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Resistance to HIV-1 infection among African sex workers is associated with global hypo responsiveness in interleukin 4 production.
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Resistance to HIV-1 infection among African sex workers is associated with global hyporesponsiveness in interleukin 4 production.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3E 0W3Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,, 2001)We previously identified HIV-1 resistant prostitutes who remain persistently HIV-1 PCR- and antibody-negative despite continued heavy exposure to HIV-1 through sex work. We hypothesized that differences in virus-specific ... -
Resistance to HIV-1 infection among highly exposed sex workers in Nairobi: what mediates protection and why does it develop?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 1999-03)Variability in susceptibility to infection and disease caused by infectious agents is a characteristic of all populations. Among susceptible individuals exposed to an infection, not all become infected and among infected ... -
Resistance to HIV-1 infection among persistently seronegative prostitutes in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Community Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1996)BACKGROUND: There is indirect evidence that HIV-1 exposure does not inevitably lead to persistent infection. Heterogeneity in susceptibility to infection could be due to protective immunity. The objective of this study ... -
Resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni in occupationally exposed adults and effect of HIV-1 co-infection on susceptibility to schistosomiasis: a longitudinal study.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2002)Abstract BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported age-dependent development of resistance to reinfection by schistosomes and identified immunological correlates of this resistance. However, whether resistance exists ... -
Resources for research: the 1991 census of population
(1992)The author discusses population censuses in general and describes their utility for research, with a focus on the arrangements under which researchers at institutes of higher education are being provided with data sets ... -
Respectful care an added extra: a grounded theory study exploring intrapartum experiences in Zambia and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2021-04)Background: Quality of maternal and newborn care is integral to positive clinical, social and psychological outcomes. Respectful care is an important component of this but is suboptimum in many low-income settings. A renewed ... -
Respiratory activity of isolated liver Mitochondria following Trypanosoma congolense infection in rabbits: the role of thyroxine.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1993)1. The effect of trypanosome infection on rabbit liver mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was investigated, with and without thyroxine replacement. 2. State 3 respiration, respiratory control ratio (RCR) and ADP/O ... -
Respondeat Superior Tort Liability and Surgical Errors in Low Income Countries: An Overview.
(2013)A hospital can be held liable under the general doctrine of respondeat superior in a case when an employee commits malpractice. This tort liability is applicable even when the employer is without fault because the employee ... -
Responding to the HIV pandemic: the power of an academic medical partnership
(Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007)Partnerships between academic medical center (AMCs) in North America and the developing world are uniquely capable of fulfilling the tripartite needs of care, training, and research required to address health care crises ... -
Response of a sexually transmitted infection epidemic to a treatment and prevention programme in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2002)Although it seems possible in a developing country context such as Kenya, given appropriate inputs and a sound approach, to shift a sexually transmitted disease (STI) epidemic from phase II to III, it is not entirely clear ... -
Response of falciparum malaria to chloroquine and three second line antimalarial drugs in a Kenyan coastal school age population.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1993-10)Ambulatory rural school children in the Mombasa area with P. falciparum parasitaemia were examined and randomly assigned to treatment with one of three second-line antimalarials--amodiaquine, pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine ... -
The response of Kenyan kala-azar to treatment with sodium stibogluconate
(1984)Of 16 patients with kala-azar treated with sodium stibogluconate (0.1 ml/kg body weight a day), one died on the 12th day of treatment and nine were cured by a 30-day course, although two subsequently relapsed. Extending ... -
Response of Leishmaniasis to High Dosage Sodium stibogluconate and prolonged treatment with Pentamidine
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
Response Of Nerve Growth Cone To Focal Electric Currents.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1985)Monopolar Electric Current Pulses Were Focally Applied Through A Micropipette To The Growth Cone Of Xenopus Embryonic Neurons In Culture. Application Of The Current Directly In Front Of The Growth Cone Modulated The Rate ... -
Response of Plasmodium falciparum to dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors in Malindi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)The response of Plasmodium falciparum isolates to dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors (DHFRI) was examined in Malindi, Kenya. All 20 infected children treated with pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine responded. In contrast, after ... -
A Response to Article "Do Mesenchymal Stem Cells Influence Keloid Recurrence?" [Response to Letter]
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Response to diazepam in children with malaria-induced seizures
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2008)Malaria infection reduces the binding capacity of benzodiazepine receptors in mice. We studied the efficacy of diazepam terminating seizures in children with falciparum malaria. Diazepam stopped seizures in fewer patients ... -
The response to treatment of malignant lymphomas in adults at Kenyatta National Hospital and prognostic factors influencing such response to treatment.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1986) -
Responses of an African dwarf shrub, Indigofera spinosa, to competition, water stress and defoliation.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, 1990)spinosa, a dwarf shrub that is widely distributed in arid areas of northern Kenya, was subjected to water stress, defoliation and competition with grasses under a relatively controlled (garden) situation and in a natural ...