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Socio-demographic characteristics and clinical features among patients attending a private paediatric dental clinic in Nairobi , Kenya
(2004)
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics, chief complaints and clinical presentation of children attending a private dental clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.
DESIGN:
A retrospective survey of dental ...
GIS for Highway Engineering in Developing Countries
(2004)
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer based information system that enables the input, management, analysis, output and dissemination of geospatial data and information. It is therefore an invaluable management ...
Occult hepatitis B virus infection in chronic liver disease: full-length genome and analysis of mutant surface promoter
(2004)
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Genome sequence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from occult chronic infection is scarce. Fifty-six (9.4%) of 591 patients seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with chronic liver disease were ...
Screening for HIV-specific T-cell responses using overlapping 15-mer peptide pools or optimized epitopes
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2004)
The IFN-ª enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISpot)
assay is often used to map HIV-specific
CD8 T-cell responses. We compared overlapping
15-mer pools with optimized CD8 epitopes to
screen ELISpot responses in HIV-infected ...
The influence of supplementation with urea-molasses blocks on weight gain and nematode parasitism of dairy calves in central Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2004-05)
The effect of feeding urea-molasses blocks (UMB) on the growth and gastrointestinal nematode parasitism of dairy weaner calves grazing on the same pasture was investigated on a farm in Thika District, central Kenya. ...
Preventing postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: modifying infant feeding practices
(University of Nairobi., 2004-02)
Approaches to reducing or preventing the risk of postnatal transmission through breast-feeding include the avoidance of all breast-feeding and the use of exclusive replacement feeds or exclusive breast-feeding for a limited ...
Novel hepatitis B virus genotype a subtyping assay that distinguishes subtype Aa from Ae and its application in epidemiological studies
(2004)
The eight genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have different geographical distributions, virological characteristics, and clinical manifestations. A unique subtype of HBV genotype A (HBV/A) was reported in sub-Saharan ...
Serum cystatin C for assessment of glomerular filtration rate in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
Background: Assessment of renal function is important in the evaluation of the pregnant hypertensive patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of cystatin C as a marker of glomerular filtration ...