Browsing Department of Public Health by Author "Jura, Walter G"
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Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya
Watsierah, Carren A; Jura, Walter G; Raballah, Evans; Kaseje, Dan; Abong'o, Benard; Ouma, Collins (BioMed Central, 2011-04-20)The appropriate use of anti-malarial drugs determines therapeutic efficacy and the emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria. Strategies for improving drug compliance require accurate information about current ... -
A non-synonymous polymorphism in IL-23R Gene (rs1884444) is associated with reduced risk to schistosomiasis-associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory S...
Ogola, George O; Ouma, Collins; Jura, Walter G; Muok, Erick O; Colebunders, Robert; Mwinzi, Pauline N (BioMed Central, 2014-06-10)Background Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Schistosomiasis co-infection is common among residents at the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. About 36% of this population initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) ... -
Sickle cell trait is not associated with endemic Burkitt lymphoma: An ethnicity and malaria endemicity‐matched case–control study suggests factors controlling EBV...
Mulama, David H; Bailey, Jeffrey A; Foley, Joslyn; Chelimo, Kiprotich; Ouma, Collins; Jura, Walter G; Otieno, Juliana; Vulule, John; Moormann, Ann M (2014-02)Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and Plasmodium falciparum coinfections. Malaria appears to dysregulate immunity that would otherwise control EBV, thereby contributing to eBL ...