Kenya

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A republic in eastern Africa, south of ETHIOPIA, west of SOMALIA with TANZANIA to its south, and coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Nairobi.

Descriptor ID	D007630
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.058.290.120.400
Concept/Terms	Kenya Kenya Republic of Kenya

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Africa [Z01.058]
Africa South of the Sahara [Z01.058.290]
Africa, Eastern [Z01.058.290.120]
Kenya [Z01.058.290.120.400]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	1
2003	1	1
2006	1	1
2008	1	1
2009	3	3
2012	4	4
2013	5	5
2015	3	3
2016	4	4
2017	6	6
2018	5	5
2019	1	1
2020	2	2
2021	2	2
2022	3	3
2023	7	7
2024	1	1

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Kigen C, Muraya A, Wachira J, Musila L. The first report of the mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-10.1, in Kenya and a novel mutation in the phoQ gene (S244T) in a colistin-resistant Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolate. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Feb 06; 12(2):e0185523.

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Daniel O, Ashrafi A, Muthoni MA, Njoki N, Eric H, Marilynn O, Faith AB, Beth WG, Nyakio M, Odero-Marah V, Ragin C, Llanos AAM. Delayed breast cancer presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in Kenya. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Dec; 202(3):515-527.

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Ng'eno E, Lind M, Audi A, Ouma A, Oduor C, Munywoki PK, Agogo GO, Odongo G, Kiplangat S, Wamola N, Osita MP, Mugoh R, Ochieng C, Omballa V, Mogeni OD, Mikoleit M, Fields BS, Montgomery JM, Gauld J, Breiman RF, Juma B, Hunsperger E, Widdowson MA, Bigogo G, Mintz ED, Verani JR. Dynamic Incidence of Typhoid Fever over a 10-Year Period (2010-2019) in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 07 05; 109(1):22-31.

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Awuor AO, Ogwel B, Powell H, Verani JR, Sow SO, Hossain MJ, Ochieng JB, Juma J, Jamka LP, Roose A, Doh S, Deichsel EL, Onwuchekwa U, Keita AM, Antonio M, Jones JCM, Zaman SMA, Badji H, Kasumba IN, Nasrin D, Platts-Mills JA, Houpt ER, Berendes DM, Sugerman CE, Widdowson MA, Tennant SM, Mintz ED, Omore R, Kotloff KL. Antibiotic-Prescribing Practices for Management of Childhood Diarrhea in 3 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Findings From the Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study, 2015-2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 04 19; 76(76 Suppl1):S32-S40.

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Marcenac P, Traor? A, Kim S, Prentice-Mott G, Berendes DM, Powell H, Kasumba IN, Nasrin D, Jones JCM, Zaman SMA, Ochieng JB, Juma J, Sanogo D, Widdowson MA, Verani JR, Liu J, Houpt ER, Jahangir Hossain M, Sow SO, Omore R, Tennant SM, Mintz ED, Kotloff KL. Giardia Detection and Codetection With Other Enteric Pathogens in Young Children in the Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Case-Control Study: 2015-2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 04 19; 76(76 Suppl1):S106-S113.

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Ochieng JB, Powell H, Sugerman CE, Omore R, Ogwel B, Juma J, Awuor AO, Sow SO, Sanogo D, Onwuchekwa U, Keita AM, Traor? A, Badji H, Hossain MJ, Jones JCM, Kasumba IN, Nasrin D, Roose A, Liang Y, Jamka LP, Antonio M, Platts-Mills JA, Liu J, Houpt ER, Mintz ED, Hunsperger E, Onyango CO, Strockbine N, Widdowson MA, Verani JR, Tennant SM, Kotloff KL. Epidemiology of Enteroaggregative, Enteropathogenic, and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Among Children Aged <5 Years in 3 Countries in Africa, 2015-2018: Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 04 19; 76(76 Suppl1):S77-S86.

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Berendes DM, Fagerli K, Kim S, Nasrin D, Powell H, Kasumba IN, Tennant SM, Roose A, Jahangir Hossain M, Jones JCM, Zaman SMA, Omore R, Ochieng JB, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Sow SO, Doh S, Sugerman CE, Mintz ED, Kotloff KL. Survey-Based Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Animal-Associated Risk Factors for Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in the Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study: The Gambia, Mali, and Kenya, 2015-2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 04 19; 76(76 Suppl1):S132-S139.

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Omore R, Powell H, Sow SO, Jahangir Hossain M, Ogwel B, Doh S, Ochieng JB, Jones JCM, Zaman SMA, Awuor AO, Juma J, Kasumba IN, Roose A, Jamka LP, Nasrin D, Liu J, Keita AM, Traor? A, Onwuchekwa U, Badji H, Sarwar G, Antonio M, Sugerman CE, Mintz ED, Houpt ER, Verani JR, Widdowson MA, Tennant SM, Platts-Mills JA, Tate JE, Parashar UD, Kotloff KL. Norovirus Disease Among Children <5 Years in 3 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Findings From the Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study, 2015-2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 04 19; 76(76 Suppl1):S114-S122.

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Ochieng C, Chen JC, Osita MP, Katz LS, Griswold T, Omballa V, Ng'eno E, Ouma A, Wamola N, Opiyo C, Achieng L, Munywoki PK, Hendriksen RS, Freeman M, Mikoleit M, Juma B, Bigogo G, Mintz E, Verani JR, Hunsperger E, Carleton HA. Molecular characterization of circulating Salmonella Typhi strains in an urban informal settlement in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 08; 16(8):e0010704.

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Simmons B, Syvertsen JL. Learning from women who trade sex in Kenya about the antiblackness of Global Health. Soc Sci Med. 2022 11; 313:115246.

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