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Bacterial vaginosis: risk factors among Kenyan women and their male partners
(Kenya Medical Research Institute, 2006)
To simultaneously examine associations of bacterial vaginosis (BV) with potential risk factors in both the female and her male partner.
We recruited women 18-45 years of age and their male partners from clinics in ...
Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection seen at two hospitals in Kenya
(2006)
To estimate the prevalence and pattern of conjuctival squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) in patients with HIV infection.
DESIGN:
A hospital based cross sectional study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Kikuyu ...
Neutralization escape variants of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are transmitted from mother to infant
(University of Nairobi., 2006-01)
Maternal passive immunity typically plays a critical role in protecting infants from new infections; however, the specific contribution of neutralizing antibodies in limiting mother-to-child transmission of human ...
The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women.
(university of Nairobi, 2006-05)
Objectives Studies have shown clear associations of abdominal obesity with lipid and glucose metabolism and cytokine levels in a number of different population groups. However, no such studies have been performed in an ...
Dietary cholecalciferol and phosphorus influence intestinal mucosa phytase activity in broiler chicks.
(2006)
1. The role of cholecalciferol and phosphorus in the regulation of intestinal mucosa phytase was investigated in broiler chicks. 2. A total of 144 7-d-old male broiler chicks were grouped by weight into 6 blocks of 4 cages ...
Establishing a malaria diagnostics centre of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya
(2006)
Malaria microscopy, while the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, has limitations. Efficacy estimates in drug and vaccine malaria trials are very sensitive to small errors in microscopy endpoints. This fact led to the ...
Socio-economic effects of khat chewing in North Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Background: The khat habit is a widespread phenomenon which has in the past two decades spread to parts of Western Europe and North America from Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Although khat has been identified ...
Hepatitis E virus: epidemiology, diagnosis, pathology and prevention.
(2006)
HEV, a positive stranded RNA virus, is responsible for most of the epidemics of hepatitis in the developing world and is transmitted through contaminated water. It is the major aetiological agent for acute hepatitis and ...
Viral hepatitis in India
(2006)
Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem in India, which is hyperendemic for HAV and HEV. Seroprevalence studies reveal that 90%-100% of the population acquires anti-HAV antibody and becomes immune by adolescence. ...
Filarial-specific antibody response in East African bancroftian filariasis: effects of host infection, clinical disease, and filarial endemicity.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The effect of host infection, chronic clinical disease, and transmission intensity on the patterns of specific antibody responses in Bancroftian filariasis was assessed by analyzing specific IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, and IgE ...