Browsing by Author "LaBeaud, A.Desiree"

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    • Dengue and west Nile virus transmission in children and adults in coastal Kenya 

      Vu, David M; Banda, Tamara; Teng, Crystal Y; Heimbaugh, Chelsea; Muchiri, Eric M; Mungai, Peter L; Mutuku, Francis M; Brichard, Julie; Gildengorin, Ginny; Borland, Erin M; Powers, Ann M; Kitron, Uriel; King, Charles H; LaBeaud, A.Desiree (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017-01-01)
      Dengue virus (DENV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are important reemerging arboviruses that are underrecognized in many parts of Africa due to lack of surveillance. As a part of a study on flavivirus, alphavirus, and parasite ...

    • Development of a Real-Time Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for O'nyong-nyong virus and Evaluation with Clinical and Mosquito Specimens in Kenya 

      Waggoner, Jesse; Heath, Claire Jane; Ndenga, Bryson; Mutuku, Francis; Sahoo, Malaya K; Mohamed-Hadley, Alisha; Vulule, John; Mukoko, Dustan; LaBeaud, A.Desiree; Pinsky, Benjamin A (2017-07-29)
      O’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV), an alphavirus closely related to chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has been the documented cause of two large outbreaks in east Africa; however, little is known about the contribution of ONNV to cases ...

    • Pneumococcal Vaccine Response After Exposure to Parasites in Utero, in Infancy, or Mid-Childhood 

      Singer, Monica Nayakwadi; Heath, Claire; Muinde, Jackson; Gildengorin, Virginia; Mutuku, Francis M; Vu, David; Mukoko, Dustan; King, Christopher L; Malhotra, Indu J; King, Charles H; LaBeaud, A.Desiree (Pediatrics, 2017-04-04)
      ACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of mortality before age 5, but few studies examine details of childhood response to pneumococcal vaccine in less-developed settings. Although malnutrition, ...