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Anti-Inflammatory properties of methanolic bark extracts of terminalia brownii in wistar albino rats

Mbiri, Jane W.; Kasili, Sichangi; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Mbinda, Wilton; Ngugi, Piero (2016)

Objective: This study investigated the anti-inflammatory properties of methanolic bark extract of Terminalia brownii in Wistar albino rats (Rattus novegicus). Methods: The experimental animals were divided into six groups ...
Anti-Pyretic Properties of Methanolic Bark Extracts of Terminalia brownii in Wistar Rats (Rattus novegicus)

Mbiri, Jane W.; Kasili, Sichangi; Mbinda, Wilton; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Piero, Ngugi M (2016)

The conventional drugs used to manage fever are usually not affordable, not easily available and have adverse side effects. Alternative therapeutic agents, like medicinal plant derivatives, should therefore be developed ...
Anti-pyretic properties of methanolic bark extracts of Terminalia brownii in wistar rats (rattusnovegicus)

Mbiri, Jane W.; Kasili, Sichangi; Mbinda, Wilton; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Piero, Ngugi M. (2016-08-24)

The conventional drugs used to manage fever are usually not affordable, not easily available and have adverse side effects. Alternative therapeutic agents, like medicinal plant derivatives, should therefore be developed ...
Antinociceptive Properties of Methanolic Bark Extracts of Terminalia brownii in Wistar Rats

Mbiri, Jane W.; Kasili, Sichangi; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Musila, Michael N.; Piero, Mathew N.; Mbinda, Wilton M. (2016-08-29)

Background: The barks of the medicinal plant, Terminalia brownii, are widely used in African folk medicine for the management of pain. However, this ethno-medicinal allegation has not been scientifically validated. This ...
Attitude and practices of household heads towards leishmaniases infections in marigat sub-county, Baringo County, Kenya

Okindo, E. G.; Kutima, H. L.; Mutai, J.; Kasili, Sichangi (Kenya Medical Association, 2017)

Objective: To assess the attitude and practices of household heads towards leishmaniases in Marigat division. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Marigat Sub-County, Baringo County, Kenya. Subjects: Four hundred ...
Comparative attractiveness of CO(2)-baited CDC light traps and animal baits to Phlebotomus duboscqi sandflies.

Kasili, Sichangi; Kutima, Helen; Mwandawiro, Charles; Ngumbi, Philip M.; Anjili, Christopher O. (Medknow Publications, 2009-09)

Background & objectives: In order to understand sandfly bionomics, vector species identification, and to develop methods for sandfly control, there is a need to sample sandflies in any particular habitat. This survey ...
Comparative performance of light trap types, lunar influence and sandfly abundance in Baringo district, Kenya

Kasili, Sichangi; Ngumbi, Philip M.; Koka, Hellen; Ngere, Francis G.; Kioko, Elizabeth; Odemba, Nicholas; Kutima, Helen L. (Medknow Publications, 2010-06)
Effects of Metarhizium anisopliae on sand fly populations in their natural habitats in Marigat sub- County, Baringo County, Kenya

Kasili, Sichangi; Ngure, Peter K.; Anjili, Christopher O.; Karanja, Robert M.; Kaburi, Josyline; Muthoni, Milka; Kinuthia, Geoffrey; Kiarie, Martha; Nzau, Anastasia; Kepha, Stella; Maniania, Nguya K.; Irungu, Lucy W.; Ngumbi, Philip M. (2015)
Efficacy of Maerua decumbens and Moringa oleifera extracts in water treatment

Kasili, Sichangi; Ochieng, Derrick; Wekesa, Vitalis Wafula (2016)

Aim: Water of adequate quantity and quality is essential for healthy life. Its provision has been ensured in semi-arid areas by construction of water reservoirs including dams and boreholes. These water sources face a high ...
Entomological assessment of the potential for malaria transmission in Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya

Kasili, Sichangi; Odemba, Nicholas; Ngere, Francis G.; Kamanza, John B.; Muema, Alexander M.; Kutima, Helen L. (Medknow Publications, 2009-12)

Background & objectives: Malaria in urban and highland areas is emerging as a significant public health threat in Kenya which has seen a dramatic increase in malaria transmission in low risk highland areas. The objectives ...
Factors determining media-based partner/spouse seeking in the era of HIV and AIDS pandemic

Miriti, Naomi K.; Kasili, Sichangi; Wanzala, Wycliffe (OMICS International, 2016-12)

Marrying or looking for a lifetime soul mate or partner in the era of HIV and AIDS pandemic is problematic, worrying and a nightmare. Dating has to a number of people been elevated media platform recently. HIV and AIDS is ...
Field trial of five repellent formulations against mosquitoes in Ahero, Kenya.

