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Treatment of chancroid with ciprofloxacin. A prospective, randomized clinical trial.
(1987)
Chancroid is a major sexually transmitted disease in many developing countries. Although single-dose and short-course treatment of chancroid have been described, the increasing resistance of Hemophilus ducreyi to antimicrobial ...
Urethral infection with Haemophilus ducreyi in men
(1988)
Carriage of Haemophilus ducreyi has not been adequately investigated in men, and its role in urethritis is unknown. In this study 456 men with H. ducreyi-culture positive genital ulcers were investigated. Among these men, ...
Maternal gonococcal infection as a preventable risk factor for low birth weight.
(1990)
With the objective of determining if specific sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are associated with prematurity (birth weight less than or equal to 2500 g and gestational age less than or equal to 36 weeks), a case-control ...
Treating chancroid with enoxacin
(1988)
Increasing resistance of Haemophilus ducreyi to antimicrobials necessitates further trials of new antimicrobial agents for treating chancroid. Enoxacin has excellent in vitro activity against H ducreyi, and a randomised ...
Associations Of Human Leukocyte Antigen-g With Resistance And Susceptibility To Hiv-1 Infection In The Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-01)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the association between human leukocyte antigens (HLA)-G genotypes and resistance or susceptibility to HIV-1.
DESIGN:
A group of sex workers in Pumwani, Kenya can be epidemiologically defined ...
HLA-DR 52- and 51-associated DRB1 alleles in Kenya, east Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Abstract
The genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are amongst the most polymorphic loci known in the human population. The population genetics of the MHC encoded HLA loci of sub-Saharan Africa are of major ...
Survey of knowledge, behaviour and attitudes relating to HIV infection and AIDS among Kenyan secondary school students
(University of Nairobi, 1994)
To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and sexual behaviour with respect to HIV and AIDS among Kenyan secondary school students, a questionnaire was issued to 3,018 students of mean age 16.3 years in 11 Kenyan schools. ...
Logistic regression in case-control studies: the effect of using independent as dependent variables.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-04-30)
In case-control studies, cases are sampled separately from controls. In such studies the primary analysis concerns the estimation of the effect of covariables on being a case or a control. To explore causal pathways, further ...
The duration of breastfeeding by HIV-1-infected mothers in developing countries: balancing benefits and risks.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-02)
How best to advise mothers infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in developing countries regarding breastfeeding is an important issue that has generated considerable debate. Previous studies have ...