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T regulatory cell levels decrease in people infected with Schistosoma mansoni on effective treatment.
(University of Nairobi, 2007-10)
Schistosomiasis mansoni is usually a chronic infection that leads to long-term, systemic exposure to schistosome antigens. Experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection is associated with immunoregulatory mechanisms, including ...
KAP of traditional healers on treatment of eye diseases in Kitui district of Kenya
(2007)
Objective: To establish the prevailing eye practices among traditional healers in Kitui district and establish whether these healers are able to identify ocular emergencies and refer in good time. Design: Community based ...
Responding to the HIV pandemic: the power of an academic medical partnership
(2007)
Partnerships between academic medical center (AMCs) in North America and the developing world are uniquely capable of fulfilling the tripartite needs of care, training, and research required to address health care crises ...
Neonatal nitrition and later outcomes of very low birth weight infants at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2007-06)
A total of 296 episodes of bacteremia due to Enterobacter occurred in 281 patients with cancer between 1972 and 1986. The majority of these episodes were caused by Enterobacter cloacae. Seventy-four percent of the patients ...
A decrease in albumin in early HIV type 1 infection predicts subsequent disease progression.
(2007)
We investigated the association between albumin levels and HIV-1 disease progression among 78 Kenyan women followed from before infection through a median of 70 months. With HIV-1 acquisition, median albumin decreased from ...
Health financing reform in Kenya - assessing the social health insurance proposal
(2007)
Kenya has had a history of health financing policy changes
since its independence in 1963. Recently, significant preparatory
work was done on a new Social Health Insurance Law that, if
accepted, would lead to universal ...
Infectious correlates of HIV-1 shedding in the female upper and lower genital tracts.
(University of Nairobi., 2007-03)
OBJECTIVES:
To simultaneously examine associations of bacterial vaginosis (BV) with potential risk factors in both the female and her male partner.
STUDY DESIGN:
We recruited women 18-45 years of age and their male ...
Immunoepidemiology Of Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection: Parasite Transmission Intensity, Filaria-specific Antibodies, And Host Immunity In Two East African Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2007-12)
We compared the age profiles of infection and specific antibody intensities in two communities with different transmission levels in East Africa to examine the contribution of humoral responses to human immunity to the ...
Is Hip Arthroplasty Viable in A Developing African Country?
(University of Nairobi., 2007)
Arthroplasty is an established management of various joint disorders in developed countries. Poverty has caused African countries to remain behind in this sphere of management and condemned sufferers to a life of misery ...
Should we adjust for gestational age when analysing birth weights? The use of z-scores revisited.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Birth weight is the single most important risk indicator for neonatal and infant mortality and morbidity, which has led to the idiom that 'every ounce counts'. Birth weight in turn, however, tends to vary widely across ...