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Female education, adolescent sexuality and the risk of sexually transmitted infection in Ariaal Rendille culture
(2001)
Sub-Saharan Africa today features the worlds highest levels of fertility, infant and child mortality and sexually transmitted infectious diseases, with the last including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS) (National ...
Resistance to HIV-1 infection among African sex workers is associated with global hypo responsiveness in interleukin 4 production.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
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Resistance to HIV-1 infection among African sex workers is associated with global hyporesponsiveness in interleukin 4 production.
(2001)
We previously identified HIV-1 resistant prostitutes who remain persistently HIV-1 PCR- and
antibody-negative despite continued heavy exposure to HIV-1 through sex work. We hypothesized
that differences in virus-specific ...
Human Leucocyte Antigen Supertypes And Immune Susceptibility To Hiv-1, Implications
(University of Nairobi, 2001-11-01)
Sexually transmitted infections and vaginal douching in a population of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2001)
Objectives:
To assess the association between vaginal douching and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among a group of female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Methods:
This study was part of a randomised, ...
Public health. Reducing HIV transmission in developing countries
(2001)
The global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has already infected more than 50 million people, has been inadequate, particularly in the developing world. In many countries, blood screening was delayed, partly because ...
Evaluation of a low- dose nonoxynol-9 gel for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases: a randomised clinical trial, Sex Transm Dis 2001
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Objective: To assess the relation between selenium deficiency and vaginal or cervical shedding of HIV-1-infected cells. Design: Cross-sectional study of 318 HIV-1 seropositive women in Mombasa, Kenya. Methods: Vaginal and ...