In sub-Saharan Africa, continental-scale genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is needed to track the spread of antimalarial drug resistance and diagnostic test evasion, as well as to monitor parasite ...

Investigations of nuclear genome size, complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence, and morphometrics were conducted on specimens of Bulinus snails (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) collected from 14 locations across the ...

Mycobacteria are a concern in camel milk due to their potential pathogenicity. This study explored the genetic characteristics of thirteen Mycobacteria isolates from camel milk collected in Isiolo County, Kenya, focusing ...

Background: Reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) with colorimetric readout is a rapid, robust, and cost-effective one-step amplification assay that we previously trialled for the identification ...

Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution and have been found to regulate epidemiologically significant traits in malaria mosquitoes. However, they have not been characterized in Aedes aegypti, the primary ...

The widespread use of masks in the community was occasioned by the COVID-19 global pandemic. This study examined bacterial contamination on surgical and face masks used in Githurai Market during daily activities, focusing ...

Cluster randomised trials (CRTs) are important tools for evaluating the community-wide effect of malaria interventions. During the design stage, CRT sample sizes need to be inflated to account for the cluster heterogeneity ...

Background: Despite the socioeconomic consequences of an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases, there is little evidence on the incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in people with ...

Abstract Background: Little is known about myocardial perturbations in African children hospitalised with severe anaemia. Methods: An observational study nested within a clinical trial of blood transfusion was conducted ...

Efforts to strengthen knowledge translation (KT) for policy-making often call for greater engagement with the policy process and its actors. Yet, existing KT approaches often focus on communication and dissemination of ...