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Market samples as a source of chronic aflatoxin exposure in Kenya
(2012)
Surveillance of food and feed quality in Kenya has not reached effective level due to the expensive procedures of
mycotoxin analysis and poor structures in quality control. Most foodstuffs and feeds sold in local markets ...
Compatibility Of Rhizobium Inoculant And Water Hyacinth Compost Formulations In Rosecoco Bean And Consequences On Aphis Fabae And Colletotrichum Lindemuthianum Infestations
(Universty of Nairobi, 2014)
The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris is an important crop for food security and nitrogen fixation through Rhizobium symbiosis. Commercial Rhizobium inoculants are being promoted to fix nitrogen and enhance bean production ...
Molecular profile of malaria drug resistance markers of Plasmodium falciparum in Suriname
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
In Suriname, an artesunate monotherapy therapeutic efficacy trial was recently conducted to evaluate partial artemisinin resistance emerging in Plasmodium falciparum We genotyped the PfK13 propeller domain of P. falciparum ...
Genetic characterisation of plasmodium falciparum isolates with deletion of the PFHRP2 and/or PFHRP3 genes in Colombia: The amazon region, a challenge for Malaria diagnosis and control
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Most Plasmodium falciparum-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) target histidine-rich
protein 2 (PfHRP2). However, P. falciparumisolates with deletion of the pfhrp2 gene and its
homolog gene, pfhrp3, have been detected. ...
Selection and Spread of Artemisinin-Resistant Alleles in Thailand Prior to the Global Artemisinin Resistance Containment Campaign
(2015)
The recent emergence of artemisinin resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion poses a major threat to the global effort to control malaria. Tracking the spread and evolution of artemisinin-resistant parasites is critical ...
Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Outbreak, Tumbes, Peru, 2010–2012
(2015)
During 2010–2012, an outbreak of 210 cases of malaria occurred in Tumbes, in the northern coast of Peru, where no Plasmodium falciparum malaria case had been reported since 2006. To identify the source of the parasite ...
Increasing prevalence of a novel triple-mutant dihydropteroate synthase genotype in Plasmodium falciparum in western Kenya
(2015)
The molecular basis of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance lies in a combination of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in two genes coding for Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (Pfdhfr) and P. falciparum ...
Prevalence of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions in Puerto Lempira, Honduras
(2015)
Background
Recent studies have demonstrated the deletion of the histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) gene (pfhrp2) in field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum, which could result in false negative test results when PfHRP2-based ...
Influence of soil fertility amendment practices on ex-situ utilisation of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and performance of maize and common bean in Kenyan highlands
(2014)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are important
in agriculture and have received attention as they are
considered a part of an active and diverse soil
biological community essential for increasing the
sustainability ...
Effects of Soil Chemical Characteristics on the Occurrence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the effect of selected soil chemical characteristics on the occurrence of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) under different land uses in Embu and Taita Districts in Kenya.
Study ...