Ngari, Bunyamwera, Ilesha, and Germiston viruses are among the mosquito-borne human pathogens in the Orthobunyavirus genus, family Bunyaviridae, associated with febrile illness. Although the four orthobunyaviruses have been isolated from mosquito and/or tick vectors sampled from different geographic regions in Kenya, little is known of human exposure in such areas. We conducted a serologic inve...

The Kenya country profile is a description of Kenya covering the demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and health aspects including mental health in the country today. Like any other developing countries, Kenya is faced today with major challenges in terms of poverty, economic decline, and lack of adequate resources to meet the health needs and demands, including the mental health of the ...

1 Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, 2 KNUST School of Medical Sciences, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 3 Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Microbiology Research, Nairobi, Kenya, 4 Neglected Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Unit, DG Research, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 5 Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), KIT Bi...

myocardial necrosis can be result from a number of causes including nutritional deficiencies, chemical and plant toxins, ischemia and metabolic disorder. the outcome of myocardial necrosis varies depending on the extent of the damage (donald 2001, jubb 1993, radostits 1994, vanvaleet 1986). myocardial infarction without demonstrable of atherosclerosis were reported in a rhesus macaque (gonder 1...

Title: The risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in Kisii Municipality, Kenya Robert M. Nyarango* 1,2, Peninah A. Aloo 2, Ephantus W. Kabiru 3 and Benson O. Nyanchongi 1,4 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Gusii Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 222-40200 Kisii, Kenya 2 Department of Zoological Sciences, Kenyatta University P.O. Box 43844-01000 Nairobi, Kenya 3Departm...

Kenya has started to rely significantly on technologies developed in developing countries particularly China rather than those from advanced countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. Using data from furniture manufacturing firms in Kenya, the paper compares the investment cost and the scale characteristics of the technologies (machines and equipment) from China with those from ad...

Myocardial necrosis can be result from a number of causes including nutritional deficiencies, chemical and plant toxins, ischemia and metabolic disorder. The outcome of myocardial necrosis varies depending on the extent of the damage (Donald 2001, Jubb 1993, Radostits 1994, Vanvaleet 1986). Myocardial infarction without demonstrable of atherosclerosis were reported in a rhesus macaque (Gonder 1...

Despite the existence of a highly effective measles vaccine and the decrease in worldwide deaths from measles by more than 79% from the 2000 baseline levels, measles today remains one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths in the world. The African region is a key player in the global fight against measles. Africa has made tremendous progress in its effort to immunize children and ...

Objective: The focus of this study was to evaluate the yield and stability of superior sweet potato cultivars for release in Kenya. This is the first attempt to document experimental results that have led to the first and so far only sweet potato variety release in Kenya. Methodology: Ten national performance trials laid out as randomized complete block designs were performed on 14 sweet potato...

BACKGROUND The recently promulgated 2010 constitution of Kenya permits abortion when the life or health of the woman is in danger. Yet broad uncertainty remains about the interpretation of the law. Unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in Kenya. The current study aimed to determine the incidence of induced abortion in Kenya in 2012. METHODS The incidence ...