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Comparison of GeneXpert and line probe assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin-mono resistance at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kenya
(BMC infectious disease, 2019)
The dual challenge of low diagnostic sensitivity of microscopy test and technical challenge of
performing a TB culture test poses a problem for case detection and initiation of Tuberculosis (TB) second-line
treatment. ...
Effect of Implementation of Free Maternity Policy on Selected Maternal and Newborn Health Indicators in Gem Sub- County, Siaya County, Western Kenya
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019-08-03)
Kenya introduced free maternity services in June 2013. The main study objective was to investigate the effect of this intervention on maternal and newborn health and specifically to determine differences in 4th antenatal ...
Fasciola gigantica: Comparison of the tegumental ultrastructure in newly excysted metacercariae and in vitro penetrated juvenile flukes indicates intracellular sources of molecules with vaccinal and immunomodulatory potential
(Elsevier, 2019)
Using in vitro procedures to prepare newly excysted metacercariae and gut-penetrated
juvenile Fasciola gigantica, the ultrastructural features of the tegumental syncytium and
perikarya of these ephemeral stages in the ...
Evaluation of the Implementation and utilisation of a Case Based Diseases Surveillance (electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Reporting (eIDSR-CBS)) in the West Nile …
(Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2019-12)
West Nile is vulnerable to repeated disease outbreaks due to instability and refugees
from South Sudan and Congo. Uganda is implementing integrated disease surveillance (IDSR) and
piloting electronic IDSR (eIDSR-CBS) ...
Alternative sigma factor B (σB) and catalase enzyme contribute to Staphylococcus epidermidis bioflm’s tolerance against physicochemical disinfection
(2019)
Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant cause of recalcitrant bioflm-associated infections, which
are often highly resistant to antibiotics. Thus, the use of physico-chemical agents for disinfection ofers
a more ...
Alternative sigma factor B (σB) and catalase enzyme contribute to Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm’s tolerance against physico-chemical disinfection
(Nature, 2019)
Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant cause of recalcitrant biofilm-associated infections, which are often highly resistant to antibiotics. Thus, the use of physico-chemical agents for disinfection offers a more ...