Browsing School of Health Sciences & School of Nursing by Author "Bustinduy, Amaya L."
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Age-Stratified Profiles of Serum IL-6, IL-10, and TNF- a Cytokines among Kenyan Children with Schistosoma haematobium , Plasmodium falciparum , and Other Chronic Parasitic Co-infections
Bustinduy, Amaya L.; Sutherland, Laura J. {et al} (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)In a study of children having polyparasitic infections in a Schistosoma haematobium–endemic area, we examined the hypothesis that S. haematobium–positive children, compared with S. haematobium–negative children (anti- soluble ... -
Cross-sectional Study of the Burden of Vector-Borne and Soil-Transmitted Polyparasitism in Rural Communities of Coast Province, Kenya
Bisanzio, Donal; Mutuku, Francis; Bustinduy, Amaya L.; Mungai, Peter L.; Muchiri, Eric M.; King, Charles H.; Kitron, Uriel (Public Library of Science, 2014)In coastal Kenya, infection of human populations by a variety of parasites often results in co-infection or poly- parasitism. These parasitic infections, separately and in conjunction, are a major cause of chronic clinical ... -
Measuring Fitness of Kenyan Children with Polyparasitic Infections Using the 20-Meter Shuttle Run Test as a Morbidity Metric
Bustinduy, Amaya L.; Thomas, Charles L.; Fiutem, Justin J. {et al} (Public Library of Science, 2011)To date, there has been no standardized approach to the assessment of aerobic fitness among children who harbor parasites. In quantifying the disability associated with individual or multiple chronic infections, accurate ...