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SPATIO -TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES AND LEISHMANIASIS IN Mt. ELGON REGION, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2018)
This study determined the spatio–temporal distribution, natural infection and risk factors associated with phlebotomine sand flies and leishmaniasis in Mt. Elgon focus in 2015. Collections of sandflies were carried out for ...
HAEMOPARAMETERS IN FEMALE PATIENTS WITH THYROID GLAND DISORDER AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(University of Eldoret, 2015)
Thyroid gland disorders may lead to excessive or deficiency in release of thyroid hormones. The disorder commonly occurs in women and may affect various haemoparameters and present with unclear signs and symptoms not often ...
BIO-CONROL OF SELECTED BARLEY FUNGAL PATHOGENS USING Paenibacillus polymyxa KaI245 ISOLATED FROM SORGHUM RHIZOSPHERE IN WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
The use of agrochemicals in agriculture has several advantages but has been reported to cause phytotoxicity, hazardous to animals and the environment. In a quest to find alternatives, this study sought to test selected ...
EFFICACIES OF CHLORFENVINPHOS, AMITRAZ AND ALPHACYPERMETHRIN AND THEIR COMBINATIONS ON RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) DECOLORATUS TICKS FROM CATTLE IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
The one-host tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, is a ubiquitous ectoparasite of cattle in Nandi County, Kenya. For more than one decade, the County has used plunge dips to apply, either chlorfenvinphos, amitraz ...
ETIOLOGY OF LEAF RUST CAUSING FUNGI INFECTING SELECTED BRACHIARIA (Brachiaria mutica; Forssk) GENOTYPES IN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
These rust diseases causing pathogens are also of importance to many crops, hence the need to clarify the species delimitations in the natural lineages infecting brachiaria grass. The classification of yellow leaf rust ...
EFFECT OF HYPERTENSION ON RENAL FUNCTIONS IN DIABETICS ATTENDING A REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Hypertension affects and progressively reduces the filtering function of the kidney leading to chronic kidney disease. There are many incidences of people with high blood pressure hence chronic kidney disease is expected ...
INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS ATTENDING MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL ELDORET, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2017)
Intestinal parasitic infections are major public health problems in developing countries. The distribution of these infections is mainly associated with poor personal hygiene, environmental sanitations and limited access ...
NEMATODE INFECTION EFFECTS ON IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO VACCINE AND MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM CAPRIPNEUMONIAE ANTIGENS IN GOATS
(University of Eldoret, 2018)
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP), caused by Mycoplasma capricolum capripneumoniae (Mccp), is a highly contagious disease of goats with high morbidity and mortality in naïve goats and a major threat to food security. ...
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA IN CHILDREN FROM P. FALCIPARUM, HIV AND EBV PREVALENT SETTING AT MTRH IN WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2016)
Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is a B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that affects children in equatorial belt of Africa. The region overlaps geographic areas with high prevalences of infectious diseases. Differential diagnosis ...
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF STEM BORERS IN INTERCROPS OF Zea mays L., Sorghum bicolor L. AND THREE GRAMINAE REFUGIA IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY.
(University of Eldoret, 2012)
This study aimed at determining the relative abundance and distribution of stem borers in intercrops of Zea mays L. and Sorghum bicolor L. and three graminae refugia due to the great economic damages caused by the stem ...