Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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CD4+ Cell Response to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ARTS) In Routine Clinical Care Over One Oear Oeriod in a Cohort of HAART Naive, HIV Positive Kenyan Patients
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Untreated HIV/AIDS leads to severe immune depletion with opportunistic infections and other co-morbidities. Highly active anti-retroviral ... -
Diabetes Mellitus/HIV Interphase: A Series of 10 Cases
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Evidence shows that the use of protease inhibitors (PIs) in HIV/AIDS patients leads to the development of diabetes mellitus. Some degree of insulin resistance has also been noted in HIV infected patients not ... -
Cholangiopathy in a Co-Hort of HIV Positive Kenyan Patients
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) related cholangiopathy results from the inflammation of biliary tree and gall bladder. It is an uncommon manifestation of advanced HIV/AIDS that was associated with ... -
Pyomyositis in HIV: A Series of 12 Cases
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the large skeletal muscles presenting with muscle pain and swelling. It is commonly seen in the tropics but is being recognised more in end-stage HIV/AIDS. In HIV-associated ... -
Use of mobile learning technology among final year medical students in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction Mobile phone penetration has increased exponentially over the last decade as has its application in nearly all spheres of life including health and medical education. This study aimed at assessing the use of ... -
Effect of daily antenatal iron supplementation on plasmodium infection in Kenyan women a randomized clinical trial
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Importance Anemia affects most pregnant African women and is predominantly due to iron deficiency, but antenatal iron supplementation has uncertain health benefits and can increase the malaria burden. Objective To ... -
The politics in sugar sector is more than meets the eye
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Constitution @ 5: where are the economic dividends?
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Teachers Pay Vs. Economic Reality
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Generation Z: Is It Time To Deschool Society?
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Where America derives her greatness from
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Obama Trip: It's More Than Just A Visit
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Us president barack obama trip it’s more than just a visit
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Why we should fear School-bus syndrome
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Host Genetic and Viral Determinants of HIV-1 RNA Set Point among HIV-1 Seroconverters from Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09-03)ABSTRACT We quantified the collective impact of source partner HIV-1 RNA levels, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, and innate re- sponses through Toll-like receptor (TLR) alleles on the HIV-1 set point. Data came ... -
Molecular signatures of immune activation and epithelial barrier remodeling are enhanced during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle: implications for HIV susceptibility
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Variable infectivity and transmissibility of HIV/SHIV has been recently associated with the menstrual cycle, with particular susceptibility observed during the luteal phase in non-human primate models and ex vivo human ... -
Carbon stable isotopes suggest that hippopotamus-vectored nutrients subsidize aquatic consumers in an East African river
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius , transports millions of tons of organic matter annually from its terrestrial feeding grounds into aquatic habitats. We evaluated whether carbon stable isotopes ( d 13 C) ... -
Wheeze as an adverse event in pediatric vaccine and drug randomized controlled trials: A systematic review.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08-25)INTRODUCTION: Wheeze is an important sign indicating a potentially severe adverse event in vaccine and drug trials, particularly in children. However, there are currently no consensus definitions of wheeze or associated ... -
Capacity building: building human capital through enhanced science education
(University of Nairobi, 2006)The problem Africa is facing is under-development that manifests itself in terms of poverty, diseases, ignorance and many other forms.s It is regrettable to recognize and note that due to severe but an apparent lack of ... -
Innovative tools and OpenHDS for health and demographic surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
(2015-09-01)Abstract Background Health in low and middle income countries is on one hand characterized by a high burden associated with preventable communicable diseases and on the other ...
