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Assessment of voiding function in inhabitants infected with Schistosoma haematobium.

Muhoho, ND; Watanabe, K; Mutua, WR; Kiliku, FM; Awazawa, T; Moji, Kazuhiko; Aoki, Y (Tropical Pediatrics, 2011-08)

Voiding function of Schistosoma haematobium infected students was evaluated in 45 schoolboys in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya, using a questionnaire and uroflowmetry. Sixty-eight schoolboys who were S. haematobium ...

Association of FCgamma receptor IIA (CD32) polymorphism with malarial anemia and high-density parasitemia in infants and young children.

Ouma, C.; Keller, C.C.; Opondo, D.A.; Were, T.; Otieno, Richard O.; Otieno, Micheal Frederick; Orago, A. S.; Ong'echa, J. M.; Vulule, JM; Ferrell, RE; Perkins, D. J. (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006-04)

Atypical Cervical Cytomorphologic Predictors: a Descriptive Study of Pre-Cervical Cancer Patients of Low Education in Kenya

Muitta, Esther; Were, Tom; Nyamache, Anthony; Muhoho, Ng’ethe (The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019)

Introduction: high risk HPV is the perpetrator of cervical cancer disease, however screening and vaccination is not included in cervical cancer prevention program within public hospitals in Kenya. This descriptive study ...

Cross-sectional Survey of Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure in Bodhei Village Located in a Transitional Coastal Forest Habitat in Lamu County, Kenya.

Muiruri, S.; Kabiru, Ephantus W.; Muchiri, E. M.; Hussein, H.; Kagondu, F.; LaBeaud, A. D.; King, C. H. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)

Few studies have focused on Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) transmission in less arid, transitional landscapes surrounding known high-risk regions. The objective of this study was to identify evidence of RVFV exposure in ...

The Demographic Characteristics of Mothers and their Compliance Levels with Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations in Nakuru Municipality, Kenya

Njeri, Kamau Anne; Kabiru, Ephantus; Mwaniki, . Joyce (Academic Journals, 2017-07)

Universally, optimal IYCF key indicators are low and current IYCF practices remain far from recommended levels. In Kenya, the National IYCF strategy recommends that infants should be exclusively breast fed for the first ...

Determinants of Disclosure on HIV Sero-Status among People Living With HIV and on Antiretroviral Treatment at Mombasa County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Joshua, K. M.; Alloys, O.; Aggrey, A. (EPRA International Journal of Research and Development (IJRD), 2020)

It is estimated that Kenya has 1.6 million people living with HIV and 88,000 new adult infections annually. The objective of this study was to explore the level of HIV sero – status disclosure and the disclosure outcomes ...

Drug Susceptibility Profiles of Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates From Patients in Informal Urban Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Kerubo, Glennah; Amukoye, Evans; Niemann, Stefan; Kariuki, Samuel (2016)

Background: Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance is an emerging health problem in Kenya and especially in slums. Slum environments create a conducive environment for the spread of tuberculosis (TB) due to high population density ...

Effect of Four Rounds of Annual School-Wide Mass Praziquantel Treatment for Schistosoma Mansoni Control on Schistosome Specific Immune Responses.

Ndombi, E. M.; Abudho, B.; Kittur, N.; Carter, J. M.; Korir, H.; Riner, D.K; Ochanda, H.; Lee, Y-M; Secor, W.E; Karanja, D.M; Colley, D.G (Wiley Online Library, 2018)

This study evaluated potential changes in antischistosome immune responses in children from schools that received 4 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) of praziquantel (PZQ). In a repeated cross-sectional study ...

Effects of Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Reproductive Tract of Women Attending Kwale Hospital in Kwale County, Kenya

Gitau, Jane M. N.; Muhoho, Ng’ethe; Kabiru, Ephantus (International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2017-06-17)

Background: Female genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) caused by Schistosoma haematobium is a significant public health problem among women living in endemic areas. An estimated 45 million women in sub-Saharan Africa are ...

Expression of p53 and HER2/Neu in Kenyan Women with Primary Ovarian Carcinoma

Mutuiri, A.P.; Nzioka, A.; Busarla, S.V.; Sayed, S.; Moloo, Z. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016)

Ovarian carcinomas are a leading cause of cancer mortality among women. Two of the more commonly described markers of prognostic significance in primary ovarian carcinomas are p53 and HER2/neu. Overexpression of both markers ...

Functional promoter haplotypes of interleukin-18 condition susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and childhood mortality.

Were, T.; Gichuki, C.W.; Ong'echa, J. M.; Ouma, Collins; Anyona, S.B.; Kempaiah, P.; Raballah, E.; Davenport, G. C.; Konah, S.N.; Vulule, J.M.; Hittner, James B.; Perkins, D. J. (PubMed, 2011)

Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children residing in regions where plasmodium falciparum transmission is holoendemic. Although largely unexplored in children with SMA, ...

Functional Studies of T Regulatory Lymphocytes in Human Schistosomiasis in Western Kenya

Ondigo, B. N.; Ndombi, E. M.; Nicholson, S. C.; Oguso, J. K.; Carter, J. M.; Kittur, N.; Secor, W. E.; Karanja, D. M. S.; Colley, D. G. (The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018)

Immunoregulation is considered a common feature of Schistosoma mansoni infections, and elevated levels of T regulatory (Treg) lymphocytes have been reported during chronic human schistosomiasis. We now report that the ...

Haplotypes of IL-10 promoter variants are associated with susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and functional changes in IL-10 production.

Ouma, C.; Davenport, G. C.; Were, T.; Otieno, Micheal Frederick; Hittner, James B.; Vulule, J. M.; Martinson, J.; Ong'echa, J. M.; Ferrell, R. E.; Perkins, D. J. (Human Genetics, 2008-11)

Health Seeking Behavior, Practices of TB and Access to Health Care among TB Patients in Machakos County, Kenya. A Cross-Sectional Study

Mutinda, Kasusu A.; Kabiru, Ephantus W.; Mwanik, Peter .K. (IISTE, 2014)

Despite efforts to implementation of the DOTS programme in Kenya since the year (1993) and achieving 100% coverage by the year 1996; new TB cases continue to emerge in communities, a significance of TB transmission. The ...

HIV Prevalence among Secondary School Student Blood Donors in Nairobi County, Kenya

Lorre, Moses C. O; Gicheru, M. M; Kabiru, E. W (International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2018-07)

The Human Immune deficiency Virus and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome situation in Kenya has affected blood collection in the country leading to a decline from 150,000 units to about 70,000 units annually, yet the ...

Impact of sanitation improved school latrine on latrine-related practices, perceptions attitude and occurrence of diarrhoea in children in Mwea Division, Kirinyaga District, Central Kenya

Ng'ethe, Muhoho; Mitsui, Y.; Mwandawiro, C. (Kenyatta University School of Medicine, 2015)

Background: School latrines in Mwea irrigation regions are unsanitary and unhygienic. School children who are the end point users of the latrines are exposed to the unhygienic conditions of the latrines and are likely ...

Multilocus sequence types and virulence determinants of hypermucoviscosity-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from community-acquired infection cases in Harbin, North China

Zhao, Jizi; Chen, Jie; Zhao, Ming; Qiu, Xiaohong; Chen, Xiaobei; Zhang, Wenli; Sun, Rui; Ogutu, James Opiyo; Zhang, Fengmin (National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2016)