Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Client demands for unsafe sex: the socio-economic risk environment for HIV among street and off-street sex workers.
(2013)OBJECTIVE: Among sex workers (SWs) in Vancouver, Canada, this study identified social, drug use, sex work, environmental-structural, and client-related factors associated with being offered and accepting more money after ... -
Female Sex Workers in Three Cities in Russia: HIV Prevalence, Risk Factors and Experience with Targeted HIV Prevention.
(Springer, 2013)Within Eastern Europe/Central Asia's expanding HIV epidemic, relatively little is known about female sex workers (FSWs). Using mixed methods, we report on sex work context, HIV prevalence and contextual risk factors, and ... -
Severity of Alternaria Leaf Spot and Seed Infection by Alternaria sesami (Kawamura) Mohanty and Behera, as Affected by Plant Age of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
(Universty of Nairobi, 2008)Alternaria leaf spot incited by Alternaria sesami, was monitored to determine the effect of plant age on disease severity and seed infection by A. sesami in plots containing sesame accession SPS SIK 110 plants of five ... -
Typology of older female sex workers and sexual risk for HIV infection in China: a qualitative study.
(2014)The HIV epidemic continues to develop among older adults in China, including older female sex workers. Yet, few studies have been conducted among this relatively hidden population. The objectives of this study were to ... -
Heralding a New Dawn: Achieving Justice through effective application of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR) in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-11)This paper explores the possibility of efficiently accessing justice through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Access to justice is now well entrenched in the current constitution of Kenya 2010 (hereinafter the ... -
Levels of advertised unprotected vaginal and oral sex by independent indoor female sex workers in West Yorkshire, UK.
(BMJ, 2014)OBJECTIVES: To assess the proportion of independent indoor female sex workers (FSW) in West Yorkshire, UK who advertise unprotected sex, and to investigate any association with cost, location and provision of anal ... -
Evaluation of sesame cultivars for resistance to Cercospora leaf spot
(Universty of Nairobi, 2011)White leaf spot and angular leaf spot caused by Cercospora sesami and C. sesamicola respectively were monitored in plots of 16 sesame accessions at Siaya Farmers' Training Centre and Kibwezi Dryland Research Station, Kenya ... -
Anal Sex, Vaginal Sex and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea.
(2013)Female sex workers (FSW) are considered one of the key affected populations in Papua New Guinea at risk of acquiring HIV. An integrated bio-behavioral survey of sex workers in Port Moresby was conducted to determine the ... -
Assessment of strategies for male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Blantyre, Malawi.
(2013)BACKGROUND: Despite the documented benefits of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services, the uptake remains low in sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of male involvement ... -
Consultations for sexually transmitted infections in the general practice in the Netherlands: an opportunity to improve STI/HIV testing.
(BMJ, 2013)OBJECTIVES: In the Netherlands, sexually transmitted infection (STI) care is provided by general practitioners (GPs) as well as by specialised STI centres. Consultations at the STI centres are monitored extensively, but ... -
TRIM5α And TRIM22 are Differentially Regulated according To HIV-1 Infection Phase and Compartment.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)The antiviral role of TRIM E3 ligases in vivo is not fully understood. To test the hypothesis that TRIM5α and TRIM22 have differential transcriptional regulation and distinct anti-HIV roles according to infection phase and ... -
Use of Prosopis juliflora Seedpod as Livestock Feed Supplement in the Arid and Semi-arid Rangelands of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Trees and shrubs have provided many benefits. Currently these are disappearing in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya and affecting the livelihoods of pastoralist depending on livestock production. The climate change ... -
Rununu Kama Chombo Cha Uendelezaji Wa Ushairi Na Kiswahili Kwa Ujumla.
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Current food safety management systems in fresh produce exporting industry are associated with lower performance due to context riskiness
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Food processors implement differing food safety and quality assurance standards and guidelines. This may result in variable performance of the food safety management systems (FSMS) due to differences in technological ... -
The seismicity in Kenya (East Africa) for the period 1906 – 2010: A review
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Kenya has had a seismic station since 1963 as part of the World Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN). In 1990, the University of Nairobi in collaboration with GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) started to build up a local ... -
Looking upstream to prevent HIV transmission: can interventions with sex workers alter the course of HIV epidemics in Africa as they did in Asia?
(2014)BACKGROUND:: High rates of partner change in 'upstream' sex work networks have long been recognized to drive 'downstream' transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We used a stochastic microsimulation model ... -
Dynamics of viremia in primary HIV-1 infection in Africans: Insights from analyses of host and viral correlates.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In HIV-1 infection, plasma viral load (VL) has dual implications for pathogenesis and public health. Based on well-known patterns of HIV-1 evolution and immune escape, we hypothesized that VL is an evolving quantitative ... -
Provenancing of Hominid and Mammalian Fossils from Kanjera, Kenya, using EDXRF
(University of Nairobi, 1994)We describe a rapid, non-destructive energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique for provenancing fossil bone, and apply it to surface collected fossils from Kanjera, Kenya. The locality is best known for its ... -
Health techonology assessment in sub-saharan Africa; a cross-national study of Kenya and South Africa
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The entorhinal cortex of the Megachiroptera: a comparative study of Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat and the straw-coloured fruit bat
(Universty of Nairobi, 2010-05)This study describes the organisation of the entorhinal cortex of the Megachiroptera, straw-coloured fruit bat and Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat. Using Nissl and Timm stains, parvalbumin and SMI-32 immunohistochemistry, ...
