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Schisosomiasis in Kenya
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987) -
Schistosoma bovis in human stools in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of public health, 1986)No abstract available -
Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted Helminths in Tana Delta District of Kenya: infection and morbidity patterns in primary schoolchildren from two isolated villages
(2016)Schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) (hookworm, Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides) are widely distributed in developing countries where they infect over 230 million and 1.5 billion people, respectively. ... -
Schistosoma kisumuensis n. sp. (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from murid rodents in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya and its phylogenetic position within the S. haematobium species group.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2009)Schistosoma kisumuensis n. sp. is described based on 6 adult males and 2 adult females collected from the circulatory system of 3 murid rodent species, Pelomys isseli, Mastomys natalensis, and Dasymys incomtus. Specimens ... -
Schistosoma mansoni in the baboon: modulation of pathology after vaccination with polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies.
(Parasitology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya., 1995)Vaccination of five baboons with an anti-idiotypic vaccine to irradiated Schistosoma mansoni cercariae resulted in nearly 19% protection compared to 39% protection conferred to five baboons vaccinated with an irradiated ... -
Schistosoma mansoni morbidity among school-aged children:a SCORE project in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Public Health, 2012-11)Schistosomiasis control programs aim to reduce morbidity but are evaluated by infection prevalence and intensity reduction. We present baseline cross-sectional data from a nested cohort study comparing indicators of morbidity ... -
Schistosoma mansoni: common antigens on adult worm teguments and cercariae detected by immunodiffusion
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Of 15 serum samples (from patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni) examined by immunodiffusion, 7 gave a positive antigen-antibody reaction with a cholate extract of adult worm teguments. The 7 sera also reacted with a ... -
Schistosomes of small mammals from the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya: new species, familiar species, and implications for schistosomiasis control.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2010)Recent schistosomiasis control efforts in sub-Saharan Africa have focused nearly exclusively on treatment of humans with praziquantel. However, the extent to which wild mammals act as reservoirs for Schistosoma mansoni and ... -
Schistosomiasis among young children in Usoma, Kenya
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2011-05)Although schistosomiasis burden is greatest among school-age children (SAC) (6-15 years of age), infection among preschool-age children (PSAC) (1-5 years), may be underestimated in endemic areas. We conducted a cross-sectional ... -
Schistosomiasis control in the community
(University of Nairobi.Department of medicine, 1996-08) -
Schistosomiasis control in the community. East Afr Med J. 1996 Aug;73(8):493-4
(University of Nairobi, 1996)No Abstract Available -
Schistosomiasis haematobia in coast province Kenya. Relationship between egg output and morbidity
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1979-09)Several studies of schistosomiasis haematobia in Africa have revealed a correlation between intensity of infection as measured by urine egg counts and severity of disease as determined by intravenous pyelography. The present ... -
Schistosomiasis in and around lake Naivasha, Kenya: seven years surveillance
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1979) -
Schistosomiasis in Nyanza Province, Kenya, 1 Rusinga Island.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1974) -
Schistosomiasis of spinal cord.
(University of Nairobi, 1977)The case is reported of a 14-month-old child admitted to hospital in Kenya with a 6-week history of progressive weakness of both lower limbs and urinary incontinence following an acute febrile illness. A thoraco-lumbar ... -
Schizophrenia
(East African Medical Journal, 1996)United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and pattern of substance use among an undergraduate population in a Kenyan university. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey, ... -
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Schizophrenia with depression: causal or coexistent?
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1982-10) -
Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia in Kenyan patients.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1983-03)Eighty 'psychotic' patients admitted to Mathare Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI). Fifty-one (64%) of these were positive and the rest negative. Of those positive ...