Browsing by Author "Waitumbi, JN"
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Impact of RTS,S/AS02(A) and RTS,S/AS01(B) on genotypes of P. falciparum in adults participating in a malaria vaccine clinical trial.
Waitumbi, JN; Anyona, SB; Hunja, CW; Kifude, CM; Polhemus, ME; Walsh, DS; Ockenhouse, CF; Heppner, DG; Leach, A; Lievens, M; Ballou, WR; Cohen, JD; Sutherland, CJ (Pub Med Central, 2009-11-17)OBJECTIVE: RTS,S, a candidate vaccine for malaria, is a recombinant protein expressed in yeast containing part of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) sequence of 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum linked to the hepatitis ... -
Malaria prevalence defined by microscopy, antigen detection, DNA amplification and total nucleic acid amplification in a malaria-endemic region during the peak malaria transmission season
Waitumbi, JN; Gerlach, J; Afonina, I; Anyona, SB; Koros, JN; Siangla, J; Ankoudinova, I; Singhal, M; Watts, K; Polhemus, ME; Vermeulen, NM; Mahoney, W; Steele, M; Domingo, GJ (Pub Med Central, 2011-07)OBJECTIVES: To determine the malaria prevalence by microscopy, antigen detection and nucleic acid detection in a defined subpopulation in a Plasmodium falciparum-endemic region during the peak transmission season. ME ... -
Outpatient upper respiratory tract viral infections in children with malaria symptoms in Western Kenya.
Waitumbi, JN; Kuypers, J; Anyona SB, SB; Koros, JN; Polhemus, ME; Gerlach, J; Steele, M; Englund, JA; Neuzil, KM; Domingo, GJ (Pub Med Central, 2010-11)A cross-sectional study was performed in children 5 through 10 years of age presenting to outpatient clinics in Nyanza Province, Kenya, in which nasal swab and blood specimens were collected during the high malaria ... -
Pitting of malaria parasites and spherocyte formation
Anyona SB, SB; Schrier, SL; Gichuki, CW; Waitumbi, JN (Pub Med Central, 2006-07-31)BACKGROUND: A high prevalence of spherocytes was detected in blood smears of children enrolled in a case control study conducted in the malaria holoendemic Lake Victoria basin. It was speculated that the spherocytes ...