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Polyparasitism in two rural communities with endemic Schistosoma mansoni infection in Machakos District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi., 1995-12)
Formol-ether concentration supplemented by fresh saline smears was used to study intestinal parasites in two communities, Miu and Kitengei, in Machakos District, Kenya. These communities differed markedly in schistosome ...
Neonatal haematology in Zimbabwe. II: The red cell and white cell parameters.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-03)
Red cell and white cell parameters were determined in 600 (310 male and 290 female) normal Black Zimbabwean neonates with a mean +/- sd birth weight of 3.0 +/- 0.4 (range 2.04 to 4.50, median 3.0) kg using a Coulter Counter ...
Socio-economic client characteristics and consequences of abortion in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi., 1995-05)
In Nairobi, 281 women presenting with alleged miscarriage were subdivided in the following subgroups, 91 spontaneous abortions (group 1), 152 suspected induced abortions (group 2) and 38 admittedly induced abortions (group ...
Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ververt Monkeys: Immunological Responses During Asymptomatic Infections
(University of Nairobi,, 1995-02)
Nine vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) were infected intradermally with 8 × 107 virulent L. donovani promastigotes. Four animals developed clinical visceral leishmaniasis and died over a period of 18 months. The ...
Typhim Vi Vaccine Against Typhoid Fever: A Clinical Trial In Kenya.
(1995)
Safety, tolerance and immunogenicity of the purified Vi polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi) against typhoid fever was evaluated in primary school children aged 5-15 years. A total of 435 children were vaccinated, each with ...
Immunogenicity of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid-Containing Carbohydrate Chains of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Expressed in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
(1995)
Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) produced by Chinese hamster ovary cells and distributed by two different pharmaceutical companies were confirmed to contain about 1% N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) in total sialic ...
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of incidental carcinoma of the prostate in Africans: experience at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos and the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(1995-05)
Twenty patients in Lagos and 24 patients in Nairobi with incidental carcinoma of the prostate in resected glands for benign hyperplasia were studied at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (1978-1982) and at Kenyatta ...
Closing in on Immune Protection in the Women of Pumwani
(1995)
This review provides the reader with pertinent information on the epidemiology, prevention, and new technologies of the ongoing HIV pandemic. These aspects are key to international policy discussions surrounding the public ...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected cells in breast milk: association with immunosuppression and vitamin A deficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
Breast milk samples from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-seropositive women were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction to determine the prevalence and determinants of HIV-1-infected cells in breast milk. Breast ...
Efficacy of halofantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
In the last decade, Plasmodium falciparum resistance to a number of commonly used anti-malarials especially chloroquine, has increased considerably. Newer anti-malarial drugs are therefore being aggressively evaluated as ...