Estimating the Seroprevalence of Scrub Typhus in Nepal

Autor: Piyada Linsuwanon, Nutthanun Auysawasdi, Chien-Chung Chao, Wuttikon Rodkvamtook, Binob Shrestha, Samita Bajracharya, Jasmin Shrestha, Sirima Wongwairot, Chawin Limsuwan, Erica Lindroth, Alyssa Mann, Silas Davidson, Elizabeth Wanja, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha

Publikováno v: Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 9, p 736 (2024)

Prior to the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015, scrub typhus was not recognized as a highly endemic disease in the country. This contrasted with neighboring India, where scrub typhus is endemic and there have been sporadic outbreaks of severe f

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Stabilization of RDT target antigens present in dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples for validating malaria rapid diagnostic tests at the point of care

Autor: Collins Morang’a, Cyrus Ayieko, George Awinda, Rachel Achilla, Caroline Moseti, Bernhards Ogutu, John Waitumbi, Elizabeth Wanja

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)

Abstract Background Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a great achievement in implementation of parasite based diagnosis as recommended by World Health Organization. A major drawback of RDTs is lack of positive controls to validate different b

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Comparative evaluation of fluorescent in situ hybridization and Giemsa microscopy with quantitative real-time PCR technique in detecting malaria parasites in a holoendemic region of Kenya

Autor: Joseph Osoga, John Waitumbi, Bernard Guyah, James Sande, Cornel Arima, Michael Ayaya, Caroline Moseti, Collins Morang’a, Martin Wahome, Rachel Achilla, George Awinda, Nancy Nyakoe, Elizabeth Wanja

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)

Abstract Background Early and accurate diagnosis of malaria is important in treatment as well as in the clinical evaluation of drugs and vaccines. Evaluation of Giemsa-stained smears remains the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, although diagnosti

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The role of Pfmdr1 and Pfcrt in changing chloroquine, amodiaquine, mefloquine and lumefantrine susceptibility in western-Kenya P. falciparum samples during 2008-2011.

Autor: Fredrick L Eyase, Hoseah M Akala, Luiser Ingasia, Agnes Cheruiyot, Angela Omondi, Charles Okudo, Dennis Juma, Redemptah Yeda, Ben Andagalu, Elizabeth Wanja, Edwin Kamau, David Schnabel, Wallace Bulimo, Norman C Waters, Douglas S Walsh, Jacob D Johnson

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 5, p e64299 (2013)

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Pfmdr1, and Pfcrt, genes of Plasmodium falciparum may confer resistance to a number of anti-malaria drugs. Pfmdr1 86Y and haplotypes at Pfcrt 72-76 have been linked to chloroquine (CQ) as well as amodiaqu

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Low Prevalence of Leptospira Carriage in Rodents in Leptospirosis-Endemic Northeastern Thailand

Autor: Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Surachai Leepitakrat, Elizabeth Wanja, Federico Costa, Patrick W. McCardle, Anthony L. Schuster, Taweesak Monkanna, B Katherine Poole-Smith, Panadda Krairojananan

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease; Volume 5; Issue 4; Pages: 154
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 5, Iss 154, p 154 (2020)
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease affecting mostly the world's tropical regions. The rural people of northeastern Thailand suffer from a large number of leptospirosis infections, and their abundant rice fields are optimal rodent habitats.

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