Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA genital tract shedding after cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Western Kenya

Authors

Elkanah Omenge, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Anne Bocage, Brown University, USA
Tao Liu, Brown University, USA
Peter Itsura, Moi University, Kenya
Philip Tonui, Moi University, Kenya
Kapten Muthoka, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare Partnership, Kenya
Stephen Kiptoo, Moi University, Kenya
Angela Caliendo, Brown University, USA
Soya Sam, Brown University, USA
Susan Cu-Uvin, Brown University, USA

Document Type

Article

Department

Obstetrics and Gynaecology (East Africa)

Abstract

Abstract :This prospective study of 39 women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on antiretroviral therapy in Western Kenya aimed to quantify genital tract HIV-1 RNA (GT-HIV RNA) shedding before and after cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Most GT-HIV RNA shedding was detected precryotherapy, suggesting that cryotherapy was not the primary cause of shedding.

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac662

Recommended Citation

Omenge, E., Bocage, A., Liu, T., Itsura, P., Tonui, P., Muthoka, K., Kiptoo, S., Caliendo, A., Sam, S., Cu-Uvin, S. (2023). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA genital tract shedding after cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Western Kenya. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(1), 1-5.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_obstet_gynaecol/649

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