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The journey to improve the prevention and management of childhood tuberculosis: the Kenyan experience by Maleche-Obimbo, E., Wanjau, W., Kathure, I.

“…Child tuberculosis (TB) cases in Kenya, a high TB burden country, constitute more than one tenth of all TB cases. This paper describes Kenya's efforts in the…”
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Incidence and correlates of tuberculosis IGRA conversion among HIV-infected postpartum women by Jonnalagadda, S., LaCourse, S. M., Otieno, P., Lohman-Payne, B., Maleche-Obimbo, E., Cranmer, L. M., John-Stewart, G. C.

“…SETTING: Prevention of maternal-to-child transmission program at a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. The risk of acquiring Mycobacterium tuberculosis…”
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Respiratory disease, tuberculosis and HIV in African children by Maleche-Obimbo, E

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Hypo-phosphataemia in children under five years with kwashiorkor and marasmic kwashiorkor by Kimutai, D, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Kamenwa, R, Murila, F

“…Severe malnutrition contributes up to 50% of childhood mortality in developing countries is frequently characterised by electrolyte depletion, including low…”
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Infants with late breast milk acquisition of HIV-1 generate interferon-gamma responses more rapidly than infants with early peripartum acquisition by Lohman-Payne, B, Slyker, J.A, Richardson, B.A, Farquhar, C, Majiwa, M, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Mbori-Ngacha, D, Overbaugh, J, Rowland-Jones, S, John-Stewart, G

“…Infants infected with HIV-1 after the first month of life have a lower viral set-point and slower disease progression than infants infected before 1 month. We…”
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ADHERENCE TO PNEUMONIA GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN 2 - 59 MONTHS AT GARRISA PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL by Mutinda, C M, Onyango, F E, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Kumar, R, Wamalwa, D, Were, F, Osano, B, Mburugu, P

“…Clinical Practice Guidelines for childhood illnesses including pneumonia in Kenya are contained in the Ministry of Health Basic Paediatric Protocols. In the…”
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Primary health care, selective or comprehensive, which way to go? by OBIMBO, E. M

“…To critically review the advantages and disadvantages of selective versus comprehensive Primary Health Care (PHC) approaches as a strategy towards improving…”
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Bacteraemia, urinary tract infection and malaria in hospitalised febrile children in Nairobi: is there an association? by Okwara, F N, Obimbo, E M, Wafula, E M, Murila, F V

“…There is laboratory evidence of altered immune function in children with malaria. Bacterial infections have been documented to complicate severe forms of…”
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Predictors of mortality in hiv-1 exposed uninfected post-neonatal infants at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi by GICHUHI, C, OBIMBO, E, MBORI-NGACHA, D, MWATHA, A, OTIENO, P, FARQUHAR, C, WARIUA, G, WAMALWA, D, BOSIRE, R, JOHN-STEWART, G

“…To identify potential predictors of mortality, to determine mortality rate and to identify prevalent causes of death in a cohort of HIV-1 exposed uninfected…”
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Emerging issues in measles by Obimbo, E M

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Clinical standards for drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents by Chiang, S. S., Graham, S. M., Schaaf, H. S., Marais, B. J., Sant'Anna, C. C., Sharma, S., Starke, J. R., Triasih, R., Achar, J., Amanullah, F., Armitage, L. Y., Aurilio, R. B., Buck, W. C., Centis, R., Chabala, C., Cruz, A. T., Demers, A.-M., du Preez, K., Enimil, A., Furin, J., Garcia-Prats, A. J., Gonzalez, N. E., Hoddinott, G., Isaakidis, P., Jaganath, D., Kabra, S. K., Kampmann, B., Kay, A., Kitai, I., Lopez-Varela, E., Maleche-Obimbo, E., Malaspina, F. Mestanza, Velásquez, J. Niederbacher, Nuttall, J. J. C., Oliwa, J. N., Andrade, I. Orozco, Perez-Velez, C. M., Rabie, H., Seddon, J. A., Sekadde, M. P., Shen, A., Skrahina, A., Soriano-Arandes, A., Steenhoff, A. P., Tebruegge, M., Tovar, M. A., Tsogt, B., van der Zalm, M. M., Welch, H., Migliori, G. B.

