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Systematic review examining differences in HIV, sexually transmitted infections and health-related harms between migrant and non-migrant female sex workers.
(Department of Management Science, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012-10)I have picked this evaluation because it focuses on the special needs of migrant female sex workers (FSWs), in particular those in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STls) and HIV ... -
A systematic review of interventions to improve prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission service delivery and promote retention.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)INTRODUCTION: The success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is dependent upon high retention of mother-infant pairs within these programmes. This is a systematic review to evaluate the ... -
A Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants of Kenya used in the Management of Bacterial Infections
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Kenya's vision 2030 partly aims at ensuring adequate health care for all, and the integration of traditional healthcare practices into the national healthcare system would present a more rapid alternative towards the ... -
Systematic review of the performance and clinical utility of point of care HIV-1 RNA testing for diagnosis and care.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)BACKGROUND: Point of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infrastructure are needed in resource-limited settings (RLS). We systematically reviewed evidence of POC test performance ... -
Systemic and Mucosal Concentrations of Nine Cytokines Among Individuals with Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in Nairobi Kenya
(2022-03-16)Introduction The human-restricted sexually transmitted Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) has been shown to modulate the immune response against it and consequently the cytokines produced. The levels of cytokines in NG infection ... -
Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean delivery.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medicine, 1998-06)OBJECTIVE: To test the value of using prophylactic antibiotics at elective cesarean delivery. METHOD: One-hundred and twenty women delivered by elective cesarean in the absence of labor and before the rupture of membranes ... -
Systemic Cytokine Levels Show Limited Correlation with Risk of HIV-1 Acquisition.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)It has been hypothesized that immune activation and inflammation may increase HIV-1 susceptibility and that cytokines may be useful biomarkers for risk. Within a prospective cohort, we conducted a nested case-control ... -
Systemic lupus erythematosus at Kenyatta National Hospital 1972-1984.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)We recently managed a case of acute infl ammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with SLE. A 20-year-old newly diagnosed SLE patient presented with a three-week history of acute bilateral ascending ... -
Systems analysis and improvement to optimize pMTCT (SAIA): a cluster randomized trial
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Despite significant increases in global health investment and the availability of low-cost, efficacious interventions to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (pMTCT) in low- and middle-income countries ... -
Systems biology-based approaches to understand HIV-exposed uninfected women.
(University of NairobiPublic Health Agency of Canada,, 2010-05)Worldwide HIV infects women more frequently than men, and it is clear that not all exposed to HIV become infected. Several populations of HIV-exposed uninfected (EU) women have been identified, including discordant couples ... -
Systems of agricultural production in the African areas of drought hazard with special reference to the Sahelian zone of West Africa
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T and B lymphocyte populations in peripheral blood during the menstrual cycle in normal Kenyan women
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T cell anergy and activation are associated with suboptimal humoral responses to measles revaccination in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)HIV-infected children are less capable of mounting and maintaining protective humoral responses to vaccination against measles compared to HIV-uninfected children. This poses a public health challenge in countries with ... -
T Cell memory response to pneumococcal protein antigens in an area of high pneumococcal carriage and disease
(2008)Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable disease worldwide. Pneumococcal protein antigens are currently under study as components of potential vaccines that offer protection against multiple ... -
T regulatory cell levels decrease in people infected with Schistosoma mansoni on effective treatment.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2007-10)Schistosomiasis mansoni is usually a chronic infection that leads to long-term, systemic exposure to schistosome antigens. Experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection is associated with immunoregulatory mechanisms, including ... -
T-cell subset counts and serum immunoglobulin concentrations in patients with chronic renal failure at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1998)This study was designed to determine whether there was any difference in the T-cell subset counts and serum immunoglobulin concentrations in patients with chronic renal failure as compared to normal controls. Ninety ... -
T-lymphocyte subsets in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
(College of health science,University of Nairobi, 1985)Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) is a common clinical problem in Africa. To determine if there is a defect of immune regulation in patients with IDC, the percentage of total T-cells (OKT3 positive), helper/inducer ... -
Tachycardia-induced atrial myopathy: an important mechanism in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation?
(1997)The atrial myocardium of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is often abnormal in its histologic features and in its electrophysiologic properties. These abnormalities have been interpreted in some cases as the ...