Publications by authors named "S Dziri"
a commensal species of the human gut, is an opportunistic pathogen that can reach extra-intestinal compartments, including the bloodstream and the bladder, among others. In non-immunosuppressed patients, purifying or neutral evolution of populations has been reported in the gut. Conversely, it has been suggested that when migrating to extra-intestinal compartments, genomes undergo diversifying selection as supported by strong evidence for adaptation.
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- Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) relies on hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its replication and is understudied in Nigeria, a country with high HBV infection rates.
- A study analyzed 1281 samples from HBsAg-positive patients across Nigeria, uncovering that 4.8% were HDV-Ab positive and 19.7% of those tested positive for HDV-RNA.
- The research identified that the prevalent HDV strains are mainly "African" genotype-1, indicating that Nigeria has a low overall prevalence of HDV infection.
The process of whole genome sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is dependent on complete the inactivation of the strain and subsequent DNA extraction. The objective of this study was to optimise the two steps. Firstly, the efficacy of Triton X-100 as a solvent for the inactivation step was evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In kidney transplant, the use of immunosuppressive drugs, indispensable to avoid organ rejection, implies an increased risk of several infectious and neoplastic diseases. Cutaneous infections have a high incidence in kidney transplant recipients and are diagnosed in 55% to 97% of these patients. The objectives of this study were to identify the most frequent skin diseases and their clinical risk factors within a population of kidney transplant recipients.
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