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Chipepo Kankasa

Chipepo Kankasa

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Microbiology

D-Index
45
Citations
6965
World Ranking
5038
National Ranking
1

Overview

Chipepo Kankasa is affiliated with the University of Zambia in Zambia and is engaged in research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work focuses on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Emergency Medicine, and Virology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and Herpesvirus Research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Detection and Treatment
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Recent published papers involving Chipepo Kankasa include:

  • "Optimised prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in Zambia and Burkina Faso (PROMISE-EPI): a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial" (2024), published in The Lancet
  • "Relationships Between Maternal Antibody Responses and Early Childhood Infection With Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus" (2020), published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "A Randomized Trial of Point-of-Care Early Infant Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Diagnosis in Zambia" (2021), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Testing and Treatment at a Tertiary Hospital in Zambia" (2023), published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Design and challenges of a large HIV prevention clinical study on mother-to-child transmission: ANRS 12397 PROMISE-EPI study in Zambia and Burkina Faso" (2021), published in Contemporary Clinical Trials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kankasa are:

  • Jean-Pierre Molès
  • Philippe Van de Perre
  • Nicolas Nagot
  • Thorkild Tylleskär
  • Mwiya Mwiya

Chipepo Kankasa has contributed publications to a range of journals, with several recurring venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Lancet
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials

Best Publications

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

    Carolyn Bolton-Moore;Mwangelwa Mubiana-Mbewe;Ronald A. Cantrell;Ronald A. Cantrell;Namwinga Chintu

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

    Louise Kuhn;Grace M. Aldrovandi;Moses Sinkala;Chipepo Kankasa

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

    Thorkild Tylleskär;Debra Jackson;Nicolas Meda;Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen

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

    Laura K. Murray;Katherine Semrau;Ellen McCurley;Donald M. Thea

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

    Louise Kuhn;Prisca Kasonde;Moses Sinkala;Chipepo Kankasa

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

    Katherine Semrau;Louise Kuhn;Cheswa Vwalika;Prisca Kasonde

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

    Louise Kuhn;Moses Sinkala;Chipepo Kankasa;Katherine Semrau

  • Molecularly Cloned SHIV-1157ipd3N4: a Highly Replication- Competent, Mucosally Transmissible R5 Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Encoding HIV Clade C env

    R. J. Song;A.-L. Chenine;R. A. Rasmussen;C. R. Ruprecht

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

    Jeffrey S. A. Stringer;Moses Sinkala;Moses Sinkala;Moses Sinkala;Courtney C. Maclean;Jens Levy;Jens Levy

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

    Lars Bode;Louise Kuhn;Hae-Young Kim;Lauren Hsiao

  • 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

    Benjamin H Chi;Benjamin H Chi;Moses Sinkala;Felistas Mbewe;Ronald A Cantrell;Ronald A Cantrell

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

    Stephen Arpadi;Ashraf Fawzy;Grace M Aldrovandi;Chipepo Kankasa

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

    Louise Kuhn;Moses Sinkala;Katherine Semrau;Chipepo Kankasa

  • Breastmilk cell trafficking induces microchimerism‐mediated immune system maturation in the infant

    Jean Pierre Molès;Edouard Tuaillon;Chipepo Kankasa;Anne Sophie Bedin

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

    Chipepo Kankasa;Rosalind J Carter;Nancy Briggs;Marc Bulterys

  • Early Weaning Increases Diarrhea Morbidity and Mortality Among Uninfected Children Born to HIV-infected Mothers in Zambia

    Ashraf Fawzy;Stephen Arpadi;Chipepo Kankasa;Moses Sinkala

  • Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 among Zambian Women of Childbearing Age without Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) and Mother-Child Pairs with KS

    Jun He;Ganapati Bhat;Chipepo Kankasa;Chifumbe Chintu

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

    Benjamin H. Chi;Moses Sinkala;Elizabeth M. Stringer;Elizabeth M. Stringer;Ronald A. Cantrell;Ronald A. Cantrell

  • Distribution of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus 8 in Maternal Saliva and Breast Milk in Zambia: Implications for Transmission

    Brad P. Brayfield;Chipepo Kankasa;John T. West;Jubra Muyanga

  • Vertical transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma‐associated herpesvirus

    Hamakwa Mantina;Chipepo Kankasa;Winslow Klaskala;Brad Brayfield

  • Alpha-defensins in the prevention of HIV transmission among breastfed infants

    Louise Kuhn;Daria Trabattoni;Chipepo Kankasa;Katherine Semrau

  • 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

    Nicolas Nagot;Chipepo Kankasa;James K. Tumwine;Nicolas Meda

  • Predictors of Nonadherence to Single-Dose Nevirapine Therapy for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

    Sandra Albrecht;Katherine Semrau;Prisca Kasonde;Moses Sinkala

  • The Impact of Daily Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis and Antiretroviral Therapy on Mortality and Hospital Admissions in HIV-Infected Zambian Children

    A. Sarah Walker;Veronica Mulenga;Deborah Ford;Desire Kabamba

Frequent Co-Authors

Grace M. Aldrovandi
Grace M. Aldrovandi University of California, Los Angeles
Charles Wood
Charles Wood University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Diana M. Gibb
Diana M. Gibb University College London
Sten H. Vermund
Sten H. Vermund Yale University
David M. Burger
David M. Burger Radboud University
Carl Lombard
Carl Lombard Stellenbosch University
G Justus Hofmeyr
G Justus Hofmeyr University of the Witwatersrand
James I. Mullins
James I. Mullins University of Washington
Stéphane Blanche
Stéphane Blanche Université Paris Cité

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