“…BACKGROUND: These clinical standards aim to provide guidance for diagnosis, treatment, and management of drug-susceptible TB in children and…”
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Incidence and co-factors of Mtb infection in first two years of life: observational follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of INH to prevent primary Mtb infection among HIV-exposed uninfected children by LaCourse, S, Escudero, J, Carimo, N, Richardson, B, Cranmer, L, Warr, A, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Mecha, J, Matemo, D, Kinuthia, J, Hawn, T, John-Stewart, G

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers and knowledge of health workers regarding care of the newborn umbilical cord by Obimbo, E, Musoke, R N, Were, F

“…To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of mothers and the knowledge of health workers regarding care of the newborn umbilical cord…”
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C25 HIV-ASSOCIATED LUNG INFECTIONS/DISORDERS - FROM BASIC TO CLINICAL: Sensitivity And Specificity Of Respiratory Symptoms And Clinical Signs For Abnormal Spirometry Among Hiv+ Individuals In Kenya by Attia, E F, Maleche-Obimbo, E, Yatich, N, Ndukwe, L, Sakr, S, El Antouny, N G, Chung, M H, Crothers, K A

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The journey to improve the prevention and management of childhood tuberculosis: the Kenyan experience by Maleche-Obimbo, E, Wanjau, W, Kathure, I

“…Child tuberculosis (TB) cases in Kenya, a high TB burden country, constitute more than one tenth of all TB cases. This paper describes Kenya's efforts in the…”
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Early Response to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1-Infected Kenyan Children by Wamalwa, Dalton C, Farquhar, Carey, Obimbo, Elizabeth M, Selig, Sara, Mbori-Ngacha, Dorothy A, Richardson, Barbra A, Overbaugh, Julie, Emery, Sandy, Wariua, Grace, Gichuhi, Christine, Bosire, Rose, John-Stewart, Grace

“…OBJECTIVES:To describe the early response to World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line…”
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Acute cytomegalovirus infection in Kenyan HIV-infected infants by Slyker, Jennifer A, Lohman-Payne, Barbara L, John-Stewart, Grace C, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Emery, Sandra, Richardson, Barbra, Dong, Tao, Iversen, Astrid Kn, Mbori-Ngacha, Dorothy, Overbaugh, Julie, Emery, Vincent C, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L

“…Cytomegalovirus (CMV) coinfection may influence HIV-1 disease progression during infancy. Our aim was to describe the incidence of CMV infection and the…”
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Breast milk cellular HIV-specific interferon γ responses are associated with protection from peripartum HIV transmission by LOHMAN-PAYNE, Barbara, SLYKER, Jennifer A, JOHN-STEWART, Grace, MOORE, Stephen, MALECHE-OBIMBO, Elizabeth, WAMALWA, Dalton C, RICHARDSON, Barbra A, ROWLAND-JONES, Sarah, MBORI-NGACHA, Dorothy, FARQUHAR, Carey, OVERBAUGH, Julie

“…Breast milk is a major route of infant HIV infection, yet the majority of breast-fed, HIV-exposed infants escape infection by unknown mechanisms. This study…”
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PedVacc 002: A phase I/II randomized clinical trial of MVA.HIVA vaccine administered to infants born to human immunodeficiency virus type 1-positive mothers in Nairobi by Njuguna, Irene N, Ambler, Gwen, Reilly, Marie, Ondondo, Beatrice, Kanyugo, Mercy, Lohman-Payne, Barbara, Gichuhi, Christine, Borthwick, Nicola, Black, Antony, Mehedi, Shams-Rony, Sun, Jiyu, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Chohan, Bhavna, John-Stewart, Grace C, Jaoko, Walter, Hanke, Tomáš

“…Highlights • MVA.HIVA vaccine was tested for the first time in HIV-1-exposed infants in Africa. • PedVacc 002 had 99% retention of infants over 48 weeks of…”
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HIV-exposed uninfected infants: elevated cord blood Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is significantly associated with maternal HIV infection and systemic IL-8 in a Kenyan cohort by Lohman-Payne, Barbara, Gabriel, Benjamin, Park, Sangshin, Wamalwa, Dalton, Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Farquhar, Carey, Bosire, Rose Kerubo, John-Stewart, Grace

“…Background In low and middle income countries, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exposed, uninfected (HEU) infants demonstrate higher morbidity and mortality…”
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