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Perinatal Transmission Of Hepatitis B Virus In Kenya: Its Relation To The Presence Of Serum Hbv-dna And Anti-hbe In The Mother
(University Of Nairobi, 1986-06)
In Kenya hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its sequelae are common. We followed up 49 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)- positive mothers and their newborn infants for 9 months to determine the importance of perinatal ...
Acute hepatic failure due to Plasmodium falciparum liver injury
(1986)
Nine patients with acute liver failure due to Plasmodium falciparum liver injury admitted to the Rajgarhia Liver Unit of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences during 1982-84 are presented. The liver was palpable in ...
Review articles:The acute leukaemias
(1986)
This is a general overview of our present knowledge of the epidemiology, classification, clinico-pathological features, and the management of the acute leukaemias, Observations on the incidence, classification and behaviour ...
A specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure for detection of heterophile Hanganutziu and Deicher (HD) antibodies
(1986-02-12)
A specific, relatively sensitive, quantitative and standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure was developed for the detection of heterophile Hanganutziu and Deicher (HD) antibodies which are occasionally ...
Indications for ultrasound in the evaluation of the pathological scrotum
(, 1986)
Scrotal ultrasound scans carried out on 156 patients were reviewed in a retrospective study and the sonographic findings and indications evaluated. Ultrasound was able accurately to distinguish the normal from the pathological ...
Single-dose therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum with ceftriaxone
(1986)
We conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing a single intramuscular dose of 125 mg of ceftriaxone with a single intramuscular dose of 75 mg of kanamycin followed by topical gentamicin for seven days, and with a single ...
Effect of chronic trypanosomiasis on immunization against East Coast fever
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1986)
Two experiments were carried out in which uninfected cattle, or cattle chronically infected with Trypanosoma congolense, were immunized by the infection and treatment method against East Coast fever (ECF; Theileria parva ...
A study of head lice among primary school children in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Of 1270 schoolchildren (651 girls and 619 boys) from 33 urban and rural primary schools in different regions of Kenya who were examined for head lice, 17.1% were infested (8% with living lice or nits, 9.1% with dead nits). ...