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International Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Fellow Education: Utilizing Virtual Resuscitation Simulation in Settings With Differing Resources
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)
Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care-Kenya (PECC-Kenya) is an international collaboration between the University of Nairobi and the University of Washington (UW) supporting a combined fellowship program in pediatric ...
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)
Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ...
Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)
Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites is important to track emerging and new mutations and trends in established mutations and should serve as an early warning system for antimalarial resistance. Dried ...
Point-prevalence survey of antibiotic use at three public referral hospitals in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)
Antimicrobial stewardship encourages appropriate antibiotic use, the specific activities of which will vary by institutional context. We investigated regional variation in antibiotic use by surveying three regional public ...
Potential pharmacologic interventions targeting TLR signaling in placental malaria
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Complications from placental malaria cause poor pregnancy outcomes, including low birthweight, preterm delivery, and stillbirths. Many of these complications are driven by maternal innate proinflammatory responses to the ...
Comprehensive analysis of multiple mycotoxins and Aspergillus flavus metabolites in maize from Kenyan households
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)
This study assessed the levels of mycotoxins in maize from Kenyan households. Further, local open pollinated maize varieties were compared with commercial hybrids to evaluate which variety is less susceptible to mycotoxin ...
Longitudinal and cross-sectional validation of the WERCAP screen for assessing psychosis risk and conversion
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)
Background: The Washington Early Recognition Center Affectivity and Psychosis (WERCAP) Screen was developed to assess risk for developing psychosis. Its validity has not been investigated in a large population-based study ...
Keloids: Does patients' sex influence the presentation and recurrence post-excision?
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)
Keloid is a dermo-fibroproliferative disorder thought to result from abnormal proliferation of
fibroblasts. Few studies have been done to compare the clinical presentation and outcomes
of keloids based on gender. The ...
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-05)
Objectives: To assess outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and to determine the predictors of mortality.
Setting: This study was conducted in six facilities, which included both government and privately ...
Impaired Expression of Membrane Type-2 and Type-3 Matrix Metalloproteinases in Endometriosis but Not in Adenomyosis
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in menstruation and endometriosis; however, the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are not well studied in endometriosis and adenomyosis. We analyzed ...