Sam Kariuki
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Recent Articles
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Hassell J, Muloi D, VanderWaal K, Ward M, Bettridge J, Gitahi N, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 Jul;
120(29):e2218860120.
PMID: 37450494
Urbanization is predicted to be a key driver of disease emergence through human exposure to novel, animal-borne pathogens. However, while we suspect that urban landscapes are primed to expose people...
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Sapkota J, Hasan R, Onsare R, Arafah S, Kariuki S, Shakoor S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2022 Nov;
60(12):e0100022.
PMID: 36448816
Blood and bone marrow cultures are considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of typhoid, but these methods require infrastructure and skilled staff that are not always available in low-...
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Hassell J, Ward M, Muloi D, Bettridge J, Robinson T, Kariuki S, et al.
Lancet Planet Health
. 2019 Jun;
3(6):e259-e269.
PMID: 31229001
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the great challenges facing global health security in the modern era. Wildlife, particularly those that use urban environments, are an important but understudied component...
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Pavlinac P, Singa B, John-Stewart G, Richardson B, Brander R, McGrath C, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2018 Jan;
7(12):e019170.
PMID: 29289941
Introduction: Child mortality due to infectious diseases remains unacceptably high in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Children who are hospitalised represent an accessible population at particularly high risk of death, both...
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Laxminarayan R, Duse A, Wattal C, Zaidi A, Wertheim H, Sumpradit N, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis
. 2013 Nov;
13(12):1057-98.
PMID: 24252483
The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate change are evident. Many...
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Dinda V, Gunturu R, Kariuki S, Hakeem A, Raja A, Kimanga A
Ethiop J Health Sci
. 2013 Aug;
23(2):141-9.
PMID: 23950630
Background: In low income countries, surgical site infections (SSIs) are costly and impose a heavy and potentially preventable burden on both patients and healthcare providers. This study aimed to determine...
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Emergence of a globally dominant IncHI1 plasmid type associated with multiple drug resistant typhoid
Holt K, Phan M, Baker S, Duy P, Thieu Nga T, Nair S, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2011 Aug;
5(7):e1245.
PMID: 21811646
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), remains a serious global health concern. Since their emergence in the mid-1970s multi-drug resistant (MDR) S. Typhi now dominate drug...
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Saidi S, Yamasaki S, Lijima Y, Kariuki S
J Infect Dev Ctries
. 2011 Feb;
5(1):68-70.
PMID: 21330744
An unusually high number of sporadic cholera outbreaks have occurred in various parts of Kenya since January 2009. Clinical symptoms of cholera play an important role in the diagnosis and...
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Mengo D, Kariuki S, Muigai A, Revathi G
J Infect Dev Ctries
. 2010 Jul;
4(6):393-6.
PMID: 20601792
Background: Typhoid fever is a global health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the current annual global burden of typhoid is approximately 22 million new cases, 5% of...
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Guinness L, Arthur G, Bhatt S, Achiya G, Kariuki S, Gilks C
AIDS
. 2002 Mar;
16(6):901-8.
PMID: 11919492
Objective: To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission. Design: Cost data were collected on inpatients...