Current research and publications
Full length research articles:
Chigor, V.N., Sibanda, T. and Okoh, A.I. (2014). Assessment of human health risks from adenoviruses, hepatitis A virus, rotaviruses and enteroviruses in the Buffalo River and three source water dams in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Food and Environmental Virology, 6: 87–98. doi: 10.1007/s12560-014-9138-4.
Sibanda, T., Chigor, V.N., Koba, S., Obi, L.C. and Okoh, A.I. (2014). Characterisation of the physicochemical qualities of a typical rural-based river: ecological and public health implications. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 11: 1771–1780. doi: 10.1007/s13762-013-0376-z.
Chigor, V.N., Sibanda, T. and Okoh, A.I. (2013). Studies on the bacteriological qualities of the Buffalo River and three source water dams along its course in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20: 4125–4136. doi: 10.1007/s11356-012-1348-4.
Chigor, V.N., Sibanda, T. and Okoh, A.I. (2013). Variations in the physicochemical characteristics of the Buffalo River in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 8733–8747. doi: 10.1007/s10661-013-3208-1.
Igbinosa, I.H., Chigor, V.N., Igbinosa, E.O., Obi, L.C. and Okoh, A.I. (2013). “Antibiogram, adhesive characteristics, and incidence of class 1 integron in Aeromonas species isolated from two South African rivers. BioMed Research International, 2013, Article ID 127570, 8 pages. doi:10.1155/2013/127570.
Sibanda, T., Chigor, V.N. and Okoh, A.I. (2013). Seasonal and spatio-temporal distribution of faecal-indicatorbacteria in Tyume River in the Eastern Cape Province,South Africa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185: 6579-6590. doi: 10.1007/s10661-012-3048-4.
Chigor, V.N. and Okoh, A.I. (2012). Quantitative RT-PCR detection of hepatitis A virus, rotaviruses and enteroviruses in the Buffalo River and source water dams in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 9: 4017-4032. doi: 10.3390/ijerph9114017.
Chigor, V.N. and Okoh, A.I. (2012). Quantitative detection and characterization of human adenoviruses in the Buffalo River in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Food and Environmental Virology, 4: 198-208. doi: 10.1007/s12560-012-9090-0.
Chigor, V.N., Umoh, V. J., Okuofu, C.A., Ameh, J.B., Igbinosa, E.O. and Okoh, A. I. (2012). Water quality assessment: surface water sources used for drinking and irrigation in Zaria, Nigeria are a public health hazard. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 184: 3389–3400. doi: 10.1007/s10661-011-2396-9.
Technical Reports:
Okoh, A.I., Sibanda, T. and Chigor, V.N. (2012). Assessment of the incidence of faecal indicator bacteria and human enteric viruses in some rivers and dams in the Amathole district municipality of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. WRC Report No: 1968/1/12; ISBN No: 978-1-4312-0321-5.
Review Articles:
Igbinosa, E.O., Odjadjare, E.E., Chigor, V.N., Igbinosa, I.H., Emoghene, A.O., Ekhaise, F.O., Igiehon, N.O. and Idemudia, O.G. (2013). Toxicological profile of chlorophenols and their derivatives in the environment: the public health perspective. The Scientific World Journal, 2013, 11 pages. DOI.org/10.1155/2013/460215.
Research archive
Selected previous publications
Full length research articles:
Nwodo U.U., Obiiyeke G.E., Chigor V.N., Okoh A.I. (2011). Assessment of Tamarindus indica extracts for antibacterial activity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12: 6385-6396. doi: 10.3390/ijms12106385.
Nwodo, U.U., Ngene, A.A., Anaga, A.O., Chigor, V.N., Henrietta, I.I. and Okoh, A.I. (2011). Acute toxicity and hepatotoxicokinetic studies of Tamarindus indica extract. Molecules, 16: 7415-7427. doi: 10.3390/molecules16097415.
Igbinosa O.O., Igbinosa I.H., Chigor V.N., Uzunuigbe O.E., Oyedemi S.O., Odjadjare E.E., Okoh A.I., Igbinosa E.O. (2011). Polyphenolic contents and antioxidant potential of stem bark extracts from Jatropha curcas (Linn). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12 (5): 2958-2971. doi: 10.3390/ijms12052958.
Nwodo, U. U., Ngene, A.A.,Iroegbu, C.U., Onyedikachi, O.A.L., Chigor, V.N. and Okoh, A.I. (2011). In vivo evaluation of the antiviral activity of Cajanus cajan on measles virus. Archives of Virology, 156: 1551–1557. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-1032-x.
Nwodo, U.U., Iroegbu, C.U., Ngene, A.A., Chigor, V.N. and Okoh, A. I. (2011). Effects of fractionation and combinatorial evaluation of Tamarindus indica fractions for antibacterial activity. Molecules 16: 4818-4827. doi: 10.3390/molecules16064818.
Chigor, V.N., Umoh, V.J., Smith, S.I., Igbinosa, E.O. and Okoh, A.I. (2010). Multidrug resistance and plasmid patterns of Escherichia coli O157 and other E. coli isolated from diarrhoeal stools and surface waters from some selected sources in Zaria, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7: 3831-3841. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7103831.
Chigor,V.N., Umoh, V.J. and Smith, S.I. (2010). Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157 in a river used for fresh produce irrigation in Nigeria. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9: 178-182.
Smith, S.I., Bello, O.S., Goodluck, H.A., Omonigbehin, E.A., Agbogu, V.N. and Odeigah, P. (2009). Prevalence of EHEC O157 :H7 from human and environmental samples from Lagos and Zaria. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 25: 398 – 403.
Agbogu, V.N., Umoh, V.J., Okuofu, C.A. and Smith, S.I. (2006). Study of the bacteriological and physicochemical indicators of pollution of surface waters in Zaria, Nigeria. African Journal of Biotechnology, 5: 732-737.
Conference Proceedings:
Chigor, V. N. and Nwodo, U. U. (2009). Peptides from nematophagous fungi: development for novel chemotherapeutic applications. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Polymer Development and Applications, ICOPDA 1: 46-50.
Agbogu, V.N., Umoh, V.J. and Okuofu, C.A. (2003). The tears of nature: A collection of poems and photographs on environmental degradation. Proceedings of the 1st National Conference of the Environmental Health Society of Nigeria (EHSON), pp. 396-402.