Kasili, Sichangi; Sherwood, Van; Kioko, Elizabeth; Ngumbi, Philip; Hollingdale, Michael R. (U.S. Army Medical Department Center, 2009)

Twelve volunteers, using one leg for repellent application and the other leg as a control, field-tested 5 insect repellent formulations--Avon's (New York, NY) SS220 Spray, SS220 Lotion, and Bayrepel Lotion, and SC Johnson's ...
Insecticide treated nets for malaria control: a review of lessons learnt, challenges and recommendations

Kasili, Sichangi; Mwangangi, Joseph (2016)

Introduction: Malaria, one of the world’s public health problems, can be controlled by Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) among many tools available. ITNs have been in part, responsible for the decline of malaria cases in ...
Laboratory and semi-field evaluation of long-lasting insecticidal nets against leishmaniasis vector, Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi in Kenya.

Kasili, Sichangi (Medknow Publications, 2010-03)

Background & objectives: Phlebotomine sandflies are vectors of leishmaniases and other diseases. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) as possible tools for control have not been widely tested against them. The objective ...
Mainstreaming of HIV and AIDS in Kenyan University Academic Programmes: Impact on Students’ Sexual Behaviour

Kasili, Sichangi; Kisangau, Daniel P.; Kimatu, Josphert N. (2016)

HIV and AIDS is a global public health problem with 36.7 million people leaving with the virus. HIV and AIDS education is taught in Kenyan universities as an undergraduate course with the aim of reducing levels of new ...
Perception, awareness, knowledge, attitude and practices of prevention, control and management of HIV and AIDS amongst online persons seeking sexual partners in Kenya

Miriti, Naomi K.; Kasili, Sichangi; Wanzala, Wycliffe (2020-05)

The current study was carried out to assess the level of perception, awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice (PAKAP) towards HIV and AIDS scourge amongst sexually active online partners through Nation Media Company in ...
Real-world complexity of food security and biodiversity conservation

Habel, Jan C.; Teucher, Mike; Hornetz, Berthold; Jaetzold, Ralph; Kimatu, Josphert N.; Kasili, Sichangi; Mairura, Zachariah; Mulwa, Ronald K.; Eggermont, Hilde; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Lens, Luc (Springer Netherlands, 2015-01)

Feeding the booming human population and at the same time conserving biodiversity is a global challenge. Yet, it is particularly acute in developing countries where biodiversity is high and food-security low. There is an ...
Seasonal changes of infectivity rates of Bancroftian filariasis vectors in coast province, Kenya.

Kasili, Sichangi; Oyieke, Florence; Wamae, C.; Mbogo, Charles (Medknow Publications, 2009-09)

J Vector Borne Dis 46, September 2009, pp. 219–224 Seasonal changes of infectivity rates of Bancroftian filariasis vectors in coast province, Kenya Sichangi Kasili a , Florence Oyieke b , C. Wamae c & Charles ...
Socioeconomic impacts of leishmaniases on households of Marigat Sub county, Baringo County of Kenya

Kasili, Sichangi; Okindo, Eric G.; Kutima, Helen L.; Mutai, Joseph M. (2016-11)

The global burden of leishmaniases has remained stable for some years, causing a morbidity and mortality mainly to the poor proportion of the population. An estimated 5 million people are at risk of infection in Kenya ...
Status of Plasmodium Falciparum Resistance to Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine in Kwale County, Kenya

Mutwiri, Winfred K.; Gicheru, Michael; Kasili, Sichangi; Kimani, Francis T.; Makokha, Francis (2019)

Background: Malaria persists to be one of the major significant diseases in the world. A range of antimalarial drugs are readily accessible but management of the disease remains a problem. Despite the broadened spread of ...

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