Establishment of the Kenyan psoriasis registry: A Case–Control Cohort

Marquez‑Grap, Georgia; Biwott, Petronilla; Chen, Miranda; Baldonado, Gian Carlo; Leung, Andrea; Kranyak, Allison; Muraguri, Isabel; Maurer, Toby; Liao ·, Wilson; Kiprono, Samson

dc.contributor.author	Marquez‑Grap, Georgia
dc.contributor.author	Biwott, Petronilla
dc.contributor.author	Chen, Miranda
dc.contributor.author	Baldonado, Gian Carlo
dc.contributor.author	Leung, Andrea
dc.contributor.author	Kranyak, Allison
dc.contributor.author	Muraguri, Isabel
dc.contributor.author	Maurer, Toby
dc.contributor.author	Liao ·, Wilson
dc.contributor.author	Kiprono, Samson
dc.date.accessioned	2026-07-09T08:36:51Z
dc.date.available	2026-07-09T08:36:51Z
dc.date.issued	2025-12-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/10309
dc.description	Original research	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflam‑ matory skin disease with a global prevalence of 1–5%, however its clinical and demographic pro‑ fle in Kenya remains underexplored. This arti‑ cle describes the establishment of the Kenyan Psoriasis Registry at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. Methods: 214 subjects were enrolled between October 2024 and August 2025 at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Both healthy controls and patients with psoriasis completed enrollment surveys and physical exams, and donated saliva samples.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	G. Marquez‑Grap (*) · M. Chen · G. C. Baldonado · A. Leung · A. Kranyak · W. Liao Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, 2340 Sutter St N414, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA e‑mail: georgia.marquez@ucsf.edu P. Biwott · I. Muraguri · S. Kiprono Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya T. Maurer Department of Dermatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA	en_US
dc.publisher	Dermatol Ther (Heidelb)	en_US
dc.subject	Psoriasis Registry	en_US
dc.subject	Establishment	en_US
dc.subject	A Case–Control Cohort	en_US
dc.subject	Kenya	en_US
dc.title	Establishment of the Kenyan psoriasis registry: A Case–Control Cohort	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US