University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Effects of habitat overlap on helminth transmission between sympatric primates and ungulates in Amboseli ecosystem
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Histopathological and immunohistological study of cutaneous tumours and other surface swellings of horses in Kenya
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Determining prevalence of subclinical mastitis and antibiotic sensitivity of the isolates in dairy goats in mount Kenya region
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
The occurence of ticks and tick borne parasites of cattle in Laikipia county, Kenya
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
A survey of Cryptosporidium in donkeys, watering points, humans and waste water in Lamu Islands, Kenya
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Prevalence and risk factors associated with avian leucosis in chicken in Nairobi and its environs
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
Estimating prevalence of brucellosis in livestock and assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices of respective communities in Baringo county
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Impact Of Enclosure Management On Soil Properties And Microbial Biomass In A Restored Semi-arid Rangeland, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Rangeland degradation is a serious problem throughout sub-Saharan Africa and its restoration is a challenge for the management of arid and semi-arid areas. In Lake Baringo Basin of Kenya, communities and individual farmers ... -
Effects of Early and Late Harvest on Agronomic Performance and Stability of Late Blight Resistant (R-gene Free) Potato Genotypes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Late blight is an important constraint to potato production and genotype resistance is an effective disease control mesure. Ten late blight resistant potato genotypes (R-gene free) were assessed for yield performance and ... -
Prevalence and clinical factors associated with microalbuminuria in children aged 2-18years with sickle cell anaemia at Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has a high burden of sickle cell disease. Better care has led to increased life expectancy, switching focus from early mortality to morbidity caused by organ damage. One of the organs ... -
Drought preparedness and intervention – the role of the Veterinarian
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2010)Introduction Drought is a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water and pastures for livestock to live on. Droughts are a natural phenomenon and are becoming more frequent and more severe with time. They ... -
A review of 74 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma at a tertiary referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Introduction Multiple myeloma is a neoplastic disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of plasma cells. We aimed to carry out a retrospective audit to describe clinical and laboratory features of patients newly ... -
Development of a radon-aerosol system for testing radon and radon decay products measuring instruments
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)Industries and activities handling NORM are identified and TENORM levels assessed in Slovenia. The identification is based on (1) survey of historical information available, (2) results published in scientific papers, ... -
Primary immunodeficiency diagnosed at autopsy: a case report.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07-04)BACKGROUND: DiGeorge syndrome may manifest as severe immunodeficiency diagnosed at infancy. The diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency is based on characteristic clinical features, immunophenotyping by flow cytometry, ... -
Factors Influencing the Utilization of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services among University Students in Kenya
(2014)Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) is recognized as a critical component of effective HIV prevention initiative and has therefore been promoted nationally and within universities in Kenya. Upon successful counselling ... -
Elevation of Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Levels, but Not Angiopoietin 2, in the Plasma of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected African Women with Clinical Kaposi Sarcoma.
(2014-07)Circulating levels of endothelial activation biomarkers are elevated in during infection with human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and may also be increased in Kaposi sarcoma (KS). We compared 23 HIV-1-seropositive women ... -
Modelling telephone call center arrivals as a nonhomogenous poisson process with cyclic rate
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This project demonstrates that telephone call center call-arrival data can be effectively modelled as anonhomogenous Poisson process with cyclic rate. The data was from an Israeli bank telephone call center collected ... -
Factors influencing the level of women participation, in community development projects in Narok south district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Women and development issues have been on the world agenda since the United Nations organized the first women’s conference in Mexico in 1975. Based on the report done, women are generally not able to participate fully ... -
Pooling sera to reduce the cost of HIV surveillance: a feasibility study in a rural Kenyan district
(University of Nairobi,, 1998)Seroprevalence studies are crucial in HIV control programs but too expensive at district level. We evaluated the applicability of pooling sera and how it can reduce cost and affect accuracy at district level. 740 ...
