Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Ensuring quality of services in HIV prevention research settings: findings from a multi-center quality improvement pilot in East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Quality improvement (QI) has been widely implemented in health services but has not been widely applied in HIV prevention research. Most prevention research centers have commonly employed traditional approaches (e.g., ... -
Molecular characterization of human parainfluenza virus type 1 in infants attending Mbagathi district hospital, Nairobi, Kenya: a retrospective study
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12)Human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1), a paramyxovirus, is a leading cause of pediatric respiratory hospitalizations globally. Currently, there is no clinically successful vaccine against HPIV-1. Hence, there is a need ... -
Socio-economic determinants of disease progression among HIV infected adults in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background Socioeconomic determinants have been shown to have an effect on the progression of HIV disease evidenced by studies carried out largely in developed countries. Knowledge of these factors could inform on ... -
Home-based HIV testing for men preferred over clinic-based testing by pregnant women and their male partners, a nested cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background Male partner HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is associated with enhanced uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), yet male HTC during pregnancy remains low. Identifying settings ... -
Design of a study to determine the impact of insecticide resistance on malaria vector control: a multi-country investigation
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Background Progress in reducing the malaria disease burden through the substantial scale up of insecticide-based vector control in recent years could be reversed by the widespread emergence of insecticide resistance. ... -
STDSIM: A Microsimulation Model for Decision Support in STD Control
(University of Nairobi, 1998)STDSIM is a dynamic stochastic simulation model for decision support in attempts to control sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It describes the mechanisms responsible for the transmission of five STDs, including HIV/AIDS, ... -
From home deliveries to health care facilities: establishing a traditional birth attendant referral program in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Objective To assess the effectiveness of a traditional birth attendant (TBA) referral program on increasing the number of deliveries overseen by skilled birth attendants (SBA) in rural Kenyan health facilities before ... -
WinFood data from Kenya and Cambodia: Constraints on field procedures
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is lauded as one of the more successful HIV prevention measures. However, despite some gains in the prevention of mother-to-child ... -
Polyphenols of Ximenia americana var. caffra.
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Phenolic compounds were extracted from the roots of the medicinal plant, X. americana var. caffra, collected from Kenya. The crude root extract inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. -
Effect of plant quinones on insect flight muscle mitochondria
(1995)The effect of four biologically active and naturally occurring plant quinones, namely maesanin, maesaquinone, embelin and juglone on the respiration of mitochondria isolated from Glossina morsitans morsitans, Schistoscerca ... -
Schistosoma mansoni: common antigens on adult worm teguments and cercariae detected by immunodiffusion
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Of 15 serum samples (from patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni) examined by immunodiffusion, 7 gave a positive antigen-antibody reaction with a cholate extract of adult worm teguments. The 7 sera also reacted with a ... -
The effect of inhibitors on the respiration of Leishmania donovani promastigotes from culture.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Concentrations of cyanide greater than 0.25 mM completely inhibited the oxygen uptake of L. donovani promastigotes in culture (108 cells/ml). The Ki value for cyanide inhibition indicated the presence of a single terminal ... -
Haemolytic activity of trypanosomes.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)A homogenate of Trypanosoma evansi obtained by freezing and thawing was haemolytic for rat or mouse erythrocytes in vitro and also in vivo. The active principle was associated with the particulate fraction and was absent ... -
Surface antigens on haemoparasites and their relevance to protective immunity.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Labelling by lactoperoxidase-catalysed iodination allowed the characterization of several antigens on the surface of adult Schistosoma mansoni. These antigens are shed into the medium by the worms and are also present on ... -
Surface antigens on a Kenyan strain of Leishmania donovani.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)The surface antigens on promastigotes of a Kenyan strain of L. donovani were investigated by surface iodination followed by gel electrophoresis. 3 major protein antigens of molecular weights 66 000, 53 000 and 43 000 were ...