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High-risk Human Papillomavirus Messenger RNA Testing in Wet- And Dry- Self-Collected Specimens for High-Grade Cervical Lesion Detection in Mombasa, Kenya
(UoN, 2020)Background: Self-collection for high-risk HPV (hr-HPV) mRNA testing may improve cervical cancer screening. Hr-HPV mRNA with self-collected specimens stored dry could enhance feasibility and acceptance of specimen collection ... -
High-risk human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal cervical scrapes from Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1992)Seventy-seven women with normal cervical cytology on routine visit to a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, were analysed for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We applied a ... -
High-yield HIV testing, facilitated linkage to care, and prevention for female youth in Kenya (Girls study): implementation science protocol for a priority population.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest HIV burden. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the age range of 15 to 24 years are twice as likely as their male peers to be infected, making females ... -
Higher percentages of circulating mast cell precursors correlate with susceptibility to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2006-12)A high level of serum IgE is generally associated with human resistance to schistosomes, though the protective mechanisms of IgE remain undefined. We recently reported that whereas some individuals who are occupationally ... -
Higher resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in western Kenya.
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1997)Sickle haemoglobin (HbS) is considered to be protective against malaria. Malaria is fatal in homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease. In a cross-sectional survey by alkaline. Hb-electrophoresis of 766 residents of Western ... -
Higher set point plasma viral load and more-severe acute HIV type 1 (HIV-1) illness predict mortality among high-risk HIV-1-infected African women
(Department of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USADepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 2006)BACKGROUND: There is limited information on the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in Africa, especially from individuals with well-defined dates of infection. We used data from a ... -
Higher transplacental pathogen-specific antibody transfer among pregnant women randomized to triple antiretroviral treatment versus short course zidovudine.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: HIV-1 infection may impair transplacental antibody transfer to infants. The impact of highly active antiretroviral treatment (ART) given during pregnancy on transplacental antibody transport is unknown. M ... -
Highland malaria
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Highlight on childhood lymphomas
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1996-06)Not Available -
Highlights on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1991-03) -
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) versus Zidovudine/Nevirapine Effects on Early Breast Milk HIV-1 RNA: A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2008)Background Defining the effect of antiretroviral regimens on breast milk HIV-1 levels is useful to inform the rational design of strategies to decrease perinatal HIV-1 transmission. Methods Pregnant HIV-1 seropositive ... -
Hindlimb metabolism in dogs intoxicated with methylsalicylate.
(College of health science,University of Nairobi, 1971) -
Histiocytic medullary reticulosis: a case report from the Kenyatta National Hospital
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1971-11) -
Histologic types of breast carcinoma in relation to international variation and breast cancer risk factors
(Wiley, 1989)Associations between breast cancer risk factors and histologic types of invasive breast carcinoma were studied in 2,728 patients. Lobular and tubular carcinomas occurred with increased relative frequency in most high-risk ... -
Histological diagnosis of granuloma inguinale
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 2011)No abstract available -
Histological Organization of the Portal Vein: a Structural Adaptation
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human anatomy, 2013)The extra hepatic portion of the portal vein has been known to physiologically act as a capacitance vessel while its intra hepatic portion behaves as a resistance vessel. However, the histological basis for these observations ... -
A histological study of the lower tarsus and the significance in the surgical management of a involutional (senile) entropion
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, 1981-05)The dimension of the lower tarsus diminishes with aging. Changes in the number and size of the meibomian glands and in the character of intermingling fibroconnective tissues are thought to be responsible. Furthermore, such ... -
Histology of endophalmitis
(Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Histology of specimens taken by prostatectomy and needle biopsy.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007-08)OBJECTIVES: To determine the histology of the prostate in prostatectomy done for benign prostatic hypertrology (BPH), and prostate needle biopsy done for raised prostatic specific antigen (PSA). DESIGN: A ...