Search
Now showing items 131-140 of 191
Bovine tuberculosis in India: potential basis for zoonosis.
(2005)
Our laboratory has designed a specific nested-PCR (N-PCR) assay, based on the hupB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv2986c) and Mycobacterium bovis (Mb3010c) as a method to differentiate these closely related species. ...
Quality of health care and its effects in the utilisation of maternal and child health services in Kenya. East Afr Med J. 2005 Nov;82(11):547-53.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
No abstract available
Diabetes and the eye
(2005)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Epidemiology, 615 North Wolfe Street, W5010, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. sgichuhi@jhsph.edu BACKGROUND: Squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva is a rare, slow-growing ...
Quality of health care and its effects in the utilisation of maternal and child health services in Kenya
(2005-11)
Objective: To assess the quality of care provided by the Kisumu Municipal health facilities, with special reference to Maternal and Child health services (MCH). Design. A descriptive cross-sectional survey.
Setting: ...
Standardization of cytokine flow cytometry assays
(2005-06)
Background: Cytokine flow cytometry (CFC) or intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) can
quantitate antigen-specific T cell responses in settings such as experimental vaccination.
Standardization of ICS among laboratories ...
Human poisoning with plants in Kenya
(2005)
Human poisoning with plants is uncommon as often people only eat material known to be non-toxic. In times of food shortage, people are willing to experiment with new plant material such as roots, fruits and mushrooms and ...
Pattern of Bone loss in Dry Mandibles of individuals who died before 1957
(2005-10)
Objective: To map out the pattern of periodontal disease in individuals who died before 1957 and were not exposed to formal dental services.
Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.
Setting: National Museums of Kenya. ...
Essential oil of rynchosia minima DC. from Kenya: Composition and antibacterial properties
(2005)
The hydrodistilled essential oil (yield, 0.1 %) of semi-dried leaves of Rynchosia minima DC. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-four compounds representing 95.9% of the oil were identified. The major components were found ...
Screening of some plants used traditionally for anti-fungal activity in Vihiga district western Kenya
(2005)
Fungal infections in humans ha e been on the increase in the recent past mostly due to the treatment with immunosuppresive drugs and the spread of HIVlAIDS epidemic which has led to increased prevalence of diseases caused ...
Ceftriaxone or HIV associated angio-oedema? Case report
(University of Nairobi., 2005-11)
Angio-oedema may be hereditary or acquired and is characterised by episodes of potentially life threatening localised tissue oedema and swelling resulting from deficiency of compliment pathway C1 esterase inhibitor. Acquired ...