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Gender, body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: results from the QUEST-RA Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-08)OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. METHODS: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled ... -
Gender, perceptions and behaviour towards health risks associated with urban dairy farming in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Community Health, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairob, 2007)To determine the socio-cultural, economic and environmental factors that encourage urban dairy production and the factors which may predispose the producer, consumer and other handlers to risks associated with dairy farming. ... -
Gender, Rights & Participation in the Kenya Cut Flower Industry
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Gender-associated violence at a women's hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Human Anatomy, Universoty of Nairobi, 2008-07)OBJECTIVE: To describe the pattern of gender-associated violence amongst adult survivors. DESIGN: Descriptive case analysis of prospectively collected data. SETTING: The gender violence and recovery centre (GVRC), ... -
Gender-Specific Combination HIV Prevention for Youth in High-Burden Settings: The MP3 Youth Observational Pilot Study Protocol.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Nearly three decades into the epidemic, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the region most heavily affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with nearly 70% of the 34 million people living with HIV ... -
Gender-specific sexual behaviors among STD patients at a Nairobi primary health care clinic
(Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Gene deletion as the molecular basis for the Kenya-G gamma-HPFH condition.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1983)DNA was isolated from the white cells of a subject with the Hb S-Kenya-G gamma-HPFH condition, and digested with the restriction endonucleases Bg1 II, Xba I, and Eco RI. The resulting fragments were identified by standard ... -
Gene expression of chicken interleukine-4 by baculovirus
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Gene-expression analysis identifies novel RBL2/p130
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Pathology, 2007-05)Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a B-cell tumor whose characteristic gene aberration is the translocation t(8;14), which determines c-myc overexpression. Several genetic and epigenetic alterations other than c-myc overexpression ... -
General Obstetrics and Gynecology-Gynecology-Cervical shedding of herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus throughout the menstrual cycle in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus type
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2000) -
General surgery at the district hospital.
(Department of Surgery, 1988)This handbook describes general surgical procedures suitable for use in small hospitals that are subject to constraints on personnel, equipment, and drugs. Information is addressed to the medical officer who may not have ... -
General theoretical description of N-body recombination.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2009)Formulas for the cross section and event rate constant describing recombination of N particles are derived in terms of general S-matrix elements. Our result immediately yields the generalized Wigner threshold scaling for ... -
Generation And Characterization Of A High-affinity Chimaeric Antibody Against Hepatitis B Surface Antigen.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2006-02)Antibody against HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen) is advocated for the passive immunotherapy in certain cases of hepatitis B infections. A recombinant monoclonal antibody against HBsAg would offer several advantages ... -
Generation and characterization of a single-gene mouse-human chimeric antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2006)BACKGROUND: Antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is used for passive immunotherapy in certain cases of hepatitis B infection. The authors have earlier reported a high-affinity mouse monoclonal (5S) against ... -
Genetic alterations of the retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 identify different pathogenetic mechanisms in and among Burkitt's lymphoma subtypes.
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Normal and Pathologic Cytomorphology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy.Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-03)Alterations of cell cycle-associated genes probably contribute to the pathogenesis of Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL), in addition to c-myc translocation. Mutations disrupting the nuclear localization signal of the retinoblastoma-related ... -
Genetic analysis of H3N2 influenza A viruses isolated in 2006-2007 in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008)BACKGROUND: Minimal influenza surveillance has been carried out in sub-Saharan Africa to provide information on circulating influenza subtypes for the purpose of vaccine production and monitoring trends in virus spread and ... -
Genetic analysis of human DNA recovered from minute amounts of serum or plasma
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 1995-03-13)A rapid and inexpensive method is described where a small amount of serum or plasma was used as the source of DNA for genetic analysis. Using a silica gel matrix DNA was isolated from 50 μl of archived serum or plasma. The ... -
Genetic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strains in Kenya: A comparison using phylogenetic analysis and combinational melt
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Genetic characterization of HIV type 1 among patients with suspected immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Kenya.
(Center for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved the survival of HIV patients but is also associated with unique manifestations of disease in some subjects during the initial months of therapy. Immune reconstitution inflammatory ... -
Genetic connectivity of trypanosomes between tsetse-infested and tsetse-free areas of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)The prevalence rates of trypanosomes, including those that require cyclical transmission by tsetse flies, are widely distributed in Africa. Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma congolense are actively maintained in regions ...