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Lay knowledge and management of malaria in Baringo county, Kenya.
Mutua, EN; Bukachi, SA; Bett, BK; Estambale, BA; Nyamongo, IK (University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Malaria, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by female anopheline mosquitoes, is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and loss in productivity in humans. Baringo ... -
The socio-economic burden of human African trypanosomiasis and the coping strategies of households in the South Western Kenya foci.
Bukachi, SA; Wandibba, S; Nyamongo, IK (University of Nairobi, 2017)INTRODUCTION: Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a disease caused by protozoan parasites transmitted by tsetse flies, is an important neglected tropical disease endemic in remote regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Although ... -
"We do not bury dead livestock like human beings": Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya.
Mutua, EN; Bukachi, SA; Bett, BK; Estambale, BA; Nyamongo, IK (University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Rift Valley Fever (RVF), is a viral zoonotic disease transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. In Kenya, its occurrence is associated with increased rains. In Baringo County, RVF was first reported in 2006-2007 ...