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Demonstration of cross-reactive antigens in F38 and related mycoplasmas by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoblotting.
(1985)
The ELISA and an immunoblotting technique were used to study F38-type
mycoplasmas - an important cause of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia - and
a number of related mycoplasma species, subspecies, types or serogroups.
Two-way ...
Antibacterial activities of erythromycins A, B, C, and 0 and some ,of their derivatives
(1985)
The MICs of erythromycins A, B, C, and J) and some of their derivatives were determined against 21 gram-positive and 15 gram-negative microorganisms, Antibacterial activity was confined to gram-poSiti,'e and very few ...
Measurement of plasma catecholamine concentrations. An assessment of anxiety
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
This study was designed to assess the value of measurement of plasma catecholamine concentrations as an objective index of anxiety. A preliminary study was undertaken on 11 healthy volunteers (medically qualified), to ...
Baroreflex function in endurance- and static exercise-trained men.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
The effect of exercise training mode on reflex cardiovascular control was studied in a cross-sectional design. We examined the cardiovascular responses to progressive incremental phenylephrine (PE) infusion to maximal rates ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and phenotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from patients with ophthalmia neonatorum in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1985-09)
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping-serotyping, and plasmid analysis were performed on 41 ocular isolates, 7 nasopharyngeal isolates, and 18 cervical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae obtained during a recent ...
Family hysteria in a Kenyan setting
(1985)
A case study of hysterical fits affecting five children in the same family in rural Kenya is presented. The only girl in the study was the last to succumb, probably reflecting her modeling upon her mother. The psychopathology ...
An epidemiological study of osteogenic sarcoma in Kenya: the variations in incidence between ethnic groups and geographic regions, 1968-1978.
(, 1985)
Kenya is a country of marked environmental and ethnic diversity. A study of osteogenic sarcoma occurring in Kenya from 1968 to 1978 revealed 251 cases, representing between 89% and 100% of the predicted number. Variations ...
Relationships of Schistosoma haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections and metrifonate treatment to growth of Kenyan school children
(1985)
Relationships of S. haematobium, hookworm and malarial infections to growth 6 months after metrifonate treatment were studied in Kenyan primary school children in an area where poor growth, S. haematobium and hookworm were ...
Detection of 8,9-dihydro-(7'-guanyl)-9-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 in human urine.
(1985)
A possible role of aflatoxin B1 (AFB) in the etiology of human liver cancer has been suggested from several epidemiological studies. This has been based upon the association between consumption of AFB-contaminated food and ...
Response Of Nerve Growth Cone To Focal Electric Currents.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Monopolar Electric Current Pulses Were Focally Applied Through A Micropipette To The Growth Cone Of Xenopus Embryonic Neurons In Culture. Application Of The Current Directly In Front Of The Growth Cone Modulated The Rate ...