Chipepo Kankasa

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1 Clinical outcomes and CD4 cell response in children receiving antiretroviral therapy at primary health care facilities in Zambia. JAMA 2007 7.00
2 Effects of early, abrupt weaning on HIV-free survival of children in Zambia. N Engl J Med 2008 6.80
3 Single-dose tenofovir and emtricitabine for reduction of viral resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs in women given intrapartum nevirapine for perinatal HIV prevention: an open-label randomised trial. Lancet 2007 3.42
4 Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet 2011 3.21
5 Women in couples antenatal HIV counseling and testing are not more likely to report adverse social events. AIDS 2005 3.15
6 Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2005 2.97
7 Issues in the design of a clinical trial with a behavioral intervention--the Zambia exclusive breast-feeding study. Control Clin Trials 2004 2.36
8 Does severity of HIV disease in HIV-infected mothers affect mortality and morbidity among their uninfected infants? Clin Infect Dis 2005 2.32
9 Early clinical and immune response to NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy among women with prior exposure to single-dose nevirapine. AIDS 2007 2.19
10 Barriers to acceptance and adherence of antiretroviral therapy in urban Zambian women: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 2009 2.18
11 Reduction in preterm delivery and neonatal mortality after the introduction of antenatal cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV-infected women with low CD4 cell counts. J Infect Dis 2006 2.05
12 Postnatal human herpesvirus 8 and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in mothers and infants from Zambia. J Infect Dis 2003 1.74
13 Growth faltering due to breastfeeding cessation in uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia. Am J Clin Nutr 2009 1.73
14 Traditional practices and exposure to bodily fluids in Lusaka, Zambia. Trop Med Int Health 2007 1.71
15 Predictors of nonadherence to single-dose nevirapine therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006 1.71
16 Elevations in mortality associated with weaning persist into the second year of life among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers. Clin Infect Dis 2010 1.70
17 Potential impact of new WHO criteria for antiretroviral treatment for prevention of mother-to- child HIV transmission. AIDS 2010 1.64
18 High uptake of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced early post-natal HIV transmission. PLoS One 2007 1.62
19 Hiv-specific secretory IgA in breast milk of HIV-positive mothers is not associated with protection against HIV transmission among breast-fed infants. J Pediatr 2006 1.61
20 The impact of daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy on mortality and hospital admissions in HIV-infected Zambian children. Clin Infect Dis 2007 1.61
21 'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby' a qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia. Int Breastfeed J 2008 1.56
22 Mortality and virologic outcomes after access to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected women who received single-dose nevirapine in Lusaka, Zambia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009 1.40
23 Prolonged breast-feeding and mortality up to two years post-partum among HIV-positive women in Zambia. AIDS 2005 1.36
24 Nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine pharmacokinetics in African children on paediatric fixed-dose combination tablets. AIDS 2008 1.36
25 Early weaning increases diarrhea morbidity and mortality among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia. J Infect Dis 2011 1.26
26 Differential effects of early weaning for HIV-free survival of children born to HIV-infected mothers by severity of maternal disease. PLoS One 2009 1.25
27 Post-weaning breast milk HIV-1 viral load, blood prolactin levels and breast milk volume. AIDS 2006 1.20
28 Characterization of HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoproteins from perinatally infected children with different courses of disease. Retrovirology 2006 1.19
29 Distribution of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 in maternal saliva and breast milk in Zambia: implications for transmission. J Infect Dis 2004 1.15
30 Restriction of HIV-1 genotypes in breast milk does not account for the population transmission genetic bottleneck that occurs following transmission. PLoS One 2010 1.13
31 Functional properties of the HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoprotein associated with mother-to-child transmission. Virology 2010 1.13
32 Infectious molecular clone of a recently transmitted pediatric human immunodeficiency virus clade C isolate from Africa: evidence of intraclade recombination. J Virol 2004 1.13
33 Alpha-defensins in the prevention of HIV transmission among breastfed infants. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2005 1.12
34 Early childhood infection by human herpesvirus 8 in Zambia and the role of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coinfection in a highly endemic area. Am J Epidemiol 2008 1.11
35 Infant-feeding practices of mothers of known HIV status in Lusaka, Zambia. Health Policy Plan 2003 1.11
36 Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant. Retrovirology 2005 1.07
37 Phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis of HIV type 1 env gp120 in cases of subtype C mother-to-child transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2002 1.06
38 Pregnancy loss and role of infant HIV status on perinatal mortality among HIV-infected women. BMC Pediatr 2012 1.04
39 High concentrations of interleukin 15 in breast milk are associated with protection against postnatal HIV transmission. J Infect Dis 2009 1.04
40 Development of an immunofluorescence assay using recombinant proteins expressed in insect cells to screen and confirm presence of human herpesvirus 8-specific antibodies. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2008 1.03
41 Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children. Int J Epidemiol 2008 1.03
