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Integration of STD services. How to reach and involve men and women
(1995)
In Kenya, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) program implemented in 10 medical centers in Nairobi allows nurses to diagnose syphilis based on symptoms, have blood tests conducted to confirm syphilis, prescribe treatment, ...
The frameless GyneFix intrauterine implant: a major improvement in efficacy, expulsion and tolerance.
(1995)
The CuFix (GyneFix), conceived in 1985, was developed to minimize three major problems frequently associated with discontinuation of IUD use: expulsion, bleeding and pain. Since the initial clinical investigations, over ...
Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection
(1995)
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to examine maternal, obstetric, and infant characteristics of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Nairobi, Kenya.
STUDY DESIGN:
Proviral human immunodeficiency virus-1 ...
STD Partner Notification and Referral In Primary Level Health Centers in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
BACKGROUND:
Controlling sexually transmitted diseases requires that partners of patients with a sexually transmitted disease be notified and treated. However, many countries in the developing world lack the infrastructure ...
Development of a vaccine against human lice
(1995)
The human body louse, Pediculus humanus, showed eighteen midgut proteins ranging between 12 and 117 kDa, when analysed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. Seven of them (12 kDa, 17 kDa, 29 kDa, 35 kDa, 40 kDa, 55 kDa and 97 kDa) ...
A prevalence study of ear problems in school children in Kiambu district, Kenya, May 1992
(1995-11)
Information on the prevalence of hearing impairment and related ear pathologies in children in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. A pilot study for a clinical trial of simple treatments for chronic suppurative otitis media ...
Acute stroke treatment in UK hospitals: the stroke association survey of consultant opinion
(J. R . Coll Physicians Lond, 1995)
The aim of the Stroke Association survey was to document United Kingdom consultant opinion of the immediate treatment for patients with acute stroke. A national postal survey of all UK hospital consultant general physicians, ...
Discolouration of teeth: an overview of the diagnosis and management.
(1995-04)
The dentist is faced with a daunting task in application of clinical skills to achieve maximum cosmetic results when it comes to the management of discoloured and/or hypoplastic dentition. In this paper, an overview is ...
Rapid progression to disease in African sex workers with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
(1995)
From a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, 163 women were observed to seroconvert to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and followed to study progression to HIV-1-related disease. The effect of several ...
Evidence for a free N-acetylneuraminic acid-hydroxylating enzyme in pig mandibular gland soluble fraction
(1995-01-15)
The activity of a free N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac)-hydroxylating enzyme which converted Neu5Ac into N-glycolyl-neuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) was demonstrated in the soluble fraction of pig mandibular gland. The hydroxylation ...