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Earth-eating and reinfection with intestinal helminths among pregnant and lactating women in western Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-03)
We conducted a longitudinal study among 827 pregnant women in Nyanza Province, western Kenya, to determine the effect of earth-eating on geohelminth reinfection after treatment. The women were recruited at a gestational ...
Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007-02-23)
Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminths is ubiquitous throughout Africa, although its public health significance remains a topic for which there are many unknowns. In this review, we adopted an empirical ...
Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted Helminths in Tana Delta District of Kenya: infection and morbidity patterns in primary schoolchildren from two isolated villages
(BioMed Central, 2016-02-03)
Schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) (hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides) are widely distributed in developing countries where they infect over 230 million and 1.5 billion people, respectively. ...
Effects of HIV-1 infection on malaria parasitemia in milo sub-location, western Kenya
(BMC, 2015)
Malaria and HIV infections are both highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV-infected patients
being at higher risk of acquiring malaria. HIV-1 infection is known to impair the immune response and may increase
the ...
Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): A randomised trial
(The Lancet, 2010-11)
Mobile (cell) phone communication has been suggested as a method to improve delivery of health services. However, data on the effects of mobile health technology on patient outcomes in resource-limited settings are limited. ...
Effect of climatic variability on malaria trends in Baringo County, Kenya
(Malaria Journal, 2017-05-25)
Malaria transmission in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya such as Baringo County, is seasonal and often influenced by climatic factors. Unravelling the relationship between climate variables and malaria transmission ...
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. I. Clinical and parasitological survey in an endemic community
(PubMed, 1994-04)
A cross-sectional parasitological and clinical survey for Wuchereria bancrofti infection was carried out in an endemic community of south-eastern Kenya, to obtain background epidemiological information for detailed serological ...
Bacterial meningitis in children admitted in hospitals within Nairobi.
(PubMed, 1998-02)
Four hundred and ninety nine children (aged between one month and five years) admitted with clinical features of meningitis were recruited in cross-sectional survey of bacterial meningitis in hospitals within Nairobi. ...
Comparison of four nitroimidazole compounds for treatment of symptomatic amoebiasis in Kenya.
(PubMed, 1989)
Four antiamoebic drugs currently used in many Kenyan hospitals and health centres were compared for their efficacy on symptomatic luminal amoebiasis in Kiambu, Kilifi, and Machakos hospitals during this study. The drugs ...
A study of the efficacy and safety of albendazole (Zentel) in the treatment of intestinal helmenthiasis in Kenyan children less than 2 years of age
(PubMed, 1989-03)
One hundred children comprising of 57 males and 43 females aged between 8 and 24 months entered the study. 46 children had single and 54 children had multiple helminth infections. All children received albendazole 200 mg ...