Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Severe Aplastic Anaemia In Kenyans.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1981-10)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Iron Supplementation Improves Appetite And Growth In Anemic Kenyan Primary School Children.
(University of NairobiInternational Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6301, 1994-05)A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled iron supplementation trial was conducted in Kenya to examine the effect of iron supplements on appetite and growth in 87 primary school children. Sustained-release ferrous ... -
Pattern Of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection After Intervention In Mwea Irrigation Scheme In Kenya.
(University of NairobiMedical Research Centre, Nairobi., 1995-02)A longitudinal study of Schistosoma mansoni reinfection rate was carried out in an endemic area of Kenya, after intervention. Intervention measures applied involved chemotherapy, community mobilization to effect change in ... -
Anti-viral activity of the extracts of a Kenyan medicinal plant Carissa edulis against herpes simplex virus.
(University of Nairobi,School of health science, 2006-03)Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is a major opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed persons. It is therefore a serious disease in high HIV/AIDS prevalence areas as in sub-Saharan Africa where infections due to HSV ... -
Intracuff and "leak-past" pressures of red rubber, latex and p.v.c. tracheal tubes. A laboratory and clinical study.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1986)Measurements were made in the laboratory of the changes with time of the intracuff pressure, the leak-past pressure (the airway pressure at which gas begins to leak past the cuff) and the cuff volume for 9.5-mm tracheal ... -
High-resolution DNA-binding specificity analysis of yeast transcription factors.
(Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA., 2009)Transcription factors (TFs) regulate the expression of genes through sequence-specific interactions with DNA-binding sites. However, despite recent progress in identifying in vivo TF binding sites by microarray readout of ... -
Clinical and neurophysiologic features of active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: a population-based study
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2010)Purpose Epilepsy is common in sub-Saharan Africa but is poorly characterized. Most studies are hospital-based, and may not reflect the situation in rural areas with limited access to medical care. We examined people with ... -
Comparative value of cortical and cancellous bone as grafting material in bone defect of different origins
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The effect of alpha-thalassemia on the level of hybrid hemoglobin variants in heterozygotes
(University of NairobiDepartment of medicine, 1986)The influence of a relative deficiency in α chain production on the amount of Hemoglobins Kenya, P-Nilotic, and Lepore was determined. The level of these hybrid hemoglobins in heterozygotes was correlated to various states ... -
Dosing regimens of oral ciprofloxacin for children with severe malnutrition: a population pharmacokinetic study with Monte Carlo simulation
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2011)BACKGROUND: Severe malnutrition is frequently complicated by sepsis, leading to high case fatality. Oral ciprofloxacin is a potential alternative to the standard parenteral ampicillin/gentamicin combination, but its ... -
Preclinical drug evaluation system in the Plasmodium knowlesi baboon model of malaria: the methotrexate study
(University of NairobiDepartment of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013)Drug resistance against first-line antimalarials warrants search for new lead compounds and repurposing of drugs such as methotrexate. Animal models are required for preclinical drug development before clinical testing. ... -
Female surgical contraception in Kenya-- the Kenyatta National Hospital experience.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Surgical contraception is regarded as the most effective and widely used method of contraception today in the world. Female sterilization (FS) is currently more popular particularly in Africa, as compared to male sterilization. ... -
Purification And Properties Of A Low Molecular Weight Lipoprotein From Adul Tsetse Fly Haemolymph
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1990) -
Solubilization And Characterization Of Clostridium Botulinum Toxin Binding Component From Synatosomal Membrane Of Rat Brain
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1986) -
Lipid composition of Schistosoma mansoni and surface labelling of glycolipids
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1985) -
Cost-Effective Provision of Non-Clinical Services in a Government District Hospital in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 1993-11) -
Cost Recovery Strategies, The Sub-Saharan Africa Experience, in Innovations in Health Care Financing
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 1997-02) -
Sustainable Financing and the Non-Governmental Delivery of Health Care in Sub-Sahara Africa
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Demand For Health Services in Rural Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 1993-11) -
Cost-Sharing: Issues Relating to the Financing of Health Services in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 1993-11)