Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Jackson, D"

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    • Antibody to Haemophilus ducreyi among trucking company workers in Kenya. 

      Rakwar, J; Jackson, D; Maclean, I; Obongo, T; Bwayo, JJ; Smith, H; Mandaliya, K; Moses, S; Ndinya-Achola, JO; Kreiss, JK (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1997-05)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, correlates, and incidence of Haemophilus ducreyi antibodies, a cohort of East African trucking company employees was evaluated. STUDY DESIGN: Human immunodeficiency ...

    • Children who acquire HIV infection perinatally are at higher risk of early death than those acquiring infection through breastmilk: a meta-analysis 

      Becquet, R; Marston, M; Dabis, F; Moulton, L H; Gray, G; Coovadia, H M; Essex, M; Ekouevi, D K; Jackson, D; Coutsoudis, A; Kilewo, C; Leroy, V; Wiktor, S Z; Nduati, RW; Msellati, P; Zaba, B; Ghys, P D; Newell, M L; UNAIDS Child Survival Group (Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      BACKGROUND: Assumptions about survival of HIV-infected children in Africa without antiretroviral therapy need to be updated to inform ongoing UNAIDS modelling of paediatric HIV epidemics among children. Improved estimates ...

    • Cofactors For The Acquisition Of Hiv-1 Among Heterosexual Men: Prospective Cohort Study Of Trucking Company Workers In Kenya 

      Rakwar, J; Lavreys, L; Thompson, M L; Jackson, D; Bwayo, JJ; Hassanali, S; Mandaliya, K; Ndinya-Achola, JO; Kreiss, J (University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1999-04-01)
      Objective: To determine the prevalence, incidence, and correlates of HIV-1 infection in a cohort of east African trucking company employees. Methods: HIV-1-seronegative trucking company employees were enrolled in a ...

    • Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan Africa. 

      Marston, M; Becquet, R; Zaba, B; Moulton, LH; Gray, G; Coovadia, H; Essex, M; Ekouevi, DK; Jackson, D; Coutsoudis, A; Kilewo, C; Leroy, V; Wiktor, S; Nduati, RW; Msellati, P; Dabis, F; Newell, ML; Ghys, PD (University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2011-04)
      BACKGROUND: Previously, HIV epidemic models have used a double Weibull curve to represent high initial and late mortality of HIV-infected children, without distinguishing timing of infection (peri- or post-natally). ...

    • Studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mucosal viral shedding and transmission in Kenya. 

      Overbaugh, J; Kreiss, J; Poss, M; Lewis, P; Mostad, S; John, G; Nduati, RW; Mbori-Ngacha, DA; Martin, H Jr; Richardson, B; Jackson, S; Neilson, J; Long, EM; Panteleeff, D; Welch, M; Rakwar, J; Jackson, D; Chohan, B; Lavreys, L; Mandaliya, K; Ndinya-Achola, JO; Bwayo, JJ (University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 1999-05)
      If human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccines are to be highly effective, it is essential to understand the virologic factors that contribute to HIV-1 transmission. It is likely that transmission is determined, ...