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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among an urban population in Kenya
(American Diabetes Association, 2012)
OBJECTIVE
Developing countries are undergoing an epidemiologic transition accompanied by increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) linked to urbanization and lifestyle modifications. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster ...
Biosafety education relevant to genetically engineered crops for academic and non-academic stakeholders in East Africa
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2009)
Financial support: The work included in this publication was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development through the Program
for Biosafety Systems implemented by the International Food Policy ...
Differential Induction of Proteins in Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Cullicidae) Larvae in Response to Heavy Metal Selection
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Investigations were conducted to establish the magnitude and pattern of differential expression of
proteins due to generational selection of third instar An. gambiae s.s. larvae by cadmium, copper
and lead heavy metals, ...
A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2019)
Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production. We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of ...
Zoonotic pathogen seroprevalence in cattle in a wildlife–livestock interface, Kenya
(Springer US, 2019)
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Leptospira
spp. and risk factors of exposure in cattle in three zones with varying land use types and wildlife–
livestock ...
Seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease virus in cattle herds raised in Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020)
A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) seroprevalence and identify risk factors of exposure among cattle herds raised in three zones with different types of land use and progressively ...
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype epidemiology among PCV-10 vaccinated and unvaccinated children at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi County: a cross-sectional study
(Faculty of 1000 Ltd, 2018)
Background: Serotype replacement and emergence of multidrug resistant S.
pneumoniae has exacerbated the need for continuous regional serotype
surveillance especially in the developing world. We investigated S. ...