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A retrospective study to determine the bacterial causes of bloody diarrhea and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at Tabitha medical clinic in Kibera, Kenya

Salome Okutoyi Gitari (2006)

Bloody diarrhea causes substantial morbidity and mortality in Africa, but data on the epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility to the common causative pathogens is limited. Amongst the well-recognized bacterial ...

Mapping trichomonas vaginalis among women living in Kisumu Kenya.

Harriete E. Sande (2008)

T. vaginalis is one of the most common occurring sexually transmitted infections in the world. It accounts for 170 million new cases of treatable STIs that occur every year world wide. This infection has been associated ...

Bioactivity testing of secondary metabolites from selected marine natural products along the kenyan coast

Lutta Polycarp Kweyu (2008)

The marine environment is a source of biologically active metabolites with great potential for the development of pharmaceuticals. Due to the rapidly increasing number of pathogenic microbes and tumorous cells that possess ...

In vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of three kenyan medicinal plants and analysis of active chemical principles.

Munyendo Linus Were (2008)

Medicinal plants have been used in centuries as a remedy for human diseases because they contain components of therapeutic value. The development of drug resistance to available antibiotics has also led to investigation ...

Prevalance and risk factors for hepatitis B infection among pregnant women attending antental clinics in Garissa District.

Ahmed Abade Mohammed (2008)

Hepatitis is a general term meaning inflammation of the liver, caused by a variety of different viruses such as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. More than 2 billion people alive today have been infected with HBV at some time ...

Occurrence Of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients Attending Antiretroviral Clinic In Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-Es-Salaam Tanzania, 2007

Fausta Shakiwa Mosha (2008)

Tanzania is among the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with high prevalence of HIV infection. The country has implemented several interventions for control and prevention, including care and treatment with ARV drugs. The ...

Risk factors for trachoma in eastern equatoria state southern Sudan.

Lucia William Kur (2008)

Trachoma is a contagious, chronic inflammatory disease of the eyes, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. It remains the main cause of preventable blindness and the second leading cause of blindness globally. ...

Risk Factors for Kala-Azar In Fangak County, Jonglei State, Southern Sudan

John Lagu Nyungura (2008)

Leishmaniases have been considered a tropical affliction that constitute one of the six entities on the World Health Organization tropical disease research list of most important diseases. The disease is one of the most ...

Pregnancy outcomes in women with Malaria in areas with different levels of Malaria Transmission in Kenya.

Jacqueline J. Dache (2008)

Pregnant women in malaria prone areas may be subjected to a variety of adverse consequences from malaria infection including: maternal anaemia; premature delivery/miscarriage; low birth weight and perinatal mortality. A ...

Predisponsing factors for types 2 Diabetes mellitus complications among patients seeking health services at kiambu district Hospital.

Martha Muselu Muthami (2008)

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) describes a metabolic disorder of multiple aetiologies characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. DM results from defects in insulin ...

Patient and health service delays in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis patients central equatoria state southern Sudan 2007.

Mounir Christo Lado Lugga (2008)

Delays in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and start of treatment increase morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis (TB), and the risk of its transmission in the community. This study was conducted to investigate factors that ...

A Study on Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) Among HIV/AIDS Adult Patients Attending Mbeya Referral Hospital, Tanzania

Mabula Masunga Ndimila (2008)

Access to free Highly Active AntiRetroviral Therapy (HAART) in Tanzania was launched in 2004. The capacity of Tanzanian patients to adhere to complex antiretroviral regimen is largely unknown. Ensuring high levels of ...

A case - control study of risk factors for severe influence among persons aged 5 years or more in a rural community in Bondo District Kenya.

Maurice Owuor Ope (2008)

Influenza causes severe morbidity and mortality. It is also responsible for high rates of absenteeism, societal disruption and economic loss. There is still not enough evidence of the groups that can benefit from influenza ...

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthes infections among school children in Bond District Nyanza Province Kenya 2007.

Owiti Dan William O. (2008)

A study to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) was conducted among 418 school children in 20 primary schools in five divisions (Maranda, Madiany, Rarieda, Nyang’oma and Usigu) of Bondo district, ...

Modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis: A Case study of Nakuru G.K Prison in Kenya

Samuel Amwayi Anyangu (2008)

Prisoners constitute a high risk group for acquisition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection compared to the general population. The living settings of prisons are very condusive for tuberculosis (TB) transmission. ...

Patients adherence to artesunate-amodiaquine compination compination theraphy in the Berekum District Ghana.

Simon Nyovuura Antara (2008)

Malaria is a serious public health problem particularly in Africa. Over the years, the situation has worsened because of the development of drug resistance to many of the previously efficacious and affordable antimalarial ...

A comparative study of three distribution systems of antimarial drugs in Embu district Kenya

Sospeter Ndaba Kimani (2008)

One of the major interventions in the fight against malaria is prompt treatment with effective antimalarial drugs. However, access to such drugs especially for the poor and marginalized remains a major challenge. This was ...

"A Case-control study of risk factors for severe influenza among persons aged 5 years or more in a rural community in Bondo district, Kenya "

ope, Maurice Owuor (2008)

Influenza causes severe morbidity and mortality. It is also responsible for high rates of absenteeism, societal disruption and economic loss. There is still not enough evidence of the groups that can benefit from influenza ...

High Incidence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Among Food Handlers in Three Areas of Kenya: A Possible Transmission Route of Travelers’ Diarrhea

Joseph O. Oundo, MSc, PhD; Samuel M. Kariuki, PhD, Hamadi I. Boga, PhD, Faith W. Muli, PhD, Yoshio Iijima, PhD (2008)

Background Contaminated food and water are acknowledged vehicles for the transmission of travelers’ diarrhea (TD). Importance of food handlers as reservoirs of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC), enteropathogenic ...

Antiplasmodial and larvicidal flavonoids from the seedpods of tephrosia flata and tephrosia.

Lois Mwikali Muiva (2009)

The genus Tephrosia is rich in flavonoids and isoflavonoids including rotenoids. In the search for compounds with antiplasmodial and larvicidal activities from medicinal plants, the seedpods of Tephrosia elata and Tephrosia ...

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