Malaria leads in global rates of mortality and morbidity majorly borne by children aged below five years and primigravida women in developing countries. According to WHO, the cases of malaria infections in 2014 declined, ...

Lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) concentrations were determined in muscle, gonad, liver and brain of tilapia fish caught from fish ponds in Machakos and Kiambu counties in Kenya. A total of 217 fish samples were randomly sampled ...

Aim: This study sought to evaluate Pronto dry rapid urease® diagnostic test and compare its performance with culture. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: From September 2017 to July 2018, across-sectional ...

Background: DNA vaccines suffer from lower immunogenicity profiles in humans and reasons for this are poorly understood. However, recent studies suggest that the “adjuvant effect” of plasmid DNA can improve immunogenicit ...

Thedetection of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens is a good indicator of possible risk to human beings.Theaimof this study was to investigate the occurrence of T. gondii in free-range chicken using polymerase chain ...

Abstract The diagnosis of Nairobi Sheep Disease relies on the inoculation of tissue culture, Baby Hamster kidney (BHK-21), with suspensions of infected samples followed by identification of the virus using indirect ...

To improve diagnostic tools, immunotherapies and vaccine development for trichinellosis surveillance and control there is a need to understand the host immune responses induced during infection with Trichinella zimbabwensis, ...

Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem worldwide. Schistosome eggs are responsible for most pathology. The organs affected are liver and spleen. There has been very little progress on schistosomiasis chemotherapy ...

Carica papaya is widely used in different parts of Kenya for the treatment of intestinal helminthes. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-schistosomal effect of a methanolic and aqueous extract of Carica ...