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Usage of community-based chloroquine treatment for malaria in Saradidi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987-04)
A survey was done in June 1983 in Saradidi, Kenya, one year after the inception of a community-based malaria control programme to determine if people were obtaining malaria treatment from volunteer village health helpers ...
The Saradidi, Kenya, rural health development programme.
(University of Nairobi, 1987-04)
A primary health care community development programme was initiated in 1979 by people living in Saradidi, Kenya. The community was involved in planning, organization, setting of priorities and objectives, implementation, ...
Structural organization of the vertebral artery in the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
(1987)
Vertebral arteries in the giraffe were removed and their structural organization was studied with light microscopy. It has been shown that the caudal segment of the vertebral artery extending to the level of the seventh ...
Ectopic prostatic glands in bulbar urethra. Immunoperoxidase study
(University of Nairobi, 1987-01)
Ectopic prostatic glands in the bulbar urethra of a sixty-year-old man were identified by an indirect immunoperoxidase stain for prostatic acid phosphatase. Cystoscopically the appearances were those of "urethritis" without ...
Menarche in African girls in some post-secondary institutions in Kenya
(1987-11)
Researchers administered a questionnaire to 457 female students (mean age, 22 years) in 4 teacher and 1 agricultural training colleges in Kenya to examine adolescent fertility. The average age at menarche for these post ...
Effects of prolactin on steroidogenesis by human luteal cells in culture
(1987)
We have examined the effects of prolactin (PRL) on progesterone (P) and estradiol (E2) synthesis by cells obtained from human corpora lutea of early and midluteal phases. The cells were cultured in the presence or absence ...
Ultrastructure of bone marrow in patients with visceral leishmaniasis
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1987-03)
Ultrastructural studies were performed on bone marrow aspirates from three patients with visceral leishmaniasis. The patients were moderately anaemic but showed a suboptimal increase in the absolute reticulocyte count. ...
Haplotypes and alpha globin gene analyses in sickle cell anaemia patients from Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1987-02)
Over 60 patients from the Luo and Luhya tribes of Western Kenya, aged 1-23 years, with severe sickle cell anaemia were evaluated through haematological and gene mapping analyses. Nearly all (56 of 58 tested) were homozygous ...
Evidence for predisposition of individual patients to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni after treatment.
(1987)
Statistical analysis of the relationship between intensities of infection before treatment and during reinfection after treatment in a sample of 119 Kenyan schoolchildren demonstrated a positive association, indicating ...
Albendazole, mebendazole and levamisole
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
The activity, mode of action, clinical pharmacology, adverse effects, dosages and clinical use of albendazole (against nematodes and hydatids), and mebendazole and levamisole (against nematodes) are briefly reviewed. The ...