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Height as proxy for weight in mass azithromycin dosing of Kenyan children with active trachoma
(2008)
Objectives: To determine whether height can be used as an alternative to
weight in mass treatment of children aged 1-15 years with active trachoma
using azithromycin and propose a height-based dose stick for Kenyan ...
Management of stage I cervical sarcoma botryoides in childhood and adolescence
(2004)
Rhabdomyo arcomas are the most common soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. The botryoid variant arise in infancy from the vagina or urinary bladder and extremely rarely from the uterine cervix. Treatment regimes range from ...
Trachoma control using the who adopted “safe with azithromycin”
(2007)
Objective: To report on and share the experiences, accomplishments and lessons learnt by African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Sight Savers International (SSI), University of Nairobi (UON) and the Ministry of ...
Filarial-specific antibody response in East African bancroftian filariasis
(2006)
The effect of host infection, chronic clinical disease, and transmission intensity on the patterns of specific
antibody responses in Bancroftian filariasis was assessed by analyzing specific IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, and ...
Clinical outcomes of colorectal cancer in Kenya
(2011)
The incidence of colorectal cancer in Africa is increasing. True data on
clinical outcomes of the disease is hampered by follow up challenges Follow up of colorectal cancer patients is still challenging. The mortality
and ...
Essential oil of hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. from Tanzania: Composition and antifungal activity
(2003)
The hydrodistilled essential oil (yield 1.2%) offresh leaves of wild Huptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. was analyzed by GC/MS. Twenty-four compounds representing 90.3% of the oil were identified. The main components of the oil ...
Endoscopic anatomy of the groin; implication for transabdmominal preperitotoneal herniorrhaphy
(2012)
Hernia surgery is in many ways the quintessential case for demonstrating anatomy in action. Laparoscopic hernia surgery has a more recent history compared to open surgery. The demand for the procedure is increasing. The ...
Differential expression of a DNA fragment obtained from in vivo and in vitro propagated parasites of Trypanosoma congolense
(2004)
Trypanosoma congolense parasites are routinely propagated in vitro in many laboratories for various studies. However it is important to know whether the in vitro propagated parasites express the same genes as the in vivo ...
Tetracycline residue levels in cattle meat from Nairobi salughter house in Kenya
(2001)
Two hundred and fifty beef samples were collected from five slaughterhouses in and around the city of Nairobi. The beef animals were sourced from various parts of the country. Samples of 50-100 grams were collected randomly ...
Establishing and sustaining a healthy vaginal environment:
(2011)
Data from a randomized trial of oral periodic presumptive
treatment (PPT) to reduce vaginal infections were analyzed
to assess the effect of the intervention on a healthy vaginal
environment (normal flora confirmed by ...