Abstract: Studies were conducted to determine the contribution of diverse larval habitats to adult Anopheles arabiensis Patton and Culex quinquefasciatus Say production in a rice land agro-ecosystem in Mwea, Kenya. Two sizes of cages were placed in different habitat types to investigate the influence of non-mosquito invertebrates on larval mortalities and the contribution of each habitat type to mosquito productivities, respectively. These emergence traps had fine netting material covers to ...
ABSTRACT Whenever we think of redefined security, we think of coded electrical door lock. It is a microcontroller based security door lock that can be used in homes, offices, laboratories, etc. for more reliable and high fidelity door control system, powered by electrons panel or electromechanical panels. Due to high rate of insecurity, especially intrusion into homes and offices, this project provides the users with an electronic keypad to enter the password required to get access into home...
Abstract The objective of this study was to characterize the kidney’s appearance in patients with uncountable pus cells in the laboratory test. This study was done on 50 patients suffering from symptoms of renal infection with positive laboratory findings..The study was obtained at ElmickNimirUniversity Hospital during the period between 3-12-2016 to29-1 2017. All patients with uncountable puss cells were included in the study and those with normal laboratory tests were excluded. All patie...
ABSTRACT Learner pregnancy is a worldwide problem. There are many consequences associated with learner pregnancy such as restriction in educational opportunities, reduction of quality of life, exposure to sexually transmitted infections, social discrimination and complicated labor and abortions. Regardless of the effort made by the government of the Republic of Namibia and other non-governmental organizations to prevent learner pregnancy among learners, learners still get pregnant. The guidel...
ABSTRACT Neonatal infections mostly sepsis and meningitis currently cause about 4.9 million deaths annually in developing countries. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, there are about 5 million neonatal deaths that occur in the world per year due to sepsis, with 98% occurring in developing countries. Neonatal sepsis is the leading cause of neonatal mortality in Nakuru County Referral Hospital (NCRH) according to the hospital records, yet no study has been done in the hos...
ABSTRACT Amoebiasis is a common life-threatening parasitic disease affecting 12% of the world population. It is the third leading cause of mortality due to parasitic infections worldwide, after malaria and schistosomiasis. It is estimated that about 500 million people are at risk of infection with amoebiasis yearly. In developed countries infection occurs among travelers, recent immigrants from endemic regions, homosexual males, immune-compromised persons and institutionalized individuals. In...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the dynamic relationship between inflation and exchange rate volatility in Nigeria for the period 1970 to 2010 using Johansen Cointegration Technique. GARCH and ARCH (1,1) technique was employed to analyse the Volatility in Exchange Rate, and it was observed that the Exchange Rate was volatile over the study period. Augmented Dickey-Fuller was employed to determine the order of integration, and it was observed that the variables exhibited stochastic trend. Johanse...
Abstract Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a common worldwide infection and a medical and social problem causing high mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries. An expert system for diagnosis of this disease was designed based on expert’s knowledge for providing decision support platform to assist fresh graduator (inexperienced) physicians, and other healthcare practitioners to arrive the final diagnosis of TB more quickly and efficiently especially in rural areas. Informat...
Abstract: S.mansoni infection is one of the major public health problems in many developing countries including Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of S. mansoni infection among primary school children of Zegie Peninsula. A cross-sectional survey was carried out and a total of 403 school children were selected from a total of 1946 students using stratified random sampling technique from three primary schools that are fo...
Abstract/Overview The effect of host infection, chronic clinical disease, and transmission intensity on the patterns of specific antibody responses in Bancroftian filariasis was assessed by analyzing specific IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, and IgE profiles among adults from two communities with high and low Wuchereria bancrofti endemicity. In the high endemicity community, intensities of the measured antibodies were significantly associated with infection status. IgG1, IgG2, and IgE were negativ...
ABSTRACT Major obstacles to the survival of children below the age of five in developing world include malnutrition, inaccessibility to safe water and infections due to parasitic worms such as soil transmitted helminths. This cross-sectional study was undertaken in Marani subcounty, Kisii County, to determine the prevalence rate and potential risk factors of soil transmitted helminths (STH) amongst preschool age children. Stool samples were collected from 106 preschool age children. Data rega...
Abstract: Ticks and the microbes they transmit have emerged in sub-Saharan Africa as a major threat to veterinary and public health. Although progress has been made in detecting and identifying tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) across vast agroecologies of Kenya, comprehensive information on tick species infesting cattle and their associated pathogens in coastal Kenya needs to be updated and expanded. Ticks infesting extensively grazed zebu cattle in 14 villages were sampled and identified based o...
Abstract Leafspot disease is a major yield limiting factor in groundnut growing areas in Northern Ghana. This study was to monitor the progression of the disease in ten selected groundnut genotypes. Six were derived from a cross between BC3F6 interspecific introgression lines (43-09-03-02 or 60-02-03-02) and Spanish groundnut genotypes (Schubert and TS32-1) while the remaining four are released groundnut varieties in Ghana. Nkatiesari and Chinese served as the resistant and susceptible checks...
Abstract 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 of costs is important for developing countries where money and personal resources are limited. Methods We compared the Monolisa® HCV Antigen-Antibody Ultra (Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited, Marnes La Coquette, France) with the AXSYM HCV version 3.0 (Abbot Diagnostic...
Abstract: Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a damaging pest of sorghum,other cereals and horticultural crops such as maize, wheat, barley, bananas, guava etc. in Africa which at times results in complete crop losses. Current control strategies heavily rely on chemical pesticides. Controlling adult beetles through application of insecticides,in addition to being detrimental to the environment and the ecology, does not provide long lasting control.Thus, efficient biol...