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Frequency of false positive rapid HIV serologic tests in African men and women receiving prep for HIV prevention: implications for programmatic roll-out of biomedical interventions
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04-17)
Background
Rapid HIV assays are the mainstay of HIV testing globally. Delivery of effective biomedical
HIV prevention strategies such as antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) requires
periodic HIV testing. ...
Antiplasmodial potential of traditional antimalarial phytotherapy remedies used by the Kwale community of the Kenyan Coast.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05-20)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:
In Kenya, 22 million people are at risk of malaria, 70% of them are in rural areas and most of these people use traditional plant based medicines to treat malaria. The aim of the study ...
Tuberculosis interferon-gamma responses in the breast milk of human immunodeficiency virus infected mothers.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-12)
Tuberculosis (TB) cellular immune responses were examined in the breast milk of human immunodeficiency virus infected mothers using the T-SPOT(®). TB interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). Positive TB interferon-gamma ...
Determinants of supply chain management practices in organizations
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Getting people or organizations working together is currently one of the most critical things in
our today’s business environment. This is because competition has changed from being firm
based to supply chain based. As ...
Intellectual Capital and Performance of Firms Listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)
Based on a survey of 50 firms listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange, this study examines the
relationship between intellectual capital (human capital, social capital and organizational
capital) and organizational ...
Potential Impact of devolution on motivation and job satisfaction of healthcare workers in Kenya: Lessons from early implementation in Kenya and experiences of other Sub-Saharan African Countries
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: Kenya’s healthcare devolution was introduced to enhance the quality of care, user satisfaction, equity, and efficiency in service delivery. However, it has since been facing plethora of challenges mostly because ...
Associations of farm management practices with annual milk sales on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Aim:
Cows on smallholder dairy farms (SDF) in developing countries such as Kenya typically produce volumes of milk
that are well below their genetic potential. An epidemiological study was conducted to determine reasons ...
Studies on seasonal prevalence of ecto- and endo-parasites in indigenous chicken of Mbeere Subcounty, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
A study was carried out to determine the seasonality of ecto- and endo-parasites in Mbeere Subcounty, Kenya. A total of 48 chicken were randomly selected and purchased from farms in the study area (24 in wet season and 24 ...
Reproductive biology of common octopus octopus vulgaris (cuvier, 1797), on the Kenyan South Coast
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Although common octopus catches are increasing globally, lack of information on the reproductive biology of the species has been a major concern in its management, particularly in Kenya. The present study aimed to investigate ...
Hematological, serological and virological findings in sheep and goats experimentally infected with lineage iii peste des petits ruminants virus isolates in Kenya
(2015)
The aim of this study was to determine the hematological and serological changes in experimentally infected sheep and goats and to validate use of Real time reverse transcriptase PCR analysis in diagnosing PPRV in Kenya. ...