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Image--reality cleavage in development goals.
(1986)
Within a relatively short time since its inception a lot has been said on the concept of 'Health for All' (HFA). Its meaning and implications have been explored from various angles. Some have praised the idea as the very ...
Saudi Arabian type of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in the Netherlands: a case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an imported disease in the Netherlands. The diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in almost all patients has been made in the country of origin or soon after arrival or birth in the ...
Single-dose ceftriaxone therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum
(University of Nairobi, 1986-01)
Ceftriaxone (125 mg) given as a single intramuscular dose without topical therapy was evaluated in seven infants with smear-positive gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from the eyes of six ...
Early pulmonary lesions caused by dead Dirofilaria immitis in dogs exposed to homologous antigens
(University of Nairobi, 1986-06)
Dead adult D. immitis were inserted into the pulmonary arteries of 10 healthy pups, five of which were given a crude antigenic extract of D. immitis subcutaneously. Two dogs, one from each group were then killed 1, 3, 5, ...
The effectiveness of metrifonate in reducing hookworm infection in Kenyan school children.
(1986)
The reduction in hookworm egg counts was determined in children treated with 1 and 2 doses of metrifonate. Kenyan primary school children were allocated to receive either 10.0 mg (n = 53) or 7.5 mg (n = 53) of metrifonate ...
Schistosoma bovis in human stools in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
No abstract available
Hepatitis B Virus And Primary Liver Cell Carcinoma. The Application Of Molecular Biology.
(University Of Nairobi, 1986-06)
Worldwide, primary liver cell carcinoma (PLC) is one of the most common tumours. Epidemiological evidence has implicated hepatitis B virus (HBV) in its aetiology and the mechanisms whereby HBV could operate at the genomic ...
Demonstration and activity of anodal antigens of Campylobacter fetus in the counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) system
(University of Nairobi,, 1986)
Anodal antigens of six strains of C. fetus subsp fetus, three of C. fetus subsp venerealis and one of C. jejuni were analysed by the crossed antigen-antibody method of Laurell (1965) and the CIE system. Some isolates had ...
The distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like, substance p-like and bombesin-like immunoreactivity in the digestive system of the sheep
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Peptides which are possibly related to the non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic division of the autonomic nervous system have been identified by immunofluorescence in the digestive system of mature sheep. Vasoactive intestinal ...