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Trends, treatment outcomes, and determinants for attrition among adult patients in care at a large tertiary HIV clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: a 2004-2015 retrospective cohort study.
(2018-06-29)BACKGROUND: Understanding trends in patient profiles and identifying predictors for adverse outcomes are key to improving the effectiveness of HIV care and treatment programs. Previous work in Kenya has documented findings ... -
A tribute to professor Edward George Kasili
(University of Nairobi, 2009-12)No abstract available -
Trichinella spiralis: incidental finding
(University of Nairobi, 1977)The case is presented of a 46-year-old male Kikuyu in Kenya with a one-month history of severe pruritus followed by progressive swelling of the right eye. A well differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma involving the periorbital ... -
Trichomonas vaginalis infection: can we afford to do nothing?
(University of Nairobi, 2008)For more than a century following its initial description in 1836, Trichomonas vaginalis was considered to be either a harmless vaginal colonizer or simply a minor nuisance [1]. This view may have been sustained by the ... -
A Trim5alpha Exon 2 Polymorphism is Associated with Protection from HIV-1 Infection in Pumwani Sexworker Cohort
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2010)Objective The innate immune component TRIM5α has the ability to restrict retrovirus infection in a species-specific manner. TRIM5α of some primate species restricts infection by HIV-1, while huTRIM5α lacks this specificity. ... -
TRIM5α And TRIM22 are Differentially Regulated according To HIV-1 Infection Phase and Compartment.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)The antiviral role of TRIM E3 ligases in vivo is not fully understood. To test the hypothesis that TRIM5α and TRIM22 have differential transcriptional regulation and distinct anti-HIV roles according to infection phase and ... -
Trimethoprim (monotrim) compared with trimethoprim-sulphonamide in the treatment of bacterial urinary tract infection.
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Trimethoprim (monotrim) compared with trimethoprim-sulphonamide in the treatment of bacterial urinary tract infection.
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Trimethoprim sulphamoxole in the treatment of chancroid. Comparison of two single dose treatment regimens with a five day regimen
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medicine, 1985-07)In a prospective blinded study, 135 men with genital ulcers culture positive for Haemophilus ducreyi, were randomized to one of three regimens. Two single dose regimens, either the combination of sulphamoxole 3200 ... -
Trioxolanes: A new generation of compounds with wide-ranging activities.
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences, 1994)Direct biological activity of a 1,2,4-trioxolane derivative was assessed in vitro using bacteria and fungi causing common infections. The product was found to be uniformly active against all organisms tested. In addition, ... -
Triple antiretroviral compared with zidovudine and single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis during pregnancy and breastfeeding for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (Kesho Bora study): a randomised controlled trial
(University of Nairobi, 2011-03)Abstract BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is essential for child health and development in low-resource settings but carries a significant risk of transmission of HIV-1, especially in late stages of maternal disease. We aimed ... -
Triple antiretroviral compared with zidovudine and single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis during pregnancy and breastfeeding for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (Kesho Bora study): a randomised controlled trial.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2011-03)BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is essential for child health and development in low-resource settings but carries a significant risk of transmission of HIV-1, especially in late stages of maternal disease. We aimed to assess ... -
Triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission through breastfeeding--the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study, Kenya: a clinical trial.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011-03)BACKGROUND: Effective strategies are needed for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) in resource-limited settings. The Kisumu Breastfeeding Study was a single-arm open label trial conducted between ... -
Triterpenoids from the stem bark of blighia unijugata bak, (Sapindaceae)
(Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of NairobiDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, 2009)Two pentacyclic triterpenoids were isolated, for the first time, from the stem bark of Blighia unijugata Bak. The structures of the two compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data as friedelin and epifriedelinol. -
Triterpenoids From the Stem Bark of Blighia unijugata Bak. (Sapindaceae)
(2009)Two pentacyclic triterpenoids were isolated, for the first time, from the stem bark of Blighia unijugata Bak. The structures of the two compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data as friedelin ... -
Tropical mayhem: a chronic viral disease with superadded parasitic infection
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008)Coexistence of two illnesses in the same patient may result in atypical manifestations of either or both diseases. A case of hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis in a patient who presented with a pharyngeal mucosal mass ... -
Tropical ophthalmology--prevention and therapy"Vision 2020--the right to sight"
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)Worldwide 45 million people are blind, 180 million people are visually handicapped, 90% of all blind people are living in developing countries and 80% of blindness is preventable. The global economic productivity loss due ... -
Tropical parasitic diseases
(2010)The term “parasitic diseases” is used in a restricted sense to refer to those diseases caused by protozoa (malaria, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, amoebiasis, giardiasis) and helminths (hookworm, ascaris, ... -
Tropical splenomegaly syndrome: who gets oesophageal varices?
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 1994)Of sixty eight patients with tropical splenomegaly syndrome (TSS), 12 had asymptomatic oesophageal varices (OV). All 12 had massive splenomegaly (Hackett's stage 4 or 5). Eight of the 12 were multiparous females, mainly ... -
True heartburn.
(1967)