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The nutritional status of pulmonary tuberculosis patients aged 25-44 years attending tuberculosis clinic at Lodwar County and Referral Hospital, Turkana County, Kenya
(2017-01)
Kenya is ranked thirteenth of the twenty two high-burden tuberculosis countries in the world and fifth highest in Africa. The majority of the people affected by TB in Turkana Central District were aged 25 - 44 years, with ...
Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait
(2017-05-22)
The potential association between sickle cell trait (SCT) and increased arterial stiffness/blood pressure (BP) has not been evaluated in detail despite its association with stroke, sudden death, and renal disease. We ...
Treatment of tungiasis with a twocomponent dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas
(2017)
Background: Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas (Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera) into the skin. It belongs to the neglected tropical diseases and is prevalent in South America, ...
The Heterogeneity and Prevalence of ABO and RH D Antigens in the Voluntary Blood Donors of Kenya
(2017-09)
Blood groups (antigens) are proteins, glycoproteins or glycolipids inherited surface markers on the red blood cell membranes, which determine the blood phenotypes of human beings. There are 36 blood group systems with over ...
Socio-economic status, knowledge, awareness and attitudes of the Swahili community in relation to dietary habits, obesity and lifestyle diseases
(AJOL, 2017)
Chronic diseases of lifestyle are increasing in global prevalence and they threaten developing nations’ ability to improve the health of their populations. Previously, lifestyle diseases were thought to be diseases of the ...
An Analysis of the Performance of Students in Seven Statistics Units at University Of Eldoret
(2017-10)
This study analyzed the performance in seven statistics units of students who were admitted for a Bachelor of Science (Applied Statistics with Computing) course at University of Eldoret, Kenya in 2012. The units were taught ...
ASSESSING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSERVED LEVELS OF ADHERENCE TO ANTIRABIES PEP VACCINE AMONG ANIMAL BITE VICTIMS IN MACHAKOS LEVEL FIVE HOSPITAL
(American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice, 2017)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with observed levels of adherence to ant rabies PEP vaccine among animal bite victims in Machakos level five hospital.
Methodology: The study used ...
Dietary practices of pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending clinic at lodwar county and referral hospital, Turkana County, Kenya
(2017-01)
Dietary practices and tuberculosis exacerbate each other such that when dietary intake is poor, the prognosis of TB is poor. TB, on the other hand, depresses the dietary intake by lowering the appetite and thereby influencing ...
LC-MS/MS als Methode zur Detektion und Quantifizierung der Inhaltsstoffe in Kaffee
(2017-01)
Coffee is the most popular soft drink in the world. Two botanical species of coffee are important for the world market and differ not only in their area of cultivation but also
their components. Coffee contains more than ...
Cyclooxygenase inhibitory compounds from Gymnosporia heterophylla aerial parts
(Elsevier, 2017)
Gymnosporia heterophylla (Celastraceae) is an African medicinal plants used to treat painful and inflammatory diseases with partial scientific validation. Solvent extractions followed by repeated chromatographic purification ...