| sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infection among women with genital infections in burkina faso. | this study reports the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) among gynaecological outpatients presenting at the bobo-dioulasso hospital (burkina faso) with genital infections and examines the factors associated with hiv infection in this population. of 245 eligible non-pregnant women, 220 consented to participate in the study. seventy-seven per cent had sexually transmitted infections. the most common were: trichomonas vaginalis (28%), chlamydia trachomatis (27%), bacterial vaginosi ... | 1995 | 7548291 |
| low prevalence rate of indeterminate serological human immunodeficiency virus results among pregnant women from burkina faso, west africa. | rapid human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibody tests have been adopted into national guidelines for hiv testing in many countries in sub-saharan africa. one goal of hiv rapid testing is to minimize the occurrence of indeterminate results. from january 2005 to december 2007, plasma (or serum) samples from pregnant women in bobo-dioulasso (burkina faso, west africa) were screened for hiv by using two rapid tests (the determine hiv1/2 test [abbott] and genie ii hiv-1/hiv-2 [bio-rad]) through a s ... | 2010 | 20129958 |
| anaemia during pregnancy in burkina faso, west africa, 1995-96: prevalence and associated factors. ditrame study group. | we report the results of a cross-sectional study carried out in 1995-96 on anaemia in pregnant women who were attending two antenatal clinics in bobo-dioulasso, burkina faso, as part of a research programme including a clinical trial of zidovudine (zdv) in pregnancy (anrs 049 clinical trial). for women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in africa, anaemia is of particular concern when considering the use of zdv to decrease mother-to-child transmission of hiv. the objectives were to ... | 1999 | 10612887 |
| relationship between interleukin-5 production and variations in eosinophil counts during hiv infection in west africa: influence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. | eosinophils are important effectors of the non-specific immune response and we studied whether perturbations in the production of the type 2 cytokine, interleukin-5 (il-5), could account for the variations in eosinophil counts observed in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. hiv-infected patients without helminthiasis were investigated in a cross-sectional study in west africa. eosinophil counts were significantly higher in cdc-b patients than in controls, but were dramatically decrease ... | 1999 | 10075026 |