORTHOPAEDIC WARD IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA.

Objective: To determine the pattern of orthopaedic wound infection and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of the etiologic bacterial agents.

Design: A prospective observational study.

Setting: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.