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Illness and efficiency of health services delivery in a district hospital
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1992-05)Demographic data, medical problems and diagnosis, and efficiency of laboratory investigations and drug administration were evaluated in all patients admitted to an adult medical ward over a one month period at a district ... -
Illness during pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis are associated with in-utero HIV-1 transmission
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010-01)HIV-1 transmission in utero accounts for 20-30% of vertical transmission events in breast-feeding populations. In a prospective study of 463 HIV-1-infected mothers and infants, illness during pregnancy was associated with ... -
Illness recognition and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications in rural eastern Uganda.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: To enhance understanding of the roles of community-based initiatives in poor rural societies, we describe and explore illness recognition, decision-making, and appropriate care-seeking for mothers and newborn ... -
Image--reality cleavage in development goals.
(1986)Within a relatively short time since its inception a lot has been said on the concept of 'Health for All' (HFA). Its meaning and implications have been explored from various angles. Some have praised the idea as the very ... -
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Evanescent asymmetrical septal hypertrophy and rapidly progressive heart failure in a 32-year-old man.
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2008-08)No abstract -
Imipenem and cephem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa carrying plasmids coding for class B beta-lactamase
(Research Laboratories, Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., JapanMedicine, University of Nairobi, 1996)From October 1988 to January 1992, nine isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carrying transferable plasmids encoding imipenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase (pI = c. 9.5) were recovered from nine different patients in a neurosurgical ... -
Immune function in intrauterine growth retardation
(University of Nairobi, 1998)A one-year longitudinal study was carried out on 2 groups of Kenyan intrauterine growth retarded infants and normal weight full-term infants to determine the effects of intrauterine malnutrition and other nutrient deficiencies ... -
Immune landscape in Burkitt lymphoma reveals M2-macrophage polarization and correlation between PD-L1 expression and non-canonical EBV latency program
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: The Tumor Microenviroment (TME) is a complex milieu that is increasingly recognized as a key factor in multiple stages of disease progression and responses to therapy as well as escape from immune surveillance. ... -
Immune response to hepatitis B virus surface antigen peptides during HBV infection.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Antibody responses of patients with acute (n = 73), fulminant (n = 30) and chronic (n = 51) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as well as recovered individuals (n = 7) were studied against three synthetic peptides, Pre-S1 ... -
Immune response to hepatitis B virus vaccination among HIV-1 infected and uninfected adults in Kenya.
(Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA., 2013)In studies from high-income countries, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected persons have diminished responses to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination, compared with HIV-1-uninfected persons, but data from ... -
Immune responses to measles and tetanus vaccines among Kenyan human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children pre- and post-highly active antiretroviral therapy and revaccination.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics, 2009-04)BACKGROUND: : HIV-1-infected children have lower response rates after measles and tetanus immunization than uninfected children. We determined the extent to which highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) augments ... -
Immunenephritis due to malaria - a review article
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropica and Infectious Diseases(UNITID), 1988) -
Immunenephritis due to malaria - a review article
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1988) -
Immunenephritis due to malaria - a review article. East African Medical Journal, 65(6): 402-405, 1988
(University of Nairobi, 1988)No abstract available -
Immunity after treatment of human schistosomiasis mansoni. II. Identification of resistant individuals, and analysis of their immune responses.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985)Intensities of re-infection were monitored at three-monthly intervals after treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infections in a group of 119 Kenyan schoolchildren, whose levels of water contact were also observed. 22 children ... -
Immunity after treatment of human schistosomiasis mansoni. III. Long-term effects of treatment and retreatment
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987)Group mean Schistosoma mansoni reinfection patterns are presented for 2 years after treatment with oxamniquine in 1981 of over 100 9- to 16-year-old Kenyan schoolchildren, and for one year after retreatment in 1983 with ... -
Immunity in human schistosomiasis mansoni: prevention by blocking antibodies of the expression of immunity in young children
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987)A total of 129 children were treated for Schistosoma mansoni infections, and followed for intensity of reinfection at 3-monthly intervals over a 21-month period. Blood samples were taken before treatment and at 5 weeks and ... -
Immunization of rabbits with a feacal extract of the human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus
(University of Nairobi, 1997)No abstract available -
Immunization of rabbits with Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly midgut proteins:
(2005)Proteins isolated from the midgut of Glossina pallidipes were used to immunize rabbits and their efficacy as vaccine candidate(s) against the fly, and their potential to block transmission of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense ... -
Immunoepidemiologic profile of Chlamydia trachomatis infection:Importance of Heat-Shock Protein 60 and Interferon-γ
(2005)Epidemiological, animal, and in vitro investigations suggest that Chlamydia trachomatis infection engenders acquired immunity, the basis for which is incompletely defined, especially in humans. In a prospective cohort study ...