Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Smoking and reproductive health: cigarette smoking as a risk factor in ectopic pregnancy.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1994-01)To evaluate the association between ectopic pregnancy (EP) and smoking, a hospital based case-control study was undertaken. Also studied were other potential risk factors namely: PID, undernutrition, blood group 'O', the ... -
Chloroquine resistance before and after its withdrawal in Kenya
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2009)Background The spread of resistance to chloroquine (CQ) led to its withdrawal from use in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s. In Malawi, this withdrawal was followed by a rapid reduction in the frequency of ... -
''Tolfenamic Acid And Ibuprofen In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double-blind Cross Over Study''
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Contextualising the paediatric HIV epidemic: a review
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, KenyaRed Cross Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa., 2006-12)OBJECTIVE: To draw attention to the sub-optimal care that HIV-infected children are receiving in Africa. DATA SOURCES: Relevant published literature. DATA SYNTHESIS: Sub-optimal response to paediatric HIV infection ... -
Concurrence of high levels of interferons alpha and beta in cord and maternal blood and simultaneous presence of interferon in trophoblast in an African population.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1995-02)A high concentration of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) (> 5 U/ml) in cord blood was used as the criterion for establishing our study group. In a collection from deliveries by 269 Kenyan women, 16 such cord samples with ... -
BiliBlanket phototherapy system versus conventional phototherapy: a randomized controlled trial in preterm infants.
(Department of Paediatrics, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 1995)This study compares the use of standard overhead fluorescent phototherapy units with the BiliBlanket a woven fibreoptic pad which delivers high intensity light with no ultraviolet or infrared irradiation in the treatment ... -
Some Haematological Observations Of Kenyan Hepatocellular Carcinoma (hcc) Patients.
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Health financing reform in Kenya - assessing the social health insurance proposal
(Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 2007)Kenya has had a history of health financing policy changes since its independence in 1963. Recently, significant preparatory work was done on a new Social Health Insurance Law that, if accepted, would lead to universal ... -
Assessment of the association between three pfmdr1 point mutations and chloroquine resistance in vitro of Malaysian Plasmodium falciparum isolates
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1995-07) -
Detection of malaria in Malaysia by nested polymerase chain reaction amplification of dried blood spots on filter papers.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiSchool of Medical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, 1996-09)A modified nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for detection of Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae was combined with a simple blood collection and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction method and ... -
Esophageal Varices In Nairobi, Kenya: A Study Of 68 Cases
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1982)Sixty-eight patients with proven esophageal varices wer studied at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Of these patients, 29.4% had schistosomal portal hypertension, 22.1% cirrhosis and only 8.8% extrahepatic portal ... -
Cloning and characterization of functional subtype A HIV-1 envelope variants transmitted through breastfeeding.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, KenyaDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 2007-03)Previous studies of HIV-1 variants transmitted from mother-to-infant have focused primarily on computational analyses of partial envelope gene sequences, rather than analyses of functional envelope variants. There are very ... -
The role of Epstein-Barr virus in Hodgkin's disease from different geographical areas.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1996-01)Recent studies have suggested that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in the aetiology of Hodgkin's disease. To determine the role of EBV in childhood Hodgkin's disease in different geographical areas, immunohistochemical ... -
Field trial of permethrin impregnated sisal curtains in malaria control in western Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiVector Biology and Control Research Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, 1996-11)A trial to determine the effectiveness of sisal eaves-curtains impregnated with permethrin for malaria control was conducted in the malaria holoendemic western Kenya between 1991 and 1993. Indoor resting densities of ... -
Concentrations of thyroid hormones in maternal and cord blood from a normal Kenyan population.
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Drug-metabolising enzymes in the human placenta, their induction and repression.
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1973) -
The effect of metrifonate on hookworm infections in Kenyan children treated for urinary schistosomiasis. A preliminary report.
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Clinical aspects and causes of rickets in a Kenyan population.
(Kenya Medical Research Institute, Clinical Research Centre, Nairobi., 1994)Twenty nine patients with rickets were studied in a one year period. The majority of patients (17/29) were below 2 years of age. Most of them had nutritional rickets resulting from a combination of factors. Premature ...
