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MC Maritim
Researcher at College of Health Sciences, Bahrain
Publications - 26
Citations - 298
MC Maritim is an academic researcher from College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 22 publications receiving 178 citations. Previous affiliations of MC Maritim include University of Nairobi.
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Strong Association Between Human and Animal Brucella Seropositivity in a Linked Study in Kenya, 2012–2013
Eric Osoro,Peninah Munyua,Sylvia Omulo,Eric Ogola,Fredrick Ade,Peter Mbatha,Murithi Mbabu,Zipporah Ng’ang’a,Salome Kairu,MC Maritim,Samuel M. Thumbi,Austine Bitek,Stella Gaichugi,Carol Rubin,Kariuki Njenga,Marta A. Guerra +15 more
TL;DR: Evidence is provided of a strong association between human and animal seropositivity at the household level and Brucella immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies among humans and animals in Kenya.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in East Africa: red alert or red herring?
TL;DR: The prevalence of MRSA was found to be much higher than that reported in private tertiary facilities in the same region and has a critical bearing on health and economic outcomes for a population.
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Bridging antimicrobial resistance knowledge gaps: The East African perspective on a global problem
Frederick K. Wangai,Moses Masika,Godfrey Lule,Emma M Karari,MC Maritim,Walter Jaoko,Beatrice Museve,Antony Kuria +7 more
TL;DR: The overwhelming resistance to commonly used antibiotics heralds a clarion call towards strengthening antimicrobial stewardship programmes and regular AMR regional surveillance.
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Examining unit costs for COVID-19 case management in Kenya.
Edwine Barasa,Edwine Barasa,Angela Kairu,Wangari Ng’ang’a,MC Maritim,Vincent Were,Samuel Akech,Mercy Mwangangi +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a bottom-up approach to estimate full economic costs and adopted a health system perspective and patient episode of care as their time horizon to estimate unit costs for patients with COVID-19 case management for patients.
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Examining Unit Costs for COVID-19 Case Management in Kenya
Edwine Barasa,Angela Kairu,Wangari Ng’ang’a,MC Maritim,Vincent Were,Samuel Akech,Mercy Mwangangi +6 more
TL;DR: This work estimated unit costs for COVID-19 case management for patients with asymptomatic, mild to moderate, severe, and critical CO VID-19 disease in Kenya and used an ingredients approach, adopted a health system perspective, and patient episode of care as the authors' time horizon.