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Absenteeism amongst health workers--developing a typology to support empiric work in low-income countries and characterizing reported associations.
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013)The contribution of inadequate health worker numbers and emigration have been highlighted in the international literature, but relatively little attention has been paid to absenteeism as a factor that undermines health-care ... -
Resistance to antibiotics in urinopathogenic bacteria isolated in patients attending Kenyatta University Health Clinic, Nairobi.
(KMA, 2010)OBJECTIVE: To determine the aetiological bacterial agents of urinary tract infections, within communities in Kenyatta University, and current resistance levels to commonly available therapeutic agents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional ... -
Subclinical mastitis affecting hygienic quality of marketed camel milk from North - Eastern Province, Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013)In North - Eastern Province, camel is the dominant livestock; it provides subsistence to many people especially during the frequent droughts when other animals either die or are unthrifty. This is beca use camel is ... -
Disease progression by infecting HIV-1 subtype in a seroconverter cohort in sub-Saharan Africa.
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013-10-09)OBJECTIVE:: To describe immunologic, virologic, and clinical HIV disease progression by HIV-1 subtype among Africans with well documented estimated dates of HIV infection (EDIs). DESIGN:: Prospective cohort. METH ... -
Development of a luciferase based viral inhibition assay to evaluate vaccine induced CD8 T-cell responses.
(Universty of Nairobi, 2013-11)Emergence of SIV and HIV specific CD8 T cells has been shown to correlate with control of in vivo replication. Poor correlation between IFN-γ ELISPOT responses and in vivo control of the virus has triggered the development ... -
Bryological diversity and distribution along an altitudinal gradient on a lava flow of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion island. Diversity and Distrib
(2007)Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ... -
Distance from home to study clinic and risk of follow-up interruption in a cohort of HIV-1-discordant couples in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies of HIV-1-infected individuals or those at risk of infection are subject to missed study visits that may have negative consequences on the care of participants and can jeopardize study ... -
Individual and partner risk factors associated with abnormal cervical cytology among women in HIV-discordant relationships.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Individual and sexual partner characteristics may increase the risk of abnormal cervical cytology among women in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-discordant relationships. Papanicolaou smears were obtained in a prospective ... -
Anti-HIV-1 activities in extracts from some medicinal plants as assessed in an in vitro biochemical HIV-1 reverse transcriptase assay.
(Wiley, 2005)An in vitro HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) assay was used for screening of anti-HIV activity of extracts obtained from some Kenyan medicinal plants. The assay utilises [3H]-methyl thymidine triphosphate (dTTP) as the ... -
Microsatellite typing reveals strong genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni from localities in Kenya.
(KMA, 2006)Genetic diversity and population structure of seven populations of Schistosoma mansoni sampled in Kenya were assessed using five microsatellite markers. The mean number of alleles per locus, expected heterozygosity in ... -
Microbiological quality and safety of Rastrineobola argentea retailed in Kisumu town markets, Kenya.
(KMA, 2008)OBJECTIVE: To investigate faecal contamination and safety of Rastrineobola argentea sold in retail markets in Kisumu town. DESIGN: This was a repeated cross sectional study and based on random sampling. Setting: Kisumu ... -
Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment.
(Oxford Journals, 2009)Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) secreted in urine can be assayed to determine egg tissue load and hence morbidity in infected individuals. A cohort of 158 infected children aged 4-18 years was followed-up ... -
Reference values for some renal function parameters for adult population in north-rift valley, kenya.
(PMC, 2012)A population based, cross-sectional study was carried out at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in collaboration with the Regional Blood Transfusion Center, North Rift. 367 participants (211 males and 156 females) were ... -
Regular Male Partners of Female Sex Workers from Nairobi, Kenya: High Risk Partnerships with Important Implications for HIV Transmission (
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A flexible joint modeling framework for longitudinal and time-to-event data with overdispersion.
(Sage PublicationsCollege of Health Sciences, 2013)We combine conjugate and normal random effects in a joint model for outcomes, at least one of which is non-Gaussian, with particular emphasis on cases in which one of the outcomes is of survival type. Conjugate random ... -
HIV-neutralizing Activity Of Cationic Polypeptides In Cervicovaginal Secretions Of Women In Hiv-serodiscordant Relationships.
(University of NairobiUnit of Infectious Diseases, 2012)BACKGROUND: HIV exposed seronegative (HESN) women represent the population most in need of a prophylactic antiviral strategy. Mucosal cationic polypeptides can potentially be regulated for this purpose and we here aimed ... -
Impact of asymptomatic Herpes simplex virus-2 infection on T cell phenotype and function in the foreskin
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 2012-06)Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) increases the risk of HIV acquisition in men and overall CD4 T cell density in the foreskin. Using tissues obtained during routine male circumcision, we examined the impact of HSV-2 on ... -
No difference in keratin thickness between inner and outer foreskins from elective male circumcisions in Rakai, Uganda.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, Chicago,, 2012)It has been hypothesized that increased HIV acquisition in uncircumcised men may relate to a more thinly keratinized inner foreskin. However, published data are contradictory and potentially confounded by medical indications ... -
HIV infection in uncircumcised men is associated with altered CD8 T cell function but normal CD4 T cell numbers in the foreskin
(School of Medicine, 2013-11)Background. HIV-infected (HIV+) men are more susceptible to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and may also become superinfected by HIV. We hypothesized that HIV induces immune alterations in the foreskin that may ...
