School of Public Health and Community Development: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 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 ...