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Life history context of reproductive aging in a wild primate model
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-08-01)
The pace of reproductive aging has been of considerable interest, especially in regard to the long postreproductive period in modern women. Here we use data for both sexes from a 37‐year longitudinal study of a wild baboon ...
Demography of a population with a long history of poaching and the utility of the individual identification technique as a tool for monitoring intermittently studied elephant populations
(2016-09-01)
In many elephant populations in Africa, adverse effects of poaching including altered age and sex structure and long calving intervals continue to negatively impact the rate of recovery. The study reported here characterized ...
Balance of investment between parental care and mating effort in male baboons
(2011)
Non-monogamous males that provide care to their offspring face a potential conflict in
investment between paternal care and mating effort. This conflict arises either because of
resource or temporal constraints. I ...
Rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae using a bioluminescence-based phenotypic...
(Elsevier, 2014-04-01)
Accurate detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. (CP-CRA) constitutes a major challenge in laboratory diagnostics. We developed a ...
Comparison of in-house and commercial real time-PCR based carbapenemase gene detection methods in Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermenting gram-negative b...
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Background
Carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria are increasing globally and have been associated with outbreaks in hospital settings. Thus, the accurate detection of these bacteria in infections is mandatory for ...
Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance among Escherichia coli strains in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2016-04-04)
This study aimed to determine prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility profile and the genetic basis to antimicrobial resistance, targeting blaTEM gene expression of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among patients suffering ...
Altmann, Jeanne
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017-04-16)
Jeanne Altmann's attention to detail and remarkable sense of focus enabled her to overcome difficulties early in her career in order to give to science a wide‐ranging toolset, including her classic work on observational ...
Determinants of adoption of household drinking water treatment methods in Winam Division, Kisumu East District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
This research project report is about the study of determinants of adoption of household drinking water treatment methods in Winam Division, Kisumu East District, Kenya. In many parts of the developing world, drinking water ...
Prevalence Of Porcine Cysticercosis And Risk Factors For Taenia Solium Cysticercosis/taeniosis In Three Divisions Of Homa Bay District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
A cross sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Cysticercus cellolulosae in three
divisions of Homa Bay District. Pig farming in the district is mainly by free-range, with most farmers
keeping ...
Measurement of improvement achieved by participation in international laboratory accreditation in sub-Saharan Africa: the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi experience
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
As part of the ISO 15189:2007 accreditation process, the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi laboratory became the first internationally accredited hospital laboratory in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa in 2011 ...