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CCR5 Promoter Polymorphisms in a Kenyan Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Cohort: Association with Increased 2-Year Maternal Mortality
(2001)
The CCR5 chemokine receptor acts as a coreceptor with CD4 to permit infection by primary macrophage-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) strains. The CCR5Δ32 mutation, which is associated with resistance to ...
Detection of tubercle bacilli in sputum: application of sodium hypochlorite concentration method
(2001)
Tuberculosis has emerged as the leading cause of death due to single infectious agent. Sputum microscopy forms mainstay of diagnosis as it is most reliable, specific and objective method available especially in developing ...
Pregnancy complications and outcomes among overweight and obese nulliparous women
(University of Washington, 2001-03)
This study examined the associations between prepregnancy weight and the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes among nulliparous women.
We conducted a population-based cohort study with 96,801 Washington ...
Emerging Effects Of Industrialization On Health And Environment In Developing Countries. Health Line:
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Early Detection of of Lung Cancer.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Maternal mortality in Kenya: the state of health facilities in a rural district.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
BACKGROUND: This study was formulated from the premise that the known causes of maternal mortality, namely haemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour and abortion belie the more fundamental development problems that influence ...
MDR1 pharmacogenetics: frequency of the C3435T mutation in exon 26 is significantly influenced by ethnicity.
(University of Nairobi, 2001-04)
P-glycoprotein (PGP), the product of the multidrug resistance gene (MDR1), acts as an energy-dependent efflux pump that exports its substrates out of the cell. PGP expression is an important factor regulating absorption ...
Bone marrow examination at a paediatric hospital in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2001-07)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the main indications for, and common conditions found in bone marrow examinations (BME) of children. METHODS: This was a retrospective study from September 1, 1993 to September 3 1998. All bone ...
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use.
(University of Nairobi, 2001-02)
Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ...