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Factors associated with severe human Rift Valley fever in Sangailu, Garissa County, Kenya
(PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015)
BACKGROUND:
Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes acute, often severe, disease in livestock and humans. To determine the exposure factors and range of symptoms associated with human RVF, we performed a ...
Innervation and Histology of the Clitoral–Urethal Complex: A Cross‐Sectional Cadaver Study
(The journal of sexual medicine, 2013)
INTRODUCTION: Despite its central role in sexual function, we lack a description of the nerve distribution and histology for the central components of the clitoris. AIM: This study aims to characterize microscopic anatomy ...
Histologic and cytologic effects of vaginal estrogen in women with pelvic organ prolapse: a randomized controlled trial
(LWW, 2013)
This study aimed to evaluate the histologic and cytologic effects of preoperative vaginal estrogen in women with atrophic vaginitis and pelvic organ prolapse.Forty-two women with atrophic vaginitis and stage greater than ...
To Third Generation Cephalosporins among Multi Drug Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2016)
This study focused on the prevalence molecular biology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae ...
Changing mother’s hygiene and sanitation practices in resource constrained communities: case study of Turkana District, Kenya
(Springer US, 2012)
Lack of adequate sanitation, hygiene and safe portable water are serious global health problems that contribute to deaths of many children under the age of 5 years annually, mainly due to diarrhoeal diseases. This study ...
In utero activation of fetal memory T cells alters host regulatory gene expression and affects HIV susceptibility
(Academic Press, 2012)
In utero priming to malaria antigens renders cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC) more susceptible to productive HIV infection in vitro in the absence of exogenous stimulation. This provides a unique model to better understand ...
OP25. 10: Fetal biometrics, umbilical and uterine artery Doppler studies among malaria infected and not infected pregnant women
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011)
Placental malaria contributes to maternal morbidity and low birth weight in malaria endemic countries. Intermittent anti‐malarial prophylaxis given twice during pregnancy has been shown to decrease the prevalence of low ...
Using Podcasts to Help Students Apply Informatics Concepts: Benefits and Unintended Consequences. CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing
(2012)
Despite requirements for robust health informatics education, a multitude of educators and policy analysts report that programs are not adequately preparing nurses to handle the bevy of technologies that ...
Age-stratified serum cytokine profile (il-6, Il-10, Tnf-<) in Kenyan children with early: 1.3-041schistosoma haematobium: 1.3-041infection: 1.3-041
(Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011)
Antenatal infection with helminths and malaria increases susceptibility to malaria in Kenyan children: 1.1-063
(Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011)