Publications
| bacterial meningitis among children under the age of 2 years in a high human immunodeficiency virus prevalence area after haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine introduction. | aim: the aim of this study was to describe bacterial causes of meningitis among children < 2 years in a high human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) prevalence area after introduction of routine haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. methods: data collected between april 2003 and december 2008 were extracted from a surveillance database and medical records of children < 2 years admitted in mbarara hospital, uganda with suspected bacterial meningitis. hiv infection was confirmed using rapid test ... | 2011 | 22077853 |
| foci of endemic simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wild-living eastern chimpanzees (pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). | simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzees (sivcpz) is the immediate precursor to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1), yet remarkably, the distribution and prevalence of sivcpz in wild ape populations are unknown. studies of sivcpz infection rates in wild chimpanzees are complicated by the species' endangered status and by its geographic location in remote areas of sub-saharan africa. we have developed sensitive and specific urine and fecal tests for sivcpz antibody and virion rna (vrn ... | 2003 | 12805455 |