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Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment
(2009-08)
Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) secreted in urine can be assayed to determine egg tissue load and hence morbidity in infected individuals. A cohort of 158 infected children aged 4-18 years was followed-up ...
Survey of sweet potato viruses in Western Kenya and detection of cucumber mosaic virus.
(2010)
Sweet potato is an important food crop worldwide, but several pests and diseases limit its
production. In eastern Africa, virus-induced diseases rank second to weevils in causing yield reduction. Symptomatic sweet potato ...
Reproduction of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne icognita) on Bt cotton expressing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2 protein.
(2013)
Objective: The sedentary endoparasite Meloidogyne incognita is an important plant parasitic nematode that infects cotton causing significant yield losses. The objective of this study was to evaluate reproduction of M. ...
Organo-chlorine residues in tissues of marine fauna along the coast of Kenya Mombasa Island
(2007)
Soft tissues of species of marine fauna; crabs (Crust acea ), oysters ( Pelecypoda, Bivalvia), sea stars ( Asterroidea ), sea urchin (Echinoidea) and bony fishes (Osteichtyes) sampled along the Kenya - Mombasa coastal ...
Evaluation of an Antigen-Antibody “Combination” Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay For Diagnosis Of Hepatitis C Virus Infections
(2014-10)
BACKGROUND: Development of “combination” assays detecting in parallel, within a single test, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antigens and antibodies, not only reduces the window period in HCV-infection but also costs. Reduction ...
Chemical Properties Associated with Guts, Soil and Nest Materials of Odontotermes and Macrotermes Species from Kenya
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2010)
Changes in carbon and nitrogen cycles in tropical soils affect soil functioning and ecosystem activity. Termites play important roles in carbon and nitrogen cycles, thus determination of levels of such compounds is essential. ...
Physicochemical Characteristics of undrainable Water Dams Utilized for Fish rearing In The Semi-Arid Naromoru Area, Central Kenya
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2012)
Naromoru is a semiarid area in Central Kenya, occurring on the leeward side of Mt. Kenya. Its water sources include a few permanent rivers such as Nairobi River, intermittent streams and a large number of undrainable water ...
The Contribution of Occult Precipitation to Nutrient Deposition on the West Coast of South Africa
(2015-05)
The Strandveld mediterranean-ecosystem of the west coast of South Africa supports floristically diverse vegetation growing on mostly nutrient-poor aeolian sands and extending from the Atlantic Ocean tens of kilometers ...
Early performance of five newly developed lines of Arabica Coffee under varying environment and spacing in Kenya
(2010)
Knowledge of the effects of environment and genotype by environment (GxE) interaction is important to breeders in making decisions regarding the release of new cultivars. Five Coffea arabica lines coded CR8, CR22, CR23, ...
Evaluation of beverage quality and green bean physical characteristics of selected Arabica coffee genotypes in Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2009-10)
Physical characteristics of green coffee bean have been reported to affect beverage quality to some extent. The objective of this study was to assess the beverage quality and green bean physical characteristics of forty ...