Publications by authors named "Paul Adjei"

Introduction: Despite the increasing availability of prevention tools like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV incidence remains disproportionately high in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined PrEP awareness, uptake and persistence among participants enrolling into an HIV incidence cohort in Kenya.

Methods: We used cross-sectional enrolment data from the Multinational Observational Cohort of HIV and other Infections (MOCHI) in Homa Bay and Kericho, Kenya.

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Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine surveillance of pretreatment human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug resistance (HIVDR) in children <18 months of age diagnosed with HIV through early infant diagnosis (EID). In 2016, 262 children <18 months of age were diagnosed with HIV in Namibia through EID. Levels of HIVDR in this population are unknown.

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  • * The case highlights that abscesses can develop from sources outside the gastrointestinal tract and previous reports have documented similar occurrences in other parts of the body, like the head and brain.
  • * Potential reasons for this unusual infection include person-to-person transmission, insect reservoirs, and seeding from oral or intestinal infections, emphasizing the need to consider these bacteria in diagnosing extra-oral infection cases.
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A 54-year-old male, five months postorthotopic heart transplantation, presented with intermittent fevers, headaches, and "soupy" stools. Prior to presentation, he had low-level cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia for two straight weeks. Given his immunosuppression, diarrhea, and low-level CMV viremia, he was presumed to have cytomegalovirus and/or colitis and treated empirically for both on hospital day one.

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The relationship between housing and HIV infection is complex. On one hand, poor housing arrangements may affect the health of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). On the other hand, PLWHAs may be more likely to live in substandard homes because of their health.

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