PREVALENCE OF HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 IgG AND IgM ANTIBODIES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC AT FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL IDO-EKITI, NIGERIA.

Background: Human Parvovirus () is a DNA virus, transmitted through respiratory secretions, hand-to-mouth-contact, blood transfusion and trans-placental transfer. It causes high mortality and morbidity in pregnant women, thus contributing to poor maternal and child health. B19V has been neglected due to dearth of epidemiological data.

Cluster of differentiation expressions among Nigerians with Ascaris lumbricoides infection.

Clusters of differentiation (CDs) are membrane proteins expressed on cells of the immune system and are associated with parasitic infection. Most of the work on CD expressions to helminth infection has mainly been on mouse model. Thus there is a dearth of information on the influence of Ascaris lumbricoides to CD expressions in human blood.