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IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANNOTATION OPTIMIZING AND BENCHMARKING; NOVEL GERMLINE ALLELE DISCOVERY IN SELECTED AFRICAN BOVINE BREEDS
(Pwani University, 2020-09-24)Antibodies are critical molecules of the adaptive immune response of vertebrates. For an animal to neutralize the pathogens it will encounter in its lifetime, the diversity of antibodies it will need to produce is enormous. ... -
AN EXPANDED MOTIF ASSESSMENT AND RANKING SUITE FOR HUMAN AND INSECT RESEARCH
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)Motif Assessment and Ranking Suite (MARS - http://bioinf.ict.ru.ac.za/) is a benchmark web server for MARSTools developed to evaluate, assess, rank and elucidate transcription factor (TF) binding motifs in Position Weight ... -
APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING IN IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CONGENITAL INFECTIONS AND IMMUNE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)The first year of life is a crucial window in the development of an infant’s immune system. Importantly, vaccination for almost all vaccine preventable infections is primarily given within this time. Congenital infections ... -
COMPARING MITOCHONDRIAL GENE SEQUENCES OF AEDES AEGYPTI IN EAST AFRICA TO THE GLOBAL ANTHROPOPHILIC STRAIN
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)Advances in genotyping methods have shed more light into mosquito genetics and improved our understanding of vector-borne disease transmission cycles. Outside of Africa, Aedes aegypti, the main vector of arboviruses such ... -
PHYLOGENETIC EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHIC TRANSMISSION PATTERNS OF THE RICE BLAST PATHOGEN MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE IN AFRICA
(Pwani University, 2020-01-23)Rice blast disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is the most disastrous disease in rice, and adversely constrains the growth and productivity of the crop worldwide. Outbreaks of the disease reoccur in ... -
KINETICS OF RTS, S/AS01-INDUCED ANTI-CSP ANTIBODIES IN YOUNG KENYAN CHILDREN
(Pwani University, 2021-05-23)RTS,S/AS01, the leading malaria vaccine, is currently under a pilot study with the aim of introducing it in routine immunization of children. Though there are no well-established correlates of protection, specific anti-CSP ... -
EXPLORING VIRUS SEQUENCE DIVERSITY USING GENOME GRAPHS
(Pwani University, 2020-11-23)Linear reference genomes are a consensus of the most frequent base at a given position. Graph-based reference genomes represent a genome as a network of alternative paths, thereby providing information on variant bases. ... -
DETERMINATION OF PREVALENCE OF DEFAULTING AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS FROM TREATMENT AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN KILIFI NORTH SUB COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2019-09)Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and remains one of the deadliest communicable diseases. Understanding the characteristics of patients who default from treatment for tuberculosis will help modify the strategies ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES AND IMPACTS OF ARTISANAL FISHING ON SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF GAZI BAY, SOUTH COAST, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2019-09-28)isheries resources are critical to coastal communities livelihoods, providing food and income. The exploitation of fisheries resources in the tropics is mainly small-scale in nature characterized by being multi-species and ... -
DETERMINATION OF PREVALENCE OF DEFAULTING AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS FROM TREATMENT AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN KILIFI NORTH SUB COUNTY
(Pwani University, 2019-09-28)Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and remains one of the deadliest communicable diseases. Understanding the characteristics of patients who default from treatment for tuberculosis will help modify the strategies ... -
ASSESSMENT OF MARINE MEGA-FAUNA BY-CATCH IN THE ARTISANAL FISHERY ALONG NORTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani University, 2017-06)The populations of long-lived marine mega-fauna including elasmobranchs, marine mammals and sea turtles is declining around the world because of their high vulnerability to fishing activities and mortality. Most mega-fauna ... -
ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF LOWER SABAKI RIVER USING MACRO-BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(Pwani University, 2016-11)The present study was conducted at the lower reaches of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River system that empties its water into the Indian Ocean.The objective of the study was to assess the ecological integrity of the lower Sabaki ... -
IMPACT OF INITIAL HANDLING ON QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF PENAEID SHRIMPS BY ARTISANAL FISHERMEN IN KURAWA NORTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani University, 2017-07)The present study was conducted to determine the effect of initial handling of shrimps after they were caught by the small scale fisheries of Kurawa North coast Kenya. Further, the study was aimed at assessing the effect ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SMALL-SCALE TUNA FISHERY IN KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-09)una are marine fish that belong to the family Scombridae. Worldwide, they provide major source of income, food and livelihood to the coastal fishing communities. They are widely distributed in tropical waters with vast ... -
ROLE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL FACTORS IN SUSTENANCE OF RESIDUAL MALARIA PARASITE TRANSMISSION IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYAN COAST
(Pwani Unversity, 2018-03-08)Malaria vector control strategies have been rolled out in malaria endemic areas leading to reduction in disease transmission and morbidity in some regions. However, the persistence in local malaria transmission has not ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERIES RESOURCES IN WATER RESERVOIRS OF THE SOLAR SALTWORKS IN UNGWANA BAY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2016-07)The reservoirs of the salt works in Magarini Constituency within Ungwana Bay, Kenya support livelihoods of local fishers and fish traders in the area. However, despite this importance, information about their fisheries ... -
THE EFFICACY OF PACKAGING MATERIALS IN REDUCING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN READY-TO-EAT STREET VENDED FRIED FISH AND SUBSEQUENT CONSUMER PERCEPTION
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-08)Street vending of ready-to-eat (RTE) food is an important source of livelihood accounting for the employment of millions of people who are poor, unskilled and have limited formal education (Bino, 2006). Despite the ... -
ABUNDANCE, RESIDENCY PATTERNS AND HOME-RANGE OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (Tursiops aduncus) INHABITING MALINDI-WATAMU MARINE PROTECTED AREA, KENYA.
(Pwani University, 2017-04)The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus is globally distributed in the Indo-West pacific region. Along the Kenyan coast, the species has been recorded in the Malindi-Watamu Marine Protected Area (MPA) and the ... -
HOOK SIZE SELECTIVITY IN THE HANDLINE FISHERIES OF SHIMONI, SOUTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-06)Handline fisheries employ hooks of different sizes and therefore select fish according to species and size which can influence the composition of fish stocks in any given fishery. The aim of this study was to assess the ... -
STOCK STATUS AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE BIOLOGY OF THE PINK EAR EMPEROR LETHRINUS LENTJAN (LAĆEPÈDE, 1802) IN SOUTH COAST KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-10-06)The pink ear emperor Lethrinus lentjan (Laćepède, 1802) is among three demersal fish species dominating catches in the artisanal fishery along the Kenya coast. Available data indicate that total landings of L. lentjan ...
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