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HIV acquisition prior to entry into formal sex work: inference from next-generation viral sequencing
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Objective: To infer the timing of HIV acquisition in relation to self-reported events in the sexual life course of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who self-identify as female sex workers (FSW) in Mombasa, ... -
HIV and acute peripheral facial nerve palsy
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1991-12)Between April and December 1989, 32 consecutive patients referred to the neurology clinic with acute peripheral facial paralysis were studied. Patients with traumatic facial palsy, parotid gland disease, otitis media and ... -
HIV and Associated TB: A Lethal Association for Kidney Health?
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are the leading infectious causes of death globally. The combined brunt of these diseases is experienced mainly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. ... -
HIV and cervical cancer in Kenya
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2002)OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of the HIV epidemic on invasive cervical cancer in Kenya. METHODS: Of the 3902 women who were diagnosed with reproductive tract malignancies at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) ... -
HIV and Interferon Regulatory Factor 1: A Story of Manipulation and Control.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology,, 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 ... -
HIV and reproduction: ethical considerations.
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, 2002)No abstract available -
HIV and STI Prevalence and Injection Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nairobi: Results from a 2011 Bio-behavioral Study Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)There is a dearth of evidence on injection drug use and associated HIV infections in Kenya. To generate population-based estimates of characteristics and HIV/STI prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi, ... -
HIV and STI Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Male Sex Workers and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Previous surveys of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa have not adequately profiled HIV status and risk factors by sex work status. MSM in Nairobi, Kenya, were recruited using respondent-driven sampling, completed ... -
HIV disease in Africans of high social class
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1993-06) -
HIV disease plague, demoralization and“Burnout”: Resident experience of the medical profession in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, 2002-02)This paper describes the experiencesof physicians-in-training at a public hospitalin Nairobi, Kenya, where medical professionalspractice in an environment characterized byboth significant lack of resources andpatients with ... -
HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer
(Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 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 ... -
HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)OBJECTIVE: 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 in pregnancy]
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2001)Since the start of the HIV epidemic, over 36 million people have been infected with the virus worldwide. As the virus is predominantly transmitted through sexual contact, equal numbers of males and females are infected, ... -
HIV Infection Alters the Spectrum of HPV Subtypes Found in Cervical Smears and Carcinomas from Kenyan Women.,
(School of medicine, 2013)Infection with high risk HPV is implicated in pre-cancerous squamous intraepithelial lesions and their progression to cervical cancer. In the developed countries, infection with HPV 16 and 18 accounts for ~70% of cervical ... -
HIV infection among lower socioeconomic strata prostitutes in Nairobi
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,Department of Medical Microbiology, University of NairobiCentre for Microbiologic Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 1990)A cohort of 418 lower socioeconomic strata prostitutes were enrolled in a study of the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) between January and April 1985. Sixty-two per cent of the women were seropositive ... -
HIV infection among patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Academic Press Elsevier. IntDepartment of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1993)AIDS continues to exert considerable strain on the economy, as well as social aspects of our lives. Previous studies have identified the categories of people most at risk of contracting and developing HIV infection and ... -
HIV infection and AIDS in children. In: Primary Health Care: A manual for medical students and other health workers
(University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract available -
HIV infection and sexual partnerships and behaviour among adolescent girls in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Obstetrics and GynaecologyDepartment of Paediatrics, 2012)Early sexual partnerships place young women in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk for HIV. Few studies have examined both individual- and partnership-level characteristics of sexual relationships among adolescent girls. A ... -
HIV infection at KNH Medicus
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1988)