School of Public health & Community Development: Recent submissions
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Access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and quinine in malaria holoendemic regions of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2014-07-28)Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been adopted as the most effective treatment against malaria in many endemic countries like Kenya while quinine has remained the second line. The objective of the current ... -
Pyrethroid susceptibility of malaria vectors in four Districts of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2014-07-04)Increasing pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors has been reported in western Kenya where long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the mainstays of vector control. To ensure the ... -
Determinants of cervical screening services uptake among 18–49 year old women seeking services at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital,...
(BioMed Central, 2014-08-06)Kenyan women aged≥ 15 years are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Currently, cervical cytology reduces cervical cancer incidence, since it allows for early diagnosis and treatment. Uptake of cervical screening ... -
Comparison of Amplicor HIV-1 DNA Test version 1.5 and Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 Qual test PCR assays for the diagnosis of HIV among HIV expose...
(2015)In Kenya PCR solutions are available for HIV diagnosis. However few studies have evaluated existing HIV diagnosis and determined the prevalence of HIV infection in infants resident in disease endemic regions of western ... -
THE EFFECT OF IN UTERO EXPOSURE THE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA ON CORD BLOOD T REGULATORY CELLS THE CYTOKINES IN KENYAN I...
(AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, 2015-10-01)The effect of in utero exposure the plasmodium falciparum malaria on cord blood t regulatory cells the cytokines in Kenyan infants -
HAPLOTYPES WITHIN THE NFKB1 PROMOTER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RISK OF SEVERE MALARIAL ANEMIA
(AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, 2015-10-01)Haplotypes within the NFKBI1 promoter are associated with risk of severe malaria anemia -
A Model on the Impact of Treating Typhoid with Anti-malarial: Dynamics of Malaria Concurrent and Co-infection with Typhoid
(2015)International Journal of Mathematical Analysis Vol. 9, 2015, no. 11, 541 - 551 HIKARI Ltd, www.m-hikari.com http://dx.doi.org/10.12988/ijma.2015.412403 … A Model on the Impact of Treating Typhoid with … Department ... -
Voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in nyanza, kenya: Evaluating technical efficiency and productivity of service delivery
(Public Library of Science, 2015-02-23)Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) service delivery is complex and resource-intensive. In Kenya's context there is still paucity of information on resource use vis- à-vis outputs as programs scale up. ... -
HIV-1 protease inhibitor drug resistance in Kenyan antiretroviral treatment-naive and-experienced injection drug users and non-drug users
(BioMed Central, 2015-08-11)Background Although injection drug use drives antiretroviral drug resistance, the prevalence of protease inhibitor (PI) resistance among Kenyan IDUs remains undetermined. We, therefore, explored PI resistance mutations ... -
HIV-1 protease inhibitor drug resistance in Kenyan antiretroviral treatment-naive and-experienced injection drug users and non-drug users
(BioMed Central, 2015-08-15)Background Although injection drug use drives antiretroviral drug resistance, the prevalence of protease inhibitor (PI) resistance among Kenyan IDUs remains undetermined. We, therefore, explored PI resistance mutations ... -
Reduced transplacental transfer of a subset of Epstein-Barr virus-specific antibodies to neonates of mothers infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria during pre...
(American Society for Microbiology, 2015-11-01)Over 35% of children in a region of malaria endemicity are infected with Epstein- Barr virus (EBV) by 6 months of age. This susceptibility may be linked to impaired transplacental transfer of antibodies. In this study, ... -
Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Springer International Publishing, 2015-12-01)Among all the malaria controlling measures, biological control of mosquito larvae may be the cheapest and easiest to implement. This study investigated baseline predation of immature mosquitoes by macroinvertebrate ... -
Presence of the knockdown resistance mutation, Vgsc-1014F in Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2015-12-01)Conclusion This is the first report of Vgsc-1014F in Kenya. Based on our samples, the mutation is present in low frequencies in both An. gambiae and An. arabiensis. It is important that we start monitoring relative ... -
Hepatitis B virus sero-profiles and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and Non-injection drug users from coastal Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2015-07-30)Background Information about HBV sero-markers, infection stages and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and non-injection drug users (IDUs) in Kenya remains elusive. Methods A cross-sectional study ... -
Effects of regional climate variability on the prevalence of diseases and their economic impacts on households in the Lake Victoria basin of Western Kenya
(Inderscience Publishers (IEL), 2016)Effects of regional climate variability on the prevalence of diseases and their economic impacts on households in the Lake Victoria basin of Western Kenya -
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS RESISTANCE TO ISONIAZID AND RIFAMPICIN IN A HIV-1 ENDEMIC POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA IN 2014
(BMJ Specialist Journals, 2017-02-01)Background The spread of mono-resistant and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been enhanced by delays in the identification of resistant strains. However, resistance gene patterns and the extent and ... -
HAPLOTYPES WITHIN NFKBIA PROMOTER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MALARIAL ANEMIA AND CIRCULATING IL-10 AND IP-10 LEVELS IN CHILDREN...
(AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, 2017-11-01)HAPLOTYPES WITHIN NFKBIA PROMOTER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MALARIAL ANEMIA AND CIRCULATING IL-10 AND IP-10 LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA -
Assessment of community health volunteers’ knowledge on cervical cancer in Kadibo Division, Kisumu County: a cross sectional survey
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women, with an estimated 530,000 new cases in 2012, representing 7.5% of all female cancer deaths. Of the estimated more than 270,000 deaths from cervical ... -
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 ... -
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 ...