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The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum and its relationship to the nutritional status of HIV- positive children suffering from diarrhea in Western Kenya
(Kenya Society of Microbiology, 2005-10-17)
In this study, prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum was studied in relationship to nutrition amongst HIV positive children
with diarrhea as a presenting sign. Watery to loose stool and whole blood specimen were collected ...
Coming of age: steroid hormones of wild immature baboons, Papio cynocephalus.
(2005)
Large gaps exist in our knowledge about common patterns and variability in the endocrinology of immature nonhuman primates, and even normal hormonal profiles during that life stage are lacking for wild populations. In the ...
Association of Fcγ receptor IIA (CD32) polymorphism with malarial anemia and high-density parasitemia in infants and young children
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006)
Protective immunity against Plasmodium falciparum is partially mediated through binding of malaria-specific IgG antibodies to Fcγ receptors. Polymorphic variability in Fcγ RIIa (H/R-131) is associated with differential ...
Occurrence of Trypanosoma in Nile tilapia in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Sokoine university of agriculture, 2008)
Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) and Lates niloticus (Nile perch) are the most abundant species and economically important fish in Lake Victoria. The former are omnivores and the latter are carnivorous. The carrier ...
Multidrug resistance of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Typhimurium isolated from clinical samples at two rural hospitals in Western Kenya
(The journal of infection in developing countries, 2008-04-01)
The threat to human health posed by antibiotic resistance is of growing concern. Many commensals and pathogenic organisms have developed resistance to well established and newer antibiotics. This is a cross-sectional study ...
Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of clinical isolates Salmonella serovar Typhimurium in western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi., 2009)
Salmonella spp. are recognized as some of the most common causes of enteritis worldwide. This study aimed to identify
clinically isolated S. Typhimurium in western Kenya and to assess antimicrobial resistance profiles and ...
Farm management practices and-their effects on yield, disease incidence and pest density of·banana and groundnut in western Kenya: planting density, intercropping and banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Gleoptera: Curculionidae) trapping
(East African Journal of Life Sciences, 2004-11-01)
Studies on the effects of pseudostem trapping, plant density and intercropping on the banana
weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar. populations and crop yields were conducted in
western Kenya from 1994 to 1997. The objective ...
Occurrence and genotypic characterization of Diplostomum species (Digenea: 2 Diplostomidae) in Oreochromis niloticus L. and snail vectors in Kisumu 3 municipality 4
(Maseno University,Department of Zoology, 2005)
Diplostomum species metacercariae, are trematodes that pose economic threat to aquaculture
practice globally. Despite their diversity, species identification is difficult owing to their striking
morphological similarities, ...
Suppression of RANTES in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria
(Haematologica, 2006)
Severe malarial anemia (MA) is the primary manifestation of severe malaria among
children in areas of holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Although overproduction of inflammatory-derived cytokines are implicated ...
Fundamental Investigation of Vesicle Bilayer Membrane Dynamics
(Western Michigan University, 2007)
We studied the bilayer of vesicles from dimyristolyphosphatidylcholine (DMPC), using nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD) probes, attached to the head (NBD-PE) and the tail (NBD-PC) of phospholipid derivatives. We characterized the ...