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The effectiveness of metrifonate in reducing hookworm infection in Kenyan school children.
(1986)The reduction in hookworm egg counts was determined in children treated with 1 and 2 doses of metrifonate. Kenyan primary school children were allocated to receive either 10.0 mg (n = 53) or 7.5 mg (n = 53) of metrifonate ... -
Schistosoma bovis in human stools in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of public health, 1986)No abstract available -
A study of head lice among primary school children in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of public health, 1986)Of 1270 schoolchildren (651 girls and 619 boys) from 33 urban and rural primary schools in different regions of Kenya who were examined for head lice, 17.1% were infested (8% with living lice or nits, 9.1% with dead nits). ... -
A pilot study to investigate transmission of headlice
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public health, 1991)No abstract available -
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use.
(ElsevierFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2001)Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ... -
Spontaneous occurrence of leptomonads in human bone marrow aspirate - case report.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1983-04) -
Are Small-Scale Irrigators Water Use Efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
(SpringerCenter for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter Flex Street, 53113, Bonn, Germany,, 2013)With increasing water scarcity and competing uses and users, water use efficiency is becoming increasingly important in many parts of developing countries. The lake Naivasha basin has an array of different water users and ... -
Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a case report.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1993)A 27 year old female with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis is presented. The clinical features include fever, weight loss, productive cough, splenomegaly and moderate pallor. The initial working diagnosis was pulmonary ... -
BLOOD LOSS AFTER EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION.
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Relationship of cyclosporine and gingival overgrowth
(Wolters KluwerRoyal Medical Services, Jordan-Irbid, Kufur Kefia,, 1996)Cyclosporine is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ transplantation. It has several side effects including gingival overgrowth. We evaluated 30 renal transplant patients on cyclosporine for the degrees of the ... -
Tuberous sclerosis: two case reports.
(University os NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1978-06) -
Trimethoprim (monotrim) compared with trimethoprim-sulphonamide in the treatment of bacterial urinary tract infection.
(University of Nairobicollege of Health Science, 1991-01) -
The impact of Fogarty International Center research training programs on public health policy and program development in Kenya and Uganda
(2013-08-21)Abstract Background The Fogarty International Center (FIC) has supported research capacity development for over twenty years. While the mission of FIC is supporting and facilitating global health ... -
Broad neutralization coverage of HIV by multiple highly potent antibodies.
(Macmillan Publishers, 2011)Broadly neutralizing antibodies against highly variable viral pathogens are much sought after to treat or protect against global circulating viruses. Here we probed the neutralizing antibody repertoires of four human ... -
Breastfeeding and HIV-1 infection. A review of current literature
(University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics, 2000)No abstract available -
High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Messenger RNA Testing in Physician- and Self-Collected Specimens for Cervical Lesion Detection in High-Risk Women, Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics,, 2013)BACKGROUND: Little is known about the performance of physician-versus self-collected specimens for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) messenger RNA (mRNA) testing or risk factors for hrHPV mRNA positivity in physician- ... -
A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2008-12-11)Large-scale studies of genomic variation could assist efforts to eliminate malaria. But there are scientific, ethical and practical challenges to carrying out such studies in developing countries, where the burden of disease ... -
Longitudinal assessment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific gamma interferon responses during the first year of life in HIV-1-infected infants.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics, 2005)Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection results in different patterns of viral replication in pediatric compared to adult populations. The role of early HIV-1-specific responses in viral control has not been ... -
Recent trends in the pathophysiology of myocardial necrosis
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1972)
