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Ent/head and neck manifestations in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients as seen at the Mbingo baptist general hospital Cameroon
(University of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 2010)BACKGROUND: HIV / AIDS is a fatal illness which breaks down the body's immunity and leaves the victim vulnerable to life threatening opportunistic infections, neurological disorders and unusual malignancies. About 80% ... -
Environmental and occupational factors associated with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case control study
(Faculty of medicine, 2010)Background: The relationship between Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and broad range of exposures to occupational, environmental and lifestyle factors known to cause leukemia in general is limited. CML is by and large incurable ... -
Enzymes and proteins in tropical diseases
(1970)Various parameters were measured for two control groups; the African Medical students and the matched controls for the disease Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF). Many differences were observed in these two populations, ... -
Eosinophil counts and leukotriene C4 and D4 levels in adult asthmatics seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(School of Medicine, 1989)Forty four asthmatic patients, 20 females and 24 males with mean age of 40 years (range 18 years - 65 years) were studied during the period 1987 - 1988 as they presented at Kenyatta National Hospital (K.N.H.) casualty ... -
Eosinophil Response To Trauma And Infection
(1981)A prospective study of an aspect of body response to trauma and infection using eosinophil count as a parameter conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a period of eight months is presented. A good correlation ... -
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of posterior urethral strictures as seen at Kenyatta national hospital. 1985-1995.
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Epidemiological and molecular aspects of hepatitis B infection in Kenya
(University of Newcastlemedicine, 1985)Kenya is one of the areas of the world with a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. Although much is known about the virus, the modes of transmission in such endemic areas are not fully determined. The aim of ... -
Epidemiology of chloroquine-induced pruritus and its influence on chloroquine utilization in a coastal district of Kenya
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987)A cohort study of 547 outpatients with a diagnosis 6f clinical malaria was conducted in two health centres ~ in Mombasa DisJrict between October 1986 and March 1987. h There were 307 males and 240 females of ... -
The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Major External Structural Birth Defects in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Major external structural birth defects are defined as developmental abnormalities of intrauterine origin that are present at or soon after birth detectable visually during physical examinations and have ... -
The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Major External Structural Birth Defects in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Major external structural birth defects are defined as developmental abnormalities of intrauterine origin that are present at or soon after birth detectable visually during physical examinations and have ... -
Epidemiology and Genomic Investigation of Clostridioides Difficile in Hospitalized Patients With Nosocomial Diarrhoea
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Clostridioides difficile is associated with hospital-acquired diarrhoea with underreported disease burden from African countries. This study aimed to ascertain the prevalence and the predictors of healthcare ... -
Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia Species Infecting Dairy Cattle in Smallholder Farms in Peri-urban Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Livestock production contributes 12% of the Kenyan Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 40 % of the Agricultural GDP. Milk is the main livestock product and urban and peri-urban areas provide a ready market, which has led to ... -
Epidemiology And Urological Complications Of Schistosomiasis Haematobium
(medicine, 1981)The literature review covered tile development of knowledge about Schistosomiasis from the discovery of the worm by Bilharz in Egypt, the disovery of the intermediate host by Miyairi and Suzuki in Japan to the recent ... -
Epidemiology of acute gastroeriteritis in early childhood in selected urban areas of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of medicine, 1978-11)Study aimed at elucidation of the incidence andaetiology of early childhood acute gastroenteritis in Kenya was undertaken. Included among areas of study were the distribution of the aetiological agents in time, place and ... -
Epidemiology of group B streptococcus (GBS) carriage in mothers and their neonates at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 1986)Two hundred mothers and their newborn babies were examined for the presence of Group B streptococcus (GBS), at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), during a three month period, between May and August 1985- Ten of the two ... -
Erectile Dysfunction in Male Ebola Virus Disease Survivors in Western Sierra Leone a Health Facility Based Descriptive - Cross Sectional Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: A normal sexual function requires intact neurological and vascular systems and their coordinated complex interactions. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is presumed to cause ED via both neurogenic and vasculogenic ... -
Erectile Dysfunction Rates and Associated Factors Due to Priapism in Adult Patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Introduction: Priapism is prolonged penile tumescence for four or more hours that goes on past or is unassociated with sexual stimulation. It’s a urological emergency whose poor management can result in severe penile ... -
Erythrocyte Immune Complex Binding Capacity In Children With Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria And Those With Uncomplicated Malaria
(University of Nairobi,Department of Biochemistry , School of Medicine, 2006-02)The term Immune Complex denotes a reaction product resulting from the interaction between an antigen and an antigen-specific or non-specific antibody and is used synonymously with antigen-antibody complex. Immune complex ... -
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Among Patients Attending Out-patient Clinics at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Report by the National Cancer Institute of Kenya (NCI-K 2023) for 2021 and 2022 indicates that esophageal cancer is now the leading cause of all cancer deaths in both men and women accounting for 15.6% of all cancer ...