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Ocular alterations in patients with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
(2003)
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis with high prevalence and increasing epidemiologic relevance. Ocular manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) have been well studied, but less is known about ocular alterations in ...
HIV/AIDS and Debt Crises: Threat to human survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa*
(2003)
Whether originating from the African primates in the Central African forest, or from polio vaccine trials by some western scientists, there is no doubt that HIV/AIDS poses the greatest single challenge to the marginalized ...
Catha edulis (khat) induces cell death by apoptosis in leukemia cell lines
(2003)
Khat is the Celastraceus edulis plant, a flowering evergreen tree or large shrub, which grows in the Horn of Africa and southwestern Arabia. Khat use has been associated with development of oral cancer, but its molecular ...
Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diarrhoeal Activities of a Steroidal Indoxyl
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
The anti-inflammatory and antidiarrhoeal activities of 3β-Hydroxy-16, 17-seco-16-nor-5-androsten-15-(2-indoxyliden)-17-oic acid (I) are reported. After intraperitoneal administration, compound (I) gave an ED50 of 9.5 mg/kg ...
The effect of rapid HIV-1 testing on uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions: a randomized clinical trial
(2003)
Objective
We examined whether HIV-1 testing using a rapid assay increases the proportion of pregnant women obtaining HIV-1 results and the uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions.
Methods
Pregnant women attending ...
Evaluation of antigen and antibody rapid detection tests for Trypanosoma evansi infection in camels in Kenya.
(2003)
The card agglutination test for Trypanosoma evansi (CATT/T. evansi) for the detection of antibodies, and Suratex for the detection of circulating antigens were compared in a cross-sectional study involving camels in eastern ...
Viral Coinfections among African Children Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
(University Of Nairobi, 2003)
City-dwelling children from Kenya who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were tested for coinfection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), human T cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2, Kaposi sarcoma-associated ...
Prevalence and risk factors of smoking among secondary school students in Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence of smoking and investigate factors that may influence smoking behaviour in secondary school students in Nairobi.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional survey in which a self-administered ...
A comprehensive comparison of Ziehl-Neelsen and fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a resource-poor urban setting
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
SETTING:
Nairobi City Council Chest Clinic, Kenya.
OBJECTIVES:
To establish the efficiency, costs and cost-effectiveness of six diagnostic strategies using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and fluorescence microscopy (FM).
DESIGN:
A ...
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in juvenile mitral stenosis.
(University of Nairobi,, 2003)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the efficacy and safety of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), using multi-track double balloon technique in juvenile mitral stenosis.
DESIGN:
Open non-randomised interventio ...