Browsing School of Health Sciences & School of Nursing by Author "LaBeaud, A Desiree"

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    • Dengue and West Nile Virus transmission in children and adults in coastal Kenya 

      Vu, David M; Banda, Tamara; Teng, Crystal Y; Heimbaugh, Chelsea; Muchiri, Eric M; Mungai, Peter L; Mutuku, Francis M; Brichard, Julie; Gildengorin, Ginny; Borland, Erin M; Powers, Ann M; Kitron, Uriel; King, Charles H; LaBeaud, A Desiree (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)
      Dengue virus (DENV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are important reemerging arboviruses that are under-recognized in many parts of Africa due to lack of surveillance. As a part of a study on flavivirus, alphavirus, and parasite ...

    • High rates of o’nyong nyong and Chikungunya virus transmission in coastal Kenya 

      LaBeaud, A Desiree; Banda, Tamara; Brichard, Julie {et al} (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and o’nyong nyong virus (ONNV) are mosquito-borne alpha-viruses endemic in East Africa that cause acute febrile illness and arthritis. The objectives of this study were to measure the seroprevalence ...

    • Parasitism in children aged three years and under: relationship between infection and growth in rural coastal Kenya 

      LaBeaud, A Desiree; Singer, Monica Nayakwadi {et al} (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Parasitic infections, which are among the most common infections worldwide, dispropor-tionately affect children; however, little is known about the impact of parasitic disease on growth in very early childhood. Our objective ...