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Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa.
(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 ...
Surgical Apgar Score Predicts Post-Laparatomy Complications
(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 ...
Patient Willingness To Undergraduate Medical Student Involvement In Their Care At The Kenyatta National Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study.
(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
(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 Audit
(Annals of African Surgery, 2010)
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Post-infarction ventricular septal defect in Nairobi: Case report
(Kenya Medical Association, 2015-12)
Post infarction ventricular septal defect results from perforation of the ventricular septum secondary to ischaemic injury following myocardial infarction. Ischaemic heart disease till recently was thought to be an uncommon ...
Diagnostic dose determination and efficacy of chlorfenapyr and clothianidin insecticides against Anopheles malaria vector populations of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Background: Malaria vector control is dependent on chemical insecticides applied to walls by indoor residual spraying or on long-lasting insecticidal nets. The emergence and spread of insecticide resistance in major malaria ...
Distribution of Biomphalaria Snails in Associated Vegetations and Schistosome Infection Prevalence Along the Shores of Lake Victoria in Mbita, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
(East African Health Research Commission, 2019)
Background: Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni remains a major public health problem and cause of morbidity
and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite the implementation of control programmes. More than 6 million ...
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 ...
Reduced interferon (IFN)-α conditioned by IFNA2 (− 173) and IFNA8 (− 884) haplotypes is associated with enhanced susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and longitudinal all …
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality in holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas. Although dysregulation in cytokine production is an important etiology of SMA, ...