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Associations between vaginal infections and potential high-risk and high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes in female sex workers in Western Kenya

Menon, Sonia; Broeck, Davy Vanden; Mabeya, Hillary (2016-12)

Purpose Infection with and persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) are the strongest risk factors for cervical cancer. Little is known about the prevalence and role of concurrent sexually transmitted ...
Effect of bacterial vaginosis (BV)-HIV-1 co-existence on maternal and infant health: a secondary data analysis

Mwenda, Ngugi; Nduati, Ruth; Kosgey, Mathew; Kerich, Gregory (2021)

Background: The lactobacillus-rich microbiome forms a defense system against infections. Babies are born sterile and acquire their microbiome from exposure to the mothers’ vaginal and rectal microbiota. Bacterial vaginosis ...
Increased interleukin-10 in the endocervical secretions of women with non-ulcerative sexually transmitted diseases: a mechanism for enhanced HIV-1 transmission?

Craig R., Cohen; Francis A., Plummer; Ian, Maclean; Caixia, Shen; Elizabeth A., Bukusi; Erastus, Irungu; Samuel, Sinei; Job, Bwayo; Robert C., Brunham; Nelly (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998-12-12)

Objective: Although non-ulcerative sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and bacterial vaginosis are implicated as cofactors in heterosexual HIV-1 transmission, the mechanisms have not been defined. Recent in vitro data ...
Morbidities and mortality among infants of HIV-1-infected mothers with bacterial vaginosis in Kenya

Ngugi, Mwendwa; Nduati, Ruth; Kosgey, Mathew; Kerich, Gregory K. (Research square, 2020)

Background: The lactobacillus-rich microbiome forms a defense system against infections. Babies are born sterile and acquire their microbiome from exposure to the mothers’ vaginal and rectal microbiota. Bacterial vaginosis ...
Public health approach to prevent cervical cancer in HIV-infected women in Kenya: Issues to consider in the design of prevention programs

Menon, Sonia; Rossi, Rodolfo; Harmon, Stacy G.; Mabeya, Hillary; Callens, Steven (Elsevier, 2017-10-16)

Women living with HIV in Africa are at increased risk to be co-infected with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), persistent high risk (HR) HPV infection and bacterial vaginosis (BV), which compounds HPV persistence, thereby increasing ...
Time effects of bacterial vaginosis on infant morbidities in Kenya assessed using modified skewed generalized estimating equations

Mwenda, Ngugi; Nduati, Ruth; Kosgey, Mathew; Kerich, Gregory K. (Research square, 2020)

Infant morbidity and mortality are indicators used globally as measures of a country’s health status. Among the 8 millennium development goals (MDGs), this study aimed to address goal four (MDG 4) on the reduction of child ...

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