Spectrum of commercial sex activity in Burkina Faso: classification model and risk of exposure to HIVNicolas Nagot
Centre Muraz, 01 B P 390, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:517-21. 2002
..According to social characteristics, women were classified in six different categories, including four groups of nonprofessional sex workers. The aim of the current study is to assess HIV exposure across this classification model...
CD4+ T cells spontaneously producing human immunodeficiency virus type I in breast milk from women with or without antiretroviral drugsDiane Valea
Laboratoire Virologie, Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Retrovirology 8:34. 2011
..This latter viral reservoir remains, however, to be fully explored. CD4+ T cell-associated virus production in breast milk was therefore investigated...
- Longitudinal effect following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy on plasma and cervico-vaginal HIV-1 RNA among women in Burkina Faso
N Nagot
Universite Montpellier 1, EA 4205 Transmission, Pathogenese et Prevention de l infection par le VIH and CHU Montpellier, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
Sex Transm Infect 84:167-70. 2008
..Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) could decrease HIV-1 transmissibility by reducing genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA...
- Review of STI and HIV epidemiological data from 1990 to 2001 in urban Burkina Faso: implications for STI and HIV control
N Nagot
Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Sex Transm Infect 80:124-9. 2004
..To better understand the sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV dynamics in an urban west African setting in order to adapt STI/HIV control efforts accordingly...
Roles of clinical and subclinical reactivated herpes simplex virus type 2 infection and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-induced immunosuppression on genital and plasma HIV-1 levelsN Nagot
Centre Muraz, Burkina Faso
J Infect Dis 198:241-9. 2008
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- Reduction of HIV-1 RNA levels with therapy to suppress herpes simplex virus
Nicolas Nagot
Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
N Engl J Med 356:790-9. 2007
..Epidemiologic data suggest that infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is associated with increased genital shedding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA and HIV-1 transmissibility...
- Impact of suppressive herpes therapy on genital HIV-1 RNA among women taking antiretroviral therapy: a randomized controlled trial
Abdoulaye Ouedraogo
Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
AIDS 20:2305-13. 2006
..71 log10 copies/ml, 95% CI -1.27, -0.14). CONCLUSION: HSV-2 facilitates residual genital HIV-1 replication among dually infected women taking HAART despite HIV-1 suppression at the systemic level...
- Longitudinal assessment of HIV-1 and HSV-2 shedding in the genital tract of West African women
Nicolas Nagot
Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:632-4. 2005
..This study showed that eCVL is a reliable sampling method for detecting both viruses. Three measurement points (at weekly intervals in this study) seem to adequately allow detection of most HIV-1 or HSV-2 genital shedders...
- HIV-1 superinfections in a cohort of commercial sex workers in Burkina Faso as assessed by an autologous heteroduplex mobility procedure
Olivier Manigart
Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
AIDS 18:1645-51. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Autologous HMA procedure followed by acrylamide extraction of heteroduplexes allowed identifying HIV-1 co- and super-infections in a large cohort study. HIV-1 super-infection is not an uncommon phenomenon...
- [Do commercial sex workers who discuss treatment with family and friends adhere to it better?]
A Sanon
Projet Yerêlon SHADEI, Centre Muraz, 01 BP 390 Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Sante 19:95-9. 2009
..This study was conducted before introducing long-term treatment to the population, to assess the effect of communication with those around them on the capacity of these vulnerable women to adhere to drug prescriptions...
- Viral load and genomic integration of HPV 16 in cervical samples from HIV-1-infected and uninfected women in Burkina Faso
Marie Noelle Didelot Rousseau
Department of Virology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
J Med Virol 79:766-70. 2007
..05; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11-328.3, P = 0.03), but not with HIV-1 or other high-risk HPV types (HR-HPV). Integrated HPV 16 DNA load may be considered as a useful marker of high-grade cervical lesions in HPV 16-infected women...
- Herpes simplex virus and HIV-1: deciphering viral synergy
Philippe Van de Perre
EA 4205 Transmission, Pathogenèse et Prévention de l Infection par le VIH, Université Montpellier 1 and Laboratories of Bacteriology and Virology, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Lancet Infect Dis 8:490-7. 2008
..Strategies to control HSV2 and other herpesviruses deserve urgent attention and should become part of the HIV-1 prevention and care package...
- Association between bacterial vaginosis and Herpes simplex virus type-2 infection: implications for HIV acquisition studies
Nicolas Nagot
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ITD CRU, London, UK
Sex Transm Infect 83:365-8. 2007
..Recent research suggests an association between BV and HSV-2 acquisition, but the converse has not been studied. Here, we investigate whether an association exists between BV and HSV-2 infection..
- Viral load and physical status of human papillomavirus (HPV) 18 in cervical samples from female sex workers infected with HPV 18 in Burkina Faso
Audrey Damay
Department of Virology and Pathology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
J Med Virol 81:1786-91. 2009
..02). Both HPV 18 DNA and integrated DNA loads might represent markers of cervical lesions. Prospective evaluations are needed to establish the value of these parameters to predict high-grade lesion or lesion progression...
- Long-term hepatitis B virus surface antigen decay in HIV-1/hepatitis B virus-coinfected adults initiating a tenofovir-containing regimen
E Tuaillon
Universite de Montpellier 1, INSERM Unité 1058, Montpellier, France
J Clin Microbiol 50:3096-8. 2012
..21 to 0.09) in 12 patients experiencing HIV-1 virologic failure due to suboptimal adherence to ARV (P = 0.17). We estimated that six of these 18 patients will attain HBsAg values below 10 IU/ml after 10 years of treatment...
- Mobility and HIV-related sexual behavior in Burkina Faso
Maria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology and the MEASURE Evaluation Project at the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
AIDS Behav 12:202-12. 2008
..Mobile women were most likely to be interviewed at venues such as bars and clubs, making these appropriate locations for HIV/AIDS interventions. Mobility was not associated with HIV-related sexual behaviors among men...
- Effect of HIV-1 and antiretroviral therapy on herpes simplex virus type 2: a prospective study in African women
P Mayaud
Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E7HT, UK
Sex Transm Infect 84:332-7. 2008
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- HIV-related sexual behavior in urban, rural and border areas of Burkina Faso
Maria Khan
MEASURE Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center and Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524, USA
AIDS Behav 10:607-17. 2006
- Is sexually transmitted infection management among sex workers still able to mitigate the spread of HIV infection in West Africa?
Nicolas Nagot
From the Centre Muraz, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:454-8. 2005
..To assess the role of sexually transmitted infection (STI) management to prevent HIV acquisition among sex workers in Burkina Faso...
