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Surveillance of vector populations and malaria transmission during the 2009/10 El Niño event in the western Kenya highlands: opportunities for early detection of malaria hyper-transmission
(2011)
Background: Vector control in the highlands of western Kenya has resulted in a significant reduction of malaria
transmission and a change in the vectorial system. Climate variability as a result of events such as El Niño ...
Political Violence In Kenya And Local Churches’ Responses: The Case Of The 2007 Post- Election Crisis
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
In 27 December 2007, Kenyans went to the polls to e
lect their presidential, parliamentary, and
civic leaders. This general election was described
as replete with serious anomalies—a situation
that continues to raise ...
Evaluation of Border Crops against Infestation and Damage of Cabbage by Diamondback Moth ( Plutella xylostella
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Hasheela, E.B.S., Nderitu, J.H., Olubayo, F.M., and
Kasina, M. 2010.
Evaluation of border crops
against infestation and damage of cabbage by
diamondback moth (
Plutella xylostella
). Tunisian
Journal of Plant ...
The effect of investment style on portfolio performance:Evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)
The investors must trade to make a return and the choice of where to invest and how many times to trade
lies with the investor. This study sought to determine whether the investment styles adopted by the
investors on the ...
Cultural transfer from Europe and Asia to Africa: Evidence from borrowed lexicon adapted into Kiswahili
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)
Language is used to pass on or transfer informatio
n from one group to another. The aspects that are
passed on include people’s beliefs, their behavior, th
eir objects as well as other aspects that are common
to a ...
Comparison of milk culture, direct and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with fecal culture based on samples from dairy herds infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
(2009)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiologic agent of
Johne's disease in cattle and other farm ruminants, and is also a suspected
pathogen of Crohn's disease in humans. Development of diagnostic ...
Acting Locally: Innate Mucosal Immunity In Resistance To Hiv-1 Infection In Kenyan Commercial Sex Workers.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Cohort studies of female commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Kenya were among the first to identify highly HIV-1-exposed seronegative (HESN) individuals. As natural resistance is usually mediated by innate immune mechanisms, ...
Gender considerations in constitution-making
(International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003)