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Genotyping and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in liver disease patients in Kenya

Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Ochwoto, Missiani; Chauhan, Ranjit; Gopalakrishnan, Deepak; Chen, Chien-Yu; Okoth, Fredrick; Kioko, Henry; Kimotho, James; Kaiguri, Peter; Kramvis, Anna (Elsevier, 2013-12)

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes are important in both the clinical manifestation of disease and treatment response. Although Kenya belongs to the African Region (AFR-E) characterized by high mortality and hyperendemicity ...
Hepatitis B virus subgenotype A1, occurrence of subgenotype D4, and S gene mutations among voluntary blood donors in Kenya

Kiptoo, Michael K.; Kwange, Simeon O.; Budambula, Nancy L.; Okoth, Fredrick; Ochwoto, Missiani; Oduor, Margaret; Kimotho, James H. (Springer Verlag, 2013-12)

Kenya is one of the high endemic zones for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The consensuses on prevalence of the HBV genotypes and the existence of their variants have not been fully established in Kenya. Hence, there ...
HIV-1 drug resistance-associated mutations among HIV-1 infected drug-naïve antenatal clinic attendees in rural Kenya

Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Kiptoo, Michael K.; Brooks, James; Lihana, Raphael W.; Sandstrom, Paul; Kinyua, Joyceline; Lagat, Nancy; Okoth, Fredrick; Songok, Elijah M. (BioMed Central, 2013-11-03)

Background Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased dramatically in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 560,000 people had access to ART by the end of 2011. This scaling up of ART has raised challenges to the ...
Identification of env CRF-10 among HIV Variants Circulating in Rural Western Kenya

Kiptoo, Michael K.; Songok, Elijah M.; Lihana, Raphael W.; Genga, Isaiah O.; Kibaya, Rukia; Odhiambo, Frida; Kobayashi, Kana; Ago, Yumi; Ndembi, Nicaise; Okoth, Fredrick; Fujiyama, Yoshihide; Imanishi, Jiro; Ichimura, Hiroshi (Mary Ann Liebert, 2004-07-05)

As part of a program to determine the genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus in rural Kenya, we carried out a molecular analysis of the C2–V3 region of HIV-infected blood samples obtained from 30 antenatal clinic ...
Prevalence of nevirapine-associated resistance mutations after single dose prophylactic treatment among antenatal clinic attendees in North Rift Kenya

Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Kiptoo, Michael K.; Ichimura, Hiroshi; Wembe, Raphael L.; Mueke, Jones; Kinyua, Joyceline; Lagat, Nancy; Okoth, Fredrick; Songok, E. M. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2008)

The use of single dose nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been reported to induce drug-resistant mutations and reduce options for antiretroviral treatment for HIV-infected mothers and their children. ...
Survey on prevalence and risk factors on HIV-1 among pregnant women in North-Rift, Kenya: a hospital based cross-sectional study conducted between 2005 and 2006

Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Kiptoo, Michael K.; Mpoke, Solomon; Mueke, Jones; Okoth, Fredrick; Songok, Elijah (BioMed Central Ltd, 2009)

Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya is a major public-health problem. Estimating the prevalence of HIV in pregnant women provides essential information for an effective implementation of HIV/AIDS control measures ...
Switch from 200 to 350 CD4 baseline count: what it means to HIV care and treatment programs in Kenya

Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Mwangi, Joseph; Lihana, Raphael; Lagat, Nancy; Kinyua, Joyceline; Muriuki, Joseph; Maiyo, Alex; Kinyua, Florence; Okoth, Fredrick; Mpoke, Solomon (2012)

Introduction: With the increasing population of infected individuals in Africa and constrained resources for care and treatment, antiretroviral management continues to be an important public health challenge. Since the ...

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