Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by UP Author "Maina, Alice N."

Browsing Research Articles (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by UP Author "Maina, Alice N."

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  • Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural Western Kenya 
    Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Maina, Alice N.; Cutler, Sally J.; Ogola, Eric; Feikin, Daniel R.; Junghae, Muthoni; Halliday, Jo E.B.; Richards, Allen L.; Breiman, Robert F.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Njenga, M. Kariuki (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013-02-04)
    We conducted serological surveys for Coxiella burnetii in archived sera from patients that visited a rural clinic in western Kenya from 2007 to 2008 and in cattle, sheep, and goats from the same area in 2009. We also ...
  • High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural Western Kenya : implications for human health 
    Maina, Alice N.; Jiang, Ju; Omulo, S.A.; Cutler, Sally J.; Ade, Fredrick; Ogola, Eric; Feikin, Daniel R.; Njenga, M. Kariuki; Cleaveland, Sarah; Mpoke, Solomon; Ng’ang’a, Zipporah; Breiman, Robert F.; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Richards, Allen L. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2014)
    Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Despite being important causes of systemic febrile illnesses ...
  • Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya 
    Jiang, Ju; Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Cleaveland, Sarah; Laudisoit, Anne; Wamburu, Kabura; Ogola, Eric; Parola, Philippe; Breiman, Robert F.; Njenga, M. Kariuki; Richards, Allen L. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2013-08)
    The flea-borne rickettsioses murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) and flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) (Rickettsia felis) are febrile diseases distributed among humans worldwide. Murine typhus has been known to be endemic ...
  • Rickettsia fells infection in febrile patients, Western Kenya, 2007-2010 
    Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Jiang, Ju; Halliday, Jo E.B.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Ng’ang’a, Zipporah; Junghae, Muthoni; Breiman, Robert F.; Richards, Allen L.; Njenga, M. Kariuki (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012-02)
    To determine previous exposure and incidence of rickettsial infections in western Kenya during 2007–2010, we conducted hospital-based surveillance. Antibodies against rickettsiae were detected in 57.4% of previously collected ...