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Brief report: association between menopause and unprotected sex in high-risk HIV-positive women in Mombasa, Kenya20
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
OBJECTIVE:
Many HIV-positive women now live well beyond menopause. Postmenopausal women are no longer at risk for pregnancy, and some studies suggest that they may use condoms less often than premenopausal women. This ...
Alcohol use and associations with biological markers and self-reported indicators of unprotected sex in human immunodeficiency virus-positive female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
BACKGROUND:
Studies of alcohol use and sexual behavior in African populations have primarily been cross-sectional, used nonvalidated measures of alcohol use, or relied on self-reported sexual risk endpoints. Few have ...
Comprehensive Characterization of Humoral Correlates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Superinfection Acquisition in High-risk Kenyan Women.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
HIV-1 superinfection, in which an infected individual acquires a second HIV-1 infection from a different partner, is one of the only settings in which HIV acquisition occurs in the context of a pre-existing immune response ...
HIV-1 infection alters the retinol-binding protein:transthyretin ratio even in the absence of the acute phase response.
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
he ratio of retinol-binding protein (RBP) to transthyretin (TTR) has been proposed as an indirect method with which to assess vitamin A status in the context of inflammation. Few studies have been conducted among adults, ...
Hormonal Contraception And Risk Of Hiv-1 Acquisition: Results Of A 10-year Prospective Study.
(University of Nairobi, 2004-03-05)
The Effect Of Treatment Of Vaginal Infections On Shedding Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
We evaluated the association between the severity of primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) illness and HIV-1 plasma virus load before seroconversion using stored plasma samples obtained from 74 prostitutes ...
Antibody to Haemophilus ducreyi among trucking company workers in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 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 ...
A prospective study of risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 acquisition among high-risk HIV-1 seronegative women in Kenya
(2011)
OBJECTIVES:
Several studies have demonstrated an association between herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV-1, but available data on risk factors for HSV-2 acquisition are limited. The objective of this analysis ...
Acute Hiv-1 Infection Illness In Kenyan Women Is Associated With Higher Viral Loads
(University of Nairobi, 2002)