Although epidemiological observations, IgG passive transfer studies and experimental infections in humans all support the feasibility of developing highly effective malaria vaccines, the precise antigens that induce ...

Pneumonia accounted for 15% of the 6.3 million deaths among children younger than five years in 2013, a total of approximately 935,000 deaths worldwide. Routine vaccination against common childhood illnesses has been ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization's five item well-being index (WHO-5) when administered to adults living with HIV or epilepsy in a rural ...

Background: Globally, 40% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases, 65% paediatric cases and 75% multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases are missed due to underreporting and/or under diagnosis. A recent Kenyan TB prevalence survey ...

Background: Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) protect humans against bites from the Anopheles mosquito vectors that transmit malaria, thereby reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. It has been noted that ITN use leads ...

Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of dengue, an arboviral disease caused by dengue virus (DENV) that exists as four distinct serotypes (DENV 1-4). While all four DENV serotypes circulate in Kenya, differential distribution ...

Kenya has experienced outbreaks of chikungunya in the recent past with the most recent occurring in Mandera in the northern region in May 2016 and in Mombasa in the coastal region from November 2017 to Febuary 2018. ...

Introduction: rates of caesarean sections (CS) have been rising globally over time. Our study sought to identify factors associated with CS among mothers delivering at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi city county, ...

Background: Co-infections with hepatitis B and hepatitis C (HBV/HCV) viruses continue to be of significant concern among HIV-1 patients. In resource limited settings like Kenya where HIV-1 still remains endemic, infections ...

Objective: Most hospital outpatients unaware of their Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) status could be seeking treatment for other different ailments in Kenya. To evaluate the HBV prevalence and the genetic diversity, the genetic ...