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Caring for children with acute, treatable and preventable medical conditions
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Parents perceive quality paediatric nursing care and interpersonal interactions between nurses, children and their parents/ guardians as caring. This article explores the nature and extent of nurse–parent/guardian interaction ...
Determining the influence of preoperative nursing assessment on patients’ surgical outcomes and anxiety at Kenyatta National hospital, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
For quality surgical interventions and outcomes preoperative patient assessment by perioperative nurses is imperative yet the practice is dwindling.
Aim: To determine the influence of nursing assessment on patients’ ...
Evaluation of a quantitative real-time PCR assay to measure HIV-specific mucosal CD8+ T cell responses in the cervix
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2010-10)
Several candidate HIV vaccines aim to induce virus-specific cellular immunity particularly in the genital tract, typically the initial site of HIV acquisition. However, standardized and sensitive methods for evaluating ...
Cohorts for the study of HIV-1—exposed but uninfected individuals: benefits and limitations
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2010)
Since the late 1980s, with the first identification of individuals who were exposed to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) yet remained uninfected, or “HIV-1—resistant” individuals, a large number of cohorts that ...
Cellular immune responses to recurring influenza strains have limited boosting ability and limited cross-reactivity to other strains
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2010-08)
Influenza vaccine provides protection against infection with matched strains, and this protection correlates with serum antibody titres. In addition to antibodies, influenza-specific CD8+ T-lymphocyte responses are important ...
B-cell differentiation in EBV -positive Burkitt lymphoma is impaired at posttranscriptional level by miRNA-altered expression
(2010)
Endemic, sporadic and HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma (BL) all have a B-cell phenotype and a MYC translocation, but a variable association with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). However, there is still no satisfactory explanation ...
Who wants to be a Surgeon? A survey of medical students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
(2010)
In Sub Saharan Africa, surgical conditions account for a significant disease
burden. Surgical workforce is however inadequate, and thus strategies
such as attracting medical students to surgical specialties could avert ...
Antifungal Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus Neoformans Cerebrospinal fluid Isolates from AIDS Patients in Kenya
(2010)
Poor susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans to fluconazole (FLC) is a matter of
concern among clinicians in Africa. The emergence of resistance to FLC was recently
reported in Kenya, but it is not known whether it is ...
Treatment with Antiretroviral Therapy is Not Associated with Increased Sexual Risk Behaviour in Kenyan Female Sex Workers
(2010-03)
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that sexual risk behavior would increase following initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kenyan female sex workers (FSWs).
DESIGN:
Prospective ...
Prognostic factors in patients hospitalised with diabetic ketoacidosis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2010)
BACKGROUND:
In spite of many advances in the management of diabetes in the last 25 years, the mortality associatedwith diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) remains high, especially in the developing countries. The mortality appears ...