The variables under study were described using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, and mean. To predict the cumulative incidence, which was expressed per 1000 person-months, we employed competing risk regression with a proportional subdistribution hazard model. Variables in the bi...
Nearly all respondents (Kenya: 98.7%, Malawi: 99.8%, Zambia: 98.9%) reported at least one sexual-related HIV-associated factor. Inconsistent condom use was the most prevalent HIV-associated behavior in all countries (Kenya: 75.3%, Malawi: 93.9%, Zambia: 74.8%). Violence survivorship (Kenya: ...
HIV/AIDS among youth in urban informal (slum) settlements in Kenya: what are the correlates of and motivations for HIV testing? BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):685. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Tarkang EE, Zotor FB. Application of the health belief model (HBM) in HIV ...
33,34,35,36] reported that nutraceutical plants were being used to manage a wide range of diseases. For example, ninety four (94) plant species were reported to be used in managing HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Livingstone, Zambia [33]. Seventeen (17) plants located in Western and E...
该论文2023年刊发于Journal of Development Economics。作者于航为北京大学国家发展研究院助理教授,共同作者还有密歇根大学Dean Yang, James Riddle IV, IFPRI的James Allen IV, 莫桑比克国家卫生研究院的Arlete Mahumane。 人类免疫缺陷病毒(Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 简称HIV)往往可以在感染者体内潜伏长达数年。因而...
There is limited information about sexual behavior among volunteers who participated in phase I/II human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine trial. This article describes the sexual behavior, practices before, and after participation in phase I/II HIV vaccine trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We ...
Increasing HIV drug resistance (DR) among children with HIV (CHIV) on antiretroviral treatment (ART) is concerning. CHIV ages 1–14 years enrolled from March 2019 to December 2020 from five facilities in Kisumu County, Kenya, were included. Children were
The HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Russia is large and not well-controlled. To describe the more recent molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, transmitted drug resistance, and the relationship between the epidemics in this region, we sequenced the protease
The observed increase in PrEP use among FSWs in the Tanga region may be an indication of the responsive nature of HIV prevention interventions carried out in the country (5). PrEP uptake among FSW observed in this study is higher than that observed in Kenya (44%) and South Africa (16%)...
Adults living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection (ALHIV) have high rates of cardiovascular events. New approaches are needed to detect subclinical cardiac dysfunction. We used conventional and speckle tracking echocardiography to investiga