HIV-1 RNA levels in an African population-based cohort and their relation to CD4 lymphocyte counts and World Health Organization clinical staging (Publications)
Apart from a small number of reports from people who are based in hospitals, data on viral load in HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan Africa, where most infections occur, are lacking. We report serum
The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast (Publications)
A study was conducted in order to determine whether children that slept under untreated bednets were protected against both malaria infection and clinical disease compared with children not sleeping u
Relationship between HIV-1 Env subtypes A and D and disease progression in a rural Ugandan cohort (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of HIV-1 envelope subtypes on disease progression in a rural cohort of Ugandan adults where two major HIV-1 subtypes (A and D) exist. METHODS: Participants of a clin
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections are associated with agglutinating antibodies to parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigens among healthy... (Publications)
Antibodies to the highly diverse variant surface antigens (VSAs) expressed on Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes are thought to play a role in the development of naturally acquired immunity t
Causes of death in a rural, population-based human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) natural history cohort in Uganda (Publications)
BACKGROUND: While human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related causes of death have been well documented in developed countries, in Africa data are scanty and mainly based on autopsy studies from city h
Outcome of delivery and cause-specific mortality and severe morbidity in early infancy: a Kenyan District Hospital birth cohort (Publications)
It has proven very difficult to determine the causes of early infant mortality and morbidity in Africa. We undertook a two-year, prospective birth cohort study in a rural Kenyan District Hospital to e
Reproducibility of pacing profiles in elite swimmers (Publications)
PURPOSE: To analyze the reproducibility of pacing in elite swimmers during competitions and to compare heats and finals within 1 event. METHODS: Finals and heats of 158 male swimmers (age 22.8 +/- 2.9
Birth weight at high altitudes in Peru (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether birth weights are lower at high altitudes, and whether gestational age at birth and a population's length of residence mitigate the effect of high altitude. METHODS: Th