Health Seeking And Sexual Behaviour Among Primary Health Care Patients In Nairobi, Kenya
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2002Author
Fonck, K
Mwai, C,
Ndinya-Achola, JO
Bwayo, JJ
Temmerman, M
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{ Observational studies have associated vitamin A deficiency with vaginal shedding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected cells and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. To assess the effect of vitamin A supplementation on vaginal shedding of HIV-1, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 6 weeks of daily oral vitamin A (10,000 IU of retinyl palmitate) was conducted among 400 HIV-1-infected women in Mombasa, Kenya. At follow-up, there was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of HIV-1 DNA (18% vs. 21%
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Http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/jndinya/publications/fonck-k-mwai-c-ndinya-achola-j-bwayo-j-temmerman-m-health-seeking-and-sexual-behttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/27587
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Fonck K, Mwai C, Ndinya-achola J, Bwayo J, Temmerman M. Health Seeking And Sexual Behaviour Among Primary Health Care Patients In Nairobi, Kenya. Sex Transm Dis 2002;29(2):106-9, O., Prof. Ndinya-achola J. , Sex Transm Dis 2002;29(2):106-9, (2002)Publisher
University of Nairobi School of Medicine
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