Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Feikin, Daniel R."

Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Feikin, Daniel R."

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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 ...
  • The population-based burden of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya, 2007-2009 
    Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Ope, Maurice O.; Aura, Barrack; Fuller, James A.; Gikunju, Stella; Vulule, John; Njenga, M Kariuki; Breiman, Robert F.; Katz, Mark (2012)
    OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden and age-specific rates of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya. METHODS: All 3924 patients with respiratory illness (defined as acute cough, difficulty in breathing ...
  • 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 ...
  • Risk factors for hospitalized seasonal influenza in rural Western Kenya 
    Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Ope, Maurice O.; Katz, Mark A.; Aura, Barrack; Gikunju, Stella; Njenga, M. Kariuki; Vulule, John; Breiman, Robert F.; Feikin, Daniel R. (plosone, 2011)
    Background Risk factors for influenza hospitalization in Africa are unknown, including the role of HIV. Methods We conducted a case-control study of risk factors for hospitalized seasonal influenza among persons in ...
  • Sequential Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Eastern Africa caused by multiple lineages of the virus 
    Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W.; Nderitu, Leonard; Lee, John S.; Omolo, Jared; Omulo, Sylvia; O'Guinn, Monica L.; Hightower, Allen; Mosha, Fausta; Mohamed, Mohamed; Munyua, Peninah; ; Hiett, Kelli; Seal, Bruce; Feikin, Daniel R.; Breiman, Robert F.; Kariuki, Njenga, M. (xford University Press, 2011-03)
    Background. During the Rift Valley fever (RVF) epidemic of 2006–2007 in eastern Africa, spatial mapping of the outbreaks across Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania was performed and the RVF viruses were isolated and genetically ...

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