| 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 |
| 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 |
| hormonal contraception and risk of cervical infections among hiv-1-seropositive kenyan women. | to evaluate the relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and the acquisition of cervical sexually transmitted infections (sti) among hiv-1-infected women. | 2004 | 15577651 |
| selenium deficiency is associated with shedding of hiv-1--infected cells in the female genital tract. | to assess the relation between selenium deficiency and vaginal or cervical shedding of hiv-1-infected cells. | 2001 | 11317079 |
| treatment of cervicitis is associated with decreased cervical shedding of hiv-1. | to determine whether cervical mucosal shedding of hiv-1 rna and hiv-1 infected cells decreases following successful treatment of cervicitis. | 2001 | 11192850 |