Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Breast-milk infectivity in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected mothers.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2003-03)Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is transmitted through blood, genital secretions, and breast milk. The probability of heterosexual transmission of HIV-1 per sex act is.0003-.0015, but little is known regarding ... -
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Brunei Darussalam: low incidence among the Chinese and an evaluation of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus antigens as biomarkers.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiInstitute of Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2009-04)INTRODUCTION:Little or no information is available on the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) among different ethnic groups in Brunei, or how useful plasma IgA antibodies are against viral capsid antigen (VCA) and ... -
Burkitt's lymphoma: new insights into molecular pathogenesis.
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of SienaDepartment of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2003)The World Health Organization classification reports three subcategories of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL)--endemic, non-endemic, and immunodeficiency associated--proposed to reflect the major clinical and genetic subtypes of ... -
The effect of Trypanosoma vivax infection on late pregnancy and postpartum return to cyclicity in Boran cattle.
(Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, 1996)A study was designed to examine the effect of infection with Trypanosoma vivax KETRI 2501 on the maintenance of pregnancy and postpartum return to reproductive function in susceptible Galana (n = 6) and trypano-tolerant ... -
Short tandem repeat polymorphism and cancer risk: influence of laboratory analysis on epidemiologic findings
(Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine,, 2004)Short tandem repeats (STR) are common polymorphisms in the genome. The length of STR may influence gene transcription, exhibiting diverse phenotypes. Two STRs, one trinucleotide repeats in the androgen receptor (AR) gene ... -
Immunoglobin M and malarial antibody levels in hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly
(1986)In a study of chronic splenomegaly in Kenya, hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly, our preferred name for tropical splenomegaly syndrome, was diagnosed in 38 patients. This diagnosis was based on exclusion of other conditions ... -
Leptin and pre-eclampsia in black African parturients.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2002-11)Objective To measure serum concentrations of the hormone leptin during late pregnancy in Black African women with pre-eclampsia, healthy normotensive pregnant women as controls and healthy normotensive non-pregnant women; ... -
The pesticide heptachlor affects steroid hormone secretion in isolated follicular and luteal cells of rat.
(Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi, 2006)Heptachlor, a chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide, suppresses the production of progesterone and estradiol in the female rat in vivo or in isolated ovaries in vitro. In this study the effect of heptachlor on steroid hormone ... -
T and B lymphocyte populations in peripheral blood during the menstrual cycle in normal Kenyan women
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Haematological investigations in visceral leishmaniasis
(1986)Various haematological parameters were followed in a group of 47 Kenyan patients with visceral leishmaniasis during treatment and follow up. The WBC and platelet numbers were normal by the time of cure, the Hb level took ... -
Incidence of thyroid malignancy among goitrous thyroid lesions from the Sarawak General Hospital 2000-2004.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 2009-07)INTRODUCTION:Thyroid cancer is the most common among all endocrine malignancies. The worldwide prevalence of goitre in the general population is estimated at 4-7 percent and the incidence of malignancy in goitrous thyroid ... -
Cell-mediated immunity to spermatozoal antigens after vasectomy: recent developments
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1985)Vasectomy has rapidly become the most popular male sterilization technique in man in recent years. However, little is known about its long-term physiological, anatomical, endocrinological, and immunological consequences. ... -
Soluble transferrin receptors in anaemia of pregnancy.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 2001-05)Anaemia is one of the most common disorders in pregnancy. The most common cause is iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anaemia is relatively easy to diagnose using a serum ferritin of <15 ng/ml. However, because ferritin is ... -
Lead and cadmium levels in some leafy vegetables sold in Nairobi vegetable markets.
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Chronic splenomegaly in Nairobi, Kenya. II. Portal hypertension
(1987)Eighty-five patients with chronic splenomegaly and proven oesophageal varices were studied at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. The major defined groups were hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (24%), cirrhosis (20%) and ... -
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Purification and characterization of an anticoagulant from the salivary glands of the ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
(Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1991)An anticoagulant isolated from salivary gland extracts of the ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was purified by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, ion exchange on DEAE-cellulose, aprotinin-Sepharose, and by ... -
Reduced immune complex binding capacity and increased complement susceptibility of red cells from children with severe malaria-associated anemia.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2008)Plasmodium falciparum malaria causes 1-2 million deaths per year. Most deaths occur as a result of complications such as severe anemia and cerebral malaria (CM) (coma). Red cells of children with severe malaria-associated ... -
The effect of different apo(a) isoforms on plasminogen activation in black South African subjects.
(University of NairobiSchool of Health Science, 2003-05)OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluates the effect of different apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] isofroms on plasminogen activation. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. SETTING: A rural village (Dikgale district) in the ...
