Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Viral shedding in patients infected with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in Kenya, 2009
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2011)BACKGROUND: Understanding shedding patterns of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) can inform recommendations about infection control measures. We evaluated the duration of pH1N1 virus shedding in patients in Nairobi, ... -
A home-based intervention using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) techniques in rural Kenya: what are the caregivers' experiences?
(2013)Caring for a child with complex communication needs associated with a developmental condition frequently adds stress to the caregiver. Furthermore, professional assistance is scarce in low-income rural settings. For such ... -
Mortality patterns and site heterogeneity of severe malaria in African children.
(2013)In this study we aimed to assess site heterogeneity of early, intermediate, and late mortality prediction in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Medical records of 26,036 children ... -
Traditional healers and the management of sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi,, 2003)To describe the role of traditional healers in STD case management, in-depth interviews were held with 16 healers (seven witchdoctors, five herbalists and four spiritual healers) in four slum areas in Nairobi, Kenya. All ... -
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery and shunt infections in children with non-tumour Hydrocephalus at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2000)o study infections complicating ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery in children with non-tumour hydrocephalus at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. DESIGN: A retrospective survey. SETTING: Kenyatta National ... -
Comparison of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs for the diagnosis of eight respiratory viruses by real-time reverse transcription-PCR assays.
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2011)BACKGROUND: Many acute respiratory illness surveillance systems collect and test nasopharyngeal (NP) and/or oropharyngeal (OP) swab specimens, yet there are few studies assessing the relative measures of performance for ... -
Pregnancy care and delivery management for patients with rheumatic heart diseases
(1979)cute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an illness caused by a reaction to a bacterial infection with group A streptococcus. It causes an acute, generalised inflammatory response and an illness that targets specific parts of the ... -
Palpable lymph nodes
(1988)Lymph nodes can increase in size in a number of conditions. Infections, cancer and many immune diseases can affect lymph cells and cause an enlargement of lymph nodes. Enlarged lymph nodes are often the first sign of ... -
Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in two long-term refugee camps in Kenya, 2007-2010
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2012-01)BACKGROUND: Refugees are at risk for poor outcomes from acute respiratory infections (ARI) because of overcrowding, suboptimal living conditions, and malnutrition. We implemented surveillance for respiratory viruses in ... -
Health facility-based Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor: findings from a national survey in Tanzania.
(2009)Hemorrhage is the leading cause of obstetric mortality. Studies show that Active Management of Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL) reduces Post Partum Hemorrhage (PPH). This study describes the practice of AMTSL and barriers to ... -
Adherence to national guidelines in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.
(2010)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) contributes to over 90% of the paediatric HIV infections. The national PMTCT guidelines make recommendations for specific interventions to reduce ... -
Injectable contraceptive use and genital ulcer disease during the early phase of HIV-1 infection increase plasma virus load in women.
(Department of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104-2499, USADepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 2004)We examined the association between host factors present near the time of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) acquisition and subsequent virus loads, in a prospective cohort study of women in Mombasa, Kenya. Women ... -
Short term clinical outcome of children with rotavirus infection at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2010)Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. Rotavirus gastroenteritis has a high morbidity and mortality in children in Kenya. To determine the short ... -
Cost analysis of care for children admitted to kenyatta national hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
(2011)Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. The costs of care and treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis are high. The objective was to compute average ... -
Detection of influenza A virus in live bird markets in Kenya, 2009-2011
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2013-03)BACKGROUND: Surveillance for influenza viruses within live bird markets (LBMs) has been recognized as an effective tool for detecting circulating avian influenza viruses (AIVs). In Sub-Saharan Africa, limited data exist ... -
A case of primary cutaneous extranodal natural killer/t-cell lymphoma, nasal type, with a 22-year indolent clinical course.
(2012-04)Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, is a rare type of cytotoxic lymphoma involving mainly the upper aerodigestive tract and associated with Epstein-Barr virus. The disease has usually a poor prognosis ... -
Identification of modifiable factors that affect the genetic diversity of the transmitted HIV-1 population
(Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington,Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 2004)BACKGROUND: Our previous studies have shown that the majority of African women were infected with multiple HIV-1 genetic variants, while in the remaining women only a single viral genotype was detected early in infection. ... -
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans with pseudolymphomatous infiltrates.
(2013-05)n this study, we describe the clinicopathologic features of pseudolymphomatous infiltrates found within lesions of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). We studied 11 patients (10 females, 1 male, age range 60-88 ... -
Cutaneous Infiltrates of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Simulating Inflammatory Dermatoses.
(2013-06)Some cases of specific cutaneous manifestations of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) may mimic inflammatory dermatoses both clinically and histopathologically, presenting with an inconspicuous maculopapular eruption and ... -
Gender differences in health care-seeking behavior for sexually transmitted diseases: a population-based study in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 2004)BACKGROUND: Health care-seeking behavior for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is important in STD/HIV control. GOAL: The goal of this study was to describe the proportion seeking care, patient delay, and ...
