Shillah Nasambu Simiyu

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Has Aedes lilii previously been shown to vector any disease in the animal population?

Aedes lilii is the non-anthropophilic, sympatric sister species of Aedes bromeliae. It is morphologically identical to Aedes bromeliae but is said to be medically unimportant because it is...

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Is COI an ideal gene to use to differentiate closely related species?

I am considering the use of CO1 to differentiate between different mosquito populations. Is it an ideal target gene? And does it have better resolution than ND4 and ITS1, ITS2 to differentiate...

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How many wild-type Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites should I intravenously inject into immunized BALB/C or C57BL/6 mice to assess vaccine efficacy?

I am carrying out a study in which I will utilize vectored immunoprophylaxis (Adeno-associate virus based) to deliver a gene that codes for antibodies against a plasmodium sporozoite antigen into...

26 October 2019 4,908 0 View

Is there a confirmation of the existence of naturally occurring serotypes 6E, 6F,6G and 6H Streptococcus pneumoniae?

There have been reports of putative serotypes 6E, 6F, 6G and 6H of S.pneumoniae synthesized in the lab. Are there any reports of these serotypes occurring naturally in nasopharyngeal carriage and...

22 September 2016 9,989 2 View

Why do different species of leishmania target different tissues? What factors dictate the tissue specificity of the infections?

Are there any structural differences in leishmania parasites that allows some species affinity to infect cutaneous tissues and others the spleen and liver?

25 October 2013 6,734 2 View