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Mental health and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health-related university students: a cross-sectional multi-center study

Khongyot T, Takyi A, Ndzeshang DS, Fai KGN, Win TZ,  et al.
2025-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Health
2025-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and Health

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The mental health problems during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have influenced their decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccine...

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Strategies for access to affordable hepatitis C testing and treatment in Asia

Khwairakpam G, Burry J
2019-01-01 • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
2019-01-01 • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
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The genetic diversity of Nipah virus across spatial scales

Cortes-Azuero O, Lefrancq N, Nikolay B, McKee C, Cappelle J,  et al.
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2024-12-16 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Nipah virus (NiV), a highly lethal virus in humans, circulates in Pteropus bats throughout South and Southeast Asia. Difficulty in obtaining viral genomes from bats m...

Outcomes for efavirenz versus nevirapine-containing regimens for treatment of HIV-1 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pillay P, Ford NP, Shubber Z, Ferrand RA
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
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There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...

CMV retinitis in China and SE Asia: the way forward

Heiden D, Saranchuk P
2011-11-24 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2011-11-24 • BMC Infectious Diseases
AIDS-related CMV retinitis is a common clinical problem in patients with advanced HIV/AIDS in China and Southeast Asia. The disease is causing blindness, and current clinical management,...

Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border

Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi SS, Swaddiwudhipong W,  et al.
2010-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2010-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Although tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, it remains a major global health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations, incl...

Zidovudine to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission in developing countries: a view from Thailand

Kumphitak A, Cawthorne P, Lakhonphol S, Kasi-Sedapan S, Sanaeha S,  et al.
1999-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
1999-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

Comparison of chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, mefloquine and mefloquine-artesunate for the treatment of falciparum malaria in Kachin State, North Myanmar

Smithuis FM, Shahmanesh M, Kyaw MK, Savran O, Lwin S,  et al.
2004-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-11-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
Multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria is widespread in Asia. In Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam the national protocols have changed largely to artesunate combined treatment regimens but...

Treatment outcomes of patients on Second-line Antiretroviral Therapy in resource-limited settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ajose O, Mookerjee S, Mills EJ, Boulle AM, Ford NP
2012-05-15 • AIDS
2012-05-15 • AIDS
A growing proportion of patients on antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings have switched to second-line regimens. We carried out a systematic review in order to summarize re...

Viral Load Monitoring as a Tool to Reinforce Adherence: A Systematic Review

Bonner K, Mezochow A, Roberts TR, Ford NP, Cohn J
2013-06-14 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2013-06-14 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Viral load monitoring has been proposed as a tool to reinforce adherence, but outcomes have never been systematically assessed.

Field evaluation of a simple fluorescence method for detection of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens during treatment follow-up

Schramm B, Hewison CCH, Bonte L, Jones W, Camelique O,  et al.
2012-05-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2012-05-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Simple tuberculosis (TB) treatment monitoring tools are needed. We assessed the performance of fluorescein-diacetate (FDA) smear microscopy for detection of viable Mycobacterium tubercul...

Relapses of Plasmodium vivax infection usually result from activation of heterologous hypnozoites

Imwong M, Snounou G, Pukrittayakamee S, Tanomsing N, Kim JH,  et al.
2007-04-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2007-04-01 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Relapses originating from hypnozoites are characteristic of Plasmodium vivax infections. Thus, reappearance of parasitemia after treatment can result from relapse, recrudesce...

Electrocardiographic safety evaluation of dihydroartemisinin piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Mytton OT, Ashley EA, Peto L, Price RN, La Y,  et al.
2007-09-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2007-09-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) could become a leading fixed combination malaria treatment worldwide. Although there is accumulating evidence of efficacy and safety from clinical tri...

In resource-limited settings good early outcomes can be achieved in children using adult fixed-dose combination antiretroviral therapy

O'Brien DP, Sauvageot D, Zachariah R, Humblet P
2006-10-03 • AIDS
2006-10-03 • AIDS
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To (a) determine early treatment outcomes and (b) assess safety in children treated with adult fixed-dose combination (FDC) antiretroviral tablets.

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Global trade and access to medicines: AIDS treatments in Thailand

Wilson D, Cawthorne P, Ford NP, Aongsonwang S
1999-11-27 • Lancet
1999-11-27 • Lancet

Refugee camp health services utilisation by non-camp residents as an indicator of unaddressed health needs of surrounding populations: a perspective from Mae La refugee camp in Thailand during 2006 and 2007

Alexakis LC, Athanisiou M, Konstantinou A
2019-04-17 • Pan African Medical Journal
2019-04-17 • Pan African Medical Journal
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This study explored the differences on the level of medical care required by camp and non-camp resident patients during utilisation of the health services in Mae La re...
With increasing availability of generic direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and associated price reductions, various governments, multilateral institutions, and donors have started providing...

Sustaining Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in the Less-Developed World: Lessons from Brazil and Thailand

Ford NP, Wilson D, Chaves GC, Lotrowska M, Kijtiwatchakul K
2007-07-01 • AIDS
2007-07-01 • AIDS
ANTIRETROVIRAL ROLLOUT IN BRAZIL AND THAILAND: Brazil and Thailand are among few developing countries to achieve universal access to antiretroviral therapy. Three factors were critical t...

A biregional survey and review of first-line treatment failure and second-line paediatric antiretroviral access and use in Asia and southern Africa

van Cutsem G, Saphonn V, Saramony S, Vibol U, Zhang FJ,  et al.
2011-04-08 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2011-04-08 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
To better understand the need for paediatric second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART), an ART management survey and a cross-sectional analysis of second-line ART use were conducted in th...

Barriers to health care for Burmese migrants in Phang Nga province, Thailand

Veerman R, Reid AJ
2010-12-29 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
2010-12-29 • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
The article describes barriers to health care experienced by Burmese migrants in a province of Thailand based on the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres over the past three years. In ...

Prioritising prevention strategies for patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings

Spaar A, Graber C, Dabis F, Coutsoudis A, Bachmann L,  et al.
2010-06-01 • AIDS Care
2010-06-01 • AIDS Care
Expanded access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) offers opportunities to strengthen HIV prevention in resource-limited settings. We invited 27 ART programmes from urban settings in Africa...