Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Observations on the infection of bulinid snails with Schistosoma mattheei. II. The mechanism of resistance to infection.
(University of Nairobi.Department of zoology, 1971-02)Not abstract available -
The prevalence of helminth infections in the Kisumu area of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of zoology, 1971-09)No abstract available -
Observations on Schistosoma haematobium egg output in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of zoology, 1974-04)No abstract -
Distribution in Kenya of intermediate hosts of Schistosoma.
(University of Nairobi.Department of zoology, 1981-06)A major factor in the geographical distribution of endemic schistosomiasis in Kenya is the discontinuous distribution of intermediate hosts. Biomphalaria pfeifferi is the main transmitter of S. mansoni and is found in the ... -
Assessment Of the Growing season over the Unimodal Rainfall Regime season of Tanzania
(2006)A study was carried in two villages of Kamenyanga and Kintinku of Manyoni District, central Tanzania. The overall objective of this study was to understand local communities’ perceptions on climate and variability issues ... -
Studies of surface antigens on adult Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1985-11)No abstract available -
Pitfalls in technology transfer: Kenya's construction industry
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1994-10)Tremendous growth in technology adoption by developing countries is evidenced by the large number of hardware and software imports in engineering, medicine and telecommunications. Although each import carries with it both ... -
Impacts of ozone depletion, The Weatherman, No.18, pp1
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 1996) -
Tolerance of Kenyan Schistosoma mansoni to oxamniquine.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1987)Although 30 mg/kg oxamniquine produced high levels (85.5 to 99.5%) of egg reduction in Kenyan children infected with Schistosoma mansoni after a single oral treatment, cure rates from children at Mwea in Kirinyaga district ... -
Bacteriuria in a cohort of predominantly HIV-1 seropositive female commercial sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, KenyaKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaPublic Health Laboratory Services, Oxford, U.K.Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, U.K, 1996-07)Although significant bacteriuria and urinary tract infection are more common in immunocompetent women than men, studies linking HIV immunosuppression with an increased risk of developing urinary infection have so far only ... -
Precipitation as a cleanser of gaseous pollutants: Its efficiency in removing total column NO2 above a station in the centre of Rome.
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 1994) -
The significance of variation in the susceptibility of Schistosoma mansoni to the antischistosomal drug oxamniquine.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1987)Clinical and laboratory evidence is reviewed which shows that there is a great deal of variation in the susceptibility of Schistosoma mansoni to oxamniquine. This variation occurs both among endemic regions and within ... -
Action of oxamniquine on Schistosoma mansoni in mice experimentally infected with a strain from Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1984-05) -
Fluid inclusion and cathodoluminescence studies on fluorite from the Kerio valley, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geology, 1994-04)The Kerio valley lies between the Elgeyo escarpment and the Tugen hills which mark the western margin of the Kenya rift valley. The main fluorite deposits are located in the southern part of the valley at Kimwarer, Choff ... -
The occurrence and geochemistry of fluoride in some natural waters of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geology, 1993-03)In recent years the acquisition of considerable additional data on the hydrogeochemical behaviour of fluoride in natural waters of Kenya has been made possible by extensive surface-water and groundwater sampling campaigns ... -
Experimental infection of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber, with Leishmania donovani
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1988)No abstract -
Equatorial spread-F irregularities observed at Nairobi and on the transequatorial path Lindau-Tsumeb
(Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, 1973)During February and April 1972, 3 weeks of observations of irregularity patches were made by two methods: 1. (a) Non-great-circle propagation on the transequatorial path Lindau-Tsumeb; 2. (b) Radar backscatter at ... -
Adaptation of the pig parasite Trypanosoma simiae to the laboratory rat.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1988-08)No abstract available -
Efficacy of alternating therapy with oxamniquine and praziquantel to treat Schistosoma mansoni in children following failure of first treatment.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1991-05)Two hundred children infected with Schistosoma mansoni were treated with either 20 mg/kg oxamniquine or 60 mg/kg praziquantel. Cure rates (about 85%) were similar as was the percentage reduction (80%) in egg counts in ... -
Isolation and characterization of flagellates from rodents and canids in Masinga, Machakos District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Zoology, 1995-11)A total of 728 animals comprising of 633 rodents and 95 canids were examined for leishmanial parasites. Flagellates were isolated from 67 out of 111 (60.4%) Acomys subspinosus (spiny mouse), 12 out of 143 (8.4% ) Mastomys ...
