Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Cofactors For The Acquisition Of Hiv-1 Among Heterosexual Men: Prospective Cohort Study Of Trucking Company Workers In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1999-04-01)Objective: To determine the prevalence, incidence, and correlates of HIV-1 infection in a cohort of east African trucking company employees. Methods: HIV-1-seronegative trucking company employees were enrolled in a ... -
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use.
(University of NairobiFaculty of pharmacy, 2001-02)Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ... -
Variant origin of the superior thyroid artery in a Kenyan population
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2012-03)Variant anatomy of the superior thyroid artery is important during surgical procedures, interpretation of angiograms, and interventional radiography in the neck. Pattern of the variations shows population differences but ... -
Cytotoxic activity of Ajuga remota
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Split Thickness Skin Grafting In An Immunocompomised Patient At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2012-04)Partial thickness skin grafts have been reported to take poorly in the immunocompromised patients. We however present a 30 year old immunocompromised female patient with a chronic skin ulcer after surgical debridement for ... -
The Antimalarial Activity of Isolates f
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Detection of HIV DNA in cervical and vaginal secretions
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1993)OBJECTIVE: Factors that influence heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive practices, sexual practices, HIV-related immunosuppression, and ... -
Rapid increase of both HIV-1 infection and syphilis among pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1992-10)OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of HIV-1 and syphilis antibodies in a population of pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya, between 1989 and 1991. METHODS: As part of an ongoing prospective study on the effect of HIV-1 ... -
Synergistic Effects of �� -Cypermethrin and Dimethoate against Insect Pests
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Knowledge, Attitudes And Perceptions Of Parents Of Children Aged 3-12 On Association Of Thumb Sucking, Tongue Thrusting And Anterior Open Bite
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Femoral hernia at Mulago hospital, Uganda
(Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern AfricaDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2004-12-31)Objective: To determine the incidence, pattern and the immediate outcome of femoral hernia surgery in Mulago Hospital. Methods: A hospital based descriptive study during which a questionnaire was drafted to study all ... -
Efficacy of nonoxynol 9 contraceptive sponge use in preventing heterosexual acquisition of HIV in Nairobi prostitutes
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1992)OBJECTIVE–To determine the efficacy of the nonoxynol 9 contraceptive sponge in preventing sexual acquisition of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). DESIGN–Prospective, randomized placebo-controlled trial. SETTING–Research ... -
Pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of phenytoin and fosphenytoin in children with severe malaria and status epilepticus
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Keny, 2003-07)AIMS: Status epilepticus is common in children with severe falciparum malaria and is associated with poor outcome. Phenytoin is often used to control status epilepticus, but its water-soluble prodrug, fosphenytoin, may ... -
Chloramphenicol pharmacokinetics in African children with severe malaria
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2006-08)The objective of this study was to determine if the current dosage regimen for chloramphenicol CAP administered to children with severe malaria SM for presumptive treatment of concomitant bacterial meningitis achieves ... -
Efficient isolation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA from cervical swabs
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1998-08)An efficient method for the isolation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) nucleic acids from dry cervical swabs was developed. HIV-1 gag and env were detected in 96% (25 of 26) and 81% (21 of 26), respectively, ... -
Lymphocyte Subsets In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-infected And Uninfected Children In Nairobi.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine (Paediatrics), 2001-05-20)Background: Reference lymphocyte subset values for African children are lacking. This study documents these values as well as their alterations associated with perinatal and postnatal HIV-1 transmission and with protection ... -
Pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of midazolam in children with severe malaria and convulsions
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, 2008)AIM: To investigate the pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of intravenous (i.v.) and intramuscular (i.m.) lorazepam (LZP) in children with severe malaria and convulsions. METHODS: Twenty-six children with severe ... -
Emerging picture of multiple sclerosis in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 2001-02)OBJECTIVE: To report on the occurrence of clinical multiple sclerosis among indigenous Bantu African Kenyans who have never been out of the country. DESIGN: A retrospective study. SETTING: A private neurology ...
