Publications

aids virus infection in nairobi prostitutes. spread of the epidemic to east africa.	the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) is epidemic in central africa. to determine the prevalence of aids virus infection in east africa, we studied 90 female prostitutes, 40 men treated at a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, and 42 medical personnel in nairobi, kenya. antibody to human t-cell lymphotropic virus type iii (htlv-iii) was detected in the serum of 66 percent of prostitutes of low socioeconomic status, 31 percent of prostitutes of higher socioeconomic status, 8 percent ...	1986	3484804
prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection: its impact on the diagnostic yields in exudative pleural effusions at the kenyatta national hospital, nairobi.	this was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at kenyatta national hospital (knh), nairobi, among consecutively admitted adult patients with exudative pleural effusions over a one year period. the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in these patients and to compare the diagnostic yields from the pleural fluid and pleural biopsy between the hiv seropositive and hiv seronegative patients. sixty six patients were studied, with ...	1996	8991236
prevalence of helicobacter pylori and endoscopic findings in hiv seropositive patients with upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms at kenyatta national hospital, nairobi.	human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositive patients frequently experience upper gastrointestinal tract (git) symptoms that cause considerable morbidity and are due to multiple aetiologies. the role of helicobacter pylori gastric mucosal infection in hiv related upper git morbidity is unclear. no data exist on the prevalence of h. pylori gastric mucosal infection and upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in hiv seropositive patients at the kenyatta national hospital.	2002	12638804