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Validation of Gene Xpert and Lam Using Urine From Hiv Patients With Clinical Signs for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Attending the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Eldoret Kenyan
(Maseno University, 2016)
Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections have a global prevalence with high morbidity and mortality and Africa is the worst hit. The HIV and AIDS has profound impact on the TB epidemic in Kenya, where up to 60% of TB patients ...
The value of household contact investigation in control of drug-susceptible tuberculosis among children aged 0-5 years in Kisumu county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)
ABSTRACT Ninety percent (90%) of TB infections are self-limiting; 10% will progress into active or latent TB. Persons with latent TB cannot spread disease but can go on to become infectious cases later. The risk of TB ...
Antimycobacterial activity of persea americana and conventional drugs susceptibility against molecular isolates of mycobacteria from new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in kisumu county, kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)
ABSTRACT
Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Challenges in the diagnosis and identification of the causative agent among members of mycobacteria in TB patients due to ...
The Role of Cytokine Immune Responses in Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients Co-Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(Maseno University, 2019)
The gold standard for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is either isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) by culture or detection of Mtb-specific nucleic acids by molecular methods. However, apart from laboratory ...
Epidemiology of Pruritic Papular Eruption and Major Hiv Related Skin Diseases Affecting New Patients in Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital
(Maseno University, 2014)
Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) is a skin disease exclusively found in HIV seropositive
individuals. It is characterised by eruption of extremely itchy papules, conspicuous blemishes
and a profound negative impact on ...
Evaluation of Social-Economic Returns on Investment Among Households Beneficiaries of National Total Sanitation Programme in Busia County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)
Poor sanitation remains a public health problem. About 21 million Kenyans use unsanitary or shared
latrines while 5.6 million have no latrine at all and defecate in the open. Busia County was among the
counties with the ...
Cytokine and Chemokine Responses to Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Vaccine Candidate Antigens During a Period of Interrupted Malaria Transmission in a Highland Area of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)
Longitudinal studies of cytokine responses to Plasmodium Jalciparum (P. Jalciparum)
antigens have depicted the acquisition and maintenance of clinical immunity, which
developswith age. While the balance between cytokines ...
Characteristics of Road Traffic Injuries to Pedestrians in Nairobi, Kenya: Implications for Urban Safety Planning
(Maseno University, 2014)
Every day around the world, almost 16 000 people die from all types of injuries. The category of
injuries worldwide is dominated by those incurred in road crashes which account for around 25%
of all deaths from injury. ...
Spatial Distribution and Habitat Characterisation Of Mosquitoes and Vector Snails, and Community Perceptions on Malaria and Schistosomiasis in Relation To Aquatic Habitats, In Lake Victoria Basin of Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)
Infections with vector-borne parasites are common in human populations inhabiting tropical regions of
the world. Malaria and schistosomiasis are endemic along Kenyan Lake Victoria basin (LVB), and their
vectors are fresh ...
Prevalence, Antimicrobial Patterns and Evaluation Of Different Methods for Controlling Pathogenic Microbes in Water and Fish from Lake Victoria and Its Basin in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2012)
Fish is a very important foodstuff in developing countries due to its high protein content and
other nutritional value. Fish contamination by microbes, mainly bacteria and fungi, may lead
to food poisoning characterized ...