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List of works by Chipepo Kankasa

'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby' a qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia

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4E10-resistant HIV-1 isolated from four subjects with rare membrane-proximal external region polymorphisms

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Addition of single-dose tenofovir and emtricitabine to intrapartum nevirapine to reduce perinatal HIV transmission

scientific article published in June 2008

Adolescents' Experiences and Their Suggestions for HIV Serostatus Disclosure in Zambia: A Mixed-Methods Study

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Are Prophylactic and Therapeutic Target Concentrations Different?: the Case of Lopinavir-Ritonavir or Lamivudine Administered to Infants for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV-1 Transmission during Breastfeeding

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Barriers to acceptance and adherence of antiretroviral therapy in urban Zambian women: a qualitative study

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Breast milk and in utero transmission of HIV-1 select for envelope variants with unique molecular signatures

scientific article published on 26 January 2017

Breast milk cells trafficking induces microchimerism-mediated immune system maturation in the infant

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

Breastfeeding patterns and its determinants among mothers living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus -1 in four African countries participating in the ANRS 12174 trial

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Breastfeeding-related maternal microchimerism

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Changes in body mass index and hemoglobin concentration in breastfeeding women living with HIV with a CD4 count over 350: Results from 4 African countries (The ANRS 12174 trial)

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Characterization of HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoproteins from perinatally infected children with different courses of disease

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Clinical outcomes and CD4 cell response in children receiving antiretroviral therapy at primary health care facilities in Zambia

scientific article published on October 2007

Correction: Restricted Genetic Diversity of HIV-1 Subtype C Envelope Glycoprotein from Perinatally Infected Zambian Infants.

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Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

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Coverage of primary mother-to-child HIV transmission isolates by second-generation broadly neutralizing antibodies

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Detection of low levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be critical for early diagnosis of pediatric HIV infection by use of dried blood spots

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Development of an immunofluorescence assay using recombinant proteins expressed in insect cells to screen and confirm presence of human herpesvirus 8-specific antibodies

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

Differential effects of early weaning for HIV-free survival of children born to HIV-infected mothers by severity of maternal disease

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Distribution of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 in maternal saliva and breast milk in Zambia: implications for transmission

scientific article published on 25 May 2004

Does severity of HIV disease in HIV-infected mothers affect mortality and morbidity among their uninfected infants?

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Dynamics of breast milk HIV-1 RNA with unilateral mastitis or abscess

scientific article published on March 2013

Early childhood infection by human herpesvirus 8 in Zambia and the role of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coinfection in a highly endemic area

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Early childhood infection of Kaposi's sarcoma‐associated herpesvirus in Zambian households: A molecular analysis

scientific article published on August 20, 2012

Early clinical and immune response to NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy among women with prior exposure to single-dose nevirapine

scientific article published on May 2007

Early weaning increases diarrhea morbidity and mortality among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia

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Effect of using HIV and infant feeding counselling cards on the quality of counselling provided to HIV positive mothers: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on September 26, 2011

Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published on August 2005

Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy on Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Transmission Among HIV-Infected Zambian Children.

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Effects of early, abrupt weaning on HIV-free survival of children in Zambia

scientific article published on 04 June 2008

Elevations in mortality associated with weaning persist into the second year of life among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers

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Evaluation of a density-based rapid diagnostic test for sickle cell disease in a clinical setting in Zambia

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Evolution of subtype C HIV-1 Env in a slowly progressing Zambian infant

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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial

scientific article published on July 2011

Exclusive breastfeeding, maternal HIV disease, and the risk of clinical breast pathology in HIV-infected, breastfeeding women

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

Extended pre-exposure prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir versus lamivudine to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding up to 50 weeks in infants in Africa (ANRS 12174): a randomised controlled trial

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Food and Drink Sharing in the Household are Associated with HHV-8 Seroconversion in a Cohort of Zambian Children

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Functional properties of the HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoprotein associated with mother-to-child transmission

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Genetic variation in mother???child acute seroconverter pairs from Zambia

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Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

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Growth faltering due to breastfeeding cessation in uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

HIV drug resistance in infants increases with changing prevention of mother-to-child transmission regimens

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HIV prevention is not enough: child survival in the context of prevention of mother to child HIV transmission

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HIV-1 concentrations in human breast milk before and after weaning

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HIV-1 disease progression in immune-competent HIV-1-infected and breastfeeding mothers participating in the ANRS 12174 clinical trial in Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia: a cohort study.

