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Community-acquired Invasive Bacterial Disease in Urban Gambia, 2005–2015: A Hospital-based Surveillance
(Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019)
"Background: Invasive bacterial diseases cause significant disease and death in sub-Saharan Africa. Several are vaccine preventable, although the impact of new vaccines and vaccine policies on disease patterns in these ...
The Occurrence and Pathological Characterization of Rust Causing Fungi of Brachiaria Grass in Kenya
(African Journal of Education Science and Technology, 2019)
Brachiaria grass is one of the most important grasses distributed throughout the tropics especially in Africa. The quality of forage yields and biomass of brachiaria is negatively affected by diseases among which leaf spot, ...
Effects of Mondia Whitei ‘Mukombero’ on Sperm Parameters in Male Albino Rat
(Africa Environmental Review Journal, 2019)
Infertility affects about 8 to 12% of the world’s population and, in about half of cases, men are either the single cause or contribute to the couple’s infertility. Many indigenous plants have been reported to be effective ...
Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Childhood Diarrhoea in Mukuru Slums, Nairobi - Kenya
(Journal of Advances in Microbiology, 2019)
Diarrhoea in young children continues to be a major public health concern in developing countries, including Kenya. Poor sanitation among other factors can predispose a child to diarrhoea. Therefore, the present study ...
The antimicrobial activity of the leaves of Urtica massaica on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli.
(Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 2019)
Medicinal plants have great potential for providing novel drug leads with novel mechanism of action. The present study aimed at determining the antimicrobial activityand phytochemical profile of methanol and ...
Effect of Charcoal Filters Integrated with Moringa oleifera Seed Extracts on Microbial Population in Water from Unprotected Sources of Kapseret Division, Kenya
(Journal of Advances in Microbiology, 2019)
This study was carried out in Kapseret Division of Uasin Gishu County. Random sampling was used
to identify 5 different rivers in the study area from which water samples were collected and analyzed
using standard ...
Antifungal Potential of Curcuma longa (Tumeric) and Zingiber officinale (Ginger) against Alternaria alternata Infecting Spinach in Kenya
(World Journal of Agricultural Research, 2019)
Spinach diseases caused by Alternaria spp. are one of the most significant devastating pathogens to
spinach in Kenya and worldwide. Alternaria alternata has been associated with great losses in spinach both in total ...
Microscopy Underestimates the Prevalence of Trypanosomes’ Infection in Asymptomatic Cattle and Sheep in a Lowland Area within the Kenyan Rift Valley
(Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019)
Animal trypanosomosis continues to impede animal production in sub-Saharan
Africa mostly in locations where tsetse flies are endemic. This has ended up
devastating many livelihoods where majority of the people depend ...
The Susceptibility of Biomphalaria spp. from Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya against Schistosoma mansoni Miracidia Infection
(J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2019)
Schistosomiasis as a neglected disease is second to malaria in its adverse effect to public
health and socioeconomics impact in the tropics and sub-tropical of the developing coun tries where 90% of 249 million people ...
Optimizing a Gravid Mosquito Resting Box to Enhance Auto-dissemination of Larvicides under Semi-Field Conditions in Western Kenya
(Journal of Mosquito Research, 2019)
Malaria control strategies are challenged by emergence of insecticide resistance and behavioral changes of the vector.
New vector management tools are required to avert control failure. The aim of this study was to ...