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Validation of Gene Xpert and Lam Using Urine From Hiv Patients With Clinical Signs for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Attending the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Eldoret Kenyan

IDDAH, Maulid Ali (Maseno University, 2016)

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections have a global prevalence with high morbidity and mortality and Africa is the worst hit. The HIV and AIDS has profound impact on the TB epidemic in Kenya, where up to 60% of TB patients ...
The Value of Household Contact Investigation in Control Of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Among Children Aged 0-5 Years in Kisumu County Kenya.

BURMEN, Barbara K. (Maseno University, 2018)

Ninety percent (90%) of TB infections are self-limiting; 10% will progress into active or latent TB. Persons with latent TB cannot spread disease but can go on to become infectious cases later. The risk of TB infection ...
The Role of Cytokine Immune Responses in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients Co-Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

KISUYA, Wapang’ana Job (Maseno University, 2019)

The gold standard for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is either isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) by culture or detection of Mtb-specific nucleic acids by molecular methods. However, apart from laboratory ...

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