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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Seasonal pattern of pneumonia mortality among under-five children in Nairobi's informal settlements.

30 Oct 2009 Using longitudinal data from the Nairobi Urban and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS), we examined the seasonal pattern of pneumonia mortality among under-five children living in Nairobi's slums. We included 17,787 under-five children resident ... Read more...

Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The projected impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination are important for supporting rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa, where limited health intervention funds are available. METHODS: Hospital records, health ... Read more...

Introduction and transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) Virus--Kenya, June-July 2009.

21 Oct 2009 In April 2009, in the United States, the first cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection were reported. On June 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an influenza pandemic because of widespread transmission worldwide. As ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Kenya'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Seasonal pattern of pneumonia mortality among under-five children in Nairobi's informal settlements. 30 Oct 2009
• Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya. 30 Oct 2009
• Introduction and transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) Virus--Kenya, June-July 2009. 21 Oct 2009
• Effect of a point-of-use water treatment and safe water storage intervention on diarrhea in infants of HIV-infected mothers. 13 Oct 2009
• Transmission-dependent tolerance to multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infection. 29 Sep 2009
• The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol. 20 Sep 2009
• Genetic diversity of HIV type 1 along the coastal strip of Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Correlates of condom use among male high school students in Nairobi, Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Seasonal changes of infectivity rates of Bancroftian filariasis vectors in coast province, Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of long-lasting insecticidal nets and zooprophylaxis on mosquito feeding behaviour and density in Mwea, central Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Increasing equity of access to point-of-use water treatment products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: a case study in western Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Stability of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 responses to Plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen 1 and thrombospondin-related adhesive protein immunodominant epitopes in a highland population from Western Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Limited duration of vaccine poliovirus and other enterovirus excretion among human immunodeficiency virus infected children in Kenya. 21 Aug 2009
• Lower risk of resistance after short-course HAART compared with zidovudine/single-dose nevirapine used for prevention of HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission. 13 Aug 2009
• Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. Aug 2009
• Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• Collaborative partnership for clinical pharmacy services in Kenya. 30 Jul 2009
• Adult male circumcision does not reduce the risk of incident Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, or Trichomonas vaginalis infection: results from a randomized, controlled trial in Kenya. 30 Jul 2009
• The Sandwich fellowship: a subspecialty training model for the developing world. 30 Jul 2009
• Misclassification of first-line antiretroviral treatment failure based on immunological monitoring of HIV infection in resource-limited settings. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Kenya'

Definition: A republic in eastern Africa, south of ETHIOPIA, west of SOMALIA with TANZANIA to its south, and coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Nairobi.

Descriptor UI: D007630

Alternative terms: Kenya; Republic of Kenya;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.058.290.120.400;