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HIV-1 Superinfection Occurs Less Frequently Than Initial Infection in a Cohort of High-Risk Kenyan Women.
(2013)
HIV superinfection (reinfection) has been reported in several settings, but no study has been designed and powered to rigorously compare its incidence to that of initial infection. Determining whether HIV infection reduces ...
Records from the dry lands of Kenya, with a description of Didymodon revolutus var. nov. africanus (Pottiaceae).
(2007)
Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ...
Quasi-experimental evaluation of a national primary school HIV intervention in Kenya
(2007)
This study examined the impact of a primary-school HIV education initiative on the knowledge, self-efficacy and sexual and condom use activities of upper primary-school pupils in Kenya. A quasi-experimental mixed ...
The effectiveness of metrifonate in reducing hookworm infection in Kenyan school children.
(1986)
The reduction in hookworm egg counts was determined in children treated with 1 and 2 doses of metrifonate. Kenyan primary school children were allocated to receive either 10.0 mg (n = 53) or 7.5 mg (n = 53) of metrifonate ...
Right atrial electrocardiography: a technique for the placement of central venous catheters for chemotherapy or intravenous nutrition
(1994)
Central venous catheters used for chemotherapy are usually sited so that the catheter tip lies in the superior vena cava. This study evaluated right atrial electrocardiography as a method of accurately placing the catheter ...
Baseline STD prevalence in a community intervention trial of the female condom in Kenya
(2000)
OBJECTIVE:
We present baseline sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence rates from an ongoing intervention trial at Kenyan agricultural sites.
METHODS:
After gaining the cooperation of management, we identified ...
Approaches to advancing blood safety through haemovigilance: a review.
(2009)
BACKGROUND:
Blood transfusion is always associated with some level of risk. Haemovigilance is a risk monitoring system integral to the practice of transfusion medicine whose ultimate purpose is to improve the quality ...
Gonotrophic cycle duration, fecundity and mating behavior of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a dryland ecosystem in Baringo, Kenya
(2014)
An entomological longitudinal survey was carried out over a 22 month period in two semi-arid villages in
Baringo District in Kenya to study how adult malaria vectors survive under semi-arid conditions and during
extended ...
Chapter 21 – Floods in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The vulnerability of a water resource system to climate change is a function of a number of physical features and social characteristics. The physical features associated with maximum vulnerability of water resources in a ...