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A review of ethical issues in AIDS research
(1991)
Much of the past research in AIDS concentrated in the epidemiology, virology, immunology and pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, current research activities incorporates aspects intended ...
Prophylaxis of gonococcal and chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum. A comparison of silver nitrate and tetracycline
(1988)
We evaluated the use of silver nitrate drops and tetracycline ointment for the prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum in a controlled trial involving 2732 newborns in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall rates of prevalence of ...
Evaluation of a rapid membrane-based assay (HIV-CHEK) for detection of antibodies to HIV in serum samples from Nairobi.
(1990)
We evaluated a rapid membrane-based assay (HIV-CHEK) for detection of antibodies to HIV using 737 serum samples in Nairobi, Kenya. The rapid assay had a sensitivity of 96.3% and specificity of 99.8% when compared with ...
Loss to Follow-Up as a Competing Risk in an Observational Study of HIV-1 Incidence
(2013)
OBJECTIVE:
Conventional survival estimates may be biased if loss to follow-up (LTF) is associated with the outcome of interest. Our goal was to assess whether the association between sexual risk behavior and HIV-1 ...
Acceptability of medical male circumcision among uncircumcised men in Kenya one year after the launch of the national male circumcision program
(2011)
BACKGROUND:
Numerous studies have demonstrated that male circumcision (MC) reduces the incidence of the Type-1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among heterosexual men by at least half.
METHODS:
One year after the ...
The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among mothers of children with trachoma.
(1990)
The authors studied the epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a trachoma-endemic area of central Kenya. Children with abnormal ocular discharge were evaluated for clinical evidence of trachoma and were cultured ...
The Nairobi STD program. An international partnership.
(1991)
Since 1980, Canadian, Belgian, and American scientists have been working together with colleagues in Kenya to understand the epidemiology and biology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Africa. The rapid spread of ...
Prevalence of resistance of N. gonorrhoeae to penicillin and three other antibiotics in a rural area in Kenya.
(1991)
Of 90 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a rural area in Kenya, 44 (48.9%) produced beta-lactamase (penicillinase). Testing for susceptibility of 35 penicillinase producing N. gonorrhoeae (PPNG) strains to four antibiotics ...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 IgA antibody in breast milk and serum.
(1994)
Breast-feeding plays a potentially significant role in mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The additional transmission risk attributable to breast-feeding and the factors that enhance ...
Antimicrobial prophylaxis in pregnancy: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with cefetamet-pivoxil in pregnant women with a poor obstetric history
(1997)
OBJECTIVE:
This study was undertaken to measure the impact of a single oral dose of cefetamet-pivoxil on pregnancy outcome in a population with substantial rates of low birth weight and high prevalence rates of maternal ...