| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| long distance truck-drivers: 1. prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (stds). | a cross section study was conducted among long distance truck drivers to determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) and antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). a total of 8 drivers and their assistants en route from port of mombasa to countries in east and central africa were enrolled into the study. blood was taken for hiv and syphilis serology. discharges from urethra and genital ulcer disease (gud) were cultured. seroprevalence for hiv was 18% and 4.6% for syph ... | 1991 | 1752221 |