Medical Immunology

Performance of one-step spanbio™ rapid test in detection of giardia lamblia in Busia county referral hospital, western Kenya

INDIEKA, Roberts. Briston (Maseno University, 2022)

The protozoan flagellate parasite Giardia lamblia is the aetiologic agent for giardiasis, an infectious disease with significant burden in developing countries. Currently, clinical signs and symptoms accompanied by microscopy ...

Xpert mtb/rif performance in detection of mycobacteriumtuberculosis in sputum pellets using a reduced sample reagent in smear negative samples in Kisumu, western Kenya

SITATI, N. Ruth (Maseno University, 2022)

Correlation of vitamin D levels and immune status in Hiv positive children aged 3 to 14 years attending Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral hospital in Kisumu county, Kenya

SONGOREH, Maurice, .Asamuka (Maseno University, 2022)

Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide phenomenon and it’s more prevalent in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive individuals. This prevalence could be higher in children from sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV burden ...

Influence of intermittent preventive treatment on transplacental transfer of anti-measles immunoglobulin-g antibodies in mother-infant pairs from Ahero sub-county hospital in Kisumu county, western Kenya

ARIERA, Bonface Ochieng (Maseno university, 2021)

Measles still remains one of the leading causes of vaccine preventable deaths globally with 140,000 deaths in 2019. These deaths occur despite the existence of a safe and effective measles vaccine. In Kenya, annual measles ...

Epstein bar virus strains in peripheral blood and saliva Of mother-child pairs in malaria holoend~mic regions With varying burkitt's lymphoma incidence rates

NAMUYENGA, Toko Eunice (Maseno university, 2010)

Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma is a polymicrobial childhood cancer disease mainly associated with EBV and plasmodium falciparum infections whose combined effects profoundly affect the B cell compartment. The exact role of ...