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Male Circumcision and the AIDS Epidemic in Africa Health Transition Review
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
Isolation and identification of Haemophilus ducreyi in a clinical laboratory
(University of Nairobi, 1986-09)
Routine procedures used to isolate Haemophilus ducreyi in a busy laboratory are reported. Identification was based on colony morphology and nutritional and biochemical properties of 120 fresh isolates of H. ducreyi. These ...
Post-partum genital tract infections in Kenya: Epidemiology Etiology and Risk Factor
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
Influence of HLA supertypes on susceptibility and resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
(, 2000-05)
Certain human leukocyte antigens, by presenting conserved immunogenic epitopes for T cell recognition, may, in part, account for the observed differences in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) susceptibility. To ...
Identification of three novel human leukocyte antigen alleles, HLA-B58:43 HLA-C03:190 and HLA-DPA101:12 in an East African cohort.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)
Three novel human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles were identified using a sequence-based typing of HLA class I and class II alleles of 1867 participants from a male circumcision cohort in Kenya. The new alleles were first ...
HIV and Interferon Regulatory Factor 1: A Story of Manipulation and Control.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
Members of the interferon regulatory factor (IRF) family control the expression of numerous proteins, many of which are central to regulating host immune responses. IRF1 is one of the central mediators of the innate and ...
Rapid Development Of Symptomatic Hiv-1 Related Disease In East-african Prostitutes.
(University of Nairobi, 1991-02)
HIV Type 1 Resistance in Kenyan Sex Workers Is Not Associated with Altered Cellular Susceptibility to HIV Type 1 Infection or Enhanced β-Chemokine Production
(1998)
A small group of women (n = 80) within the Nairobi-based Pumwani Sex Workers Cohort demonstrates epidemiologic resistance to HIV-1 infection. Chemokine receptor polymorphisms and β-chemokine overproduction have been among ...
Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus 1
(University of Nairobi, 1994)