We studied the impact of Plasmodium falciparum on nutritional status in a longitudinal cohort of 147 young men in western Kenya where malaria transmission is intense and perennial. All volunteers received treatment to eradicate parasitemia and then provided weekly blood...

<jats:p><jats:italic>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</jats:italic> is a serious postharvest pathogen of avocado fruits worldwide. Kenya lacks any registered fungicides for the management of the disease. Nevertheless, farmers commonly use commercially available fungicides...

There is a need to mainstream traditional crops in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to tackle food and nutritional insecurity through incorporating  nutritional quality into crop water productivity, in the wider context of the water–food–nutrition–health nexus. The objectiv...

Purpose : The purpose of the study was to examine the success of CoG-Kenya projects in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya Methodology : This study was a cross-sectional research that sought to give an examining and descriptive scrutiny of the CoG-K’s...

The Near East cattle are adapted to different agro-ecological zones including desert areas, mountains habitats, and humid regions along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers system. The region was one of the earliest and most significant areas of cattle husbandry. Currently, ...

<jats:p>Cholera, a water-borne disease characterized by intense watery diarrhea, affects people in the regions with poor hygiene and untreated drinking water. This disease remains a menace to public health globally and it indicates inequity and lack of community develop...

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding infant feeding practices in the context of HIV and factors that put mothers at risk of HIV infection is an important step towards prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Face-to-face (FTF) interviewin...

This white paper by eighty members of the Complex Trait Consortium presents a community's view on the approaches and statistical analyses that are needed for the identification of genetic loci that determine quantitative traits. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) can be ide...

We describe 27 children and adolescents <18 years of age who received bedaquiline during treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. We report good treatment responses and no cessation attributable to adverse effects. Bedaquiline could be considered for use with thi...

Introduction : As highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) transforms human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a manageable chronic disease, new challenges are emerging in treating children born with HIV, including a number of risks to their physical and psychologica...