Publications by authors named "O O Joseph"
Article Synopsis
- SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, can transmit between humans and pets, raising concerns about its potential health risks.
- * A study analyzed data and mutations of the virus from 2019 to 2023, identifying 47 mutations, with D614 being the most common among pets and humans.
- * The findings indicate that variants of concern are spreading from infected owners to pets, emphasizing the need for increased global surveillance of the virus's evolution.*
This study attempted to discriminate the population of in Nigeria using their morphological characteristics. Therefore, 60 sexually mature wild samples of (1:1 for the male and female ratio) of relatively similar size (40 cm) were collected from three eco-regions namely, Guinea Savanna (Benue River, Makurdi), Rainforest Savanna (Niger River, Onitsha) and Sahel Savanna (Rima River, Sokoto). They were transported to the hatchery unit of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Joseph Sarwan Tarka University Makurdi where the morphometric data was collected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hirschsprung disease, a developmental disorder affecting the neuronal ganglion cells in distal colon, is the leading cause of intestinal obstruction in newborns, predominantly males, although the diagnosis can be made lately in rare cases. We describe an adult Hirschsprung disease case found intraoperatively.
Case Description: He is a 20-year-old male patient with past medical history of epilepsy, psychomotor delay and recently a perineal perforating injury, admitted in the emergency room with initial diagnosis of peritonitis by perforated viscus with Frankel grad B spinal cord injury.