African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Ebola virus disease: assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing students of a Nigerian University.
Ebola virus disease has a high case fatality rate. Health care providers have a key role to play in its management and prevention. ⋯ Majority of the students were knowledgeable about EVD. Although majority of them had favorable attitude towards EVD patients, there was evidence of stigmatizing and discriminatory attitude that needs to be addressed.
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Turkish University seniors' knowledge of and opinions on fertility and expectations of having children.
In recent years the trend of postponement of child bearing has been increasing. ⋯ The expectations of seniors at a Turkish university to have children in the future are high, with insufficient knowledge on fertility.
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Silencing the nosocomial pathogen Serratia marcescens by glyceryl trinitrate.
Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication system in bacteria that controls the production of virulence factors. Serratia marcescens is a causative agent of hospital-acquired infections that shows high resistance to antibiotics. This makes the treatment of these infections difficult. Quorum sensing regulates the production of virulence factors of S. marcescens such as prodigiosin, protease, swimming and swarming motilities and formation of biofilms. Inhibition of quorum sensing may be an alternative to antibiotic treatment to avoid emergence of resistance. ⋯ Glyceryl trinitrate is a quorum sensing and virulence inhibitor that may be useful in treatment of nosocomial infections caused by Serratia marcescens.