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Mother-child class I HLA concordance increases perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission
(University of Nairobi, 1998-03)
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene products are expressed on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells and incorporated into the lipid envelope of HIV virions. Macaques immunized with human MHC gene products ...
Gender differences in health care-seeking behavior for sexually transmitted diseases: a population-based study in Nairobi, Kenya
(2004)
BACKGROUND:
Health care-seeking behavior for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is important in STD/HIV control.
GOAL:
The goal of this study was to describe the proportion seeking care, patient delay, and ...
Pattern of bacterial infections and antimicrobial susceptibility at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(1997)
To monitor clinically significant isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibilities, all specimens sent to microbiology laboratory of the Kenyatta National Hospital were cultured on appropriate media. The susceptibility ...
Serologic testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion in estimating incidence of HIV-1 among adults visiting a VCT centre at a Kenyan tertiary health institution.
(University of Nairobi, 2009-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine HIV high risk groups among adults visiting Kenyatta National Hospital Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre by use of Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS).
DESIGN:
A ...
In vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from HIV- and HIV+ chancroid patients by Haemophilus ducreyi antigens
(1995-11)
The cellular immune responses to fractionated Haemophilus ducreyi antigens, coated on latex beads, were assessed in patients with chancroid and in controls, using an in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay. Several fractions ...
HIV-1 and immunological changes during pregnancy: a comparison between HIV-1-seropositive and HIV-1-seronegative women in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-09-09)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess changes in the proportion of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte profiles during pregnancy, at delivery and postpartum, and to determine whether HIV-1 infection affects the normal profile.
DESIGN AND METHODS:
A ...
Eosinophilia and eosinophil helminthotoxicity in patients treated for Schistosoma mansoni infections
(1991)
The changes in eosinophil levels and in eosinophil-mediated antibody-dependent schistosomular cytotoxicity, following treatment for Schistosoma mansoni infections, have been investigated in 2 similar groups of patients ...
Declining syphilis prevalence in pregnant women in Nairobi since 1995: another success story in the STD field?
(1999)
Untreated maternal syphilis during pregnancy will cause adverse pregnancy outcomes in more than 60% of the infected women. In Nairobi, Kenya, the prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women of 2.9% in 1989, showed a rise to ...
HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer
(2005)
To determine the impact of HIV infection on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for cervical cancer.
METHOD:
218 patients receiving EBRT who also had HIV testing after ...
Impact on HIV infection on invasive cervical cancer in Kenyan Women AIDS
(2003)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the association between invasive cervical cancer (ICC) and HIV infection in Kenyan women.
STUDY DESIGN:
Case-control, with ICC patients as cases, and women with uterine fibroids as ...