Murine schistosomiasis as a model for human schistosomiasis mansoni: similarities and discrepancies

RA Abdul-Ghani, AA Hassan - Parasitology research, 2010 - Springer
Human schistosomiasis has been studied extensively since its discovery by Theodore
Bilharz in 1851. Because of its medical importance as a chronic debilitating disease in the …

Haematology of experimental Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in vervet monkeys

JM Kagira, JK Thuita, M Ngotho, R Mdachi… - African Journal of Health …, 2006 - ajol.info
Haematological aberrations associated with human infective trypanosomes were
investigated in the vervet monkey model of the Rhodesian sleeping sickness. Four monkeys …

Hematological changes in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) during eight months' adaptation to captivity

JM Kagira, M Ngotho, JK Thuita… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated fluctuations in hematological values of 50 wild‐caught vervet
monkeys (African green monkeys, grivets, Chlorocebus aethiops) during habituation to …

Biochemical changes in the plasma of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

RM Ngure, JM Ndungu, JM Ngotho, MK Nancy… - 2008 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
Biochemical evaluation of plasma during disease conditions gives an indication of the
functional status of the various body organs. Biochemical analysis of plasma from 32 vervet …

Influence of trypanocidal therapy on the haematology of vervet monkeys experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

M Ngotho, JM Kagira, C Kariuki, N Maina, JK Thuita… - Acta tropica, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to characterise the sequential haematological changes in vervet
monkeys infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and subsequently treated with sub …

Immunospecific immunoglobulins and IL‐10 as markers for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense late stage disease in experimentally infected vervet monkeys

M Ngotho, JM Kagira, HE Jensen… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the usefulness of IL‐10 and immunoglobulin M (IgM) as biomarkers
for staging HAT in vervet monkeys, a useful pathogenesis model for humans. Methods …

Instrumental characterization of montmorillonite clays by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and uv/visible …

H Wanyika, A Gachanja - Journal of agriculture, science and technology, 2016 - ajol.info
Montmorillonite (MMT) clay has properties that would find applications in biotechnological
and biomedical fields. In this study, naturally occurring MMT clay was purified using …

Molecular confirmation and anthelmintic efficacy assessment against natural trichurid infections in zoo‐housed non‐human primates

AD Moudgil, LD Singla - Journal of Medical Primatology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This study aimed to assess Trichuris species infection and evaluate the
anthelmintic efficacy of fenbendazole and ivermectin against natural trichurid infections in …

IL-10 is up regulated in early and transitional stages in vervet monkeys experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

M Ngotho, N Maina, J Kagira, F Royo, IO Farah… - Parasitology …, 2006 - Elsevier
IL-10 has been suggested as a possible parameter for human African trypanosomiasis stage
determination. However, conclusive experimental studies have not been carried out to …

High efficacy of combined albendazole and ivermectin treatment against gastrointestinal nematodes in vervet monkeys and baboons

JM Kagilra, G Oluoch, K Watitu, N Maingi… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2011 - ojs.utlib.ee
Conventional treatment that eliminates other gastrointestinal nematodes has failed to show
adequate efficacy against Trichuris trichura in non-human primates (NHPs). We investigated …