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Melvin Ochieng
Researcher at Kenya Medical Research Institute
Publications - 20
Citations - 928
Melvin Ochieng is an academic researcher from Kenya Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 16 publications receiving 723 citations. Previous affiliations of Melvin Ochieng include Washington University in St. Louis & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study
Jie Liu,James A Platts-Mills,Jane Juma,Furqan Kabir,Joseph Nkeze,Catherine Okoi,Darwin J. Operario,Jashim Uddin,Shahnawaz Ahmed,Pedro L. Alonso,Martin Antonio,Stephen M. Becker,William C. Blackwelder,Robert F. Breiman,Abu Syed Golam Faruque,Barry S. Fields,Jean Gratz,Rashidul Haque,Anowar Hossain,M. Jahangir Hossain,Sheikh Jarju,Farah Naz Qamar,Najeeha Talat Iqbal,Brenda Kwambana,Inacio Mandomando,Timothy L. McMurry,Caroline Ochieng,John B. Ochieng,Melvin Ochieng,Clayton Onyango,Sandra Panchalingam,Adil Kalam,Fatima Aziz,Shahida Qureshi,Thandavarayan Ramamurthy,James H Roberts,Debasish Saha,Samba O. Sow,Suzanne Stroup,Dipika Sur,Boubou Tamboura,Mami Taniuchi,Sharon M. Tennant,Deanna Toema,Yukun Wu,Anita K. M. Zaidi,James P. Nataro,Karen L. Kotloff,Myron M. Levine,Eric R. Houpt +49 more
TL;DR: A quantitative molecular diagnostic approach improved population-level and case-level characterisation of the causes of diarrhoea and indicated a high burden of disease associated with six pathogens, for which targeted treatment should be prioritised.
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The Burden of Influenza and RSV among Inpatients and Outpatients in Rural Western Kenya, 2009–2012
Gideon O. Emukule,Sammy Khagayi,Meredith McMorrow,Rachel Ochola,Nancy A. Otieno,Marc-Alain Widdowson,Melvin Ochieng,Daniel R. Feikin,Mark A. Katz,Joshua A. Mott +9 more
TL;DR: Influenza and RSV both exact an important burden in children in Kenya, highlighting the possible value of influenza vaccines, and future RSV vaccines, for Kenyan children.
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A household serosurvey to estimate the magnitude of a dengue outbreak in Mombasa, Kenya, 2013.
Esther M. Ellis,John Neatherlin,Mark J. Delorey,Melvin Ochieng,Abdinoor Mohamed,Daniel Ondari Mogeni,Elizabeth Hunsperger,Shem Patta,Stella Gikunju,Lilian Waiboic,Barry S. Fields,Victor Ofula,Samson Konongoi,Brenda Torres-Velasquez,Nina Marano,Rosemary Sang,Harold S. Margolis,Joel M. Montgomery,Kay M. Tomashek +18 more
TL;DR: This survey provided a robust measure of incident dengue virus (DENV) infections in a setting where cases were often unrecognized and misdiagnosed.
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Hepatitis E outbreak, Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, 2012
Jamal A. Ahmed,Edna Moturi,Paul Spiegel,Marian Schilperoord,Wagacha Burton,Nailah H. Kassim,Abdinoor Mohamed,Melvin Ochieng,Leonard Nderitu,Carlos Navarro-Colorado,Heather Burke,Susan T. Cookson,Thomas Handzel,Lilian W. Waiboci,Joel M. Montgomery,Eyasu H. Teshale,Nina Marano +16 more
TL;DR: The epidemiologic and laboratory findings for the AJS cases (defined as acute onset of scleral icterus not due to another underlying condition) identified during this outbreak are presented.
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Plasmodium Parasitemia Associated With Increased Survival in Ebola Virus-Infected Patients
Kyle Rosenke,Jennifer Adjemian,Vincent J. Munster,Andrea Marzi,Darryl Falzarano,Clayton Onyango,Melvin Ochieng,Bonventure Juma,Robert J. Fischer,Joseph Prescott,David Safronetz,Victor Omballa,Collins Owuor,Thomas Hoenen,Allison Groseth,Cynthia Martellaro,Neeltje van Doremalen,Galina E. Zemtsova,Joshua S. Self,Trenton Bushmaker,Kristin L. McNally,Thomas Rowe,Shannon L. Emery,Friederike Feldmann,Brandi N. Williamson,Sonja M. Best,Tolbert Nyenswah,Allen Grolla,James E. Strong,Gary P. Kobinger,Fatorma K. Bolay,Kathryn C. Zoon,Jorgen Stassijns,Ruggero Giuliani,Martin De Smet,Stuart T. Nichol,Barry S. Fields,Armand Sprecher,Moses Massaquoi,Heinz Feldmann,Emmie de Wit +40 more
TL;DR: Ebola virus-infected patients were 20% more likely to survive when Plasmodium species parasitemia was detected, even after controlling for Ebola viral load and age; those with the highest levels of paras itemia had a survival rate of 83%.