Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Hemoglobin Kenya, the product of a gamma-beta fusion gene: studies of the family.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1973-09) -
Effect of murine schistosomiasis on hepatic cytochrome P-450 and microsomal protein
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1986)Experimental hepatic schistosomiasis was produced in CBA mice using a local strain of S. mansoni. A comparative study of the hepatic concentrations of cytochrome P-450 and microsomal protein in the control and infected ... -
A survey of Schistosoma mansoni induced kidney disease in children in an endemic area of Machakos District, Kenya.
(Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory, Charlottenlund., 1994)The association between Schistosoma mansoni infection and kidney lesions was investigated in school children selected from three primary schools in Machakos District, Kenya, namely Miu (n = 159), Kitengei (n = 160) and ... -
Intestinal parasites in Malaysian children with cancer.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartments of *Paediatrics and **Medical Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 15990, Kelantan, Malaysia, 1999-08)In this prospective study, we examined stool specimens from children with cancer receiving chemotherapy who were admitted for fever to the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kota Baru, Kelantan. Stool specimens were ... -
CC and CXC chemokines in breastmilk are associated with mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, University of Washington, SeattleDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2005-10)INTRODUCTION: CC and CXC chemokines may play a role in mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission by blocking HIV-1 binding to chemokine receptors and impeding viral entry into cells. METHODS: To define correlates of breastmilk ... -
Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia
(Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute and Department of Pharmacology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA., 2008)T cell large granular lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukemia features a clonal expansion of antigen-primed, competent, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). To systematically understand signaling components that determine the survival of ... -
The Kenya haemoglobin.
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Identification and estimation of an acetylcholine-like substance in the venom of Dendroaspis jamesoni
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1977)An acetylcholine-like substance was isolated from desiccated Jameson's mamba venom by one-dimensional ascending paper chromatography. The migratory and staining properties of the substance were identical with those of ... -
Relationships of Schistosoma hematobium, hookworm and malarial infections and metrifonate treatment to hemoglobin level in Kenyan school children
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1985)Relationships between hemoglobin level and S. hematobium, hookworm, and malarial infection before and six months after metrifonate treatment were studied in Kenyan primary school children in an area where anemia, S. ... -
Aetiology Of Acute sporadic Hepatitis InAdults In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1984)Markers for acute hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis non-A, non-B (HNANB) infections were examined in the sera of 94 patients presenting with acute hepatitis in Kenya. Hepatitis B virus was ... -
Short report: differences in dihydrofolate reductase but not dihydropteroate synthase alleles in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from geographically distinct areas in Malaysia.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, 2001-01)Dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) and dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) alleles were typed in 67 Malaysian Plasmodium falciparum isolates. The isolates were collected from two geographically distinct locations: 51 from Sabah, ... -
Severe hyponatraemia in hospital inpatients.
(Universit of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1979-03) -
Ongoing challenges in the management of malaria
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2009)This article gives an overview of some of the ongoing challenges that are faced in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Malaria causes approximately 881,000 deaths every year, with nine out of ten deaths ... -
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Western Kenya: operational issues.
(University of Nairobi.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Kisumu, KenyaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2005-11)OBJECTIVES: To improve uptake in a program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and describe lessons relevant for prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in resource-poor settings. METHODS: Implementation ... -
Different patterns of cell proliferation and death and oncogene expression in cutaneous malignant melanoma.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1998-05)Ninety-six cutaneous melanomas (CMs) were investigated aiming at finding differences, if any, among the main four clinicopathological types, for Bcl-2, c-myc and p53 protein expression, and for tumor cell proliferation and ... -
Chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Assessment of orthodontic treatment need in 5,112 Malaysian children using the IOTN and DAI indices
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2001-12)OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and severity of malocclusion in a large sample of 12-13-year-old children and to compare assessments of treatment need according to three methods. DESIGN: A random sample of 5,112 ... -
Antitumor activity of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid in combination with some biologically active compounds.
(clinical pharmacy, University of Nairobi, 1972) -
Relationships of Schistosoma haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections and metrifonate treatment to growth of Kenyan school children
(1985)Relationships of S. haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections to growth 6 months after metrifonate treatment were studied in Kenyan primary school children in an area where poor growth, S. haematobium and hookworm were ...
