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Serratia marcescens is injurious to intestinal epithelial cells
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-11-02)
Diarrhea causes substantial morbidity and mortality in children in low-income countries.
Although numerous pathogens cause diarrhea, the etiology of many episodes remains
unknown. Serratia marcescens is incriminated ...
Systematic Monitoring of Male Circumcision Scale-Up in Nyanza, Kenya: Exploratory Factor Analysis of Service Quality Instrument and Performance Ranking
(Public Library of Science, 2014-07-01)
Background Considerable conceptual and operational complexities related to service
quality measurements and variability in delivery contexts of scaled-up medical male
circumcision, pose real challenges to monitoring ...
Correlates of Behavior Management Strategies Among Learners With Autistic Spectrum Disorders In Primary Schools In Western Kenya
(2014)
Practitioners handling learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) often feel ill-
prepared to effectively manage this disorder. Quite often, when faced with cases of
challenging behaviour, teachers use coping ...
Perceived occupational risk of infection among hospital mortuary attendants in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(Int J Innov Res Stud, 2014)
Introduction: A high proportion of the estimated 1.7 million people who die annually in Kenya occur in hospital settings and are laid in a mortuary before burial. Nyanza Province has a high morbidity and mortality rate, ...
Morbidity and CD4+ Cell Counts at Initial Presentation of a Cohort of HAART-Naive, HIV Positive Kenyan Patients: Implications to Initiating HAART
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa with under 10% of the worldfs total population accounts for
60-70% of all HIV/AIDS cases. While these patients require HAART to manage the disease,
HAART is not universally available. ...
The MOSORIOT medical record system (MMRS) phase I to phase II implementation: an outpatient computer-based medical record system in rural Kenya
(medlib, 2014-05-28)
The authors of this paper describe the second phase of the
implementation of the Mosoriot Medical Record System
(MMRS) in a remote health care facility on the outskirts of
Eldoret, Kenya, located in sub-Saharan Africa.
We ...
Sensitivity of fever for diagnosis of clinical malaria in a Kenyan area of unstable, low malaria transmission
(BioMed Central, 2014-12-01)
Malaria in highland areas of Kenya affects children and adults. Local clinicians include symptoms other than fever when screening for malaria because they believe that fever alone does not capture all cases of malaria.
Diagnostic utility of zinc protoporphyrin to detect iron deficiency in Kenyan pregnant women
(BioMed Central, 2014-12-01)
Iron-deficient erythropoiesis results in excess formation of zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP), which can be measured instantly and at low assay cost using portable haematofluorometers. ZPP is used as a screening marker of iron ...