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Comparison of empyema thoracis presentation between HIV infected and Non HIV infected Patients as Seen at a Tertiary Hospital In Kenya.
(Nairobi university, 2013)
Background: Emphysema thoracis accounts for 23% of chest related complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/ AIDS) and is a frequent complication of pneumonia in patients with ...
Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Mefloquine in HIV
(2014)
Background: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended
for malaria prevention in HIV-negative pregnant women, but it is contraindicated in HIV-infected women ...
Effectiveness of Antenatal Clinics to Deliver Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide
(2013)
Background: Malaria in pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mother and baby. Coverage with the WHO
prevention strategy for sub-Saharan Africa of intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with two doses of ...
Intermittent Screening and Treatment or Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulfadoxine …
(LWW, 2016)
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are >32 million pregnancies annually. As this is a malaria-endemic region, it is estimated approximately 12 million women who have live births (45% of live births) would be exposed to malaria ...
Influence of changing day secondary into boarding on students’ participation in public secondary schools in Trans Nzoia West, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Changing day secondary into boarding schools is an emerging trend in education sector in Kenya. This trend however tends to affect students’ participation in education. This study was conducted in schools that changed from ...
Kei Apple Plant Thorn Synovitis
(Africa Journal Online, 2015)
Plant thorn synovitis is well described but may be overlooked in the differential diagnosis of monoarticular inflammatory disease. It can present as a diagnostic difficulty because of its insidious onset after an apparently ...
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of schistosomiasis host snails in lake and land habitats of western K enya
(Wiley, 2013)
Intermediate host snails of schistosomiasis were surveyed in this study to determine their abundance and distribution in
the lake and land aquatic habitats of Lake Victoria basin of Kenya. Several sites were sampled at ...
Distribution and abundance of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis host snails along the Mara River in Kenya and Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
We purposively selected 39 sampling sites along the Mara River and its two perennial tributaries of Amala
and Nyangores and sampled snails. In addition, water physicochemical parameters (temperature, turbidity,
dissolved ...
Community perceptions of schistosomiasis transmission, prevalence and control in relation to aquatic habitats in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya
(East African medical journal, 2014)
Background: Intestinal schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni and urinary
schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium are widely distributed parasites in
several localities of the Lake Victoria basin of ...
Knowledge and perceptions on malaria and its association with aquatic habitats
(AJOL, 2011)
Background: Malaria remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality among
children in Kenya. About 70 percent of the population is at risk of infection, and
roughly 34,000 young children die of malaria-related causes ...