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Shamba Maisha: a pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patientsJay A Pandit
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, USA
BMC Public Health 10:245. 2010..Thus, we tested the feasibility of providing a micro-irrigation pump to HIV-positive farmers in order to evaluate its impact on health and economic advancement among HIV-positive patients and their families...- Mycoplasma genitalium infection and persistence in a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, KenyaCraig R Cohen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, CA, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:274-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to assess the risk factors for and persistence of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) in a highly exposed female population in Kenya... - Increased levels of immune activation in the genital tract of healthy young women from sub-Saharan AfricaCraig R Cohen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94117, USA
AIDS 24:2069-74. 2010..To determine whether healthy, young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a more activated immune milieu in the genital tract (i.e. activated CD4 T cells) than a similar population in the United States... - A phase I randomized placebo controlled trial of the safety of 3% SPL7013 Gel (VivaGel®) in healthy young women administered twice daily for 14 daysCraig R Cohen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e16258. 2011..To assess the safety of VivaGel® used vaginally twice daily for 14 days among healthy, sexually-abstinent women, aged 18-24 years in the USA and Kenya... - Phase 2a study assessing colonization efficiency, safety, and acceptability of Lactobacillus crispatus CTV-05 in women with bacterial vaginosisAnke Hemmerling
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Sex Transm Dis 37:745-50. 2010..Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common vaginal infection caused by a lack of endogenous lactobacilli and overgrowth of pathogens that frequently recurs following antibiotic treatment... - Measurement of mucosal biomarkers in a phase 1 trial of intravaginal 3% StarPharma LTD 7013 gel (VivaGel) to assess expanded safetyAnna Barbara Moscicki
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 59:134-40. 2012..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the 3% StarPharma LTD 7013 gel (VivaGel) on mucosal immune markers hypothesized to be associated with HIV-1 acquisition... - HIV/AIDS stigma and refusal of HIV testing among pregnant women in rural Kenya: results from the MAMAS StudyJanet M Turan
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 15:1111-20. 2011.... - Sexuality, HIV risk and potential acceptability of involving adolescent girls in microbicide research in Kisumu, KenyaMichele Montandon
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Sex Health 5:339-46. 2008..We sought to understand the individual, family and community-level factors that may influence the acceptability of microbicide use and research involving adolescent girls... - Attitudes and beliefs about anti-retroviral therapy are associated with high risk sexual behaviors among the general population of Kisumu, KenyaRachel M Smith
a Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
AIDS Care 23:1668-75. 2011..In high HIV seroprevalence populations with expanding access to ART, prevention programs must ensure their content counteracts misconceptions of ART in order to reduce high risk sexual behaviors, especially among youth... - Association of attitudes and beliefs towards antiretroviral therapy with HIV-seroprevalence in the general population of Kisumu, KenyaCraig R Cohen
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4573. 2009..We hypothesized that a similar phenomenon may be occurring in sub-Saharan Africa concomitant with the scale-up of HIV treatment... - The association of HIV counseling and testing with HIV risk behaviors in a random population-based survey in Kisumu, KenyaMegan J Huchko
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 15:718-24. 2011..Although rates of HIV testing were higher than seen in previous studies, the majority of HIV-infected people were unaware of their status. Efforts should be made to increase HIV testing among this population... - Building capacity for cervical cancer screening in outpatient HIV clinics in the Nyanza province of western KenyaMegan J Huchko
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 114:106-10. 2011..To evaluate outcomes of cervical cancer screening within HIV care and treatment clinics in Kenya... - Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDSSheri D Weiser
Division of HIV AIDS and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:1729S-39S. 2011..More research on the relative importance of each of these pathways is warranted because effective interventions to reduce food insecurity and HIV depend on a rigorous understanding of these multifaceted relationships... - Immunoepidemiologic profile of Chlamydia trachomatis infection: importance of heat-shock protein 60 and interferon- gammaCraig R Cohen
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
J Infect Dis 192:591-9. 2005..This investigation supports a direct role for C. trachomatis-specific immune responses in altering the risk of infection and suggests immune correlates of protection that are potentially useful in vaccine development... - Infectious correlates of HIV-1 shedding in the female upper and lower genital tractsJenell S Coleman
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS 21:755-9. 2007..To determine the effects of vaginal, cervical, and endometrial infections on shedding of HIV-1 RNA in the female genital tract... - Medical pluralism on Mfangano Island: use of medicinal plants among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Suba District, KenyaJason M Nagata
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, 51 Banbury Road, Oxford OX6 6PE, UK
J Ethnopharmacol 135:501-9. 2011..Using a cross-sectional study we sought to document and identify the herbal medicines used by persons living with HIV/AIDS on Mfangano Island, Suba District, Nyanza Province, Kenya... - Effects of HIV/AIDS on maternity care providers in KenyaJanet M Turan
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 37:588-95. 2008..To explore the impact of HIV/AIDS on maternity care providers in labor and delivery in a high HIV-prevalence setting in sub-Saharan Africa... - Phase 1 dose-ranging safety trial of Lactobacillus crispatus CTV-05 for the prevention of bacterial vaginosisAnke Hemmerling
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:564-9. 2009..Bacterial vaginosis is a very common vaginal infection. The lack of endogenous lactobacilli and overgrowth of pathogens facilitate numerous gynecological complications... - Loop electrosurgical excision procedure: safety and tolerability among human immunodeficiency virus-positive Kenyan womenVictoria G Woo
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 118:554-9. 2011.... - Acceptability and feasibility of integration of HIV care services into antenatal clinics in rural Kenya: a qualitative provider interview studyLena E Winestone
