Journal Articles: Recent submissions

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    • CRITICAL FACTORS AND CREDIT UPTAKE IN YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND IN SUNA EAST CONSTITUENCY, MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA 

      ODONGO GEORGE OTIENO (KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)
      Youth entrepreneurship in Kenya plays a significant role in enhancing Kenya’s economic development and in reducing youth unemployment. Despite the great significance of entrepreneurship in Kenya, there is a high failure ...

    • CRITICAL FACTORS AND CREDIT UPTAKE IN YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND IN SUNA EAST CONSTITUENCY, MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA 

      ODONGO GEORGE OTIENO (KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)
      Youth entrepreneurship in Kenya plays a significant role in enhancing Kenya’s economic development and in reducing youth unemployment. Despite the great significance of entrepreneurship in Kenya, there is a high failure ...

    • Of lice and men: A case of Bartonella quintana 

      Liesl Zuehlke, Rik De Decker, John Hewitson, Neil Seller, Andrew Whitelaw, John Lawrenson (SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2007-11-01)
      Of lice and men: A case of Bartonella quintana

    • No evidence for an association between the mitochondrial variant T16189C and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      ME Engel, G Shaboodien, BM Mayosi (SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2007-11-01)
      No evidence for an association between the mitochondrial variant T16189C and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Ortner syndrome 

      E Meyer, NE Jones, LJ Zühlke (South African Journal of Child Health, 2008)
      Ortner syndrome, or cardio-vocal syndrome, is a clinical entity characterised by hoarseness (secondary to left-sided recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy) caused by cardiovascular disease. It has been reported in up to 12% of ...

    • Rachs-1 system in rist stratification for congenital heart disease surgery outcome 

      MN Awori, SW Ogendo (East African medical journal, 2008-05-28)
      Background: The Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) system has been used as a benchmark to compare surgical results in developed countries. Its ability to stratify postoperative mortality risk has been ...

    • Risk of conjunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi 

      East African medical journal (East African medical journal, 2008-12-15)
      Objectives: To determine the utilisation rate of design specific eye protection by surgeons and to assess the risk of conjunctival contamination with blood splashes during surgery. Design: Cross sectional, observational ...

    • Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: where are we now in South Africa?: ASAP programme 

      Mark E Engel, Liesl Zuhlke, Kate Robertson (The South African Heart Association, 2009)
      South Africa continues to face unacceptably high rates of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), despite readily available and inexpensive preventive measures. However, in the past several years, key players ...

    • A global" School for Surgeons" could help bridge the Healthcare Human Resource Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa 

      STEPHEN OGENDO, SWO Ogendo (University of Nairobi, 2009)
      Appropriately designed elearning programmes (including Best or School for Surgeons) may allow more efficient use of consultant teaching time. Using funding from Irish Aid, we piloted these existing e-learning tools in a ...

    • The role of echocardiography in diagnosing carditis in the setting of acute rheumatic fever 

      John Lawrenson, Liesl Zühlke, Rik De Decker (Cambridge University Press, 2009-08)
      Sir, Vijayalakshmi and her colleagues are to be commended for their paper.1 We disagree, however, with the use of a scoring system to make an echocardiographic diagnosis of carditis due to acute rheumatic fever. We ...

    • The mitochondrial DNA T16189C polymorphism and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype association study 

      Gasnat Shaboodien, Mark E Engel, Faisal F Syed, Joanna Poulton, Motasim Badri, Bongani M Mayosi (BioMed Central, 2009-12-01)
      Background The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) T16189C polymorphism, with a homopolymeric C-tract of 10–12 cytosines, is a putative genetic risk factor for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in the African and British populations. ...

    • Surgical Audit 

      SWO Ogendo (Annals of African Surgery, 2010)
      No Abstract

    • Endocrinology of year‐round reproduction in a highly seasonal habitat: Environmental variability in testosterone and glucocorticoids in baboon males 

      Laurence R Gesquiere, Patrick O Onyango, Susan C Alberts, Jeanne Altmann (Wiley Subscription Services, 2010-08-18)
      In conditions characterized by energetic constraints, such as in periods of low food availability, some trade‐offs between reproduction and self‐maintenance may be necessary; even year‐round breeders may then be forced to ...

    • Patient Willingness To Undergraduate Medical Student Involvement In Their Care At The Kenyatta National Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study. 

      STEPHEN WO Ogendo (University of Nairobi, 2010)
      Research Question: How willing are patients to the participation of medical students in their care. Objective: To determine the level of patient willingness to medical student participation in their care Design: Cross ...

    • Thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with prosthetic heart valves at the Kenyatta National Hospital 

      Eric Wanyutu Hungu, SWO Ogendo (Annals of African Surgery, 2012)
      Background: Despite constant monitoring of anticoagulation in prosthetic valve patients, haematologic complications occur. This study documented the occurrence of such complications and associated risk factors at the ...