42 Addition of single-dose tenofovir and emtricitabine to intrapartum nevirapine to reduce perinatal HIV transmission. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2008 1.03
43 Temporal and lateral dynamics of HIV shedding and elevated sodium in breast milk among HIV-positive mothers during the first 4 months of breast-feeding. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2008 1.02
44 Restricted genetic diversity of HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoprotein from perinatally infected Zambian infants. PLoS One 2010 0.96
45 Human milk oligosaccharide concentration and risk of postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. Am J Clin Nutr 2012 0.96
46 Reduced mortality associated with breast-feeding-acquired HIV infection and breast-feeding among HIV-infected children in Zambia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2008 0.95
47 Coverage of primary mother-to-child HIV transmission isolates by second-generation broadly neutralizing antibodies. AIDS 2013 0.93
48 Genetic variation in mother-child acute seroconverter pairs from Zambia. AIDS 2008 0.92
49 Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial. BMC Public Health 2014 0.92
50 4E10-resistant HIV-1 isolated from four subjects with rare membrane-proximal external region polymorphisms. PLoS One 2010 0.91
51 Lactation-associated postpartum weight changes among HIV-infected women in Zambia. Int J Epidemiol 2010 0.91
52 Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2011 0.89
53 PEPFAR scale-up of pediatric HIV services: innovations, achievements, and challenges. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2012 0.88
54 Multiple independent lineages of HIV-1 persist in breast milk and plasma. AIDS 2011 0.88
55 Primary gamma-herpesviral infection in Zambian children. BMC Infect Dis 2010 0.87
56 Pharmacokinetics of nevirapine in HIV-infected infants weighing 3 kg to less than 6 kg taking paediatric fixed dose combination tablets. AIDS 2012 0.87
57 Low and undetectable breast milk interleukin-7 concentrations are associated with reduced risk of postnatal HIV transmission. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2007 0.86
58 Detection of low levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be critical for early diagnosis of pediatric HIV infection by use of dried blood spots. J Clin Microbiol 2009 0.86
59 Short communication: antiretroviral therapy resistance mutations present in the HIV type 1 subtype C pol and env regions from therapy-naive patients in Zambia. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2010 0.85
60 Reuse of single-dose nevirapine in subsequent pregnancies for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia: a cohort study. BMC Infect Dis 2008 0.85
61 Is nevirapine dose-escalation appropriate in young, African, HIV-infected children? AIDS 2013 0.85
62 Exclusive breastfeeding, maternal HIV disease, and the risk of clinical breast pathology in HIV-infected, breastfeeding women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011 0.85
63 The mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine (MEC/CCL28) modulates immunity in HIV infection. PLoS One 2007 0.84
64 Risk reduction among HIV-seroconcordant and -discordant couples: the Zambia NOW2 intervention. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2014 0.84
65 HIV-1 concentrations in human breast milk before and after weaning. Sci Transl Med 2013 0.84
66 Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174. BMC Infect Dis 2012 0.83
67 Integration of services for victims of child sexual abuse at the university teaching hospital one-stop centre. J Trop Med 2010 0.83
68 Limited sampling models to predict the pharmacokinetics of nevirapine, stavudine, and lamivudine in HIV-infected children treated with pediatric fixed-dose combination tablets. Ther Drug Monit 2010 0.82
69 Risk factors for early childhood infection of human herpesvirus-8 in Zambian children: the role of early childhood feeding practices. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 0.82
70 The Zambia Children's KS-HHV8 Study: rationale, study design, and study methods. Am J Epidemiol 2011 0.82
71 Early childhood infection of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Zambian households: a molecular analysis. Int J Cancer 2012 0.80
72 Veterinary field test as screening tool for mastitis and HIV-1 viral load in breastmilk from HIV-infected Zambian women. Breastfeed Med 2007 0.80
73 Higher levels of neutralizing antibodies against KSHV in KS patients compared to asymptomatic individuals from Zambia. PLoS One 2013 0.79
74 Performance of modified WHO presumptive criteria for diagnosis of HIV infection in children <18 months admitted to University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. Med J Zambia 2010 0.79
75 Effect of using HIV and infant feeding counselling cards on the quality of counselling provided to HIV positive mothers: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Int Breastfeed J 2011 0.79
76 Dynamics of breast milk HIV-1 RNA with unilateral mastitis or abscess. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2013 0.78
77 HIV prevention is not enough: child survival in the context of prevention of mother to child HIV transmission. J Int AIDS Soc 2009 0.77
78 Impact of chloroquine on viral load in breast milk. Trop Med Int Health 2006 0.76
79 Increased Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk occurs with subclinical mastitis and HIV shedding. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 0.75
80 Mortality among HIV-1- and human herpesvirus type 8-affected mother-infant pairs in Zambia. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 0.75
81 Human milk galectin-3 binding protein and breast-feeding-associated HIV transmission. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013 0.75
82 HIV drug resistance in infants increases with changing PMTCT regimens. AIDS 2017 0.75
83 HIV drug resistance in infants increases with changing prevention of mother-to-child transmission regimens. AIDS 2017 0.75
84 Effect of 7 days of phenytoin on the pharmacokinetics of and the development of resistance to single-dose nevirapine for perinatal HIV prevention: a randomized pilot trial. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013 0.75