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Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15-19.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and risk factors for intergenerational (IG)-sex in females aged 15-19 …
Nicole Drakes, Clarissa Perks, Alok Kumar, Kim Quimby, Colin Clarke, Rajul Patel, Ian R. Hambleton, R. Clive Landis
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Ten year trends in community HIV viral load in Barbados: implications for treatment as prevention.
BACKGROUND: Treatment as prevention is a paradigm in HIV medicine which describes the public health benefit of antiretroviral therapy …
R. Clive Landis, Songee Lynn Branch-Beckles, Shawna Crichlow, Ian R. Hambleton, Anton Best
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Homozygous sickle cell disease in Uganda and Jamaica a comparison of Bantu and Benin haplotypes.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the haematological and clinical features of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Bantu and Benin haplotypes in …
C. Ndugwa, D. Higgs, C. Fisher, I. Hambleton, K. Mason, B. E. Serjeant, G. R. Serjeant
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Systemic lupus erythematosus in an African Caribbean population: incidence, clinical manifestations, and survival in the Barbados National Lupus Registry.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the predominantly …
Cindy Flower, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, George D. Nicholson, Matthew H. Liang
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Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease can cause severe vaso-occlusive crises and dysfunction of most organ systems. The two most common …
Gavin Cho, Ian R. Hambleton
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A comparison of outcome for stroke patients in Barbados and South London.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Little is known about the poststroke outcome in Caribbean populations. We investigated differences in the …
Nigel C. Smeeton, David O. C. Corbin, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Angela M. C. Rose, Henry S. Fraser, Peter U. Heuschmann, Charles D. A. Wolfe
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A preliminary examination of the effects of genetic variants of redox enzymes on susceptibility to oedematous malnutrition and on percentage cytotoxicity in response to oxidative stress in vitro.
BACKGROUND: The causes of oedematous vs non-oedematous childhood malnutrition (OM vs NOM) remain elusive. It is possible that inherited …
K. G. Marshall, K. Swaby, K. Hamilton, S. Howell, R. C. Landis, I. R. Hambleton, M. Reid, H. Fletcher, T. Forrester, C. A. McKenzie
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Pattern of pregnancy weight gain in homozygous sickle cell disease and effect on birth size.
OBJECTIVE: To assess pregnancy weight gain and newborn anthropometry in mothers with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and normal …
M. Thame, J. Lewis, I. Hambleton, H. Trotman, G. Serjeant
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Are women who work in bars, guesthouses and similar facilities a suitable study population for vaginal microbicide trials in Africa?
BACKGROUND: A feasibility study was conducted to investigate whether an occupational at-risk cohort of women in Mwanza, Tanzania are a …
Andrew Vallely, Ian R. Hambleton, Stella Kasindi, Louise Knight, Suzanna C. Francis, Tobias Chirwa, Dean Everett, Charles Shagi, Claire Cook, Celia Barberousse, Deborah Watson-Jones, John Changalucha, David Ross, Richard J. Hayes
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Association of schistosomiasis with false-positive HIV test results in an African adolescent population.
This study was designed to investigate the factors associated with the high rate of false-positive test results observed with the …
Dean B. Everett, Kathy J. Baisely, Ruth McNerney, Ian Hambleton, Tobias Chirwa, David A. Ross, John Changalucha, Deborah Watson-Jones, Helena Helmby, David W. Dunne, David Mabey, Richard J. Hayes
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