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Haematological abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease and non-severe malaria infection in western Kenya
(Springer, 2021)In Plasmodium falciparum infection, clinical conditions such as anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leukocytosis are common. Mutation in haemoglobin sub-unit beta gene (HBB) may be a genetic factor responsible for these ... -
Haematological abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease and non-severe malaria infection in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2021-12)In Plasmodium falciparum infection, clinical conditions such as anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leukocytosis are common. Mutation in haemoglobin sub-unit beta gene (HBB) may be a genetic factor responsible for these ... -
Haematological Parameters by Age and Sex of Asymptomatic Indigenous Cattle and Sheep Infected with Gastrointestinal Parasites in Kerio Valley, Kenya
(Science & Education Publishing, 2019)Gastro-intestinal parasites are prevalent and directly impede livestock production causing impaired productivity. Haematological parameters, which are likely to be influenced by parasites, are generally indicators of healthy ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data available on ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Background Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data available ... -
Haplotypes and α globin gene analyses in sickle cell anaemia patients from Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1987-02)Over 60 patients from the Luo and Luhya tribes of Western Kenya, aged 1–23 years. with severe sickle cell anaemia were evaluated through haematological and gene mapping analyses. Nearly all (56 of 58 tested) were homozygous ... -
Health & demographic surveillance system profile: the Kombewa health and demographic surveillance system (Kombewa HDSS)
(Oxford University Press, 2014)The Kombewa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) grew out of the Kombewa Clinical Research Centre in 2007 and has since established itself as a platform for the conduct of regulated clinical trials, nested ... -
Health care seeking behavior among caregivers of sick children who 2 had severe malarial anaemia 3
(maseno university, 2015)Aims: The western region in Kenya is holoendemic to malaria and experience stable P. falciparum malaria transmission. The use of health care options has a direct influence on the outcome of severe malaria. As such, the ... -
Health Determinants of Safe Infection Prevention Control of COVID 19 Deaths to enable safe Disposal and Cadavers Dissection as Distinct Educational Tools in Western Kenya
(2021)Health determinants on safety of community health during coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID,19), determined by freshly arterial embalmment for safe disposal and cadaver’s dissection.Fluid concentration based specific case ... -
Health Determinants on Sustainable Alternative Primary Prevention against COVID-19 and Dead Uptakes as Cadavers’ Distinct Medical Educational Tools in Western Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2021)Health determinants on sustainable alternative medicine and primary prevention against coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID, 19), that lack cure, is determined by quality uptake of Non pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs); ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Background: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions ... -
HealthBasedPropagatedOccupationalHealthEpidemics Associated with Overstayed and Congested Unclaimed Corpses in Public Mortuaries ofWestern Kenya
(2022)Quality Uptake of Occupational health epidemics, in infection prevention control, measures, endure the crucial area of public health surveillance in public facility mortuaries. When handling potentially infectious ... -
Healthcare provider and pregnant women’s perspectives on the implementation of intermittent screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2021)In malaria endemic regions in Kenya, pregnant women are ofered long-lasting insecticidal nets and intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) at antenatal care (ANC) to prevent the adverse ... -
Heart disease and stroke statistics—2017 update: a report from the American Heart Association
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together in a single document ... -
Hemifacial spasm: case report
(Kenya Medical Association, 2006-07)A 53 year old lady with diabetes mellitus presented with right hemi-facial spasm (HFS). Brain MRI Scan revealed extensive pan-sinusitis and mild bilateral mastoiditis. She responded well to intravenous ceftriaxone therapy ... -
Hemoglobin Kenya, the product of a gamma-beta fusion gene: studies of the family.
(Elsevier, 1973-09)Recently, we reported the discovery of a new hemoglobin variant, Hb Kenya, in a 26-year-old Kenyan of the Nilotic Luo tribe [1]. Chemical characterization of the non-a chain of this hemoglobin showed that the amino ... -
Hepatitis B and C virus co-infections and genetic diversity among HIV-1 infected individuals in Siaya County, Kenya
(EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2021)Objectives: The present study determined the prevalence of HBV/HCV coinfections; genetic diversity and drug resistance of HBV among HIV infected patients visiting Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya. Design: This was ... -
Histomorphological characteristics of prostate specimens analyzed at a referral hospital in Kenya.
(Ajol, 2023-08-17)Global shift to high energy foods is important risk factor for new variants of prostate cancer. Some prostate tumors have an indolent course while others have an aggressive course; therefore, knowledge of tumor subtypes ... -
The histostereological teratogenic effects of in-utero exposure to varied doses of lamotrigine on the developing fetal brain in albino rats (Rattus Norvegicus)
(AJOL, 2023-05-16)The histoqualitative teratogenic effects of lamotrigine, a second-line anticonvulsant medicine, on the developing fetal brain structures when exposed in utero in a time- and dose-dependent manner remain unclear. On the ...