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Ethnomedicinal study of plants used in villages around Kimboza forest reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania
(2012-01-06)
Abstract
Background
An ethnomedicinal study was conducted to document medicinal plants used in the treatment of ailments in villages surrounding Kimboza forest reserve, a low land catchment forest with high number of ...
Exploring the perspectives and experiences of health workers at primary health facilities in Kenya following training
(2013-02-04)
Abstract
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A cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) of a national Kenyan mental health primary care training programme demonstrated a significant impact for health workers on the ...
Trypanotolerance in N¿Dama x Boran crosses under natural trypanosome challenge: effect of test-year environment, gender, and breed composition
(2012-10-17)
Abstract
Background
Trypanosomosis, a protozoal disease affecting livestock, transmitted by Glossina (tsetse) flies is a major constraint to agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is ...
Cognitive deficits following exposure to Pneumococcal Meningitis: An Event-Related Potential study
(2012-03-31)
Abstract
Background
Pneumococcal meningitis (PM) is a severe and life-threatening disease that is associated with cognitive impairment including learning difficulties, cognitive slowness, short-term memory deficits and ...
Attraction of Anopheles gambiae to odour baits augmented with heat and moisture
(2010-01-06)
Abstract
Background
The search for a standard human surrogate in the form of a synthetic mosquito attractant has been the ...
Host choice and multiple blood feeding behaviour of malaria vectors and other anophelines in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya
(2008-02-29)
BACKGROUND:
Studies were conducted between April 2004 and February 2006 to determine the blood-feeding pattern of Anopheles mosquitoes in Mwea Kenya.
METHODS:
Samples were collected indoors by pyrethrum spay catch ...
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
(2008-10-29)
Abstract
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Plasmodium vivax accounts for about 40% of all malaria infection in Ethiopia. Chloroquine (CQ) is the ...
'Relief of oppression': An organizing principle for researchers' obligations to participants in observational studies in the developing world
(2010-06-30)
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A central question in the debate about exploitation in international research is whether investigators and ...
Characterisation of community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella from bacteraemia and diarrhoeal infections in children admitted to hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
(2006-12-15)
Abstract
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In sub-Saharan Africa community-acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major cause of high morbidity ...
Retraction: Trapping mosquitoes using milk products as odour baits in western Kenya
(2010-08-25)
AbstractThis article, Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:55, has been retracted by the Editor because there are unresolved issues relating to authorship and content.