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Haemolytic activity of trypanosomes.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
A homogenate of Trypanosoma evansi obtained by freezing and thawing was haemolytic for rat or mouse erythrocytes in vitro and also in vivo. The active principle was associated with the particulate fraction and was absent ...
Presenting features of Rhodosian sleeping sickness patients in the Lambwe Vallel in Kenya.
(1989-08)
During a recent outbreak of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in the Lambwe Valley no asymptomatic Rhodesian sleeping sickness patients were found although 54% of the primary patients had mild symptoms and 9% were stuporous or ...
Evaluation of commercially available radioimmunoassays for the determination of luteinizing hormone in serum and urine. Application for the detection of endogenous rise of luteinizing hormone in a in vitro fertilization program.
(1984)
Three commercially available RIA kits for serum and urinary LH were assessed for their usefulness to detect endogenous LH rise in patients receiving ovarian stimulation as part of an in vitro fertilization treatment for ...
Fulminant delta hepatitis in chronic hepatitis B infection.
(University of Nairobi,, 1984)
Two male homosexual patients, one an intravenous (IV) drug abuser, had hepatitis B surface antigen-positive fulminant hepatitis. On the basis of tests for IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) and for IgM and ...
Detection Of Serum Hbv-dna By Molecular Hybridisation. Correlation With Hbeag/anti-hbe Status, Racial Origin, Liver Histology And Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
(University Of Nairobi, 1985)
The relationship of the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in serum, a measure of HBV-replication, to HBeAg/anti-HBe status has been examined. In Northern Europe, there is a strong positive correlation between the ...
Demonstration of cross-reactive antigens in F38 and related mycoplasmas by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoblotting.
(1985)
The ELISA and an immunoblotting technique were used to study F38-type
mycoplasmas - an important cause of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia - and
a number of related mycoplasma species, subspecies, types or serogroups.
Two-way ...
Fatty acid composition of seed kernel oil of calodendrum capense (lf) thunb.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
Seed kernels ofCalodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. yielded 60% of a light yellow oil which had the following fatty acid composition: 23.8% palmitic, 4.5% stearic, 33.7% oleic, 35.6% linoleic, 1.4% linolenic and 1.0% arachidic. ...
Ocular tumors in Africa.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
This paper is an analysis of 470 cases of oculo-orbital tumors in Kenya. The present series is compared with the major works conducted in other African and Western countries. We refer to age, sex and geographic characteristics ...
Bilateral congenital microblepharon with ectropion and microphthalmus
(University of Nairobi, 1981-11)
A very rare combination of congenital malformations of the eyelids and eyes in a 6-month-old boy is reported. The main symptoms are a bilateral microblepharon associated with ectropion and bilateral aphakic microphthalmus. ...
Relative potencies of two phenylalkylamines found in the abused plant khat
(University of Nairobi, 1980)
Cathinone and d-norpseudoephedrine are closely related phenylalkylamines isolated from View the MathML source (khat), a plant much abused for its stimulant properties. We have compared the potency of these two compounds ...