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Sex preparation and diaphragm acceptability in sex work in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2006)
Women in sex work stand to benefit if the contraceptive diaphragm alone or combined with a microbicide proves to be an effective barrier method against HIV and sexually transmissible infection (STI). Currently, contraceptive ...
High levels of cervical HIV-1 RNA during early HIV-1 infection.
(2006)
Few data are available on genital tract viral replication early after HIV-1 acquisition, when infectivity is high. We compared cervical HIV-1 RNA from 60 women with paired samples from within 90 days after HIV-1 acquisition ...
Ventricular encephalitis associated with leukaemic lymphosarcoma in a bovine calf
(2006)
A female Ayrshire calf aged three months was referred to the clinic with a history of generalized lymph node enlargement and failure to thrive. Physical examination revealed enlargement of all peripheral lymph nodes and ...
Accuracy of an anaemia scoring chart applied on goats in sub-humid Kenya and its potential for control of Haemonchus contortus infections
(Elsevier, 2006-11)
We tested the practical application of an anaemia scoring chart (the FAMACHA© chart) as a method for controlling Haemonchus contortus in goats kept under smallholder conditions in a sub-humid area of Central Kenya. The ...
Parental awareness of hearing impairment in their school-going children and healthcare seeking behaviour in Kisumu district, Kenya
(2006-03)
BACKGROUND:
Hearing-impaired children who are identified early and appropriately managed have improved outcomes in speech, language, cognitive and social development. Enhanced parental awareness of their child's hearing ...
Delays in diagnosis, referral and management of head and neck cancer presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2006-04)
BACKGROUND:
The most important prognostic factor in head and neck cancer is the stage of the disease at presentation. Early cancer has an excellent prognosis following treatment. Unfortunately most patients present ...
Revision English. Top Mark Series, With Elegwa Mukulu, Phyllis Mwangi, Charles Gecaga, Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau
(Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 2006)
This integrative review on the teaching of reading in Kenyan primary schools provides a foundation for the growing movement there to improve reading education. In gathering sources for this review, we took an inclusive ...
RAPD analysis of genotypic groups of Trypanosoma congolense and other African trypanosome species
(2006)
Oligonucleotide primers of arbitrary nucleotide sequences were used in PCR reaction to amplify genomic DNA from the four types of T. congolense: Tsavo-type, Savannah-type, Kilifi-type and West African riverine/ forest-type. ...
Invasive multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Africa:
(2006)
In Africa, multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal salmonellae (NTS) are one of the leading causes of morbidity and high mortality in children under 5 years of age, second in importance only to pneumococcal disease. The authors ...
The Impact of Improved Bean Varieties on the Social and Economic Lives of Farmers in Embu District: A Gender Focused Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The agricultural sector plays a significant role in the lives of the rural population in African
countries. It not only acts as their major occupation but it also supplies them with the basic needs
for survival. Research ...