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A pilot study of the feasibility of a vaginal washing cessation intervention among Kenyan female sex workers
(2013)
Background Intravaginal practices including vaginal washing have been associated with HIV-1 acquisition. This association may be mediated by mucosal disruption, changes in vaginal flora or genital tract inflammatory ...
Antibody-dependent Cell-mediated Virus Inhibition Antibody Activity Does Not Correlate With Risk Of HIV-1 Superinfection
(University of Nairobi, 2013-05)
Previous studies of HIV-infected women with high risk behavior have indicated that neither neutralizing antibody nor cellular immunity elicited by an initial HIV-1 infection is associated with protection against superinfection ...
Incidence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a high-risk cohort of Kenyan women
(2013)
In Africa, data on Chlamydia trachomatis infection are scarce because reliable diagnosis is costly and not widely available. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence and correlates of C. trachomatis infection among ...