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HealthBasedPropagatedOccupationalHealthEpidemics Associated with Overstayed and Congested Unclaimed Corpses in Public Mortuaries ofWestern Kenya
(2022)Quality Uptake of Occupational health epidemics, in infection prevention control, measures, endure the crucial area of public health surveillance in public facility mortuaries. When handling potentially infectious ... -
Healthcare provider and pregnant women’s perspectives on the implementation of intermittent screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2021)In malaria endemic regions in Kenya, pregnant women are ofered long-lasting insecticidal nets and intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) at antenatal care (ANC) to prevent the adverse ... -
Healthcare provider perspectives on delivering next generation rotavirus vaccines in five low-to-middle-income countries
(Public Library of Science, 2022-06-23)Live oral rotavirus vaccines (LORVs) have significantly reduced rotavirus hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. However, LORVs are less effective in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Next-generation rotavirus ... -
Heart disease and stroke statistics—2017 update: a report from the American Heart Association
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together in a single document ... -
Heavy metal concentrations in sediments, Soil, waters and mosses around Pan African paper mills, Webuye
(Maseno university, 2010)Atomic absorption spectroscopic analysis of soils, sediments, water and mosses in the vicinity of Pan African Paper Mills, Webuye, Kenya has revealed the prevalence of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cr, Cd, Fe and Pb in the ... -
Heavy metals in surface sediments of lake naivasha, kenya: Spatial distribution, source identification and ecological risk assessment
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)Heavy metals retained in sediments pose a threat to aquatic ecosystem and society. Knowledge of the status and sustainability of lake sediment in areas undergoing rapid economic development is scarce, and yet it is required ... -
Helminth parasites of farmed fish and water birds in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 2018; 6(3): 06-12, 2018)Aquaculture products demand has increased due to population growth, declining natural fish stocks and government aquaculture promotion. Intensification alters natural fish environment and new infections emerge. Parasite ... -
HEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AS ALTERNATIVE MARKERS OF STOCKING DENSITY- INDUCED STRESS IN CULTURED NILE TILAPIA, (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758) UNDER CULTURE CONDITIONS.
(Maseno University, 2022)Fish and fisheries play a significant role in meeting nutritional food security, more so of the poor communities in the low and middle income countries (LMIC).Oreochromis niloticusisone the most valuable warm water fishes ... -
Hematological Characteristics of Infants and Young Children Presenting with Different Levels of Malarial Anemia at a Rural District Hospital in Western Kenya.
(American Society of Hematology, 2006)n areas of intense P. falciparum exposure, such as western Kenya, the most lethal complication of malaria is severe malarial anemia (SMA). The pathogenesis of SMA is multi-factorial and not fully understood. Our ongoing ... -
Hematological predictors of increased severe anemia in Kenyan children coinfected with Plasmodium falciparum and HIV‐1
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-04-01)Malaria and HIV-1 are coendemic in many developing countries, with anemia being the most common pediatric hematological manifestation of each disease. Anemia is also one of the primary causes of mortality in children ... -
Hemifacial spasm: case report
(Kenya Medical Association, 2006-07)A 53 year old lady with diabetes mellitus presented with right hemi-facial spasm (HFS). Brain MRI Scan revealed extensive pan-sinusitis and mild bilateral mastoiditis. She responded well to intravenous ceftriaxone therapy ... -
Hemoglobin Kenya, the product of a gamma-beta fusion gene: studies of the family.
(Elsevier, 1973-09)Recently, we reported the discovery of a new hemoglobin variant, Hb Kenya, in a 26-year-old Kenyan of the Nilotic Luo tribe [1]. Chemical characterization of the non-a chain of this hemoglobin showed that the amino ... -
Hemoglobinopathies, merozoite surface protein-2 gene polymorphisms, and acquisition of Epstein Barr virus among infants in Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2023)Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-associated endemic Burkitt’s Lymphoma pediatric cancer is associated with morbidity and mortality among children resident in holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum regions in western Kenya. P. falciparum ... -
heoretical Realization of a Two Qubit Quantum Controlled-NOT Logic Gate and a Single Qubit Quantum Hadamard Logic Gate in the Anti-Jaynes-Cummings Mode
(ResearchGate, 2021)The interactive and cumulative effect of temperature and rainfall on land cover change is a priority at global, regional and local scale. This study examined changes in six land cover categories (forestland, grasslands, ... -
Hepatitis B and C virus co-infections and genetic diversity among HIV-1 infected individuals in Siaya County, Kenya
(EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2021)Objectives: The present study determined the prevalence of HBV/HCV coinfections; genetic diversity and drug resistance of HBV among HIV infected patients visiting Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya. Design: This was ... -
Hepatitis B virus genetic multiplicity and the associated HBV lamivudine resistance mutations in HBV/HIV co-infection in Western Kenya: A review article
(Elsevier, 2021)ackground: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infections are common as the two viruses use same routes of transmission. Studies show that HIV infection modifies the natural course of chronic ... -
Hepatitis B virus sero-profiles and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and Non-injection drug users from coastal Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2015-07-30)Background Information about HBV sero-markers, infection stages and genotypes in HIV-1 infected and uninfected injection and non-injection drug users (IDUs) in Kenya remains elusive. Methods A cross-sectional study ... -
Hepatoprotective activity of liv-52 on rifampicin and isoniazid induced liver toxicity in adult albino rats (rattus norvegicus)
(Maseno Univertsity, 2023)Liver toxicity refers to injury to the liver due to drugs, chemical or environmental toxins. Rifampicin (RIF) and Isoniazid (INH) are two main medicinal drugs used as first line regimen in the treatment of Tuberculosis. ... -
Herbicide applied to imidazolinone resistant-maize seed as a Striga control option for small-scale African farmers
(Weed Science Society of America, 2012-04)Striga is a major constraint to food production in Africa. Most technologies developed for the eradication of Striga asiatica from the United States are not adaptable to Africa. Imazapyr and pyrithiobac coated imidazolin ... -
Hidden shame: sexual abuse against children with physical disabilities in rural Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2014)Sexual abuse has for a long time been recorded in literature, art and science in many parts of the world. Reports of defilement, indecent assault, rape and other forms of sexual abuse against children with physical ...