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Prevalence, susceptibility patterns and risk factors associated with staphylococcus aureus presence in marketed milk and milk products within Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)
Staphylococcus aureus is a major food-borne pathogen that poses a serious threat to public health. In Kenya, with the continuous water shortage, proper sanitary conditions are not sufficiently met and hence pre-disposing ...
Post-Harvest Fungi Diversity and Level of Aflatoxin Contamination in Stored Maize: Cases of Kitui, Nakuru and Trans-Nzoia Counties in Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2015)
Aflatoxin contamination of maize in Africa poses a major threat to food security and the health of many African people. In Kenya, aflatoxin contamination of maize is high due to the environmental, agricultural and ...
Determination of Bacterial Composition, Heavy Metal Contamination and Physico-Chemical Parameters of Fish Pond Water in Abothuguchi Central, Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)
Fish farming has been practised all over the world for centuries. Throughout history, humans have used fish as a supplementary source of proteins and as a source of income. Fish performs all their body functions in water ...
Culturing, Characterization and Identification of Candidate Microorganisms in Cattle Ear, Responsible for Producing Volatile Constituents Attractive to the Brown Ear Tick
(Kenyatta University, 2015-09)
East Coast Fever is a disease of cattle which results in high animal mortality with corresponding economic losses to farmers and to the nation. The disease is caused by a protozoan agent whose vector is Rhipicephalus ...
Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of diarrhoeagenic escherichia coli isolated from children in Mukuru Informal Settlement, Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-06)
Diarrhoeal diseases in Kenya are among the five main causes of mortality in children younger than five years. Bacterial diarrhoea has been reported to account for up to 30 % of all cases of infantile diarrhoea. Among ...
Antimicrobial activity and qualitative phytochemical composition of crude extracts from medicinal plants against selected enteric bacterial pathogens and candida albicans
(Kenyatta University, 2016-09)
Plant extracts with medicinal value have been used to treat many diseases that can either be bacterial, fungal or parasitic among many others. Plants with medicinal value produce certain chemical elements known as ...
Efficacy of some medicinal plants used in various parts of Kenya in treating selected bacterial and fungal pathogens
(Kenyatta University, 2015-01)
Medicinal plants have been used since time immemorial to treat and prevent human
ailments. WHO indicates that up to 80% of the world’s population uses traditional
medicine. Infections caused by bacteria and fungi have ...
Prevalence of plasmodium infection and anaemiain primary school children following universal distribution of insecticide treated bed nets inkasipul, Homa-Bay county, Kenya
(2017-10)
Malaria is devastating diseases afflicting humans, in Kenya; the disease is endemic in areas around Lake Victoria and along the southern coast. Untreated malaria in school children, result in anaemia, reduced ability to ...
Nitrogen fixing potential of indigenous bradyrhizobia nodulating soybean varieties grown in Embu and Thara Kanithi Counties in Eastern Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-11)
Nitrogen deficiency in most African soils is the main factor limiting crop productivity.
Grain legumes such as soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril) can form a symbiotic
association with soil root nodule bacteria (rhizobia) ...
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Isolated from Urethral Discharges and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 2018-12)
Neisseria gonorrhoea has progressively developed resistance to previously used drugs and recently to fluoroquinolones. Currently, there have been reports of emergency of N. gonorrhoea strains with reduced susceptibility ...