Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Wamalwa, Dalton"

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    • HIV and SARS-CoV-2 infection in postpartum Kenyan women and their infants 

      Begnel, Emily R; Chohan, Bhavna H; Ojee, Ednah; Adhiambo, Judith; Owiti, Prestone; Ogweno, Vincent; Holland, LaRinda A; Fish, Carolyn S; Richardson, Barbra A; Khan, Adam K; Maqsood, Rabia; Lim, Efrem S; Sadarangani, Manish; Lehman, Dara A; Slyker, Jennifer; Kinuthia, John; Wamalwa, Dalton; Gantt, Soren (University of Nairobi, 2023)
      Background: HIV may increase SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and COVID-19 severity generally, but data are limited about its impact on postpartum women and their infants. As such, we characterized SARS-CoV-2 infection among ...

    • Natural killer cell and T-cell subset distributions and activation influence susceptibility to perinatal HIV-1 infection 

      Wamalwa, Dalton; Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth; Bosire, Rose; Lejarcegui, Nicholas; Itaya, Grace; Kunwar, Pratima; Gasper, Melanie A (2014)
      OBJECTIVE: To determine neonatal immunologic factors that correlate with mother-to-child-transmission of HIV-1. DESIGN: This case-control study compared cord blood natural killer (NK) and T-cell populations of HIV-1 ...