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Experience with rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Newer therapies include B-cell targeted therapies such as rituximab.
Objectives: To study the outcome in RA patients ...
Perceptions of Land Conflicts with Special Reference to Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Land conflicts are increasingly becoming common in Kenya's major urban areas and are blamed by scholars and
politicians alike on colonial planning and rule, which ended more than 40 years ago. The regulations on land ...
The occurrence of aflatoxin in poultry tissues collected in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2000)
106 (80 from poultry slaughterhouse and 26 from sick birds) chicken liver samples collected during October 1997 were analysed to determine the extent of aflatoxin B1 in poultry tissues. Analysis of aflatoxin B1 was done ...
Simulation of Decadal Precipitation over Nairobi in Kenya
(Sultan Qaboos University, 2008)
In investigating Kenya rainfall variability and its relationship to other climatic
elements it has become imperative to analyze the irregularly distributed rainfall events in time.
To meet this requirement, this study ...
A simple model for determining the potential risks of lightning strokes over the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa
(2003)
This study examines the cloud to ground lightning discharges over the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa including their environs. Ground based and Satellite-derived meteorological data were utilized in this study and included ...
Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle-keeping neighbours and HIV-positive
(2012)
This paper reports a study estimating the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in people and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi. A repeated cross-sectional survey was carried out among randomly selected cattle ...
Isolation of Enterotoxigenic E. coli from Food-Handlers in Selected Tourist - Class Hotels in Nairobi
(2005)
A total of 3866 stool samples from food-handlers from tourist hotels in Nairobi were screened for the presence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). This was done using the “salting out” (hydrophobicity) technique. ...
A Retrospective Study of Reproductive Conditions in Bitches in Nairobi
(2010)
A twenty year retrospective study was carried out in the Small Animal Clinic, University of Nairobi, Kenya and in a private Small Animal Clinic in Nairobi between the years 1988 to 2008. A total of 6548 bitches had been ...