Browsing School of Biological, Physical, Mathematics & Actuarial Sciences by Subject "Malaria transmission"

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    • Effect of climatic variability on malaria trends in Baringo County, Kenya 

      Edwin, K. Kipruto; Ochieng, Alfred O.; Anyona, Douglas N.; Mbalanya, Macrae; Mutua, Edna N.; Onguru, Daniel; Nyamongo, Isaac K.; Estambale, Benson B. (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 ...

    • Gametocytemia and Attractiveness of Plasmodium falciparum–Infected Kenyan Children to Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes 

      Busula, Annette O.; Mweresa, Collins K.; Masiga, Daniel; Logan, James G.; Sauerwein, Robert W.; Verhulst, Niels O.; Takken, Willem; De Boe, Jetske G. (The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017-06-13)
      It has been suggested that Plasmodia manipulate their vertebrate hosts to enhance parasite transmission. Using a dual-choice olfactometer, we investigated the attraction of Anopheles gambiae to 50 Kenyan children (aged ...