Fecal carriage and phylodiversity of community-acquired Enteric bacilli in Southwest Nigeria.

Purpose: Increasing rates of clonal spread of fecal bacilli remains a huge concern to the community health with resultant high morbidity. The fecal carriage and clonal diversity of within the communities in Southwest Nigeria were surveyed.

Materials And Methods: Enteric bacilli obtained from fresh fecal samples randomly collected from community residents were biotyped and profiled for antibiotic susceptibility.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Suburban Community in Nigeria.

The burden of hypertension, a silent killer, continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries. This study evaluated blood pressure (BP) in healthy adults to determine their risk of developing hypertension and to reduce associated morbidity of the disease. Overall, 182 subjects aged >16 years participated in the study.