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Timothy K. Thomas
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 43
Citations - 982
Timothy K. Thomas is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 30 publications receiving 901 citations. Previous affiliations of Timothy K. Thomas include Kenya Medical Research Institute.
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Rickets and vitamin D deficiency in Alaska native children.
Rosalyn J. Singleton,Rachel Lescher,Bradford D. Gessner,Matthew Benson,Lisa R. Bulkow,John Rosenfeld,Timothy K. Thomas,Robert C. Holman,Dana L. Haberling,Michael G. Bruce,Michael L. Bartholomew,James Tiesinga +11 more
TL;DR: The findings highlight the importance of latitude, malnutrition, and lack of vitamin D supplementation as risk factors for rickets.
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Field Evaluation of a Broadly Sensitive HIV-1 In-House Genotyping Assay for Use with both Plasma and Dried Blood Spot Specimens in a Resource-Limited Country
Seth C Inzaule,Chunfu Yang,Alex Kasembeli,Lillian Nafisa,Jully A. Okonji,Boaz Oyaro,Richard Lando,Lisa A. Mills,Kayla F. Laserson,Timothy K. Thomas,John N. Nkengasong,Clement Zeh +11 more
TL;DR: A low-cost in-house assay was adopted and validated using 68 matched plasma and dried blood spot samples with a median viral load of 58,187 copies/ml, ranging from 253 to 3,264,850 against the commercial assay ViroSeq, showing potential utility in clinical monitoring and population-based surveillance in resource-limited settings.
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Exclusive breastfeeding among women taking HAART for PMTCT of HIV-1 in the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study
TL;DR: High adherence to EBF in resource limited settings can be achieved by a comprehensive counseling intervention that encourages EBF, which was common in this clinical trial, which emphasized EBF as a best practice until infants reached 5.5 months of age.
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Correlates of prevalent sexually transmitted infections among participants screened for an HIV incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya.
Fredrick Otieno,Richard Ndivo,Simon Oswago,Sherri L. Pals,Robert T. Chen,Timothy K. Thomas,Ernesta Kunneke,Lisa A. Mills,Eleanor McLellan-Lemal +8 more
TL;DR: Odds of having any sexually transmitted infection were higher among participants who were women, were aged 20–24 or 30–34 years compared to 18–19 years, had secondary or lower education compared to tertiary education, were divorced, widowed or separated compared to singles, reported having unprotected sex, and tested HIV-positive.
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Baseline Findings of an HIV Incidence Cohort Study to Prepare for Future HIV Prevention Clinical Trials in Kisumu, Kenya
Wairimu Chege,Sherri L. Pals,Eleanor McLellan-Lemal,Sanjyot Shinde,Monicah Nyambura,Fredrick Otieno,Deborah A. Gust,Robert T. Chen,Timothy K. Thomas +8 more
TL;DR: The Kisumu Field Station successfully recruited individuals with HIV risk characteristics for the HIV incidence cohort study and the most prevalent HIV risk behaviors were unprotected sex, alcohol use, and transactional sex in the last three months.