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Preexposure prophylaxis is efficacious for HIV-1 prevention among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate for contraception.
(2014)
OBJECTIVE::
To evaluate preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) efficacy for HIV-1 prevention among women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) for contraception and men whose HIV-1-infected partners use DMPA.
DESIGN ...
Anti-malarial activity of a polyherbal product (Nefang) during early and established Plasmodium infection in rodent models
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background
The emerging resistance of Plasmodium species to currently available anti-malarials remains a public health concern, hence the need for new effective, safe and affordable drugs. Natural products remain a ...
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 ...
Blood Loss and Influencing Factors in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasties
(2014)
Introduction: Orthopaedic surgery results in significant blood loss. There are no studies that can aid the surgeon in the African region estimate the expected blood loss after total hip replacement. We conducted a study ...
Meleney’s Ulcer; A Rare but Fatal Abdominal Wall Disease Complicating Laparatomy
(2014)
Meleney’s ulcer or post operative synergistic bacterial gangrene is a rare form of abdominal wall gangrene but has well documented clinical entity. It develops following intra abdominal surgery in the immediate vicinity ...
Clinical safety and immunogenicity of two hiv vaccines sev-g (np) and ad35-grin in HIV-uninfected, healthy adult volunteers
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Development of vaccines that stimulate sustained humoral and/or cellular
immunity at mucosal HIV entry points is critical in the quest for an HIV vaccine. To achieve
this goal, we are investigating replication-competent ...
Reversible blindness in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: case report
(2014)
Neuropsychiatric manifestations can occur in majority of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). We describe a patient who presented with acute onset binocular visual loss and was found to have inflammation of ...
Environmental and occupational factors associated with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case-control study
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background
The relationship between chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and a broad range of exposures to occupational and environmental factors known to cause leukemia in general is limited. CML is by and large incurable ...
Lactic acid bacteria and yeasts involved in the fermentation ofamabere amaruranu, a Kenyan fermented milk.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Indigenous fermented milk products contain microbiota composed of technologically important species and strains which are gradually getting lost with new technologies. We investigated the microbial diversity inamabere ...