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Nutritional factors modify the inhibition of CNS development by combined exposure to methadone and ethanol in neonatal rats
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1997)
The consequences resulting from the combined exposure to methadone and ethanol during a time period equivalent to the third trimester brain growth spurt was the purpose of this study. Rat pups were treated on postnatal ...
Ageing and cancer.
(University of Nairobi, 1997-10)
The process of carcinogenesis is complicated and in most cases requires several steps of cellular transformation resulting from various molecular signals brought about by interactions between carcinogens and the cellular ...
Recent transmission of tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV-1-infected female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of HIV-related tuberculosis in a female cohort, and to investigate the relative importance of recently transmitted infection and ...
Urethral Trichomonas vaginalis infection and HIV-1 transmission.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
The authors' previous study of 504 male workers in Mombasa, Kenya, provides further documentation of an association between urethral infection and increased shedding of HIV in semen. In this study, Trichomonas vaginalis ...
Studies on schistosomiasis in western Kenya: I. Evidence for immune-facilitated excretion of schistosome eggs from patients with Schistosoma mansoni and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections
(University of Nairobi,, 1997-05)
Persons employed as vehicle washers in the town of Kisumu, Kenya are exposed for several hours each day to water in Lake Victoria that contains Schistosoma mansoni-infected Biomphalaria pherifferi snails. This results in ...
Antibody to chlamydial hsp60 predicts an increased risk for chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Abstract
To determine whether serum antibody to Chlamydia trachomatis antigens alters the risk of C. trachomatis pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 280 female sex workers were prospectively evaluated over a 33-month ...
The effect of volatile anesthetics on EEG, auditory evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials in dogs
(1997)
We compared the changes in EEG and evoked potentials among dogs anesthetized with halothane (H), isoflurane (I) or enflurane (E). The mean frequency of EEG with H was higher than that with I and E at 1 and 2 MAC. The ...