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Salivary Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Is Associated with Reduced Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 through Breast Milk. J Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 15;186(8):1173-6
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
No abstract available
Partner notification by HIV-1 seropositive pregnant women: association with infant feeding decisions. AIDS. 2001 Apr 13;15(6):815-7.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
No abstract available
Mode of delivery decision among HIV-infected mothers at an urban maternity hospital in Kenya
(2010)
Objectives: To quantify the use of elective caesarean section (ECS) for prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) at an urban Kenyan maternity hospital,
to describe mode of delivery decision making among ...
Prevalence and Magnitude of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1-Specific Lymphocyte Responses in Breast Milk from HIV-1-Seropositive Women. J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;188(11):1666-74.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-specific cell-mediated immunity of breast milk may influence the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 via breast-feeding. In breast-milk specimens collected during ...
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) B*18 and protection against mother-to-child HIV type 1 transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses . 2004 Jul; 20 ( 7 ): 692-7
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules regulate the cellular immune system and may be
determinants of infant susceptibility to human immunodeficiency viru
s type 1 (HIV-1) infection.
Molecular HLA typing for class I ...
Distance from home to study clinic and risk of follow-up interruption in a cohort of HIV-1-discordant couples in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
BACKGROUND:
Longitudinal studies of HIV-1-infected individuals or those at risk of infection are subject to missed study visits that may have negative consequences on the care of participants and can jeopardize study ...
Individual and partner risk factors associated with abnormal cervical cytology among women in HIV-discordant relationships.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Individual and sexual partner characteristics may increase the risk of abnormal cervical cytology among women in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-discordant relationships. Papanicolaou smears were obtained in a prospective ...
Measles Seropositivity in HIV-Infected Kenyan Children on Antiretroviral Therapy.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)
This paper describes results from a cross-sectional study among HIV-infected children 15 months to 12 years of age who were receiving antiretroviral therapy. We found a low prevalence of measles IgG seropositivity (45.7%) ...
Maternal plasma and breastmilk viral loads are associated with HIV‐1‐specific cellular immune responses among HIV‐1‐exposed, uninfected infants in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Infants exposed to maternal HIV-1 provide an opportunity to assess correlates of HIV-1-specific interferon (IFN)-γ responses and may be informative in the development of HIV-1 vaccines. HIV-1-infected women with CD4 counts ...
Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons Infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2
(2010)
Most persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
are also infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which is frequently reactivated
and is associated with increased plasma and genital ...