Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and compliance with hepatitis B vaccination schedules among outpatient clinic attendees in Nairobi.

Autor: Benard Langat, Edward K Muge, Doris Night, Fredrick Okoth, Kevin O Ochwedo, Elijah M Songok

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 2, p e0281256 (2023)

BackgroundHepatitis B is becoming a growing public health problem in Kenya. To combat the threat, HBV vaccination should be recommended, particularly for individuals who are not covered by the national immunization program. Vaccination provides sero-

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Global and regional epidemiology of HIV-1 recombinants in 1990–2015: a systematic review and global survey

Autor: Dawit Wolday, Neil Parkin, Bryan Schroeder, Mary S. Campbell, Barbara Ensoli, Jean-Claude Karasi, Connie Celum, Ard van Sighem, Marcia L. Kalish, Gillian Hunt, Jurgen Vercauteren, Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou, Beth Chaplin, Alex Carrera, Ruth L. Goodall, Guido van der Groen, Martine Peeters, Leondios G. Kostrikis, Edward Karamov, Francine E. McCutchan, Cecilia Rademeyer, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Michael M. Thomson, Fred Mhalu, Christopher M. Parry, Florian Neuhann, Jean-Marc Reynes, James I. Mullins, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Pontiano Kaleebu, Phyllis J. Kanki, Christine Rousseau, Deepak A Gadkari, Luzia Mayr, Kristel Van Laethem, Vincent Foulongne, Guy Michel Gershy-Damet, Lesley Wallace, Mika Salminen, Carolyn Williamson, John L. Mokili, África Holguín, Horacio Salomon, James Brandful, Alexandra Pelletier, Philippe Van de Perre, Xiang He, Tyna Tran, Marie Bruckova, Jianqing Xu, Monick Lindenmeyer-Guimarães, Stefano Buttò, Anoumou Y. Dagnra, Deenan Pillay, Doreen Mloka, Aleksei F Bobkov, Mejda Nasr, Ivette Lorenzana de Rivera, Kenneth E. Robbins, Elisabeth Menu, Ruengpung Sutthent, María Gabriela Barbás, Hervé Fleury, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Rong Zhang, Luigi Buonaguro, Linqi Zhang, David D. Ho, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Chris P. Archibald, Mario L. Santiago, Dennis Ellenberger, Boaz Avidor, Peter N. Fonjungo, Claudine Nolte, Nicole Vidal, Silvia Bertagnolio, Mohamed Ali Bel Hadj Kacem, Philippe Nyambi, Marianna Ofner, Abdoulaye Dieng Sarr, Rafael Nájera, Chun Kang, Claudia Kücherer, Manuel Gómez Carrillo, El Hadj Belabbes, Simon Agwale, Zhiwei Chen, Zehava Grossman, Dominic M. Dwyer, Eric Van Wijngaerden, Jean W. Pape, Beatrice H. Hahn, Angie N Pinto, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Lucía Pérez-Álvarez, Peter D. Ghys, Franco M. Buonaguro, Sylvester Sempala, Vlad Novitsky, Banson Barugahare, Judith R. Glynn, Jason Yun, Macarthur Charles, Katsumi Chijiwa, Kok Keng Tee, Julia del Amo, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Federico García, Awatef Moussi, Elena Delgado, Hiroshi Ushijima, Shambavi Subbarao, Ray Handema, Catherine A. Brennan, Paul Sandstrom, David A. Cooper, Joel R. Neilson, Ramyiadarsini Elangovan, Dwip Kitayaporn, Claudia Lara, Max Essex, Osamah Hamouda, Anna Papa, Hanan Salem, Elijah M. Songok, Fausta Mosha, Helba Bredell, Shlomo Maayan, Joshua T. Herbeck, Yiming Shao, Ansari Shaik, Kiran Thapa, Jean K. Carr, Raph L. Hamers, Chunfu Yang, Feng Gao, Orna Mor, Filimone Raikanikoda, Jesus Salazar-Gonzales, Nicolas Meda, Erin M. Kahle, Amilcar Tanuri, Tony Kelleher, Masahiko Ito, Fem J Paladin, J.R. Lingappa, Julie Stokes, Shona Kirtley, Vladimir Lukashov, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Deborah L. Birx, Philip Cunningham, Amine Slim, Nicaise Ndembi, James Brooks, Alash'le Abimiku, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Trinh Duy Quang, Eleanor Gouws-Williams, Mariza G. Morgado, Jun Takehisa, Michel Segondy, Joris Hemelaar, Debbie Stewart, Cillian De Gascun, Marcelo A. Soares, Anne Buvé, Mark A. Rayfield, Marek Linka, Ursula Dietrich, Roger Garsia, Thomas Leitner, Philippe Selhorst, Jean Servais, Morgane Rolland, Kirsi Liitsola, Leslie Dickson-Tetteh, Brigitte Montes, Willy Urassa

Publikováno v: Lancet HIV, 7(11), e772-e781. Elsevier Limited
The Lancet HIV
The Lancet HIV, 2020, 7 (11), pp.e772-e781. ⟨10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30252-6⟩

International audience; Background: Global HIV-1 genetic diversity and evolution form a major challenge to treatment and prevention efforts. An increasing number of distinct HIV-1 recombinants have been identified worldwide, but their contribution to

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(20)30252-6

Fortification of Carica papaya fruit seeds to school meal snacks may aid Africa mass deworming programs: a preliminary survey

Autor: G. Maina, M. Kugo, P. Otieno, Lucia Keter, Alex Maiyo, Elijah M. Songok, P. Ndemwa, Joyceline Kinyua

Publikováno v: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Background Soil transmitted helminths (STHs) are among the world’s neglected tropical diseases. Morbidity due to STHs is greatest in school-age children who typically have the highest burden of infection. In 2001, WHO passed a resolution for the us

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-018-2379-2

Characterization of occult hepatitis B in high-risk populations in Kenya

Autor: Missiani Ochwoto, Anton Andonov, Ken Swidinsky, Joshua Kimani, George Gachara, Lyle R. McKinnon, Kiptoon Beatrice Jepkemei, Elijah M. Songok, Henok Gebrebrhan, Julius Oyugi, Jacqueline Day, Carla Osiowy

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 5, p e0233727 (2020)
PLoS ONE

Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is defined as the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver or serum in the absence of detectable HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). OBI poses a risk for the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinom

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https://doaj.org/article/623b97e0cf2b4b8f9b526679df550eb2

Extremely diversified haplotypes observed among assemblage B population of Giardia intestinalis in Kenya

Autor: Elizabeth Matey, Hiroshi Ichimura, Tetsushi Mizuno, Xiuqiong Bi, Masaharu Tokoro, Elijah M. Songok

Publikováno v: Parasitology international. 75

In molecular epidemiological studies of Giardia intestinalis, an pathogenic intestinal flagellate, due to the presence of allelic sequence heterogeneity (ASH) on the tetraploid genome, the image of haplotype diversity in the field remains uncertain.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31837398