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Glob Public Health 7:149-63. 2012..However, integration efforts need to take into account potential negative effects on ANC provider workload, disclosure and the quality of care... - Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009Elvin H Geng
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 14:46. 2011..Regionally representative socio-demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics of patients accessing ART over time and across sites have not been well described... - Sex preparation and diaphragm acceptability in sex work in Nairobi, KenyaAnjali Sharma
Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenyatta National Hospital, PO Box 19464 00202, Nairobi, Kenya
Sex Health 3:261-8. 2006..Currently, contraceptive diaphragm users are advised to leave the diaphragm in situ without concomitant use of other intravaginal substances for at least 6 h after intercourse... - Etiology of persistent tubo-ovarian abscess in Nairobi, KenyaCraig R Cohen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6460, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 11:45-51. 2003..To study the microbial etiology of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA)... - Immunogenetic correlates for Chlamydia trachomatis-associated tubal infertilityCraig R Cohen
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Box 356460, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:438-44. 2003..To understand immunogenetic mechanisms of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and tubal scarring... - Sustained changes in sexual behavior by female sex workers after completion of a randomized HIV prevention trialElizabeth N Ngugi
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:588-94. 2007..Behavioral interventions in female sex workers (FSWs) are associated with changes in sexual behavior and reduced rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV We examined the sustainability of such interventions... - mgpB and mgpC sequence diversity in Mycoplasma genitalium is generated by segmental reciprocal recombination with repetitive chromosomal sequencesStefanie L Iverson-Cabral
Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Mol Microbiol 66:55-73. 2007..genitalium by the mutual exchange of sequences makes this organism unique among bacterial pathogens... - Probiotics: potential to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted infections in womenMichael Bolton
Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:214-25. 2008..If results from such a trial demonstrate efficacy, future studies should be designed to determine whether a probiotic can significantly lower the risk for HIV and STIs in at-risk female populations... - Risk factors for pneumonia in urban-dwelling HIV-infected women: a case-control study in Nairobi, KenyaJeremy Penner
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:223-8. 2003..5; 95% CI, 1.1-2.1) remained at increased risk of pneumonia. If confirmed by prospective investigation, these findings could help identify persons and subpopulations of HIV-infected women with the greatest risk of pneumonia... - Chronic diarrhoea in HIV-1-infected adults in Nairobi, Kenya: evaluation of risk factors and the WHO treatment algorithmChristina W Mwachari
AIDS 17:2124-6. 2003 - Association of hormonal contraception and HIV-seroprevalence in Nairobi, KenyaAmy Criniti
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
AIDS 17:2667-9. 2003..5, 95% confidence interval 0.3-0.7) than women using DMPA. This association was most pronounced among POCP users of lower parity... - Mortality and burden of disease in a cohort of HIV-seropositive adults in Nairobi, KenyaChristina W Mwachari
Centre for Respiratory Disease Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 54840, Nairobi, Kenya
Int J STD AIDS 15:120-6. 2004..0, 95% confidence interval 1.7-5.1). These findings may help to target high-risk populations and guide OI prevention and treatment strategies including decisions regarding initiation of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa... - Detection of novel organisms associated with salpingitis, by use of 16S rDNA polymerase chain reactionJennifer K Hebb
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
J Infect Dis 190:2109-20. 2004..The finding of novel phylotypes associated with salpingitis has important implications for the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of this important reproductive-tract disease syndrome... - Bacterial vaginosis: risk factors among Kenyan women and their male partnersElizabeth A Bukusi
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Microbiology Research, Nairobi, Kenya
Sex Transm Dis 33:361-7. 2006..CONCLUSION: In this population, characteristics of males and of females were independently associated with BV. Close association of male hygiene and male HIV status precluded distinguishing the influence of male hygiene on partner's BV... - Intrastrain heterogeneity of the mgpB gene in Mycoplasma genitalium is extensive in vitro and in vivo and suggests that variation is generated via recombination with repetitive chromosomal sequencesStefanie L Iverson-Cabral
Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, R and T Building, 325 9th Avenue, Box 359779, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Infect Immun 74:3715-26. 2006..These observations support the hypothesis that recombination occurs between the mgpB gene and MgPar sequences and that the resulting antigenically distinct MgPa variants may contribute to immune evasion and persistence of infection... - Independent association of hygiene, socioeconomic status, and circumcision with reduced risk of HIV infection among Kenyan menAmalia S Meier
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:117-8. 2006..1; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-19.1) and inversely associated with being circumcised (OR, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.02-0.91), but also independently associated with a combined measure of hygiene (OR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.19-0.90)... - The ABCs of HIV prevention in men: associations with HIV risk and protective behaviorsMatthew S Steele
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH, Seattle, WA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:571-6. 2006.... - Safety, acceptability, and tolerability of 3 topical microbicides among heterosexual Kenyan menElizabeth A Bukusi
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:423-8. 2007..To compare the acceptability, tolerability, and safety of 3 topical microbicide formulations (62% ethyl alcohol in emollient gel and 0.1% and 0.4% benzalkonium chloride on a sanitary wipe) for use on male genitalia... - Sexual identity and risk of HIV/STI among men who have sex with men in NairobiAnjali Sharma
Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Sex Transm Dis 35:352-4. 2008 - Association between Mycoplasma genitalium and acute endometritisCraig R Cohen
Lancet 359:765-6. 2002..02). Our results suggest that infection with M genitalium is strongly associated with acute endometritis in this population...