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WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase II. Neuropsychological and neurological findings.
(University of Nairobi, 1994-01)
BACKGROUND:
The neuropsychological and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS were explored within the cross-sectional phase of the WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS Study. Special attention was devoted to the ...
Duodenal perforation following blunt abdominal trauma: case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A case of severe duodenal injury in a 20-year-old female due to blunt abdominal trauma secondary to road traffic accident is presented. The difficulty and hence delay in making a diagnosis of duodenal injury is discussed.
Outpatient experience with oesophageal endoscopic dilation.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Between March 1990 and August 1997, outpatient endoscopic balloon dilation was performed for oesophageal strictures which developed secondary to malignancies, peptic strictures, post surgical narrowing, achalasia cardia, ...
Improvements In Physical Fitness Of Kenyan Schoolboys Infected With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Following A Single Dose Of Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-03)
We studied physical fitness with the Harvard step test (HST), in primary schoolboys infected with hookworm (91% baseline prevalence), Trichuris trichiura (94%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (39-40%) who received a single 400 ...
Molecular characterization of Theileria parasites: application to the epidemiology of theileriosis in Zimbabwe.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1994-12)
Forty Theileria schizont-infected lymphocyte culture isolates from Zimbabwe were characterized using a panel of antischizont monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and 4 Theileria parva DNA probes containing cloned extrachromosomal ...
Production and nitrogen responses of the African dwarf shrub Indigofera spinosa to defoliation and water limitation
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1990)
The dwarf shrub Indigofera spinosa Forsk. (Papilionacea), a native forage species of arid Northwest Kenya, was propogated from seed, grown in a controlled environment, and subjected to three treatments of defoliation and ...
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. III. Quantification of the IgE response in selected individuals from an endemic community
(University of Nairobi., 1995-06)
One hundred and sixty-two individuals from a community in Kwale District, Kenya, endemic for bancroftian filariasis, were selected for a study on the IgE response to filarial antigen (prepared from adult Brugia pahangi). ...
Manual vacuum aspiration saves lives
(University of Nairobi., 1993)
PIP:
In Kenya, where abortion remains illegal except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, incomplete illegal abortion accounts for over 25% of all hospital admissions. In Kenyatta National Hospital's 100-bed ...
Improvements In Growth Following Iron Supplementation In Young Kenyan School Children.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-05)
The study was conducted to determine whether provision of oral supplementary iron to primary school children in Kenya would improve their growth. Children in the two lowest grades who satisfied study criteria were allocated ...