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Cerebral malaria -- its management.
(1994)
Cerebral malaria is the main cause of death in severe Plasmodium falciparum infection and is one of the most important medical emergencies. No conclusive theory exists on the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria, although it ...
Antibody responses to in vitro translation products following albendazole therapy for Echinococcus granulosus.
(1991)
Immunoprecipitation of antigens translated in vitro from Echinococcus granulosus RNA revealed that albendazole treatment of human hydatidosis induced antibodies to previously undetectable antigens and that the response to ...
New foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley
(1993)
Active case detection and investigations of sandfly resting places in suspected transmission sites of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley resulted in the identification of several foci of the disease ...
Problems of indwelling Foley catheters
(1994)
One hundred patients undergoing urinary bladder catheterization for various reasons were studied. 42 patients received Sewoon catheters of various sizes. 38 received Eschmann catheters of various sizes and 20 received Bard ...
Age at marriage and completed family size
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1977)
Relatively little attention has been given to the interpretation of age‐at‐marriage differences in fertility. This paper discusses possible demographic and sociological sources of this differential. The argument is made ...
Higher resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in western Kenya.
(1997)
Sickle haemoglobin (HbS) is considered to be protective against malaria. Malaria is fatal in homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease. In a cross-sectional survey by alkaline. Hb-electrophoresis of 766 residents of Western ...
Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Disease Stage among Women in Nairobi, Kenya
(1999)
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the effects of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been most devastating, there are multiple subtypes of this virus. The distribution of different subtypes within African populations ...
Upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions in dyspeptic patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in Kenya.
(1998)
A case controlled study comprising 51 patients with homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease who complained of dyspepsia and 41 age and sex matched non-HbSS control dyspeptic patients was carried out, to look at upper ...
Cervical cancer in Kenya: prospects for early detection at primary level
(1994)
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the feasibility of cytologic screening services for rural women and to establish the prevalence of abnormal cytology in Kenya.
METHOD:
Women at four maternal and child health/family planning (MCH/FP) ...
Contraceptive methods and the transmission of HIV: implications for family planning
(1994)
Heterosexual transmission is the predominant mode of spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in most of the world. Whether the use of hormonal contraceptives, IUDs and spermicides is associated with an increased ...