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An assessment of facility-based care of diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure across western Kenya
(Kenya Medical Association, 2018)
Background: Low- and middle- income countries account for three-fourths of the global non- communicable disease related mortality. In response to the increasing number of non- communicable disease diagnoses in Kenya, the ...
Schoolchildren's Body Mass Index and Dietary Practices Vary Across Socio-Economic Status in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren at different levels of socio-economic status in Kenya. We explore children's weight status and ...
Types of injuries and treatment of pedestrians admitted to a referral hospital in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Routledge, 2017)
The commonly analyzed burden of road traffic injuries is at national or urban level, using road traffic fatalities per 100,000 population or 100,000 vehicles (for instance, see Chapter 4 in this book). While this scale of ...
Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of HIV Sero-Positive Patients in Longisa County Hospital, Kenya
(Kenya Nutritionists and Dietitians Institute (KNDI), 2018)
A holistic approach to natural resource management: A case of Lake Victoria Basin
(CRC Press, 2012)
Lake Victoria (LV), with a surface area of about 68,870 km2, is Africa’s largest and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. It lies at an altitude of 1134 m above sea level and relatively shallow with a maximum depth ...
Temporal genetic differentiation in Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly populations in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of both Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis
(HAT and AAT) in Kenya. The disease imposes economic burden on endemic regions in
Kenya, including south-western Kenya, which has ...
Association between Fcγ receptor IIA, IIIA and IIIB genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in children in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2017-04-20)
Background Naturally-acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria develops after
several episodes of infection. Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) bind to immunoglobulin G (IgG)
antibodies and mediate phagocytosis of ...
Haplotype of non-synonymous mutations within IL-23R is associated with susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in a P. falciparum holoendemic transmission area...
(BioMed Central, 2017-04-20)
Background Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in pediatric
severe malarial anemia (SMA) pathogenesis is a crucial step in the design of novel
therapeutics. Identification of host genetic ...
Multiple evolutionary origins of Trypanosoma evansi in Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2017-09-07)
Trypanosoma evansi is the parasite causing surra, a form of trypanosomiasis in
camels and other livestock, and a serious economic burden in Kenya and many other parts
of the world. Trypanosoma evansi transmission can ...