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Acceptability of medical male circumcision among uncircumcised men in Kenya one year after the launch of the national male circumcision program
(2011)
BACKGROUND:
Numerous studies have demonstrated that male circumcision (MC) reduces the incidence of the Type-1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among heterosexual men by at least half.
METHODS:
One year after the ...
Determinants of consistent condom use vary by partner type among young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a multi-level data analysis
(2010)
To evaluate whether determinants of consistent condom use vary by partner type among young sexually active Kenyan men, we conducted a cross-sectional assessment of lifetime sexual histories from a sub-sample of men enrolled ...
Widow inheritance and HIV prevalence in Bondo District, Kenya: baseline results from a prospective cohort study
(2010)
BACKGROUND:
Widow Inheritance is a widespread cultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa that has been postulated as contributing to risk of HIV transmission. We present baseline results from a study designed to investigate ...
Performance of six commercial enzyme immunoassays and two alternative HIV-testing algorithms for the diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in Kisumu, Western Kenya.
(2011)
Performances of serological parallel and serial testing algorithms were analyzed using a combination of three ELISA and three rapid tests for the confirmation of HIV infection. Each was assessed individually for their ...
Hearing disorders in HIV positive adult patients not on anti-retroviral drugs at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2010-09)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence and type of hearing disorders in HIV positive patients not on anti - retroviral drugs (ARVs) and correlate this with the world health Organization (WHO) stage of HIV disease and ...
Performance of the Focus HerpeSelect-2 EIA for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 antibodies in seven African countries
(2011)
Objective
To compare the performance of the Focus HerpeSelect-2 enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to the gold standard HSV-2 Western blot, among HIV-1 uninfected men and women in East and Southern Africa.
Methods
3399 HIV-1 ...
A Gender Analysis of Small Scale Garment Producers' Response to Market Liberalisation in Kenya
(Routledge, 2012-04-27)
Creation of an open economy is the main objective enshrined in Structural
Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) prescribed to sub-Saharan countries by the
World Bank and the IME Market liberalization involves removal of ...
TparvaDB: a database to support Theileria parva vaccine development
(2011)
We describe the development of TparvaDB, a comprehensive resource to facilitate research towards development of an East Coast fever vaccine, by providing an integrated user-friendly database of all genome and related data ...
HIV-Specific Antibodies Capable of ADCC Are Common in Breastmilk and Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Transmission in Women with High Viral Loads
(2012)
There are limited data describing the functional characteristics of HIV-1 specific antibodies in breast milk (BM) and their role in breastfeeding transmission. The ability of BM antibodies to bind HIV-1 envelope, neutralize ...
Risk factors for symptoms of gastrointestinal illness in rural town Isiolo, Kenya
(2012-03)
This study assesses risk factors for food-borne gastrointestinal illness indicated by diarrhoea and/or vomiting using 14-day recalls among children and young adults. The study was set in Isiolo, a rural town of Kenya, ...