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E. Karita

Researcher at National AIDS Control Programme

Publications -  26
Citations -  1439

E. Karita is an academic researcher from National AIDS Control Programme. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1418 citations.

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Postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from mother to infant. A prospective cohort study in Kigali, Rwanda.

TL;DR: A prospective cohort study in Kigali, Rwanda, of 212 mother—infant pairs who were seronegative for HIV-1 at delivery and after a mean follow-up of 16.6 months, 16 of the 212 mothers became seropositive for HIV in their infants, and one infant was excluded from the analysis because of a positive test on the blood sample obtained at birth.
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Infective and anti-infective properties of breastmilk from HIV-1-infected women

TL;DR: The combination of HIV-1-infected cells in breastmilk and a defective IgM response was the strongest predictor of infection, and IgM and IgA anti-HIV-1 in Breastmilk may protect against postnatal transmission of the virus.
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Effect of HIV-1 infection on pregnancy outcome in women in Kigali, Rwanda, 1992-1994. Pregnancy and HIV Study Group

TL;DR: In the context of high HIV prevalence, maternal HIV infection is associated with adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes even when treating STD and malaria.
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Growth of human immunodeficiency type 1-infected and uninfected children: a prospective cohort study in Kigali, Rwanda, 1988 to 1993

TL;DR: HIV-infected children were more frequently stunted (low height-for-age) than uninfected ones and wasting was not common among HIV- Infected children.
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An assessment of the timing of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by means of polymerase chain reaction.

TL;DR: Blood was collected at birth, at 3, 6-12, and 13-24 months in 218 children born to HIV-1-seropositive mothers in Kigali, Rwanda to approximate the contributions of in utero, intrapartum, and postnatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 and to evaluate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a diagnostic tool for pediatric HIV infection.