Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Relative HIV Resistance In Kenyan Sex Workers Is Not Due To An Altered Prevalence Or Mucosal Immune Impact Of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 2009-09)Chronic infection by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) increases HIV susceptibility, perhaps due to HSV-2-associated increases in activated mucosal immune cells. A small number of Kenyan female sex workers (FSWs) exhibit ... -
Computerization readiness among Nurse managers at Kenyatta National Hospital, kenya
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Increased levels of immune activation in the genital tract of healthy young women from sub-Saharan Africa
(2010)To determine whether healthy, young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a more activated immune milieu in the genital tract (i.e. activated CD4 T cells) than a similar population in the United States. A cross-sectional ... -
HIV-1-specific cellular immune responses among HIV-1-resistant sex workers
(University of NairobiSchool of Public Health Centre for HIV Prevention and Research, 2000)The goal of the present study was to determine whether there were HIV-1 specific cellular immune responses among a subgroup of women within a cohort of Nairobi prostitutes (n = 1800) who, despite their intense sexual ... -
Lessons from IAVI-006, a phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the pTHr.HIVA DNA and MVA.HIVA vaccines in a prime-boost strategy to induce HIV-1 specific T-cell responses in healthy volunteers
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2008-12)IAVI-006 was the first large randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase I clinical trial to systematically investigate the prime-boost strategy for induction of HIV-1 specific CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) ... -
Supra-renal aortic coarctation. Case report.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available -
Broadly cross-reactive HIV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in highly-exposed persistently seronegative donors
(University of NairobiSchool of Public Health Centre for HIV Prevention and Research, 1999)HIV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) are believed to play a key part in the control of virus levels throughout HIV infection. An important goal of a potential prophylactic vaccine against HIV is therefore to elicit ... -
Antibodies against haemorrhagic fever viruses in Kenya populations.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)Human sera from Lodwar (77 sera), Nzoia (841 sera), Masinga (251 sera), Laisamis (174 sera) and the Malindi/Kilifi area (556 sera) in Kenya were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for antibodies against Marburg, Ebola ... -
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Information Technology And Nursing Care; The Attitude of Nurses and the Role of Computers in Nursing Care Provision and Training
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Epigenetic Control Of Irf1 Responses In HIV-exposed Seronegative Versus HIV-susceptible Individuals.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, 2011-03)Not all individuals exposed to HIV become infected. Understanding why these HIV-exposed seronegative individuals remain uninfected will help inform the development of preventative measures against HIV infection. Interferon ... -
Evaluation of the entity of Botallo's duct shunting from the rapidity of diastolic fall of the arterial pulse
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Cross-sectional growth of nomadic Turkana pastoralists.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)No abstract available -
Male circumcision and risk of male-to-female HIV-1 transmission: a multinational prospective study in African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples.
(College of Health Sciences, 2010)Male circumcision reduces female-to-male HIV-1 transmission risk by approximately 60%. Data assessing the effect of circumcision on male-to-female HIV-1 transmission are conflicting, with one observational study among ... -
Blood pressure in nomadic Turkana pastoralists.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)No abstract available -
Pressure-volume relationship of the normal ventricle and its significance in evaluation of ventricular compliance
(1977)No abstract available -
The challenge of defining standards of prevention in HIV prevention trials
(2011)As new HIV prevention tools are developed, researchers face a number of ethical and logistic questions about how and when to include novel HIV prevention strategies and tools in the standard prevention package of ongoing ... -
Pregnancy and HIV transmission among HIV-discordant couples in a clinical trial in Kisumu, Kenya
(2011)A large proportion of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur in stable HIV-discordant partnerships. In some couples, the strong desire to conceive a child may lead to risky behaviour despite knowledge of discordant ... -
Community Mental Health Nursing
(university of nairobicollege of health science, 1998)Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is an uncommon yet potentially life threatening condition which is often under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed because of the variability of the clinical signs and symptoms. The imaging findings ... -
Influence of heart rate on the echocardiographic evaluation of mitral stenosis
(1977)Circulatory changes in normal pregnancy include a fall in peripheral resistance (Bader, Bader, Rose & Braunward, 1955) and blood pressure (Hytten & Leitch, 1971) and an increase in blood volume (Hytten & Paintin, 1963). ...
