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May Measurement Month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening from Kenya
(ESC, 2020)Hypertension (HTN) is highly prevalent and the leading cardiovascular risk factor for death globally. A large proportion of individuals with high blood pressure (BP) are unaware leading to under treatment and poor control. ... -
Measurement of improvement achieved by participation in international laboratory accreditation in sub-Saharan Africa: the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi experience
(Oxford University Press, 2014-02-02)As part of the ISO 15189:2007 accreditation process, the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi laboratory became the first internationally accredited hospital laboratory in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa in 2011 ... -
Medical terminology: A programmed text 7th edition: By GL Smith, PE Davis and JT Dennerll. P 500. Delmar, New York. 1995.£ 28.50 ISBN 0‐8273‐6304‐4
(Headington Hill Hall, 1996-01-01)NMR has become one of the most powerful biophysical techniques with a wide range of applications, and yet many regard it as being difficult to understand. This attitude is not confined to undergraduates, although they ... -
Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-06-01)In Uganda, bacterial and fungal infections are prevalent especially, the sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Because of low socio-economic empowerment, traditional beliefs and cultural barriers, the ... -
Menstrual cups and sanitary pads to reduce school attrition, and sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study in …
(British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2016-11-01)Objectives Conduct a feasibility study on the effect of menstrual hygiene on schoolgirls9 school and health (reproductive/sexual) outcomes. Design 3-arm single-site open cluster randomised controlled pilot study. Setting 30 ... -
Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2017-12-01)The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of interrelated risk factors which doubles the risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) in 5–10 years and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes 5 fold. The identification of ... -
Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: A cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2017)The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of interrelated risk factors which doubles the risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) in 5–10 years and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes 5 fold. The identification of ... -
Metagenomic Profiles of Bacterial communities and environmental factors associated with proliferation of malaria vector mosquitoes within the Kenyan Coast
(Microbiology Society, 2023-04-12)Anopheles mosquitoes are the main malaria vector and as malaria cases decline in Sub Saharan Africa, there is a growing realisation that new interventions need to be added to complement the existing control strategies. To ... -
Microscopy Underestimates the Prevalence of Trypanosomes’ Infection in Asymptomatic Cattle and Sheep in a Lowland Area within the Kenyan Rift Valley
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)Animal trypanosomosis continues to impede animal production in sub-Saharan Africa mostly in locations where tsetse flies are endemic. This has ended up devastating many livelihoods where majority of the people depend on ... -
The mitochondrial DNA T16189C polymorphism and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype association study
(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. ... -
Modelling the relationship between malaria prevalence as a measure of transmission and mortality across age groups
(BioMed Central, 2019): Parasite prevalence has been used widely as a measure of malaria transmission, especially in malaria endemic areas. However, its contribution and relationship to malaria mortality across diferent age groups has not been ... -
Modifying Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Peripartum Adolescents in Sub-Saharan African Context: Reviewing Differential Contextual and Implementation Considerations
(SAGE Publications, 2022)This study describes adaptation and modification of World Health Organization (WHO) recommended group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) for depressed peripartum adolescents. The adaptation process includes accommodating ... -
Molecular Approaches to Parasitology
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Molecular approaches to parasitology Edited by John C Boothroyd and Richard Komuniecki, pp 560. Wiley‐Liss, New York, 1995.£ 49.95 ISBN 0‐471‐10342‐X (Ha...
Of the currently known 12.5 million organic compounds, about half of them contain heterocyclic systems. Biochemists, of course, know very well the importance of such compounds in all life processes, not to mention the ... -
Molecular basis of reduced LAIR1 expression in childhood severe malarial anaemia: Implications for leukocyte inhibitory signalling
(Elsevier, 2019)ackground: Leukocyte-associated immunoglobulin like receptor-1 (LAIR1) is a transmembrane inhibitory recep- tor that influences susceptibility to a myriad of inflammatory diseases. Our recent investigations of severe ... -
Molecular characterization of tsetse’s proboscis and its response to Trypanosoma congolense infection
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) transmit parasitic African trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.), including Trypanosoma congolense, which causes animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT). AAT detrimentally affects agricultural activities ... -
Molecular identification and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates from urine samples of African buffalo, eland and cattle
(International Journal of Applied Biology, 2021)Presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in natural environment is an escalating risk of serious implication on human and animal health. Livestock and wildlife have been long recognized as reservoirs for antibiotic resistant ... -
Molecular identity of mycobacteria isolates in new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Kisumu County, Western Kenya
(tuberculosis, 2017)Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most challenging diseases to control in the world today and it has become a major global health problem especially in immunocompromised people such as HIV/AIDS. The problem ... -
Morphological variations of the lung fissure and lobes: A case study of a Kenyan female cadaver
(2019)Incidences of variations in the number of lung fissures and lobes have been documented. However, this case presents with a unique course and termination of the fissure of the left lung leading to changes in the morphology ... -
Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that Confers Resistance to First Line and Second Line Anti Tuberculosis agents in Western Kenya
(AJOL, 2022)Tuberculosis drug resistance remains a global, regional as well as a national public health concern, and is driven by point mutations in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome. However, their frequencies vary geographically ...