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Partner Notification Of Pregnant Women Infected With Syphilis In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2000-04-11)
We examined partner notification among syphilitic pregnant women in Nairobi. At delivery, 377 women were found to be rapid plasma reagin (RPR) reactive. Data were available for 94% of the partners of women who were tested ...
Biochemical and haematological chanqes in rats administered an aqueous extract of Prunus africana stem-bark at various dosage levels
(2000)
An aqueous extract of Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm. (syn. Pygeum africanum) (Hook. f.) (Rosaceae) was administered daily at dosage rates of 10, 100 and 1000 mglkg body mass to randomized groups of Sprague Dawley rats. ...
The effect of treatment of schistosomiasis on blood plasma HIV-1 RNA concentration in coinfected individuals.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether drug treatment of Schistosomiasis mansoni infection leads to a reduction in plasma HIV-1 RNA concentration in coinfected individuals.
METHODS:
Stool and plasma samples were ...
Group A streptococcal throat colonization is a dynamic phenomenon
(University of Nairobi., 2000-03)
In order to gain knowledge about the nature of group A streptococcal throat colonization of asymptomatic children, we studied a cohort of healthy children selected at random. Those with throat cultures positive for group ...
Indications for treatment of symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid artery disease.
(2000)
Although the incidence of stroke and stroke mortality have declined during the past few decades, stroke still ranks third as a cause of death and a primary cause of long-term disability in most industrialized societies. ...
Purification and partial characterisation of goat placental IgG: A possible model for the study of human maternal-foetal interaction
(2000)
Viviparous pregnancy in vertebrates is a major immunological puzzle. Ideally the maternal immune system should reject the foetus, which is antigenically different by virtue of its compliment of paternal genes and proteins. ...
Mucosal and plasma IgA from HIV-exposed seronegative individuals neutralize a primary HIV-1 isolate.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To characterize functional properties of HIV-specific IgA in samples representing both systemic and mucosal compartments of HIV-1 highly exposed persistently seronegative (HEPS) individuals.
METH ...
Acute appendicitis: an overview.
(, 2000-03)
OBJECTIVE:
To provide an overview of the changing epidemiology of acute appendicitis in the developed and developing countries and the presumptive reasons.
DATA SOURCE:
Major published series of the last two decades ...
Key issues in the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
(University of Nairobi,, 2000-04)
Evaluation Of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Activity In Southwest Asian, Kenyan And Ghanaian Populations.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)