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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus- Sero-prevalence in Camels, Knowledge of Camel Handlers, Hygiene and Slaughter Practices at Athi-River Slaughterhouse, Machakos County, Kenya

Kamau, Esther Muthoni (JKUAT-COHES, 2023-06-21)

The dromedary camel is a reservoir and source for zoonotic transmission of Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus with similarity of camel and human-derived sequences. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, first identified ...
A model for Integrating Interprofessional Education in the Training of Health Professionals at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kithuci, Rosemary Kawira (JKUAT-COHES, 2022-10-25)

The quality of healthcare in a health care system is dependent on many factors among them the type of health professionals trained and released to the job market. Training health professionals in a way that ensures teamwork, ...
A Model of Focused Antenatal Care Determinants that Influence Delivery by Skilled Birth Attendants among Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Mbooni Sub-County, Makueni, Kenya

Kimani, Harun Mbugua (JKUAT-COHES, 2019-07-17)

Delivery by skilled birth attendants (SBA) improves the outcome of pregnancy during delivery and the postpartum period. Focused Antenatal Care (FANC) aims at providing individualized care to a woman attending ANC and ...
A model of pain management using opioid analgesics in Palliative Care Nursing in Kenya

Mutinda, Jostine Ndunge (JKUAT-COHES, 2021-11-04)

Satisfactory pain management is an essential component of palliative care which emphasizes on pain and symptom management in life-limiting disease. The three phased descriptive, analytical cross sectional research aimed ...
MODIFIABLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: (A CASE STUDY OF NAKURU G.K PRISON IN KENYA)

Anyangu, Samuel Amwayi (2014-04-03)

Prisoners constitute a high risk group for acquisition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection compared to the general population. The living settings of prisons are very condusive for tuberculosis (TB) transmission. ...
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE KNOCKDOWN RESISTANCE (KDR) GENE IN ANOPHELES GAMBlAE SENSU LATO AND ANOPHELES FUNESTUS COMPLEX POPULATIONS FROM KENYA

MUTUKU, MUTUNGA JAMES (Jkuat-COPAS, 2018-10-22)

ABSTRACT Insecticide resistance affects the re-emergence of vector-borne diseases and their control. Resistance to insecticides poses a risk to compromise the role of chemical vector control as a component of the ...
Molecular Characterisation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Determination of Drug Resistance among Antiretroviral Treated Patients Attending Kayanza District Hospital in Burundi

Butoyi, Pascal (2020-11-25)

The use of antiretroviral drugs to prolong lives of people living with HIV and AIDS and in their use in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is now firmly established in Sub-Saharan Africa .However, virological ...
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Patients Attending Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

Mutuku, Irene Mukenya (2013-04-05)

Increasing resistance to antibiotics among the Enterococcus spp., to a point where some clinical isolates are resistant to all standard therapies reduces the choices of antibiotics available to treat infections caused ...
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Escherichia coli in Captive and Wild Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) Gut

Waititu, Kenneth Kariuki (JKUAT-COHES, 2020-11-25)

Escherichia coli are normal microflora in the gut of warm-blooded animals but some strains are pathogenic to humans causing fatal diarrhea. Cases of antimicrobial resistance have been reported on E. coli isolated from ...
Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in non-typhoid salmonella from patients with bacteraemia admitted at the Aga Khan University Hospital

Lang'o Marcella Owuor (2013-04-05)

ABSTRACT In Africa, non-typhoid Salmonella (NTS) infections are common and self limiting, however, they present life-threatening complications especially in children and adults who are immunosuppressed. In these ...
Molecular characterization of HIV drug resistance mutations in protease and reverse transcriptase genes in treatment naïve and experienced patients in care in Eldoret, Kenya

Cheriro, Winfrida (COHES - JKUAT, 2018-02-09)

The Government of Kenya started offering ARV Therapy in public sector since 2003. Kenya is one of the six human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ‘high burden’ countries in Africa. Kenya HIV Estimates Report in 2014 indicated ...
Molecular characterization of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among ARV-treated female commercial sex workers in a Nairobi cohort

Meeme, Cisily Kananu (2014-05-19)

Antiretroviral drug resistance is a major contributing factor in treatment failure. Resistance to drugs develops as a result of mutations within the proteins targeted by drugs. Different HIV-1 subtypes follow different ...
Molecular Characterization of Human Papillomavirus Infections and Associated Cell-Mediated Immune Responses among Fishermen Co-Infected With HIV and HSV-2 in Kisumu, Kenya

Ondondo, Raphael Omusebe (JKUAT-COHES, 2019-07-17)

Persistent HPV infection is associated with cervical, vulvar, anal and penile cancers. High incidence rates of these cancers are observed in Africa compared to other parts of the world, with HIV co-infection exacerbating ...
Molecular Characterization of Human Respirovirus Type 3 Isolated in Kenya between 2010 and 2013

Mmata, Juliet Elusah (JKUAT-COHES, 2021-08-17)

Human respirovirus type 3 (HRV3) is among the leading causative agents of lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchiolitis in young children, ranking only second to the human respiratory syncytial ...
Molecular characterization of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from urine samples in Mater Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Thiong’o, Lawrence Njoroge (2013-05-21)

Multi-drug resistance among Gram negative bacteria is on the increase due to acquisition and expression of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL). The presence of ESBL producing organisms have been reported to affect the ...
Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Virus and its Associated Factors in Indigenous Chicken from Selected Regions in Kenya

Apopo, Auleria Ajiambo (JKUAT-COHES, 2022-07-29)

Indigenous chicken farming is a source of livelihood for rural and urban families in Kenya. However, the farmers experience challenges such as infections from Newcastle disease. Vaccination of flocks against Newcastle ...
Molecular Characterization of PGF Synthase-like Protein in Old and New World Species of Leishmania 2α

Majanja, Janet Masitsa (2015-06-25)

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and spread by the bite of infected sand fly species. Infection of mammals by Leishmania results in increased production of prostaglandins ...
Molecular Characterization of Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum PHISTB Proteins as Potential Targets of Naturally Acquired Immunity against Malaria in Humans

Isebe, Tony Imunyo (2021-09-13)

Plasmodium falciparum is known to cause the deadliest form of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Upon infection, remodeling of infected host red blood cells (iRBCs) by parasite-exported surface proteins occurs providing a ...
Molecular Characterization of Rift Valley Fever Virus during the East African Outbreak, 2006 – 2007

Nderitu, Leonard Maina (2014-05-07)

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a disease caused by Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV). It belongs to the phlebovirus family. It causes a febrile illness in livestock and humans. RVF outbreaks follow heavy rainfall and flooding. ...
Molecular Characterization of the Haemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Gene of Human Parainfluenza Virus Type-1 Isolated from Infants Aged 6-36 Months attending Mbagathi District Hospital Nairobi Kenya 2006-2010

Kiptinness, Joshua Kimutai (Molecular Medicine,JKUAT, 2016-03-01)

Human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1), a Paramyxovirus, is a leading cause of paediatric respiratory hospitalizations globally. Currently, there is no clinically successful vaccine against HPIV-1. Hence, there is need ...

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