Search Results - "Tamba N'Gom, Pa"
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Low level viremia and high CD4% predict normal survival in a cohort of HIV type-2-infected villagers
Published in AIDS research and human retroviruses (01-11-2002)“…A community-based study of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) infection was conducted in a rural village in northern Guinea Bissau, West Africa to…”
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Quantification of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Provirus Load in a Rural West African Population: No Enhancement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Pathogenesis, but HTLV-I Provirus Load Relates to Mortality
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-12-2003)“…Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) provirus load was examined in a cohort of a population in Guinea-Bissau among whom human immunodeficiency virus…”
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Early immunological development and mortality from infectious disease in later life
Published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (01-08-2006)“…In rural Gambia the risk of mainly infection-related mortality is 10-fold higher for adults born in the nutritionally-debilitating ‘hungry’ season, suggesting…”
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Interleukin 7 from maternal milk crosses the intestinal barrier and modulates T-cell development in offspring
Published in PloS one (30-06-2011)“…Breastfeeding protects against illnesses and death in hazardous environments, an effect partly mediated by improved immune function. One hypothesis suggests…”
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Maternal HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection and child survival in The Gambia
Published in AIDS (London) (10-03-2000)“…To compare the survival of children born to HIV-1 or HIV-2 seropositive mothers with that of children born to HIV-seronegative mothers and to evaluate risk…”
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Maternal malnutrition and the risk of infection in later life
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Plasma RNA viral load predicts the rate of CD4 T cell decline and death in HIV-2-infected patients in West Africa
Published in AIDS (London) (10-03-2000)“…To examine whether the levels of plasma RNA and DNA provirus predict the rate of CD4 cell decline and patient death. Retrospective analysis of HIV-2 cohort…”
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Birth season and environmental influences on blood leucocyte and lymphocyte subpopulations in rural Gambian infants
Published in BMC immunology (07-05-2008)“…In rural Gambia, birth season predicts infection-related adult mortality, providing evidence that seasonal factors in early life may programme immune…”
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HIV-2-infected patients survive longer than HIV-1-infected patients
Published in AIDS (London) (01-11-1994)“…To compare survival of patients infected with HIV-1 and HIV-2. Longitudinal follow-up of 175 HIV-1- and 294 HIV-2-infected patients identified in, or referred…”
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Symposium on 'Nutritional influences on developmental immunology'
Published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (01-08-2006)“…In rural Gambia the risk of mainly infection-related mortality is 10-fold higher for adults born in the nutritionally-debilitating 'hungry' season, suggesting…”
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In utero arsenic exposure is associated with impaired thymic function in newborns possibly via oxidative stress and apoptosis
Published in Toxicological sciences (01-10-2012)“…Prenatal arsenic exposure is associated with increased infant morbidity and reduced thymus size, indicating arsenic-related developmental immunotoxicity. We…”
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Early life nutritional influences on thymic activity and T cell parameters in adults
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2011)“…Objective To evaluated whether seasonal variations in food supplies during the perinatal period permanently programmed adult immunity. Methods The annual…”
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Old rhesus macaques treated with interleukin-7 show increased TREC levels and respond well to influenza vaccination
Published in Rejuvenation research (01-03-2007)“…Old age is accompanied by an increased incidence of infection and poorer responses to vaccination. In this proof of principle study, old female rhesus macaques…”
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The Potential Role and Possible Immunological Mechanisms of Zinc Adjunctive Therapy for Severe Pneumonia in Children
Published in The open immunology journal (2011)“…Zinc deficiency is widespread and tends to mirror the distribution of infectious diseases prevalent in the developing world. Despite numerous observational…”
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Interleukin-7: An Interleukin for Rejuvenating the Immune System
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-06-2004)“…: Infection of an individual (aged 20‐30 years) by a virus will cause a response from the T (thymus derived) lymphocytes of which there are approximately 3 ×…”
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No evidence of long-term immunosuppression after high-titer Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccination in Senegal
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-01-1995)“…In measles vaccine trials in Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Haiti, girls who received high-titer Edmonston-Zagreb (EZ; > 10 super(4.7) infectious particles) or…”
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No Evidence of Long-Term Immunosuppression after High-Titer Edmonstron-Zagreb Measles Vaccination in Senegal
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