| hormonal contraception, vitamin a deficiency, and other risk factors for shedding of hiv-1 infected cells from the cervix and vagina. | factors that influence shedding of hiv-1 infected cells in cervical and vaginal secretions may be important determinants of sexual and vertical transmission of the virus. we investigated whether hormonal contraceptive use, vitamin a deficiency, and other variables were risk factors for cervical and vaginal shedding of hiv-infected cells. | 1997 | 9314871 |
| contribution of hiv-1 infection to acquisition of sexually transmitted disease: a 10-year prospective study. | sexually transmitted diseases (stds) enhance human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-1 susceptibility, but few studies have examined the reciprocal effect of hiv-1 on std acquisition. | 2004 | 15633091 |
| infection with trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of hiv-1 acquisition. | we conducted a prospective study among women in mombasa, kenya, to determine whether trichomonas vaginalis infection was associated with an increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infection. at monthly follow-up visits, laboratory screening for hiv-1 and genital tract infections was conducted. among 1335 hiv-1-seronegative women monitored for a median of 566 days, there were 806 incident t. vaginalis infections (23.6/100 person-years), and 265 women seroconverted to hiv-1 ( ... | 2007 | 17262712 |
| heavy episodic drinking among kenyan female sex workers is associated with unsafe sex, sexual violence and sexually transmitted infections. | this study examined patterns of alcohol use and its association with unsafe sex and related sequelae among female sex workers in mombasa, kenya. a community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using snowball sampling. binge drinkers (> or =5 alcoholic drinks on > or =1 occasion in the previous month) were compared with non-binge drinkers. of 719 participants, 22.4% were lifetime-alcohol abstainers, 44.7% non-binge and 33.0% binge drinkers. compared with non-binge drinkers, binge drinkers w ... | 2007 | 18005511 |
| maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in mombasa kenya; a needs assessment. | in sub-saharan africa, few services specifically address the needs of women in the first year after childbirth. by assessing the health status of women in this period, key interventions to improve maternal health could be identified. there is an underutilised opportunity to include these interventions within the package of services provided for woman-child pairs attending child-health clinics. | 2009 | 19891784 |
| a prospective study of vaginal trichomoniasis and hiv-1 shedding in women on antiretroviral therapy. | trichomonas vaginalis has been associated with increased vaginal hiv-1 rna shedding in antiretroviral therapy (art)-naïve women. the effect of trichomoniasis on vaginal hiv-1 shedding in art-treated women has not been characterized. we tested the hypothesis that t. vaginalis infection would increase vaginal hiv-1 rna shedding in women on art, and that successful treatment would reduce vaginal hiv-1 rna levels. | 2011 | 22047086 |