Selected ABSTRACTS from the 2nd Medical and Veterinary Viral Research in Kenya (MVVR-K2) Symposium held on 18th-19th October 2012 at the PanAfric Hotel Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstracts
Respiratory Adenovirus Species Circulating In Kenya from 2007-2010 | |
Rachel A. Achilla, Wallace D. Bulimo, Janet M. Majanja, Meshack O. Wadegu, Silvanus O. Mukunzi, Josphat Mwangi, Julia W. Mwangi, James O. Njiri, Benjamin H. Opot, Eyako K. Wurapa |
A spatially-explicit simulation model of Rift Valley fever transmission | |
John Gachohi, Bernard Bett, Frank Hansen, Philip Kitala |
Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope HIV-1 type 1 isolates among Kenyan cohort | |
Anthony K Nyamache, Anne W. T. Muigai, Samoel A. Khamadi |
Spatial modelling of disease: methods and applications | |
Kims B Stevens |
Molecular characterization of human parainfluenza virus type 1 in infants attending Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya | |
Joshua Kiptiness, Eyako K. Wurapa, Fred Wamunyokoli, Wallace D. Bulimo |
Antiretroviral therapy monitoring among HIV-1 vertically infected children: implications of long term treatment on disease progression | |
Raphael W Lihana, Washingtone Ochieng', Raphael M. Lwembe, Samoel A. Khamadi |
Uganda Arboviruses Surveillance Activities | |
Julius J Lutwama |
Surveillance of Human Parainfluenza viruses in Kenya during the 2007-2011 Period | |
Keneth Mitei, Wallace Bulimo, Rachel Achilla, Janet Majanja, Meshack Wadegu |
Molecular Characterization of Human Enterovirus 68 Strains Circulating in Kenya between 2008 and 2010 | |
Silvanos Mukunzi, Wallace Bulimo, Rachel Achilla, Benjamin Opot, Finley Osuna |
Automated real time detection of Arboviruses in culture | |
Lillian A Musila, Albert Nyunja, Edith Koskei, Samoel Khamadi, Rosemary Sang |
Seroprevalence of Chikungunya, West Nile Virus and Dengue Virus in Febrile Patients visiting selected health facilities in Trans Nzoia County | |
Matilu Mwau, Toru Kubo, Samson Nzou, Sheila Kageha, Joyce Ngoi, Norman Demba, Kouichi Morita |
Development of Rapid Diagnostics and Establishment of an Alert system for outbreaks of Yellow Fever and Rift Valley fever in Kenya | |
Matilu Mwau, Kouichi Morita |
Factors associated with mother to child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kenya | |
Matilu Mwau, Ferdinard Adungo, Silvia Kadima, Elizabeth Nyambura, Najma Salim, Carolyne Kirwaye, Samoel Khamadi |
Influenza in the East African Region | |
Henry N Njuguna, Joshua A. Mott |
Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversity of Bunyamwera Virus | |
Collins Odhiambo, Rosemary Sang |
Approaches in Identification of Putative Reservoirs/Hosts of Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVF) in Kenya | |
David Omondi, Rosemary Sang, Marion Warigia, Paul Mireji, Daniel Masiga |
Analyses of selection pressure on the Hemagglutinin gene of influenza A/H3N2 Viruses circulating in Kenya 2007-2011 | |
Benjamin Opot, Finley Osuna, George Gachara, Meshack Wadegu, Rachel Achilla, Janet Majanja, Eyako Wurapa, Wallace Bulimo |
Amino Acid changes at the hemagglutinin antigenic site amongst Kenyan influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses in 2009-2010 | |
Finnley Osuna |
The Arbovirus menace in Kenya; are we doing enough to stem it? | |
Rosemary Sang |
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Surveillance, Laboratory Testing, and Outbreak Response in Uganda: 2010-2012 | |
Trevor Shoemaker, Stephen Balinandi, Barbara Knust, Ilana Schafer, Shelly Campbell |
Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Influenza Viruses Isolated From Children Admitted At the Kenyatta National Hospital in April-July 2008 | |
Samwel ML Symekher, Wallace Bulimo, Rose Kakai, James Simwa, Annette Sang, Japhet Magana |
Genotypic Characterization of Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors amongst Influenza A viruses that circulated in Kenya from 2008 to 2011 | |
Meshack O Wadegu |
Challenges and opportunities: A framework for analysis of metagenomic sequencing data | |
Mark Wamalwa, Francesca Stomeo, Joyce Njuguna, Appolinaire Djikeng |
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B among HIV Infected Persons Receiving Care in a HIV Clinic in Kisumu Kenya | |
Caroline W Maina, Elizabeth Bukusi, Peter Wanzala, Anne Muigai, Anke Hemmerling |
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