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The Role of Income Generating Activities in Sustainable Retention of Community Health Volunteers in Primary Health-Care Service Provision in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Annals of Community Health, 2020)
The role of community health volunteers (CHVs) in provision of primary health-care (PHC) has been widely acclaimed as poignant. CHVs help not only in addressing shortage in trained health workers but also in improving ...
Factors influencing anti-retroviral therapy uptake among HIV positive and exposed children aged below 14 years in Meru North District, Kenya
(EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2018)
Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) is a major intervention for children infected and exposed to HIV infection and it influences their morbidity and mortality.Objective: To investigate factors influencing ARV uptake in HIV ...
Esteem Needs and the Retention of Community Health Volunteers in Primary Health Care Service Provision in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Annals of Community Health, 2020)
The main objective of this study was to investigate how the self-esteem of the Community health volunteers (CHVs) influences the retention of CHVs in primary health-care (PHC) service provision. The study design was ...
Proteome Profiling by Label‐Free Mass Spectrometry Reveals Differentiated Response of Campylobacter jejuni 81–176 to Sublethal Concentrations of Bile Acids
(PROTEOMICS–Clinical Applications, 2019)
Purpose
Bile acids are crucial components of the intestinal antimicrobial defense and represent a significant stress factor for enteric pathogens. Adaptation processes of Campylobacter jejuni to this hostile environment ...
Proteotyping as alternate typing method to differentiate Campylobacter coli clades
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019)
Besides Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli is the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. C. coli is subdivided into three clades, which are associated with sample source. Clade 1 isolates are ...
SEROPREVALENCE OF CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACIAMONG EMPLOYEES OF TWO GERMAN DUCK FARMS
(Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017)
Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that is caused by Chlamydophila psittaci. To determine the occupational risk of getting the infection, we investigated the seroprevalence of C. psittaci among employees of two ...
Hepatitis B and C virus co-infections and genetic diversity among HIV-1 infected individuals in Siaya County, Kenya
(EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2021)
Objectives: The present study determined the prevalence of HBV/HCV coinfections; genetic diversity and drug resistance of HBV among HIV infected
patients visiting Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya.
Design: This was ...
Molecular identification and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates from urine samples of African buffalo, eland and cattle
(International Journal of Applied Biology, 2021)
Presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in natural environment is an escalating risk of serious implication on human and animal health. Livestock and wildlife have been long recognized as reservoirs for antibiotic resistant ...
Proteotyping as alternate typing method to diferentiate Campylobacter coli clades
(2019)
Besides Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli is the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis
worldwide. C. coli is subdivided into three clades, which are associated with sample source. Clade
1 isolates are ...
Isoniazid and Rifampicin Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in HIV Endemic Region of Western Kenya
(East Africa Science, 2022-03)
Tuberculosis drug resistance is often associated with inadequate anti-tuberculosis treatment regimen resulting to mutations that confers resistance to anti-tuberculosis agents. This is aggravated by synergetic relationship ...