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Semen analysis parameters: experiences and insight into male infertility at a tertiary care hospital in Punjab.
(University of Nairobischool of public health, 2013-05)OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of low sperm count including oligospermia and azoospermia in male infertile population, and to assess the pattern and distribution of abnormal semen parameters in infertile ... -
Semen Parameters, Hormonal Studies And Incidence Of Asymptomatic Bacteriospermia In Fertile Black Males In Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Human Pathology, 1984) -
Seminal vesicle fistula.
(Department of Radiology and Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2000-04) -
Semitendinosus Tendon for Solitary Use in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
(KMA, 2016)The use of a combined graft of both semitendinosus (ST) and gracilis (G) tendons in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction may cause weakness in knee flexion. It has since been proposed that ST be used alone since ... -
Sensitivity and specificity of HIV rapid tests used for research and voluntary counselling and testing
(2008-10)Background: HIV rapid tests (RT) are a quick and non-technically demanding means to perform HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) but understanding their limitations is vital to delivering quality VCT. Objective: ... -
Sensitivity and specificity of reagent strips in screening of Kenyan children for Schistosoma haematobium infection
(1984)The reliability of using urinalysis reagent strips, which semi-quantitatively measure hematuria and proteinuria, to correctly select urine specimens found by microscopy to have Schistosoma haematobium eggs was studied in ... -
The sensor kinase MprB is required for Rhodococcus equi virulence
(2011)Rhodococcus equi is a soil bacterium and, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a member of the mycolata. Through possession of a virulence plasmid, it has the ability to infect the alveolar macrophages of foals, resulting in ... -
Sensorineural hearing loss in patients with sickle cell anaemia in Kenya
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1996)The auditory function of sixty two Kenyan sickle cell anaemia patients aged seven to thirty years was compared to age-matched fifty five healthy controls with haemoglobin AA. Sensorineural hearing loss of 30 db and above ... -
Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
(Department of Surgery, 2001-10)Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a developing alternative to axillary dissection and may prove to be accurate in the detection of micrometastases in lymph nodes of breast cancer patients. Limited studies exist in the ... -
Sentinel surveillance for yellow fever in Kenya 1993 to 1995.
(Department of human pathology, 1996)Virus Research Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. PMID: 8903238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -
Sentinel Surveillance of pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Kenya in the Period August – November 2009
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010) -
Separate and combined effects of caffeine and dbcAMP on olive baboon (Papio anubis) sperm
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2010-06)Background Improvement of baboon sperm capacitation is necessary for achieving high in vitro fertilization (IVF) rates in baboons. In this study, we evaluated separate and combined effects of caffeine and dbcAMP on baboon ... -
Separation of erythromycin and related substances by high-performance liquid chromatography on poly (styrene-divinylbenzene) packing materials
(1985)A comparative evaluation of three brands of polyrstyrene-divinylbenzene) co¬polymers, Hamilton PRP-I (10 ,um), Rogel (8 ,um) and TSK-Gel (10 Jim), as column packing materials for high-performance liquid chromatographic ... -
Separation of erythromycin and related substances on base-deactivated reversed phase silica gel columns
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 2000-02)BACKGROUND: Malaria control in Africa relies primarily on early effective treatment for clinical disease, but most early treatments for fever occur through self-medication with shop-bought drugs. Lack of information to ... -
Septate Uterus. Repair and Successful Delivery.
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Sequence analysis of a putative DNA helicase and four peptides encoded by ORFs of the Diachasmimorpha longicaudata entomopoxvirus (DlEPV
(Department of Human Pathology, 2011)DlEPV is a symbiotic entomopoxvirus (EPV) of the parasitic wasp Diachasmimorpha longicaudata(Dl). It has a double stranded DNA genome of 250-300 kb and is >60% A-T rich. We describe five DlEPV open reading frames (ORFs) ... -
Sequence analysis of the human kallikrein gene locus identifies a unique polymorphic minisatellite element
(Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001)Minisatellites are repetitive sequences of DNA that are present throughout the genome. Although the origin and function of these minisatellites is still unknown, they found clinical applications as markers of many diseases, ... -
Sequence and peptide-binding motif for a variant of HLA-A*0214 (A*02142) in an HIV-1-resistant individual from the Nairobi Sex Worker cohort
(Springer-VerlagDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Room 1484, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada,Department of Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya,Department of Medical Microbiology University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,, 2001)As part of the ongoing study of natural HIV-1 resistance in the women of the Nairobi Sex Workers' study, we have examined a resistance-associated HLA class I allele at the molecular level. Typing by polymerase chain reaction ... -
Sero-epidemiological Survey of Coxiella Burnetii in Livestock and Humans in Tana River and Garissa Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Coxiella burnetii is a widely distributed pathogen, but data on its epidemiology in livestock, and human populations remain scanty, especially in developing countries such as Kenya. We used the One Health ...