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Overview

Joshua Kimani is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and General Health Professions. Their work addresses key topics related to sex work and HIV/AIDS, including intersections with drug use, sexual risk, reproductive tract infections, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Their main research topics include:

  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

Joshua Kimani has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Global Public Health
  • AIDS
  • BMC Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Open

Notable recent papers include:

  • The effects of COVID-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: Emerging intersections with HIV, 2020, Global Public Health
  • Immune resilience despite inflammatory stress promotes longevity and favorable health outcomes including resistance to infection, 2023, Nature Communications
  • New HIV Infections Among Key Populations and Their Partners in 2010 and 2022, by World Region: A Multisources Estimation, 2024, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • HIV burden and correlates of infection among transfeminine people and cisgender men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: an observational study, 2021, The Lancet HIV
  • Intimate partner and client-perpetrated violence are associated with reduced HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, depression and generalized anxiety in a cross-sectional study of female sex workers from Nairobi, Kenya, 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society

They have also authored book publications with Springer International Publishing, including the 2024 title Vulnerability Revisited.

Joshua Kimani collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Rhoda Kabuti
  • Lyle R. McKinnon
  • Hellen Babu
  • Tara Beattie
  • Mary Kungu

Best Publications

  • Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial

    Richard T Lester;Richard T Lester;Richard T Lester;Paul Ritvo;Edward J. Mills;Antony Kariri

  • The Shaping of Modern Human Immune Systems by Multiregional Admixture with Archaic Humans

    Laurent Abi-Rached;Matthew J. Jobin;Matthew J. Jobin;Subhash Kulkarni;Alasdair McWhinnie

  • Resistance to HIV-1 infection among persistently seronegative prostitutes in Nairobi, Kenya

    Keith R. Fowke;Nico J.D. Nagelkerke;Nico J.D. Nagelkerke;Joshua Kimani;J.N. Simonsen

  • Cytotoxic T cell responses to multiple conserved HIV epitopes in HIV-resistant prostitutes in Nairobi.

    S. L. Rowland-Jones;Tao Dong;K. R. Fowke;J. Kimani

  • HIV-1-specific mucosal CD8+ lymphocyte responses in the cervix of HIV-1-resistant prostitutes in Nairobi.

    Rupert Kaul;Francis A. Plummer;Francis A. Plummer;Joshua Kimani;Tao Dong

  • The integrin α4β7 forms a complex with cell-surface CD4 and defines a T-cell subset that is highly susceptible to infection by HIV-1

    Claudia Cicala;Elena Martinelli;Jonathan P. McNally;Diana J. Goode

  • Influence of HLA supertypes on susceptibility and resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

    K. S. MacDonald;K. R. Fowke;J. Kimani;V. A. Dunand;V. A. Dunand

  • Monthly antibiotic chemoprophylaxis and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 infection in Kenyan sex workers: a randomized controlled trial.

    Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani;Nico J. Nagelkerke;Karoline Fonck

  • Mucosal and Plasma IgA from HIV-1-Exposed Uninfected Individuals Inhibit HIV-1 Transcytosis Across Human Epithelial Cells

    Claudia Devito;Kristina Broliden;Rupert Kaul;Lennart Svensson

  • Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines in the female reproductive tract are associated with altered expression of proteases, mucosal barrier proteins, and an influx of HIV-susceptible target cells.

    Kelly B. Arnold;Adam D. Burgener;Adam D. Burgener;Adam D. Burgener;Kenzie D. M. Birse;Kenzie D. M. Birse;Laura. Romas;Laura. Romas

  • CD8+ lymphocytes respond to different HIV epitopes in seronegative and infected subjects

    Rupert Kaul;Tao Dong;Francis A. Plummer;Joshua Kimani

  • Risk Factors for Chlamydia trachomatis Pelvic Inflammatory Disease among Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Joshua Kimani;Ian W. Maclean;Job J. Bwayo;Kelly MacDonald

  • Decreased Immune Activation in Resistance to HIV-1 Infection Is Associated with an Elevated Frequency of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells

    Catherine M. Card;Paul J. McLaren;Charles Wachihi;Joshua Kimani

  • The Epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis within a Sexually Transmitted Diseases Core Group

    Robert C. Brunham;Joshua Kimani;Job Bwayo;Gregory Maitha

  • Characterization of a Human Cervical CD4+ T Cell Subset Coexpressing Multiple Markers of HIV Susceptibility

    Lyle R. McKinnon;Billy Nyanga;Duncan Chege;Preston Izulla

  • Levels of innate immune factors in genital fluids: association of alpha defensins and LL-37 with genital infections and increased HIV acquisition.

    Pauline Levinson;Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani;Elizabeth Ngugi

  • Cross-clade HIV-1-specific neutralizing IgA in mucosal and systemic compartments of HIV-1-exposed, persistently seronegative subjects.

    Claudia Devito;Jorma Hinkula;Rupert Kaul;Joshua Kimani

  • Antibody to chlamydial hsp60 predicts an increased risk for chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease

    Rosanna W. Peeling;Joshua Kimani;Francis Plummer;Ian Maclean

  • Prevalent Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection is Associated with Altered Vaginal Flora and an increased Susceptibility to Multiple Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Rupert Kaul;Rupert Kaul;Rupert Kaul;Nico J. Nagelkerke;Nico J. Nagelkerke;Joshua Kimani;Joshua Kimani;Elizabeth Ngugi

  • Recombination following superinfection by HIV-1

    Guowei Fang;Barbara Weiser;Barbara Weiser;Carla Kuiken;Sean M Philpott

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis A. Plummer
Francis A. Plummer University of Manitoba
Rupert Kaul
Rupert Kaul University of Toronto
Keith R. Fowke
Keith R. Fowke University of Manitoba
Job J. Bwayo
Job J. Bwayo University of Nairobi
Walter Jaoko
Walter Jaoko University of Nairobi
Sarah Rowland-Jones
Sarah Rowland-Jones University of Sheffield
Stephen Moses
Stephen Moses University of Manitoba
Jane R. Schwebke
Jane R. Schwebke University of Alabama at Birmingham
David N. Fredricks
David N. Fredricks University of Washington
Tao Dong
Tao Dong University of Oxford

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