    • Surgical Apgar Score Predicts Post-Laparatomy Complications 

      M Dullo, SWO Ogendo, EO Nyaim (Annals of African Surgery, 2013-09-20)
      Introduction: The Surgical Apgar score (SAS) presents a simple, immediate and an objective means of determining surgical outcomes. The score has not been widely validated in low resource settings where it would be most ...

    • Life at the top: rank and stress in wild male baboons 

      Laurence R Gesquiere, Niki H Learn, M Carolina M Simao, Patrick O Onyango, Susan C Alberts, Jeanne Altmann (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011-07-15)
      In social hierarchies, dominant individuals experience reproductive and health benefits, but the costs of social dominance remain a topic of debate. Prevailing hypotheses predict that higher-ranking males experience higher ...

    • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa. 

      Charles Rotimi, Akin Abayomi, Alash'le Abimiku, Victoria May Adabayeri, Clement Adebamowo, Ezekiel Adebiyi, Adebowale D Ademola, Adebowale Adeyemo, Dwomoa Adu, Dissou Affolabi, Godfred Agongo, Samuel Ajayi, Sally Akarolo-Anthony, Rufus Akinyemi, Albert Akpalu, Marianne Alberts, AM Alzohairy, G Ameni, O Amodu, G Anabwani, K Andersen, F Arogundade, O Arulogun, D Asogun, R Bakare, N Balde, ML Baniecki, C Beiswanger, A Benkahla, L Bethke, M Boehnke, V Boima, J Brandful, AI Brooks, FC Brosius, C Brown, B Bucheton, DT Burke, BG Burnett, S Carrington-Lawrence, N Carstens, J Chisi, A Christoffels, R Cooper, H Cordell, N Crowther, T Croxton, J de Vries, L Derr, P Donkor, S Doumbia, A Duncanson, I Ekem, A El Sayed, ME Engel, JC Enyaru, D Everett, FM Fadlelmola, E Fakunle, KH Fischbeck, A Fischer, O Folarin, J Gamieldien, RF Garry, S Gaseitsiwe, R Gbadegesin, A Ghansah, M Giovanni, P Goesbeck, FX Gomez-Olive, DS Grant, R Grewal, M Guyer, NA Hanchard, CT Happi, S Hazelhurst, BJ Hennig, W Hide, F Hilderbrandt, C Hugo-Hamman, ME Ibrahim, R James, Y Jaufeerally-Fakim, C Jenkins, U Jentsch, PP Jiang, M Joloba, V Jongeneel, F Joubert, M Kader, K Kahn, P Kaleebu, SH Kapiga, SK Kassim, I Kasvosve, J Kayondo, B Keavney, A Kekitiinwa, SH Khan, P Kimmel, MC King, R Kleta, M Koffi, J Kopp, M Kretzler, J Kumuthini, S Kyobe, C Kyobutungi, DT Lackland, KA Lacourciere, G Landouré, R Lawlor, T Lehner, M Lesosky, N Levitt, K Littler, Z Lombard, JF Loring, S Lyantagaye, A Macleod, EB Madden, CR Mahomva, J Makani, M Mamven, M Marape, G Mardon, P Marshall, DP Martin, D Masiga, R Mason, M Mate-Kole, E Matovu, M Mayige, BM Mayosi, JC Mbanya, SA McCurdy, MI McCarthy, H McIlleron, SO Mc'Ligeyo, C Merle, AO Mocumbi, C Mondo, JV Moran, A Motala, M Moxey-Mims, WS Mpoloka, CL Msefula, T Mthiyane, N Mulder, Mulugeta Gh (Science (New York, NY), 2014-06-01)
      Our understanding of genome biology, genomics, and disease, and even human history, has advanced tremendously with the completion of the Human Genome Project. Technological advances coupled with significant cost reductions ...

    • Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance among Escherichia coli strains in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya 

      C. Kebenei Kipkorir, Philip K. Bett, Patrick O. Onyango, David M. Onyango, Cyrus Ayieko, Paul O. Ang'ienda (Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2016-04-04)
      This study aimed to determine prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility profile and the genetic basis to antimicrobial resistance, targeting blaTEM gene expression of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among patients suffering ...

    • Enzymatic Activity of Endophytic Bacterial Isolates from Selected Mangrove Plants in Kenya 

      Regina M Ntabo, Anthony Kebira Nyamache, Wilber Lwande, James Kabii, James Nonoh (The Open Microbiology Journal, 2018-11-14)
      Microorganisms are a preferred source of enzyme production due to their high production capability and low cost of production. Bacterial endophytes occupy unexplored sites hence they represent a new source of enzymes with ...