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    • Factors associated with severe human Rift Valley fever in Sangailu, Garissa County, Kenya 

      LaBeaud AD; Pfeil S; Muiruri S; Dahir S; Sutherland LJ; Traylor Z; Gildengorin G; Muchiri EM; Morrill J; Peters CJ; Hise AG; Kazura JW; King CH (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes acute, often severe, disease in livestock and humans. To determine the exposure factors and range of symptoms associated with human RVF, we performed a ...

    • Factors associated with severe human Rift Valley fever in Sangailu, Garissa County, Kenya 

      LaBeaud AD; Pfeil S; Muiruri S; Dahir S; Sutherland LJ; Traylor Z; Gildengorin G; Muchiri EM; Morrill J; Peters CJ; Hise AG; Kazura JW; King CH (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes acute, often severe, disease in livestock and humans. To determine the exposure factors and range of symptoms associated with human RVF, we performed a ...

    • Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under: 

      LaBeaud AD; Nayakwadi Singer; McKibben M; Mungai P; Muchiri EM; McKibben E; Gildengorin G; Sutherland LJ; King CH; King CL; Malhotra I (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, disproportionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. ...

    • High rates of o'nyong nyong and Chikungunya virus transmission in coastal Kenya 

      LaBeaud AD; Banda T; Brichard J; Muchiri EM; Mungai PL; Mutuku FM; Borland E; Gildengorin G; Pfeil S; Teng CY; Long K; Heise M; Powers AM; Kitron U; King CH (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and o'nyong nyong virus (ONNV) are mosquito-borne alphaviruses endemic in East Africa that cause acute febrile illness and arthritis. The objectives of this study were to measure ...

    • Association of symptoms and severity of rift valley fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways 

      Hise, A.G; Traylor, Z; Hall, N.B; Sutherland, L.J; Dahir, S; Ermler, M.E; Muiruri, S; Muchiri, E.M; Kazura, J.W; LaBeaud, A.D; King, C.H; Stein, C.M (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Multiple recent outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula have resulted in significant morbidity, mortality, and financial loss due to related livestock epizootics. ...

    • Age-Stratified Profiles of Serum IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α Cytokines Among Kenyan Children with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium falciparum, and Other Chronic Parasitic Co-Infections. 

      Bustinduy, A.L; Sutherland, L.J; Chang-Cojulun, A; Malhotra, I; DuVall, AS; Fairley, JK; Muchiri, Eric; Mutuku, F.M; Kitron, U; King, C.H (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)
      In a study of children having polyparasitic infections in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area, we examined the hypothesis that S. haematobium-positive children, compared with S. haematobium-negative children (anti-soluble ...