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Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade
(University of Nairobi, 2005-11)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to ...
Molecular Definition Of Vaginal Microbiota In East African Commercial Sex Workers
(University of Nairobi, 2011-06)
Resistance to HIV infection in a cohort of commercial sex workers living in Nairobi, Kenya, is linked to mucosal and antiinflammatory factors that may be influenced by the vaginal microbiota. Since bacterial vaginosis (BV), ...
Construction of an infectious HIV type 1 molecular clone from an African patient with a subtype D/C Recombinant Virus.
(2004)
The majority of HIV-1 infections worldwide occur in Africa, where subtype B viruses are rare and intersubtype recombinants are common. Pathogenesis and vaccine studies need to focus on viruses derived from African patients, ...
Regulation of mucosal and systemic immune activation during the menstrual cycle of female sex workers from nairobi, kenya; local regulation and HIV-induced impairment
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
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Vaginal intercourse is the main route of HIV infection among women. To result in a productive infection, HIV must encounter activated targets that sustain replication. Sexual hormones modulate activation and ...
Hiv-specific Cd8+ T-cell Proliferation Is Prospectively Associated With Delayed Disease Progression.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-03)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD8(+) T-cell proliferation is consistently correlated with enhanced host HIV immune control, but whether proliferative responses are a cause or consequence of immune protection ...
Cd4+ T Cell Responses In Hiv-exposed Seronegative Women Are Qualitatively Distinct From Those In Hiv-infected Women
(University of Nairobi, 2005-01)
The immune response of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed seronegative (ESN) women may be qualitatively different from that in those infected with HIV (HIV(+)). In a cohort of female commercial sex workers in ...
Elevated T Cell Counts And Rantes Expression In The Genital Mucosa Of Hiv-1-resistant Kenyan Commercial Sex Workers.
(University of Nairobi, 2005-09)
The initial site of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 during heterosexual transmission occurs in the genital tract. Although the majority of immunological studies have focused on the immune response to HIV-1 ...
Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to ...