Browsing by Author "Maina, Alice N."
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Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural Western Kenya
Knobel, Darryn L.; Maina, Alice N.; Cutler, Sally J.; Ogola, Eric; Feikin, Daniel R.; Junghae, Muthoni; Halliday, Jo E. B.; Richards, Allen L.; Breiman, Robert F.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Njenga, M. Kariuki (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)We conducted serological surveys for Coxiella burnetii in archived sera from patients that visited a rural clinic in western Kenya from 2007 to 2008 and in cattle, sheep, and goats from the same area in 2009. We also ... -
High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural Western Kenya: Implications for human health
Maina, Alice N.; Omulo, Sylvia A.; Jiang, Ju; Cutler, Sally J.; Ade, Fredrick; Ogola, Eric; Feikin, Daniel R.; Njenga, M. Kariuki; Cleaveland, Sarah; Mpoke, Solomon; Ng'ang'a, Zipporah; Breiman, Robert F.; Knobel, Darryn L.; Richards, Allen L. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2015-10)Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Despite being important causes of systemic febrile illnesses ... -
Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis)
Maina, Alice N.; Luce-Fedrow, Alison; Omulo, Sylvia; Hang, Jun; Chan, Teik-Chye; Ade, Fredrick; Jima, Dereje D.; Ogola, Eric; Hong, Ge; Breiman, Robert F.; Njenga, Moses K.; Richards, Allen L. (International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2016-11)A novel rickettsial agent, ‘Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis’ strain NMRCiiT, was isolated from cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, from Kenya. Genotypic characterization of the new isolate based on sequence analysis of ... -
Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya
Jiang, Ju; Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn L.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Laudisoit, Anne; Wamburu, Kabura; Ogola, Eric; Parola, Philippe; Breiman, Robert F.; Njenga, Kariuki M.; Richards, Allen L. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2013)The flea-borne rickettsioses murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) and flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) (Rickettsia felis) are febrile diseases distributed among humans worldwide. Murine typhus has been known to be endemic to ...