Aster Tsegaye

Summary

Affiliation: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia

Publications

  1. ncbi HIV-1 Subtype C gag-specific T-cell responses in relation to human leukocyte antigens in a diverse population of HIV-infected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethiopian Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:389-400. 2007
  2. ncbi Immunophenotyping of blood lymphocytes at birth, during childhood, and during adulthood in HIV-1-uninfected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, PO Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Clin Immunol 109:338-46. 2003
  3. ncbi Decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among young women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: results from sentinel surveillance, 1995-2001
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:359-62. 2002
  4. ncbi Decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among young women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: results from sentinel surveillance, 1995-2001
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 41:31-4. 2003
  5. ncbi Evidence of changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia
    Yared Mekonnen
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 41:51-9. 2003
  6. ncbi Evidence of changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia
    Yared Mekonnen
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS 17:223-31. 2003
  7. ncbi Stable pattern of HIV-1 subtype C Gag-specific T-cell responses coincides with slow rate of CD4 T-cell decline in HIV-infected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, PO Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS 21:369-72. 2007
  8. ncbi Differences in HIV type 1 RNA plasma load profile of closely related cocirculating Ethiopian subtype C strains: C and C'
    Workenesh Ayele
    Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 26:805-13. 2010
  9. ncbi Primary HIV-1 subtype C infection in Ethiopia
    Tobias F Rinke de Wit
    Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project (ENARP) at the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:463-70. 2002
  10. ncbi Low absolute CD4 counts in Ethiopians
    Dawit Wolday
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 40:11-6. 2002

Collaborators

  • Yared Mekonnen
  • Dawit Wolday
  • Frank Miedema
  • Georgios Pollakis
  • Anneke Krol
  • Hanneke Schuitemaker
  • Arne Akbar
  • Workenesh Ayele
  • Mathias Aklilu
  • Eduard Sanders
  • Tobias F Rinke de Wit
  • Jaap Goudsmit
  • Roel Coutinho
  • Debbie van Baarle
  • Hailu Meles
  • Wude Mihret
  • Arnaud L Fontanet
  • Margreet Bakker
  • Ben Berkhout
  • Tsehaynesh Messele
  • Michel de Baar
  • William A Paxton
  • Yohannes Mengistu
  • Wendelien Dorigo-Zetsma
  • Tobias F Rinke De Wit
  • Binyam Hailu
  • Aletta Kliphuis
  • Ronald Geskus
  • Measho Hagos
  • Tesfaye Tilahun
  • Asfaw Beyene
  • Beyene Petros
  • Arnaud Fontanet

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi HIV-1 Subtype C gag-specific T-cell responses in relation to human leukocyte antigens in a diverse population of HIV-infected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethiopian Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:389-400. 2007
    ..The most frequently targeted Gag peptides overlapped with those previously described for HIV-1 subtype C-infected southern Africans, and therefore can be used in a multiethnic vaccine...
  2. ncbi Immunophenotyping of blood lymphocytes at birth, during childhood, and during adulthood in HIV-1-uninfected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, PO Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Clin Immunol 109:338-46. 2003
    ..The immune alterations including the remarkably low CD4 count with highly depleted naîve phenotype and a persistently activated immune system seen in adult Ethiopians are not apparent at birth, but rather develop over time...
  3. ncbi Decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among young women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: results from sentinel surveillance, 1995-2001
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:359-62. 2002
    ....
  4. ncbi Decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among young women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: results from sentinel surveillance, 1995-2001
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 41:31-4. 2003
    ....
  5. ncbi Evidence of changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia
    Yared Mekonnen
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 41:51-9. 2003
    ..To assess changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia...
  6. ncbi Evidence of changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia
    Yared Mekonnen
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS 17:223-31. 2003
    ..To assess changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia...
  7. ncbi Stable pattern of HIV-1 subtype C Gag-specific T-cell responses coincides with slow rate of CD4 T-cell decline in HIV-infected Ethiopians
    Aster Tsegaye
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, PO Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS 21:369-72. 2007
    ..The persistence of strong and broad anti-Gag cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses was associated with a slow rate of CD4 T-cell decline and with human leukocyte antigen alleles from the B27 supertype...
  8. ncbi Differences in HIV type 1 RNA plasma load profile of closely related cocirculating Ethiopian subtype C strains: C and C'
    Workenesh Ayele
    Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute EHNRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 26:805-13. 2010
    ..Additionally, the higher viral loads seen for HIV-1 subcluster C' infections at higher CD4(+) T cell counts can help explain the higher prevalence of this subtype in Ethiopia...
  9. ncbi Primary HIV-1 subtype C infection in Ethiopia
    Tobias F Rinke de Wit
    Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project (ENARP) at the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:463-70. 2002
    ..One subject demonstrated a window period of at least 204 days, combined with a high preseroconversion viral load and no decline of CD4 T cells over a follow-up period of at least 3 years...
  10. ncbi Low absolute CD4 counts in Ethiopians
    Dawit Wolday
    Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, P O Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Ethiop Med J 40:11-6. 2002
    ..The aim of this mini-review is, therefore, to provide the local scientific community and clinicians with the available information...
  11. ncbi Indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus Western blot profiles in ethiopians with discordant screening-assay results
    Hailu Meles
    Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 9:160-3. 2002
    ..8% concordance between the ARC and WHO criteria and 85.7% concordance between the ARC and CDC criteria for an indeterminate WB result. The ARC criteria best met the specified objectives for diagnosis in our setting...
  12. ncbi Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among urban adults in Africa: results from two cross-sectional surveys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Wude Mihret
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
    Sex Transm Dis 29:175-81. 2002
    ..Prevention of HSV-2 and other sexually transmitted infections through partner reduction and condom use should be encouraged...
  13. ncbi Significance of senescence for virus-specific memory T cell responses: rapid ageing during chronic stimulation of the immune system
    Debbie van Baarle
    Department of Clinical Viro Immunology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Immunol Lett 97:19-29. 2005
    ..We discuss data suggesting that T cell defects may arise in individuals because of chronic antigen activation leading to rapid ageing of the memory CD8+ T cell pool...