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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected women exhibit reduced interferon-gamma secretion after Chlamydia trachomatis stimulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes.
(2000)
Epidemiologic, animal, and in vitro models suggest an important role for interferon (IFN)-gamma in the clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis infection. IFN-gamma in the supernatants of in vitro-stimulated peripheral blood ...
Human leukocyte antigen class II DQ alleles associated with Chlamydia trachomatis tubal infertility.
(2000)
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate epidemiologic tubal infertility risk factors and the relationship between HLA class II alleles and Chlamydia trachomatis tubal infertility.
METHODS:
Forty-seven women with tubal infertility ...
Association between Mycoplasma genitalium and acute endometritis.
(2002)
Up to 70% of cases of pelvic inflammatory disease do not have a known cause. We recruited 115 women who had presented to a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya with pelvic pain that had persisted for ...
Infection and disease after perinatal exposure to Chlamydia trachomatis in Nairobi, Kenya
(1988)
A cohort of 49 infants exposed to maternal chlamydial infection and 40 nonexposed infants was studied after birth for a mean of 3.3 +/- 1.5 and 3 +/- 1.7 mo, respectively. Eighteen (37%) exposed infants had at least one ...
Infection with HIV as a risk factor for adverse obstetrical outcome.
(1990)
We carried out a case-control study to investigate the role of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including infection with HIV, as risk factors for adverse outcome of pregnancy. Overall, 1507 women were enrolled within ...
Maternal gonococcal infection as a preventable risk factor for low birth weight.
(1990)
With the objective of determining if specific sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are associated with prematurity (birth weight less than or equal to 2500 g and gestational age less than or equal to 36 weeks), a case-control ...
Logistic regression in case-control studies: the effect of using independent as dependent variables.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-04-30)
In case-control studies, cases are sampled separately from controls. In such studies the primary analysis concerns the estimation of the effect of covariables on being a case or a control. To explore causal pathways, further ...
Antibody to Rmp (outer membrane protein 3) increases susceptibility to gonococcal infection
(1993)
The severe adverse effects of gonococcal infection on human fertility suggests that Neisseria gonorrhoeae would exert powerful selection for the development of a protective immune response in humans. N. gonorrhoeae is an ...
Antibodies to opacity proteins (Opa) correlate with a reduced risk of gonococcal salpingitis.
(1994)
Acute salpingitis complicating cervical gonococcal infection is a significant cause of infertility. Relatively little data are available concerning the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this disease. A cohort of 243 prostitutes ...
The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among mothers of children with trachoma.
(1990)
The authors studied the epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a trachoma-endemic area of central Kenya. Children with abnormal ocular discharge were evaluated for clinical evidence of trachoma and were cultured ...