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Clinical patterns of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A single tertiary center experience in Kenya
(2016)
Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of disorders with different disease manifestations among various populations. There are few reports of JIA among indigenous Africans in sub-Saharan ...
Survey on the Utilization of Weather Information and Products for Selected Districts in Kenya
(2012)
This study summarizes the results of a pilot survey on utilization of weather information and products for selected
districts in Kenya and the response of users to Kenya Meteorological Department’s (KMD) weather products ...
Plasmodium falciparum transmission and aridity: a Kenyan experience from the dry lands of Baringo and its implications for Anopheles arabiensis control
(2011)
Background:
The ecology of malaria vectors particularly in semi-arid areas of Africa is poorly understood. Accurate knowledge on this subject will boost current efforts to reduce the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan ...
Distribution, pest status and agro-climatic preferences of lepidopteran stem borers of maize in Kenya
(2006)
Lepidopterous stem borers are the main field insect pests that attack maize, Zea mays L. in
tropical Africa. A survey was carried during the long and short rain cropping seasons of 2002 / 2003
across six main agro-climatic ...
Factors affecting abundance and distribution of submerged and floating macrophytes in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(2007)
Macrophytes have been shown to perform important ecological roles in Lake Naivasha. Consequently, various studies regarding the impact of biotic factors on the macrophytes have been advanced but related studies on environmental ...
Clinical evaluation of some plaster casts available in kenya
(1994)
The ease of cast breakage, the extent of cast wearing at the foot, the ability to bear
weight on the cast limb, the severity of lameness and cast related complications were
compared clinically in three groups of six ...
Epidemiological, Clinical and Pathological findings of Oedema Disease of Swine in Kenya
(2001)
The main epidemiological findings that were associated with oedema disease of swine were recent weaning (8-14 days), mixing of piglets from different litters, change of feed and ad libitum feeding with concentrates after ...
Suspected sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever in a zero-grazed dairy herd in Kenya
(2000)
An outbreak of a disease characterised by very high mortality occurred in a group of nine calves (1-4 months old) in a zero-grazing unit 2-3 weeks after an introduction of an apparently healthy alien sheep into the calf ...
The Impact Of Cultivation On Above Ground Primary Production, Species Diversity And Density In The Rangelands Of Laikipia District, Kenya
(2011)
Rangelands are traditionally used for livestock and wildlife production but have increasingly been put under crop cultivation in the recent past. Though land transformation for agricultural production has historic, economic, ...