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Bancrofyian filariasis infection, disease, and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa
(2002)
Bancroftian filariasis infection, disease and specific antibody response patterns in a high and a low endemicity
community in East Africa were analyzed and compared to assess the relationship between these parameters ...
Plummer Fa.HLA-A and HLA-B In Kenya, Africa: Allele Frequencies And Identification Of HLA- B*1567 And HLA- B*4426. Tissue Antigens.
(University of Nairobi, 2002-05)
HLA-A and HLA-B alleles of a population from Kenya, Africa were examined by sequencing exon 2 and exon 3 DNA and typing using a Taxonomy-based Sequence-analysis (TBSA) method. Extensive diversities were observed at both ...
Association Between Cervical Shedding Of Herpes Simplex Virus And Hiv-1.aids
(University of Nairobi, 2002-12-06)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between the cervical shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and HIV-1. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study on 200 women seropositive for both HSV-2 and HIV-1 was conducted in a family ...
Post cholecystectomy hemobilia: transcatheter embolization of pseudoaneurysms with homemade steel coils.
(2002)
Two patients presented with hemobilia, one and two months following cholecystectomy. Angiography demonstrated pseudoaneurysms arising form the gastroduodenal and right hepatic arteries. Percutaneous transcatheter embolization ...
Preventing postpartum hemorrhage in low-resource settings.
(2002)
OBJECTIVES:
To review the literature to determine the most effective methods for preventing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), the single most important cause of maternal death worldwide.
METHODS:
Systematic review of published ...
Perception of dental appearance using Index of Treatment Need (Aesthetic Component) assessments
(University of Nairobi, 2002-09)
OBJECTIVES:
To compare assessments of malocclusion made by an orthodontist with the perceptions of children and their parents.
METHOD:
A sample of 5,112 Malaysian schoolchildren was selected by a system of stratified ...
Cellular and molecular interactions in HIV infections: a review
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
To review the cellular and molecular interactions between HIV and the host immune system that lead to full-blown AIDS.
DATA SOURCES:
Published reports on HIV/host interaction during a fifteen year period beginning from ...
Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker's) diverticulum: case report.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Pharyngoesophageal pulsion diverticulum is the most common of all oesophageal diverticuli and is characterised by dysphagia, regurgitation, gurgling sounds in the neck and aspiration. This is a report of an 80-year old ...
Vitamin A supplementation and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 shedding in women: results of a randomized clinical trial.
(2002)
Observational studies have associated vitamin A deficiency with vaginal shedding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected cells and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. To assess the effect of vitamin A ...
Plasmodium falciparum: in vitro activity of sulfadoxine and dapsone in field isolates from Kenya: point mutations in dihydropteroate synthase may not be the only determinants in sulfa resistance
(University of Nairobi., 2002-07)
We have determined the relationship between point mutations in the gene that encodes the sulfa target, dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) and the chemosensitivity profile to sulfadoxine and dapsone in 67 isolates from Kilifi, ...