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Kenyan school children have multiple micronutrient deficiencies, but increased plasma vitamin B-12 is the only detectable micronutrient response to meat or milk supplementation.
(2003)
Animal source foods (ASF) can provide micronutrients in greater amounts and more bioavailable forms compared to plant source foods, but their intake is low in many poor populations. However, the impact of ASF on micronutrient ...
Etiology of Persistent Tubo-Ovarian Abscess in Nairobi, Kenya
(2003)
Objective To study the microbial etiology of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA).
Methods We recruited 11 women in Nairobi, Kenya who failed antibiotic therapy alone and required surgical drainage of a presumptive TOA. Pus from ...
Monitoring technologist reading skills in a sperm morphology quality control program
(2003-06)
The value of sperm morphology as a predictor of a man’s fertilizing potential has often been challenged because of different classification systems used to distinguish between normal and abnormal spermatozoa. The study ...
Prevalence and Magnitude of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1-Specific Lymphocyte Responses in Breast Milk from HIV-1-Seropositive Women. J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;188(11):1666-74.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-specific cell-mediated immunity of breast milk may influence the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 via breast-feeding. In breast-milk specimens collected during ...
Diagnostic utility of cerebrospinal fluid studies in patients with clinically suspected tuberculous meningitis
(2003)
OBJECTIVE:
To compare yields of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies in the diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis (TBM).
DESIGN:
Prospective laboratory study, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
STUDY POPULATION:
Consecutive ...
Geographic distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Western Kenya: implications for anthelminthic mass treatment., , , , , ,.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Abstract
A survey of 1,246 children 10-12 years old in 32 primary schools in Kenya near Lake Victoria was conducted to determine prevalence and distribution of schistosome and geohelminth infections. Stool and urine ...
Increased density of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 on the surfaces of CD4(+) T cells and monocytes of patients with Schistosoma mansoni infection..
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Abstract
Distribution of chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4, which are also coreceptors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 invasion of cells, was measured on the surfaces of CD4(+) T cells and monocytes in peripheral ...
Quantitative ex vivo analysis of functional virus-specific CD8 T lymphocytes in the blood and genital tract of HIV-infected women
(2003-05)
BACKGROUND:
CD8 T lymphocytes are important in HIV-1 control and mediate virus-specific immunity in the blood and genital tract. The induction and monitoring of mucosal CD8 cell responses will be an important component ...
Substance use among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi Juvenile Court, Kenya.
(2003-11)
OBJECTIVE:
To estimate the prevalence and pattern of substance use among children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi Juvenile Court, Kenya.
DESIGN:
A point prevalence survey.
SETTING:
The Nairobi Juvenile ...
Molecular monitoring of the Leu-164 mutation of dihydrofolate reductase in a highly sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine-resistant area in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2003-12)
The selection of point mutation at codon 164 (from isoleucine to leucine) of the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) enzyme in Plasmodium falciparum is associated with high sulfadoxine /pyrimethamine (SP) resistance. Using the ...