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Sociodemographic characteristics, care, feeding practices, and growth of cohorts of children born to HIV-1 seropositive and seronegative mothers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2000)
OBJECTIVES To compare sociodemographic profiles, child care, child feeding practices and growth indices of children born to HIV-1 seropositive and seronegative mothers.
METHODS:
A cohort study of 234 children ...
Risk factors for postnatal mother-child transmission of HIV-1.
(2000)
OBJECTIVE:
To identify factors affecting HIV-1 breastfeeding transmission.
DESIGN:
Longitudinal observational cohort study.
METHODS:
HIV-1 seropositive pregnant women and seronegative controls were enrolled ...
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of monthly azithromycin prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 in Kenyan sex workers: study design and baseline findings
(2000)
Our objectives were to describe the baseline findings of a trial of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV-1 in a cohort of Nairobi female sex workers (FSWs). A questionnaire was ...
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 ...
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 viral genotype on mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.
(2000)
The objective of this study was to determine whether the maternal infecting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 clade affects mother-to-child transmission frequency. Mothers in the mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission ...
Reducing HIV-1 In Kenya And Tanzania.
(University of Nairobi, 2000-11)
Role of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Accelerated HIV-1 Disease Progression
(University of nairobi, 2000)
Influence of HLA supertypes on susceptibility and resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
(, 2000-05)
Certain human leukocyte antigens, by presenting conserved immunogenic epitopes for T cell recognition, may, in part, account for the observed differences in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) susceptibility. To ...