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Response of falciparum malaria to chloroquine and three second line antimalarial drugs in a Kenyan coastal school age population.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-10)
Ambulatory rural school children in the Mombasa area with P. falciparum parasitaemia were examined and randomly assigned to treatment with one of three second-line antimalarials--amodiaquine, pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine ...
The use of preserved colostrum for rearing replacement dairy calves: calf performance, economics and on-farm practicability in Kenya.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1995)
A total of 133 observations on mean daily mass gains from 19 calves reared on either whole milk (control) or preserved colostrum (treatment) were estimated. The control group had a total of 104 observations computed, while ...
Adsorption/Desorption and Mobility of Carbofuran in Soil Samples from Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1996-04)
Patents and Development
(1994)
The efficacy of 22,23-dihydroavermectin B1 (Ivermectin) acting singly or in combination with a benzodiazepine on microfilariae of Onchocerca species and Brugia pahangi (an in vitro study)
(University of Nairobi., 1989-07)
An in vitro study of the antinematodal action of two groups of compounds which act on the receptor complex of the inhibitory neurotransmitter, Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in mammalian systems is described. The compounds, ...
Association of human rotavirus infection and intestinal rotavirus-specific immunoglobulin A in children with diarrhoea
(University of Nairobi, 1995-04)
The purpose of this study was to determine the role of intestinal specific rotavirus IgA antibody in protection against diarrhoea due to rotavirus infection. Stool from children aged below 5 years with diarrhoea who reported ...
Plasma catecholamine concentrations--changes after infiltration with local anaesthetic solutions and adrenaline during bat-ear surgery
(University of Nairobi,, 1988-06)
Plasma catecholamine concentrations were measured in 12 patients who had bilateral bat-ear surgery following infiltration of each ear with 2 ml 2% lignocaine with adrenaline 1:100,000. Venous blood samples were withdrawn ...
Feighner's symptom profile of alcoholism in a Kenyan general hospital.
(1984-05)
Eighty-three consecutive first-ever admissions to the general medical wards at the Kenyatta National Hospital ( KNH ), were screened for alcoholism using the Feighner's Research Diagnostic Criteria for Alcoholism ( FRDCA ...
Adolescent sexuality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1991-02)
Adolescent sexuality has become a major problem all over the world. This review paper describes the main problems encountered in Kenya with regards to adolescent sexuality. The role of the Government and some non-governmental ...
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. II. Humoral immune responses to filarial antigens in selected individuals from an endemic community
(University of Nairobi., 1994-04)
Humoral immune responses to filarial infection were investigated in 162 individuals, covering the full clinical and parasitological spectrum of bancroftian filariasis as seen in an endemic community of Kwale District, ...