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A Survey of Drug Use Patterns in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities, 1986-1987

Watson, Carol; Jillian, Fleming; Kerryn, Alexander (1988)
Description de Cercopithifilaria Verveti N. Sp. Filaire Sous-Cutanée D’un Cercopithèque au Kenya

Bain, O.; Wamae, C.N.; Reid, G. D. F. (Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp, 1989)

Description de la cinquieme espece de Cercopithifilaria de Primates en Afrique. Cette espece est parasite de cercopitheque, Cercopithecus aethiops, alors que les quatre autres sont parasites de babouins, Papio spp. ; le ...
Kinetics of Circulating Human IgG4 after Diethylcarbamazine and Ivermectin Treatment of Bancroftian Filariasis

Wamae, C.N.; Roberts, Jacquelin M.; Eberhard, Mark L.; Lammie, Patrick J. (The University of Chicago, 1992)

Patent filarial infections are associated with elevated levels of parasite-specific IgG4. This study investigated the shifts of filarial-specific human IgG and IgG4 antibodies after diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin treatment ...
Recovery of Schistosoma Haematobium Eggsin Venous Blood Collected For Diagnosis of Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection

Wamae, C.N.; Fujimaki, Y. (Taylor and Francis, 1996)

The Kenyan coast has long been known as an endemic area for schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium. Shimada et al.(1987), for example, found that 68·2% of the subjects they studied in Mwachinga village, Kwale ...
Haematuria in Coastal Kenya Is Associated With Schistosoma Haematobium but Not Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection

Wamae, C.N.; Lammie, P. J. (Transactions of the Royal Society of tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997)

Understanding the level of morbidity associated with filarial infections has assumed greater importance as part of efforts to provide better estimates of the global disease burden (WORLD BANK, 1993; WHO, 1994; MICHAEL et ...
Measuring solar radiation transmission in tropical agriculture using tube solarimeters; a warning

Mungai, D.N; Stigter, C.J; Coulson, C.L; Ng'etich, W.K; Muniafu, M.M; Kainkwa, R.M.R (1997)
Wuchereria Bancrofti in Kwale District, Coastal Kenya: Patterns of Focal Distribution of Infection, Clinical Manifestations and Anti-Filarial IgG Responsiveness

Wamae, C.N.; Gatika, S.M.; Roberts, J.M.; Lammie, P.J. (Cambridge University Press, 1998)

Across-sectional study of bancroftian ®lariasis was conducted in 2 adjacent communities, Mvumoni and Kilore in Muhaka, Kwale District. Wuchereria bancrofti infection, clinical manifestations and anti-®larial IgG responsiveness ...
Leaf area development, dry weight accumulation and solar energy conversion efficiencies of Phaseolus vulgaris L. under different soil moisture levels near Nairobi, Kenya

Muniafu, Maina; Macharia, Jimmy; Stigter, C.J; Coulson, G.L (1999)

Leaf area development, dry weight accumulation and solar energy conversion efficiencies of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv GLP-2 under two soil moisture levels in two contrasting seasons near Nairobi, Kenya were investigated. The ...
An Analysis of the Safety of the Single Dose, Two Drug Regimens Used in Programmes to Eliminate Lymphatic ﬁlariasis

Wamae, C.N. (Cambridge University Press, 2000)

This review of the safety of the co-administration regimens to be used in programs to eliminate lymphatic ﬁlariasis (albendazolejivermectin or albendazolejdiethylcarbamazine [DEC]) is based on 17 studies conducted in Sri ...
Evaluation of ICT Filariasis Card Test Using Whole Capillary Blood: Comparison with Knott's Concentration and Counting Chamber Methods

Njenga, S.M.; Wamae, C.N. (American Society of Parasitologists, 2001)

An immunochromatographic card test (ICT) that uses fingerprick whole blood instead of serum for diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis has recently been developed. The card test was validated in the field in Kenya by comparing ...
Palmar Pallor as an Indicator for Anthelminthic Treatment Among Children Aged 2- 4 Years - Western Kenya, 1998

Wamae, C.N.; Mwanza, J.; Makama, S. (American Medical Association, 2001)
Rational and Cost Effective Prescribing in Kenya; a Retrospective Case Study at the University of Nairobi Health Services for 1999

Maima, Apollo Odhiambo (2002)
Antimicrobial screening and phytochemistry of the following plants: Lannea stuhlmanii, Carissa edulis, Combretum fragrans, Conyza sumatrensis, Ormocarpum trichocarpum, Sida cuneifolia, Plumbago zeylanica, and Rhoicissus revoilii

Maima, Apollo Odhiambo (2004)
Short‐and long‐term hospital and community exercise programmes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Watson, Carol (2004)

Objective: Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD has been shown to be beneficial but the optimal setting is not known. In the present study, the efficacy of a short-term community-based exercise programme was ...
Detection of Virulence-related Genes by Multiplex PCR in Multidrug-resistant Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia Coli Isolates From Kenya and Japan

Bii, C. C.; Taguchi, H.; Ouko, T. T.; Muita, L. W.; WAMAE, C.N.; Kamiya, S. (Cambridge University Press, 2005-01-04)

We compared serotypes, drug susceptibility and presence of virulence-related genes in diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli isolates from children <5 years from Kenya (n=82) and Japan (n=47). Multiplex PCR was used to detect ...
Antifungal Drug Susceptibility of Cryptococcus Neoformans from Clinical Sources in Nairobi, Kenya

Bii, Christine C.; Makimura, Koichi; Abe, Shigeru; Taguchi, Haruhiko; Mugasia, Olga M.; Revathi, Gutura; Wamae, C.N.; Kamiya, Shigeru (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2006)

The serotypes and mating types of 80 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans from Kenya were studied and subjected to broth microdilution susceptibility testing to amphotericin B (AMP), flucytosin, fluconazole (FLC), ...
Potential for Biodiesel Production from Waste Cooking Oil/Fat In Kenya

Mbatia, Betty. N; Ogur, E; Makayoto, M; Moses, K; Abdallah, M; Maina, S; Muniafu, M (2006)
Cryptosporidiosis: Prevalence, Genotype Analysis, and Symptoms Associated With Infections in Children in Kenya

Gatei, Wangeci; Wamae, C.N.; Mbae, Cecilia; Waruru, Anthony; Mulinge, Erastus; Waithera, Tabitha; Gatika, Simon M.; Kamwati, Stanely K.; Revathi, Gunturu; Hart, Charles A. (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006)

Cryptosporidium parasites are leading causes of enteric disease, especially in children. A prospective survey on the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in children less than five years of age was undertaken at six microbiology ...
Community-Directed Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis in Kenya and Its Role in the National Programmes for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis

Wamae, C.N.; Njenga, Sammy M.; Kisingu, Wilfred M.; Muthigani, Pauline W.; Kiiru, Karanja (African Journal of Health Sciences,, 2006)

We conducted a prospective, cross-sectional study to examine and compare treatment coverage of lymphatic filariasis by the health system (HST) and a health system implemented, community-directed treatment for the control ...
Chronic Clinical Manifestations Related to Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection in A Highly Endemic Area in Kenya

Njenga, S.M.; Wamae, C.N.; Njomo, D.W.; Mwandawiro, C.S.; Molyneux, D.H. (Elsevier Ltd, 2006)

Clinical examinations were conducted in an effort to provide baseline data for a pilot filariasis elimination programme implemented in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic focus in Malindi district, Kenya. Of 186 males aged 15 ...

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