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Asymptomatic bacteriuria among diabetics attending Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1996)Significant asymptomatic bacteriuria is an important cause of pyelonephritis and gram negative septicaemia among certain predisposed individuals, such as diabetics. We investigated the incidence of asymptomatic urinary ... -
Ataxia-telangiectasia.
(School of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1982-01) -
The ATM Tumour Suppressor Gene Is Down-regulated In EBV-associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
(Department of Biochemistry, 2009)A micro-array analysis using biopsies from patients with EBV-positive undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and from cancer-free controls revealed down-regulation of tumour suppressor genes (TSG) not previously ... -
Attempted infection of calves with Taenia crocutae cysticerci and their subsequent serological response.
(University of Nairobi,, 1985-05)The susceptibility of naive cattle to infection with cysticerci of Taenia crocutae was tested using three six- to nine-month-old Ayrshire bull calves, previously unexposed to infection with taeniid eggs. One calf was given ... -
Attempted suicide (parasuicide) in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1984-04)The authors report on socio-demographic characteristics, methods and associated causes among 110 suicide attempters seen by them in Nairobi. Attempted suicide is still an offence in Kenya, like it is in other Third World ... -
Attempts to coordinate the work of traditional and modern doctors in Nairobi in 1980
(1981)This brief report of an ongoing official effort to coordinate medical pluralism speaks directly to the issues of this section: the application of cultural analysis to medical practice and planning. -
Attempts to coordinate the work of traditional and modern doctors in nairobi in 1980
(Pargamon Press LtdDepartment or Community Health. University or Nairobi, 1981)Abstract This brief report of an ongoing official effort to coordinate medical pluralism speaks directly to the issues of this section: the application of cultural analysis to medical practice and planning. -
Attitude and practice of health care providers towards autopsies in children under five years at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016-09)Background: Attitude and practice of health care professionals toward autopsy are important as they will give information regarding factors that contribute to the low rate of autopsies in children under five years. Objective: ... -
Attitude of a group of Zambian females to spirit possession (ngulu).
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 1979-09) -
The attitude of private practitioners in Nairobi towards alcoholism and alcohol-related problems
(School of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1985-01) -
Attitude of urban Kenyan population towards replacement of teeth. Preliminary findings.
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1999) -
Attitude of Young People Towards Old People in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Health Sciences, 2003) -
Attitudes and beliefs about anti-retroviral therapy are associated with high risk sexual behaviors among the general population of Kisumu, Kenya
(2011)Attitudes and beliefs about antiretroviral therapy (ART) may affect sexual risk behaviors among the general population in sub-Saharan Africa. We performed a cross-sectional population-based study in Kisumu, Kenya to test ... -
Attitudes to prenatal testing and notification for HIV infection in Nairobi, Kenya
(Fatuma El Seyyid Maternity Hospital, Mombasa, 1996)Four hundred antenatal clinic attendants were surveyed for their attitude to testing and notification for HIV infection test results. The participants were systematically sampled from the antenatal clinic at the Kenyatta ... -
Attitudes, subjective norms, and intention to perform routine oral examination for oropharyngeal candidiasis as perceived by primary health-care providers in Nairobi Province
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)OBJECTIVES: To assess attitudes, subjective norms, and intentions of primary health-care (PHC) providers in performing routine oral examination for oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) during outpatient consultations. METHODS: ... -
Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIV
(University of Nairobi,Department of food and nutrition, 2005)BACKGROUND: Understanding infant feeding practices in the context of HIV and factors that put mothers at risk of HIV infection is an important step towards prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). ... -
An Audit Comparing Consent Taking In Elective And Trauma Patients In
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2007) -
Audit identified modifiable factors in Hospital Care of Newborns in low-middle income countries: a scoping review
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)Background: Audit of facility-based care provided to small and sick newborns is a quality improvement initiative that helps to identify the modifiable gaps in newborn care (BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 14: 280, 2014). The aim ...