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Kevin Dransfield
Researcher at Boehringer Ingelheim
Publications - 3
Citations - 2214
Kevin Dransfield is an academic researcher from Boehringer Ingelheim. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nevirapine & Population. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 2190 citations.
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Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine compared with zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Kampala, Uganda: HIVNET 012 randomised trial
Laura Guay,Philippa Musoke,Thomas Fleming,Danstan Bagenda,Melissa Allen,Clemensia Nakabiito,Joseph Sherman,Paul M Bakaki,Constance Ducar,Martina Deseyve,Lynda Emel,Mark Mirochnick,Mary Glenn Fowler,Lynne M. Mofenson,Paolo G. Miotti,Kevin Dransfield,Dorothy Bray,Francis Mmiro,J. Brooks Jackson +18 more
TL;DR: Nevirapine lowered the risk of HIV-1 transmission during the first 14-16 weeks of life by nearly 50% in a breastfeeding population, suggesting this simple and inexpensive regimen could decrease mother-to-child HIV- 1 transmission in less-developed countries.
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A phase I / II study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of nevirapine in HIV-1-infected pregnant Ugandan women and their neonates (HIVNET 006).
Philippa Musoke,Laura Guay,Danstan Bagenda,Mark Mirochnick,Clemensia Nakabiito,Thomas Fleming,Terry Elliott,Scott Horton,Kevin Dransfield,Joseph W. Pav,Amal Murarka,Melissa Allen,Mary Glenn Fowler,Lynne M. Mofenson,David L. Hom,Francis Mmiro,J. Brooks Jackson +16 more
TL;DR: The administration of a single dose of nevirapine to women during labor and to their newborns at 72 h was well tolerated and showed potent antiretroviral activity in the women at 1 week after dosing without rebound above baseline 6 weeks after a single doses.
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Safety profile of nevirapine, a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection
TL;DR: Nevirapine is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor widely used in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus disease and has been shown to be well tolerated in both adult and pediatric patients.