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Towards Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: The Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2012)
Many HIV-positive pregnant women and infants are still not receiving optimal services, preventing the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and improving maternal child health overall. A Rapid Results ...
Acute cytomegalovirus infection is associated with increased frequencies of activated and apoptosis-vulnerable T cells in HIV-1-infected infants.
(University of Nairobi., 2012-10)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) coinfection is associated with infant HIV-1 disease progression and mortality. In a cohort of Kenyan HIV-infected infants, the frequencies of activated (CD38(+) HLA-DR(+)) and apoptosis-vulnerable ...
Synbiotics, probiotics or prebiotics in infant formula for full term infants: a systematic review.
(2012)
BACKGROUND:
Synbiotics, probiotics or prebiotics are being added to infant formula to promote growth and development in infants. Previous reviews (2007 to 2011) on term infants given probiotics or prebiotics focused ...
Factors associated with pregnant women's anticipations and experiences of HIV-related stigma in rural Kenya
(2012)
Pregnant women who fear or experience HIV-related stigma may not get care for their own health or medications to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV. This study examined factors associated with anticipating and experiencing ...
Red Blood Cell Immune Complex Binding Capacity in Children with Sickle Cell Trait (HbAS) Living in P. falciparum Malaria Holoendemic Region of Western
(2012)
Aims: Malaria infection leads to the formation of circulating immune complexes (CICs)
which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of complicated malaria which includes
severe malarial anemia. Children with sickle cell ...
Transepithelial potential in the Magadi tilapia, a fish living in extreme alkalinity.
(University of Nairobi., 2012-02)
We investigated the transepithelial potential (TEP) and its responses to changes in the external medium in Alcolapia grahami, a small cichlid fish living in Lake Magadi, Kenya. Magadi water is extremely alkaline (pH = 9.92) ...
Family Kinship Patterns and Female Sex Work in the Informal Urban Settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(2012-06)
A basic ecological and epidemiological question is why some women enter into commercial sex work while other women in the same socio-economic environment never do. To address this question respondent driven sampling ...
Two-year radiologic assessment of the Trident Peripheral Self-Locking cup using EBRA
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
We performed a radiologic assessment of the Trident Peripheral Self-Locking cup 2 years after implantation to assess early migration behaviour and to establish if incomplete postoperative seating correlated with early ...
Investigation Of Prader-Willi-like Phenotype Using A Whole Genome Array
(2012)
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is characterised by
obesity, short stature, small hands and feet, neonatal
hypotonia with difficulty in feeding at birth,
hypogonadism and eye problems. At about two years of
age the feeding ...