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Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - variation in clinical and parasitological patterns
(University of Nairobi., 2004-12)
As part of a larger study on the effects of permethrin-impregnated bednets on the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, subjects from 12 villages in the Coastal province of Kenya, south of Mombasa, were investigated. The ...
Intermittent presumptive treatment of malaria to prevent low birth weight in newborns in a cohort of pregnant women from a malaria endemic area
(University of Nairobi., 2009-08)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine and describe the patterns of low birth weight in newborns of a cohort of mothers given intermittent presumptive treatment (IPT) for malaria prevention in a malaria endemic area of Kenya.
DESIGN:
A ...
Acceptability of human immunodeficiency virus testing in patients with invasive cervical cancer in Kenya
(2005)
Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is common in areas where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also prevalent. Currently, HIV seroprevalence as well as acceptability of HIV testing in ICC patients in Kenya is unknown. The ...
Schistosomiasis control in the community
(University of Nairobi., 1996-08)
Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - variation in clinical and parasitological patterns
(University of Nairobi., 2004-12)
As part of a larger study on the effects of permethrin-impregnated bednets on the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, subjects from 12 villages in the Coastal province of Kenya, south of Mombasa, were investigated. The ...
Parasitic infestation in children
(University of Nairobi., 2001-06)
Microbial infections in the twenty first century: a continuous challenge
(University of Nairobi., 2003-08)
Bancrofyian filariasis infection, disease, and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa
(2002)
Bancroftian filariasis infection, disease and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity
community in East Africa were analyzed and compared to assess the relationship between these parameters ...
Typhim Vi vaccine against typhoid fever: a clinical trial in Kenya.
(1995)
Safety, tolerance and immunogenicity of the purified Vi polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi) against typhoid fever was evaluated in primary school children aged 5-15 years. A total of 435 children were vaccinated, each with ...
Bacterial meningitis in children admitted in hospitals within Nairobi.
(1998)
Four hundred and ninety nine children (aged between one month and five years) admitted with clinical features of meningitis were recruited in cross-sectional survey of bacterial meningitis in hospitals within Nairobi. ...