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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications: a three-year retrospective study in a Kenyan national teaching and referral hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
{BACKGROUND/AIMS} Ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications have scarcely been reported in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed at determining the frequency of these complications and their associated risk factors in a ...
The detection of enteric viruses in selected urban and rural river water and sewage in Kenya, with special reference to rotaviruses.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Aim: To determine the occurrence of eight human enteric viruses in surface water and sewage samples from different geographical areas in Kenya.
Methods and Results: Enteric viruses were recovered from the water and ...
Impact of introducing human immunodeficiency virus testing, treatment and care in a tuberculosis clinic in rural Kenya.
(2010)
In July 2005, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Ministry of Health, Kenya, implemented an integrated tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus (TB-HIV) programme in western Kenya.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the impact of an ...
Pattern of aortic aneurysms in an African country
(University of Nairobi., 2010-10)
OBJECTIVE:
We sought to describe the regional, age, and sex distribution; diagnosis; treatment; and outcome of aortic aneurysms in a Kenyan population.
METHODS:
This was a retrospective study at Kenyatta National ...
How late is too late? Timeliness to scheduled visits as an antiretroviral therapy adherence measure in Nairobi, Kenya and Lusaka, Zambia.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2010-11)
Collecting self-reported data on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can be complicated by patients' reluctance to report poor adherence. The timeliness with which patients attend visits might be a ...
Antiretroviral therapy in a core transmission group of Kenyan female sex workers is not associated with increased sexual risk taking..
(African Wildlife Foundation, Nairobi, 2010)
Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) prolongs life and reduces infectiousness, in some contexts it has been associated with increased sexual risk taking. We compared self-reported condom use, client numbers, and STI ...
Eighteen-month follow-up of HIV-1-infected mothers and their children enrolled in the Kesho Bora study observational cohorts.
(2010)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the effectiveness and safety of antiretrovirals (ARVs) used for treatment or prophylaxis in a breastfeeding population of HIV-1-infected women (Burkina-Faso, Kenya, South Africa).
METHODS:
HIV ...
Circumcision and reduced risk of self-reported penile coital injuries: results from a randomized controlled trial in Kisumu, Kenya.
(2010-07)
PURPOSE:
Injuries to the penis during intercourse represent a hypothesized mechanism by which uncircumcised men are at increased risk for HIV. There are no published, systematically collected data regarding mild penile ...
Responsiveness to HIV education and VCT services among Kenyan rural women: a community-based survey.
(University of Nairobi., 2010-09)
Uptake of VCT and other HIV prevention strategies among rural African women is affected by various socio-cultural and economic factors which need elucidation. Our aim was to establish the responsiveness to HIV education ...
Antibody and cell-mediated immune responses to Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants and their parental strains associated with bovine mastitis
(2010)
Persistence of bovine Staphylococcus aureus mastitis may be associated with the small colony variant (SCV) form that is adapted to intracellular life and resists elimination by the immune system. This study evaluated ...