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Shrinking a large dataset to identify variables associated with increased risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Western Kenya
(Cambridge University Press, 2015-04-16)
Large datasets are often not amenable to analysis using traditional single-step approaches. Here,
our general objective was to apply imputation techniques, principal component analysis (PCA),
elastic net and generalized ...
Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs entering the food chain in western Kenya
(open access at Springerlink.com, 2015-11-18)
Three hundred forty-three pigs slaughtered and
marketed in western Kenya were subjected to lingual examination
and HP10 Ag-ELISA for the serological detection of
Taenia solium antigen. When estimates were adjusted for ...
PfEMP1 DBLα Sequence Tags in Genomic DNA of P. falciparum Field Isolates from Two Malaria Endemic Sites in Kenya
(Mount Kenya University, 2015)
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa. PfEMP1 protein, coded for by a family of about sixty variant var genes, is a parasite protein
found ...
Fitness cost of resistance for lumefantrine and piperaquine-resistant Plasmodium berghei in a mouse model
(Mount Kenya University, 2015)
The evolution of drug-resistant parasites is a major hindrance to malaria control, and thus understanding
the behaviour of drug-resistant mutants is of clinical relevance. The study aimed to investigate how resistance ...
The Influence of Socio-economic, Behavioural and Environmental Factors on Taenia spp. Transmission in Western Kenya: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Humans and Pigs
(Wardrop et al, 2015-12-07)
Taenia spp. infections, particularly cysticercosis, cause considerable health impacts in
endemic countries. Despite previous evidence of spatial clustering in cysticercosis and the
role of environmental factors (e.g. ...
Reliability of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Measurements Taken by Community Health Nurses
(Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal, 2015-04)
Mid upper arm circumference-based diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition is seen as very attractive because it is assumed to be simple to use in measuring the arm and also requires a single cut-off without having to compute ...