Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among underserved pastoralist communities in Kajiado County, Kenya: 2020-2022.

Autor: Zipporah Macharia, Brian Ogoti, Magdaline Otieno, Pauline Gitonga, Angela Bosco-Lauth, Marybeth Maritim, Esther Lemarkoko, Aggrey Keya, Joseph Sankok, George Gitao, Joshua Onono, Julius Oyugi, Richard A Bowen

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 8, p e0308318 (2024)

Initial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was highest in densely populated regions of Kenya. Transmission gradually trickled down to the less densely populated, remote and underserved regions such as the pastoral

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/dd9fbce4099443e19e02e69fc9e3da41

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study

Autor: Omu Anzala, Jackline Odhiambo, Marybeth Maritim, Reena Shah, Loice Achieng Ombajo, Nyamai Mutono, Paul Sudi, Mbuvi Mutua, Mohammed Sood, Alliyy Muhammad Loo, Phoebe Juma, Frederick Wangai, Patrick Amoth, Evans Kamuri, Waweru Munyu, S M Thumbi

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2022)

Objectives To assess outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and to determine the predictors of mortality.Setting This study was conducted in six facilities, which included both government and privately run secondary and tertiary leve

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/dd5f9e8f411e4d5b86d6d30af9307e2a

Point of care testing evaluation of lateral flow immunoassay for diagnosis of cryptococcus meningitis in HIV-positive patients at an urban hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, 2017

Autor: Lawrence Kirimi Gitonga, Waqo Gufu Boru, Arthur Kwena, Marybeth Maritim, Joyce Wamicwe, James Ransom

Publikováno v: BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)

Abstract Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) against latex agglutination (LA), India ink and culture in point-of-care diagnosis of cryptococcus meningitis (CM). We conducted cross-s

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/73c394deec1a4f5ca57d6c8ff0d8fcd9

Overview of influenza virus infections in Kenya: past, present and future

Autor: Duncan Mwangangi Matheka, Jolynne Mokaya, Marybeth Maritim

Publikováno v: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 14, Iss 138 (2013)

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that acute lower respiratory infections account for 4 million deaths per year. The rates are even higher in developing countries. Influenza, a virus causing respiratory infections, has widely been studied

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/8a86ada4443a44ada197a714c37ea5b7

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study

Autor: Loice Achieng Ombajo, Nyamai Mutono, Paul Sudi, Mbuvi Mutua, Mohammed Sood, Alliyy Muhammad Loo, Phoebe Juma, Jackline Odhiambo, Reena Shah, Frederick Wangai, Marybeth Maritim, Omu Anzala, Patrick Amoth, Evans Kamuri, Waweru Munyu, S M Thumbi

Publikováno v: Ombajo, L A, Mutono, N, Sudi, P, Mutua, M, Sood, M, Loo, A M, Juma, P, Odhiambo, J, Shah, R, Wangai, F, Maritim, M, Anzala, O, Amoth, P, Kamuri, E, Munyu, W & Thumbi, S M 2022, ' Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya : A multicentre cohort study ', BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 5, e049949 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049949

ObjectivesTo assess outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and to determine the predictors of mortality.SettingThis study was conducted in six facilities, which included both government and privately run secondary and tertiary level

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