Search Results - "Kagira, John M."

Characteristics of the smallholder free-range pig production system in western Kenya by Kagira, John M, Kanyari, Paul W. N, Maingi, Ndicho, Githigia, Samuel M, Ng'ang'a, J. C, Karuga, Julia W

“…Free-range pig farming is common amongst the small-scale farmers in western Kenya. In order to determine the characteristics of this type of production system,…”
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DNA-Detection Based Diagnostics for Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Porcine by Eric, Agola L., Kagira, John Maina, Misinzo, Gerald, Waema, Maxwell W., Ngowi, Helena A.

“…Porcine cysticercosis is a neglected and underestimated disease caused by metacestode stage of the tapeworm, Taenia solium (T. solium). Pigs are the…”
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Pharmacology of DB844, an orally active aza analogue of pafuramidine, in a monkey model of second stage human African trypanosomiasis by Thuita, John K, Wang, Michael Z, Kagira, John M, Denton, Cathrine L, Paine, Mary F, Mdachi, Raymond E, Murilla, Grace A, Ching, Shelley, Boykin, David W, Tidwell, Richard R, Hall, James E, Brun, Reto

“…Novel drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are still urgently needed despite the recent addition of nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy…”
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Virulence and pathogenicity of three Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense stabilates in a Swiss white mouse model by Kariuki, Christopher, Kagira, John M., Mwadime, Victor, Ngotho, Maina

“…Background: A key objective in basic research on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is developing a cheap and reliable experimental model of the disease for…”
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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted by a single tsetse fly bite in vervet monkeys as a model of human African trypanosomiasis by Thuita, John K, Kagira, John M, Mwangangi, David, Matovu, Enock, Turner, C M R, Masiga, Daniel

“…We have investigated the pathogenicity of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes)-transmitted cloned strains of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vervet monkeys. Tsetse…”
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IgM, lgG and IL-6 profiles in the Trypanosoma brucei brucei monkey model of human African trypanosomiasis by Waema, Maxwell W., Maina, Naomi W., Ngotho, Maina, Karanja, Simon M., Gachie, Beatrice M., Maranga, Dawn N., Kagira, John M.

“…IL-6 elevation is a strong candidate marker for late stage disease in the T. b. brucei non-human primate model. [Display omitted] Human African trypanosomiasis…”
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Influence of trypanocidal therapy on the haematology of vervet monkeys experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense by Ngotho, Maina, Kagira, John M., Kariuki, Christopher, Maina, Naomi, Thuita, John K., Mwangangi, David M., Farah, Idle O., Hau, Jann

“…Vervet monkeys in an outdoor group cage at IPR. [Display omitted] ► Haematological changes were characterized using the vervet monkey model of T. b…”
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Virulence and pathogenicity of three Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense stabilates in a Swiss white mouse model : original research by Ngotho, Maina, Mwadime, Victor, Kagira, John M., Kariuki, Christopher

“…Background: A key objective in basic research on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is developing a cheap and reliable experimental model of the disease for…”
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Haematology of Experimental Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense Infection in Vervet Monkeys by Kagira, John M, Thuita, John K, Ngotho, Maina, Mdachi, Raymond, Mwangangi, David M, Ndung'u, Joseph M

“…Haematological aberrations associated with human infective trypanosomes were investigated in the vervet monkey model of the Rhodesian sleeping sickness. Four…”
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