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Uptake of isoniazid preventive therapy and its associated factors among HIV positive patients in an urban health centre, Kenya
(KMA, 2016-10)Background: Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) is an effective intervention for prevention of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV positive patients, and its use is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Unfortunately ... -
Urbanisation and the nutrition transition: a comparison of diet and weight status of South African and Kenyan women
(2012)To determine and compare the extent of the nutrition transition between Kenyan and South African women. A nationally representative sample of women aged ≥15 years (n=1008) was assessed in Kenya. Weight, height, and waist ... -
Ureteric injuries at KNH (6 years experience) Assoc. of Surgeons of E.A. proceedings Dec. 1985
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Urethral infection in a workplace population of East African men: evaluation of strategies for screening and management
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)Transport workers (n = 504) in Mombasa, Kenya, were screened for urethral infection by history, clinical examination, and laboratory testing of urethral swabs and first-catch urine specimens. The prevalence of Neisseria ... -
Urethral infection with Haemophilus ducreyi in men
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1988)Carriage of Haemophilus ducreyi has not been adequately investigated in men, and its role in urethritis is unknown. In this study 456 men with H. ducreyi-culture positive genital ulcers were investigated. Among these men, ... -
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Urethral strictures at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(School of Health science,University of Nairobi, 1984) -
Urethral strictures, treatment by one stage urethroplasty
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Urethral Trichomonas vaginalis infection and HIV-1 transmission.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1997)The authors' previous study of 504 male workers in Mombasa, Kenya, provides further documentation of an association between urethral infection and increased shedding of HIV in semen. In this study, Trichomonas vaginalis ... -
Urgent need to prevent abortion-related maternal deaths in Africa.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 1999)Not Available -
Urgent versus post-stabilisation antiretroviral treatment in hospitalised HIV-infected children in Kenya (PUSH): a randomised controlled trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Urgent antiretroviral therapy (ART) among hospitalised HIV-infected children might accelerate recovery or worsen outcomes associated with immune reconstitution. We aimed to compare urgent versus post-stabilisation ... -
Urinalysis and electrolyte profiles in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1991)One hundred and twenty six patients diagnosed as having AIDS had their urinalysis and electrolyte profiles studied. The commonest electrolyte abnormalities were a low serum bicarbonate in 56% of the patients and hyponatraemia ... -
Urinalysis in canine dirofilariasis with emphasis on proteinuria.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, 1983-03)No abstract available -
Urinalysis in Canine dirofiliaris with emphasis on proteinuria. Veterinary record 111: 252-252. Citation:
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Urinary cytokines in Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren from Tana Delta District of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Pathological changes due to infection with Schistosoma haematobium include cytokine-mediated urinary tract inflammation. The involved cytokines may be excreted in urine and their presence in urine may therefore ... -
Urinary iron loss and physical fitness of Kenyan children with urinary schistosomiasis
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1985)Daily urinary iron loss and physical fitness were determined in Kenyan primary school children who had low-medium (16-177 eggs/10 ml adj) or high (200-1,194 eggs/10 ml adj) S. hematobium egg counts compared with a matched ... -
The urinary levels of catecholamines, aldosterone and cortisol in hypertensive East Africans: a pilot study.
(2000)This pilot project studies the prevalence of hypertension among unique social groups in Kenya, as well as the hormonal profiles accompanying the hypertensive and normotensive states in these populations. The purpose of ... -
Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment.
(Oxford Journals, 2009)Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) secreted in urine can be assayed to determine egg tissue load and hence morbidity in infected individuals. A cohort of 158 infected children aged 4-18 years was followed-up ...
