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Synthesis, Biological Evaluation And Mechanistic Studies Of Totarol Amino Alcohol Derivatives As Potential Antimalarial Agents.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Herein we report on the semisynthesis and biological evaluation of b-amino alcohol derivatives of the natural product totarol and other simple aromatic systems. All beta-amino alcohol derivatives of totarol exhibited higher ...
Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection among African women.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-08)
BACKGROUND: Preexposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral drugs has been effective in the prevention of human ...
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in certified food-handlers working in food establishments in the City of Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
Most intestinal parasites are cosmopolitan with the highest prevalence in the tropics and subtopics. Rural-to-urban migration rapidly increases the number of food eating places in towns and their environs. Some of these ...
DNMT over-expression based on microrna modulation in HIV-related aggressive B-cell lymphomas
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
Bacterial vaginosis, HIV serostatus and T-cell subset distribution in a cohort of East African commercial sex workers: retrospective analysis
(2012)
Although bacterial vaginosis is a known correlate of HIV infection, no previous studies have investigated whether women defined as HIV-exposed seronegative (HESN) are less likely to have bacterial vaginosis. Little is known ...
Trends of acute poisoning cases occurring at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
A retrospective study of poisoned patients admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
over the period January 2002 to June 2003 was carried out. KNH is a national referral
and university teaching hospital and patients ...
Psychiatric morbidity among HIV -infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community
(Routledge, 2012)
The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of
Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric
morbidity ...
Global Burden of Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2012-05)
Vision loss and age-related eye diseases are major global public health problems. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (hereafter referred to as the GBD Study) was commissioned by the World Bank ...
The role of the company secretary in Corporate Governance in Kenyan listed Companies
(2012)
e role of company secretary has gained momentum in recent years more so in the
responsibility it bears in promoting corporate governance especially in the recent rise in
corporate scandals. This research study was aimed ...
Synthesis and characterization of highly conductive charge-transfer complexes using positron annihilation spectroscopy.
(2012)
Molecular charge-transfer complexes of the tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) with picric acid (Pi-OH), benzene-1,4-diol (QL), tin(IV) tetrachloride (SnCl(4)), iodine, bromine, and zinc chloride (ZnCl(2)) have been synthesized ...