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Efficacy of an evolved Escherichia coli phytase in diets of broiler chicks
(2005)
An evolved Escherichia coli-derived phytase was evaluated for its efficacy in improving growth performance and nutrient utilization of broiler chicks. One hundred forty-four 7-d-old male broiler chicks were grouped by ...
Treatable factors associated with severe anaemia in adults admitted to medical wards in Blantyre, Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)
Severe anaemia is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults admitted to hospital in southern Africa. Standard syndromic treatment based on data from the pre-HIV era is for iron deficiency, worms and malaria. We prospectively ...
Comparison Of Antibiotic Use Between An 'open' And A 'closed' Intensive Care Unit.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)
Objective: To Determine Differences In Antibiotic Use Between A 'closed' ICU In A Hospital In Israel And An 'open' ICU In A Kenyan Hospital. Design: Retrospective Comparative Study. Setting: The ICU Of Beilinson Hospital ...
Human placental immunoglobulins show unique re-association patterns with isologous and third party acid treated trophoblast microvesicles in vitro
(2005)
To study re-association pattern of human placental eluate immunoglobulins with acid treated isologous and third party trophoblast derived placental microvesicles.
DESIGN:
Laboratory based experimentation.
SETTING:
Biological ...
Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in women with laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2005)
OBJECTIVES:
Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with cervicitis, endometritis, and tubal factor infertility. Because the ability of this bacterium to ascend and infect the fallopian tube remains undefined, we ...
Bilateral persistent sciatic arteries with unilateral complicating aneurysm.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)
Persistent sciatic artery is a very uncommon embryological vascular variant. This case report highlights this rare vascular anomaly, diagnostic difficulty, complication and subsequent treatment in a 43-year-old man who ...
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of patients with cerebral stroke, brain trauma, and neurologic disease
(University of Nairobi, 2005-11)
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been used to treat patients with numerous disorders, including stroke. This treatment has been shown to decrease cerebral edema, normalize water content in the brain, decrease the severity ...
Assessing NGDOs’ Targeting Performance and Characteristics of Households Participating in Child Development Programmes in Rural Eastern Kenya
(2005)
Targeting beneficiaries of development interventions in the context of poverty alleviation remains a challenge to most development agencies and policy-makers. Due to limited resources and the small scale of operations, ...
Mutations in SECISBP2 result in abnormal thyroid hormone metabolism.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-11)
Incorporation of selenocysteine (Sec), through recoding of the UGA stop codon, creates a unique class of proteins. Mice lacking tRNA(Sec) die in utero, but the in vivo role of other components involved in selenoprotein ...
High maternal HIV-1 viral load during pregnancy is associated with reduced placental transfer of measles IgG antibody.
(University of Nairobi., 2005-12)
BACKGROUND:
Studies among HIV-1-infected women have demonstrated reduced placental transfer of IgG antibodies against measles and other pathogens. As a result, infants born to women with HIV-1 infection may not acquire ...