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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 non-synonymous polymorphism in IL-23R Gene (rs1884444) is associated with reduced risk to schistosomiasis-associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory S...
(BioMed Central, 2014-06-10)
Background Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Schistosomiasis co-infection is
common among residents at the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. About 36% of this
population initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) ...
Clinical chemistry profiles in injection heroin users from Coastal Region, Kenya
(Biomed central, 2014-07-09)
Background Although the co-burden of injection drug use and HIV is increasing in Africa,
little is known about the laboratory markers of injection drug use and anti-retroviral treatment
(ART) in Kenyan injection drug ...
Changes in antigen-specific cytokine and chemokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in a highland area of Kenya after a prolonged absence of malari...
(American Society for Microbiology, 2014-09-01)
Individuals naturally exposed to Plasmodium falciparum lose clinical immunity
after a prolonged lack of exposure. P. falciparum antigen-specific cytokine responses have
been associated with protection from clinical ...
Efficacy of long lasting insecticidal nets compromised by insecticide resistance
(Research Information Ltd, 2014-01-01)
Malaria control is heavily reliant on the use of insecticides given that the two most
common control tools, long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) and indoor residual sprays are
both insecticide based. Of these, the ...