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Acute sexually transmitted infections increase human immunodeficiency virus type 1 plasma viremia, increase plasma type 2 cytokines, and decrease CD4 cell counts
(2000)
In Kenya, the median incubation time to AIDS in seroconverting sex workers is 4 years;
this incubation time is specific to female sex workers.We studied the influence of acute sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on ...
Associations of human leukocyte antigen DRB with resistance or susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort
(2008)
OBJECTIVE:
A group of commercial sex workers in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort, established in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, remain HIV-1 uninfected despite heavy exposure to HIV-1 through active sex work. Previous studies showed ...
Reduced HIV risk-taking and low HIV incidence after enrollment and risk-reduction counseling in a sexually transmitted disease prevention trial in Nairobi, Kenya
(2002)
There is an urgent need in sub-Saharan Africa to develop more effective methods of HIV prevention, including improved strategies of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention or an HIV vaccine. The efficacy of these ...
Human leukocyte antigen-DQ alleles and haplotypes and their associations with resistance and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection
(2008)
Objectives: To determine the association of DQ antigens with resistance and susceptibility
to HIV-1.
Design: Despite repeated exposure to HIV-1, a subset of women in the Pumwani Sex
Worker cohort established in Nairobi, ...