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Major Articles And Brief Reports-hiv/aids-injectable Contraceptive Use And Genital Ulcer Disease During The Early Phase Of Hiv-1 Infection
(2004)
We examined the association between host factors present near the time of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) acquisition and subsequent virus loads, in a prospective cohort study of women in Mombasa, Kenya. Women ...
Sole haemorrhage is the most diagnostic sign of subclinical and chronic laminitis in cattle.
(University of Nairobi,, 2006)
Hydrophilic poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres for the delivery of DNA to human-derived macrophages and dendritic cells
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2001-09)
Biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres have a proven track record for drug delivery and are suggested to be ideal carrier systems to target therapeutics into phagocytic cells such as macrophages (MΦs) ...
Degradation of soil physical properties in overgrazed rangelands in Laikipia district.
(2000)
Infiltration rate, bulk density, saturated hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon content, particle size distribution and water content, for bush cover, grass cover and bare ground sites within four representative soil ...
The seed industry for dryland crops in Eastern Kenya
(2003)
The development and promotion of improved crop varieties as well as efficient seed production, distribution, and marketing systems have contributed significantly to increased agricultural production and food security in ...
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dryland Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders in Kenya
(2000-12)
This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ...
Capacity of community-based organisations to disseminate sleeping sickness information
(University of Nairobi., 2005-08)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the capacity of established community based organisations (CBOs) to disseminate information on sleeping sickness control.
DESIGN:
Participatory interview process administered to randomly selected ...
Development of Tuber Blight (Phytophthora infestans) on Potato Cultivars Based on In Vitro Assays and Field Evaluations
(2008-08)
Tuber blight may result from infection of wounded or unwounded potato tubers
exposed to sporangia from foliar blight, soil, or blighted tubers. However, there are
limited data on the prediction of tuber blight in field ...
Efficiency of cassava brown streak virus transmission by two whitefly species in coastal Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2009-12)
The efficiency of cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) transmission by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)
(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and spiraling whitefly (Aleurodicus dispersus) Russell (Hom, Aleyrodidae) was
determined. The ...