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2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
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The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...
The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...
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2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Tuberculosis diagnosis might be delayed or missed in children with severe pneumonia because this diagnosis is usually only considered in cases of prolonged symptoms or ant...
Tuberculosis diagnosis might be delayed or missed in children with severe pneumonia because this diagnosis is usually only considered in cases of prolonged symptoms or ant...
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2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
2023-02-01 • eClinicalMedicine
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Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...
Evidence on the comparative performance of purified protein derivative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) for predicting incident activ...
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2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
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2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cas...
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2013-02-28 • PLOS One
2013-02-28 • PLOS One
OBJECTIVES
Mortality in patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) is higher in Malawi and Zambia than in South Africa. We examined whether different monitoring of ART (viral loa...
Mortality in patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) is higher in Malawi and Zambia than in South Africa. We examined whether different monitoring of ART (viral loa...
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2022-06-06 • Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2022-06-06 • Advances in Medical Education and Practice
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This article presents a qualitative study of African anatomists and anatomy teachers on the Anatomage Table-a modern medical education technology and innovation, as an ind...
This article presents a qualitative study of African anatomists and anatomy teachers on the Anatomage Table-a modern medical education technology and innovation, as an ind...
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2013-07-22 • PLOS One
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
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2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
CONTEXT
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...
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2012-09-17 • Pediatrics
2012-09-17 • Pediatrics
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Poor growth is an indication for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and a criterion for treatment failure. We examined variability in growth response to ART in 12 programs in Ma...
Poor growth is an indication for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and a criterion for treatment failure. We examined variability in growth response to ART in 12 programs in Ma...
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2007-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2007-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: Randomised controlled clinical trial of Mycobacterium vaccae vaccination as an adjunct to anti-tuberculosis treatment in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients wit...
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2018-01-11 • BMJ Open
2018-01-11 • BMJ Open
Seasonal variations in tuberculosis diagnoses have been attributed to seasonal climatic changes and indoor crowding during colder winter months. We investigated trends in pulmonary tuber...
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2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE
To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...
To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...
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2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To describe the implementation and feasibility of an innovative mass vaccination strategy - based on single-dose oral cholera vaccine - to curb a cholera epidemic in a larg...
To describe the implementation and feasibility of an innovative mass vaccination strategy - based on single-dose oral cholera vaccine - to curb a cholera epidemic in a larg...
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2019-08-01 • AIDS
2019-08-01 • AIDS
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Many individuals failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa never initiate second-line ART or do so after significant delay. For people on ART w...
Many individuals failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa never initiate second-line ART or do so after significant delay. For people on ART w...
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2019-08-30 • PLOS One
2019-08-30 • PLOS One
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In April 2016, an emergency vaccination campaign using one dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was organized in response to a cholera outbreak that started in Lusaka in F...
In April 2016, an emergency vaccination campaign using one dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was organized in response to a cholera outbreak that started in Lusaka in F...
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2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
The World Health Organization estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa about 4 million HIV-infected patients had started antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2008. Loss of patients to ...
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2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
2010-05-01 • BMC Pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: We describe medium-term outcomes for young children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. METHODS: Analyses were conducted on surveillance data...
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2014-05-01 • PLOS One
2014-05-01 • PLOS One
Pharmacovigilance programmes monitor and help ensuring the safe use of medicines which is critical to the success of public health programmes. The commonest method used for discovering p...
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2011-11-30 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2011-11-30 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Vertical HIV programs have achieved good results but may not be feasible or appropriate in many resource-limited settings. Médecins sans Frontières has treated HIV in vertical programs s...