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Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection, in a tertiary referral centre in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005-01)
The clinical features of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), in patients with and without HIV infection, were investigated in a tertiary referral centre in Kenya between 1997 and 1999. Although 186 cases were identified prospectively, ...
Experience with multiple myeloma in a public referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Multiple myeloma is a clonal malignant proliferation of the plasma cell line in terminal stages of immunological maturation of the B cell lineage. It has a male-to-female ratio of 2/1 and affects mainly the middle aged and ...
Acute aflatoxicosis: Case report
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The objective of this presentation is to document the salient clinical findings in a case of aflatoxicosis and to review the literature on the same so as to increase the index of suspicion, enhance early diagnosis and ...
On the agroforestry system and in situ conservation of medicinal plant germplasm in transnzoia district, Kenya
(2005)
In sub-Saharan Africa about 80% of the ever increasing population depends on ethnomedicine for their healthcare since modern medicine is mostly expensive or unavailable in rural homesteads. However, ethnomedicine is the ...
Management of Dental Waste by Practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2005)
Objective: Dental wastes are material that has been utilized in dental clinics, which are no longer wanted for use and therefore discarded. Improper disposal of these dental wastes can cause harm to the dentist, the people ...
Transepithelial potential in the Magadi tilapia, a fish living
(2005)
We investigated the transepithelial potential
(TEP) and its responses to changes in the external medium in
Alcolapia grahami, a small cichlid fish living in Lake
Magadi, Kenya. Magadi water is extremely alkaline
(pH = ...
Evaluation of the efficacy of aqueous extracts of albiziaanthelmintica and maerua edulis against the nematode heligmosomoides polygyrus infections in mice.
(2005)
Anthelmintic activity of the water extracts ofAlbizia
anthelmintica bark and Maerua_edulis root was
evaluated in mice thathad been experimentally
infected with the intestinal nematode
Heligmosomoides polygyrus. The ...
Management of Dental Waste by Practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2005)
Dental wastes are material that has been utilized in dental clinics, which are no longer
wanted for use and therefore discarded. Improper disposal of these dental wastes can cause harm to the dentist, the people in immediate ...
Child nutritional status and maternal factors in an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya
(2005)
Objective: To assess the relationship between maternal factors and child nutritional status among children aged 6-36 months.
Design: Cross sectional descriptive survey.
Setting: Urban slum settlement in Nairobi, ...
Comparative performance of the Mbita trap, CDC light trap and the human landing catch in the sampling of Anopheles arabiensis, An. funestusand culicine species in a rice irrigation in western Kenya
(2005-01-25)
Mosquitoes sampling is an important component in malaria control. However, most of the methods used have several shortcomings and hence there is a need to develop and calibrate new methods. The Mbita trap for capturing ...