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Evaluation of three rapid diagnostic test kits in the diagnosis of plasmodium species infections among primary school children in Baringo County, Kenya
(scientific research, 2017)
Background: Due to the difficulty in implementing microscopy-based definitive diagnosis of malaria especially in resource-poor areas, rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits as alternatives have been developed by different ...
Standardization and validation of a cytometric bead assay to assess antibodies to multiple Plasmodium falciparum recombinant antigens
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2012-12-21)
Background
Multiplex cytometric bead assay (CBA) have a number of advantages over ELISA for antibody testing, but little information is available on standardization and validation of antibody CBA to multiple Plasmodium ...
Decreased prevalence of anemia in highland areas of low malaria transmission after a 1-Year interruption of transmission
(Oxford University Press, 2011-11-03)
Background. Malaria control campaigns have reduced malaria transmission to very low levels in many areas of Africa. Yet the extent to which malaria interruption or elimination might decrease the prevalence of anemia in ...
An ethnic-specific polymorphism in the catalytic subunit of glutamate-cysteine ligase impairs the production of glutathione intermediates in vitro
(ScienceDirect, 2010-09)
Glutathione plays a crucial role in free radical scavenging, oxidative injury, and cellular homeostasis. Previously, we identified a non-synonymous polymorphism (P462S) in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of ...
The Plasmodium falciparum antigen MB2 induces interferon-γ and interleukin-10 responses in adults in malaria endemic areas of Western Kenya
(PMC, 2013)
Background:
MB2 is a novel Plasmodium falciparum antigen of unknown function expressed in pre-erythrocytic and blood stages of infection in the human host. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin (IL)-10 responses to ...
Perennial transmission of malaria in the low altitude areas of Baringo County, Kenya
(BMC, 2017)
Background
Malaria causes the greatest public health burden in sub-Saharan Africa where high mortality occurs mainly in children under 5 years of age. Traditionally, malaria has been reported mainly in the lowlands endemic ...
Malaria hotspot areas in a highland Kenya site are consistent in epidemic and non-epidemic years and are associated with ecological factors
(BMC, 2006)
Background
Malaria epidemics in highland areas of East Africa have caused considerable morbidity and mortality in the past two decades. Knowledge of "hotspot" areas of high malaria incidence would allow for focused ...
Artisanal Fishing Supports Breeding of Malaria Mosquitoes in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2019)
Background: Everyday hundreds of people, mainly men, set out to take part in a vibrant artisanal capture fshing (ACF) industry on Lake Victoria. It is not known whether actions of artisanal fshers, in their unrelenting ...
Innovative Tools and OpenHDS for Health and Demographic Surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
(BMC, 2015-09-01)
Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other hand considered to be under-documented due to improper basic health ...
Spatial Heterogeneity of Malaria Vectors and Malaria Transmission Risk Estimated Using Odour-Baited Mosquito Traps
(BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-09-22)
Prior to the commencement of a large-scale malaria intervention study on Rusinga Island, western Kenya, intensive baseline surveillance of the mosquito population was performed using odour-baited traps. The survey aimed ...