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Diet quality affects the playground activities of Kenyan children
(2005)
The present study examined the effects of a school breakfast program on the activity level, emotional state, and social interactions of a group of Kenyan schoolchildren on the playground. Five hundred forty children in ...
Self reported alcohol use in an urban traffic trauma population in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2005-03)
BACKGROUND:
Kenya has a soaring rate of road traffic fatalities. Available evidence suggests significant alcohol-relatedness to trauma. We know little about the prevalence of alcohol-related injuries in Nairobi.
OBJECTIVE: ...
Alkaline active maltohexaose forming α-amylase from Bacillus halodurans LBK 34.,
(2005)
The gene encoding Amy 34, a maltohexaose-forming α-amylase from Bacillus halodurans LBK 34 isolated from Lake Bogoria, Kenya, was cloned and sequenced. The mature peptide consists of 958 amino acids with a theoretical ...
Subtype C Is associated with increased vaginal shedding of HIV-1.
(2005-08-01)
The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected cells and HIV-1 RNA levels in genital secretions and breast milk and the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 were compared among subtypes A, C, and ...
No evidence for rapid subtype C spread within an epidemic in which multiple subtypes and intersubtype recombinants circulate
(2005)
There are multiple subtypes of HIV-1 circulating worldwide, but recently, subtype C has become highly prevalent, particularly in certain geographic regions. It is unclear whether the dominance of subtype C or other subtypes ...
Outcome of moderate and severe thermal injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2005)
Background: Thermal injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Though a lot is known about burns, the morbidity patterns and mortality rates of burns in this country have not been established. This ...
Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to ...
Infection Related Vasculitis, Current Rheumatology Reports
(2005)
Infection-related vasculitis constitutes the most common cause of secondary vasculitis. A great variety of microorganisms can induce directly or indirectly inflammatory vascular damage resulting in vascular occlusion, ...
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(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of active trachoma (TF) in children aged one to nine years and potentially blinding trachoma (TT) in adults aged 15 years and older in six known trachoma-endemic districts in Kenya. ...
Ameloblastic fibroma at the University of Nairobi Dental Hospital
(2005)
OBJECTIVE:
To document the occurrence of cases of ameloblastic fibroma.
DESIGN:
A retrospective study.
SETTING:
The Division of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine histopathology laboratory at the Faculty of Dental ...