Browsing School of Science and Computing (JA) by Author "Jiang, Ju"

Browsing School of Science and Computing (JA) by Author "Jiang, Ju"

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  • High prevalence of Rickettsia Africae variants in Amblyomma Variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural Western Kenya: implications for human health 
    Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Maina, Alice N.; Jiang, Ju; Omulo, Sylvia A.; Cutler, Sally J.; Ade, Fredrick; Ogola, Eric; Feikin, Daniel R.; Njenga, M. Kariuki,; Cleaveland, Sarah; Mpoke, Solomon; Breiman, Robert F.; Knobel, Darryn L.; Richards, Allen L. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 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 ...
  • High Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus Bacteria in Patients with Febrile Illness, Kenya 
    Thiga, Jacqueline W.; Mutai, Beth K.; Eyako, Wurapa K.; Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Jiang, Ju; Richards, Allen L.; Waitumbi, John N. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015-04)
    Serum samples from patients in Kenya with febrile illnesses were screened for antibodies against bacteria that cause spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus. Seroprevalence was 10% for spotted fever group, <1% for typhus ...
  • Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Patients, Western Kenya, 2007–2010 
    Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Maina, Alice N.; Knobel, Darryn L.; Jiang, Ju; Halliday, Jo; Feikin, Daniel R.; Cleaveland, Sarah; Junghae, Muthoni; Breiman, Robert F.; Richards, Allen L.; Njenga, M. Kariuki (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012)
    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 ...

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