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High concentrations of interleukin 15 in breast milk are associated with protection against postnatal HIV transmission

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High uptake of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced early post-natal HIV transmission

scientific article published on 26 December 2007

Higher Levels of Neutralizing Antibodies against KSHV in KS Patients Compared to Asymptomatic Individuals from Zambia

scientific article published on August 14, 2013

Hiv-specific secretory IgA in breast milk of HIV-positive mothers is not associated with protection against HIV transmission among breast-fed infants

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Human milk galectin-3 binding protein and breast-feeding-associated HIV transmission

scientific article published on December 2013

Human milk oligosaccharide concentration and risk of postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding

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Impact of chloroquine on viral load in breast milk

scientific article published on June 2006

Increased Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk occurs with subclinical mastitis and HIV shedding

scientific article published on July 2016

Infant-feeding practices of mothers of known HIV status in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published on June 1, 2003

Infants and young children feeding practices and nutritional status in two districts of Zambia

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Infectious molecular clone of a recently transmitted pediatric human immunodeficiency virus clade C isolate from Africa: evidence of intraclade recombination

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Integration of services for victims of child sexual abuse at the university teaching hospital one-stop centre

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Is nevirapine dose-escalation appropriate in young, African, HIV-infected children?

scientific article published in August 2013

Issues in the design of a clinical trial with a behavioral intervention--the Zambia exclusive breast-feeding study

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Lactation-associated postpartum weight changes among HIV-infected women in Zambia

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Limited sampling models to predict the pharmacokinetics of nevirapine, stavudine, and lamivudine in HIV-infected children treated with pediatric fixed-dose combination tablets

scientific article published in June 2010

Longitudinal analysis of the humoral response to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus after primary infection in children

scientific article published on 7 April 2016

Lopinavir/Ritonavir versus Lamivudine peri-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding: the PROMISE-PEP trial Protocol ANRS 12174.

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Low and undetectable breast milk interleukin-7 concentrations are associated with reduced risk of postnatal HIV transmission

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Mortality among HIV-1- and human herpesvirus type 8-affected mother-infant pairs in Zambia

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Mortality and virologic outcomes after access to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected women who received single-dose nevirapine in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published on September 2009

Multiple independent lineages of HIV-1 persist in breast milk and plasma

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Nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine pharmacokinetics in African children on paediatric fixed-dose combination tablets

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Oligosaccharide composition of breast milk influences survival of uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Lusaka, Zambia

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PEPFAR scale-up of pediatric HIV services: innovations, achievements, and challenges

scientific article published on August 2012

Pediatric malignancies, treatment outcomes and abandonment of pediatric cancer treatment in Zambia

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Performance of modified WHO presumptive criteria for diagnosis of HIV infection in children <18 months admitted to University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Phylogenetic and phenotypic analysis of HIV type 1 env gp120 in cases of subtype C mother-to-child transmission

scientific article published on December 2002

Post-weaning breast milk HIV-1 viral load, blood prolactin levels and breast milk volume

scientific article published on July 2006

Postnatal human herpesvirus 8 and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in mothers and infants from Zambia

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Potential impact of new WHO criteria for antiretroviral treatment for prevention of mother-to- child HIV transmission

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis for infants exposed to HIV through breast feeding

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Predictors of nonadherence to single-dose nevirapine therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission

scientific article published on January 2006

Pregnancy loss and role of infant HIV status on perinatal mortality among HIV-infected women

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Primary gamma-herpesviral infection in Zambian children

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Prolonged breast-feeding and mortality up to two years post-partum among HIV-positive women in Zambia

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Psychological well-being and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents living with HIV in Zambia

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Reduced mortality associated with breast-feeding-acquired HIV infection and breast-feeding among HIV-infected children in Zambia

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Reduction in preterm delivery and neonatal mortality after the introduction of antenatal cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV-infected women with low CD4 cell counts

scientific article published on 19 October 2006

Restricted genetic diversity of HIV-1 subtype C envelope glycoprotein from perinatally infected Zambian infants

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Restriction of HIV-1 genotypes in breast milk does not account for the population transmission genetic bottleneck that occurs following transmission

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Reuse of single-dose nevirapine in subsequent pregnancies for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia: a cohort study

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Risk factors for early childhood infection of human herpesvirus-8 in Zambian children: the role of early childhood feeding practices

scientific article published on 02 December 2013

Risk reduction among HIV-seroconcordant and -discordant couples: the Zambia NOW2 intervention

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Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children

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Routine offering of HIV testing to hospitalized pediatric patients at university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: acceptability and feasibility

scientific article published on June 2009

Sexual and reproductive health behavior and unmet needs among a sample of adolescents living with HIV in Zambia: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Short communication: antiretroviral therapy resistance mutations present in the HIV type 1 subtype C pol and env regions from therapy-naive patients in Zambia

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Single-dose tenofovir and emtricitabine for reduction of viral resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor drugs in women given intrapartum nevirapine for perinatal HIV prevention: an open-label randomised trial

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Socioeconomic and reproductive factors associated with condom use within and outside of marriage among urban pregnant women in Zambia

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Temporal and lateral dynamics of HIV shedding and elevated sodium in breast milk among HIV-positive mothers during the first 4 months of breast-feeding

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The Zambia Children's KS-HHV8 Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Study Methods

scientific article published on March 28, 2011

The impact of daily cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and antiretroviral therapy on mortality and hospital admissions in HIV-infected Zambian children

scientific article published on 12 April 2007

The mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine (MEC/CCL28) modulates immunity in HIV infection

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Traditional practices and exposure to bodily fluids in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published in January 2007

Women in couples antenatal HIV counseling and testing are not more likely to report adverse social events

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