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Ebola Virus Disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014

Nanclares C, Kapetshi J, Lionetto F, de la Rosa O, Muyembe Tamfun JJ,  et al.
2016-09-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-09-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
During July-November 2014, the Democratic Republic of the Congo underwent its seventh Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. The etiologic agent was Zaire Ebola virus; 66 cases were reporte...
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Access to CD4 Testing for Rural HIV Patients: Findings from a Cohort Study in Zimbabwe

Vogt F, Tayler-Smith K, Bernasconi A, Makondo E, Taziwa F,  et al.
2015-06-17 • PLOS One
2015-06-17 • PLOS One
CD4 cell count measurement remains an important diagnostic tool for HIV care in developing countries. Insufficient laboratory capacity in rural Sub-Saharan Africa is frequently mentioned...
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Using BD Vacutainer CD4 Stabilization Tubes for Absolute Cluster of Differentiation Type 4 Cell Count Measurement on BD FacsCount and Partec Cyflow Cytometers: A Method Comparison Study from Zimbabwe

Vogt F, Van der Bergh R, Bernasconi A, Moyo B, Havazvidi L,  et al.
2015-08-21 • PLOS One
2015-08-21 • PLOS One
Blood collected in conventional EDTA tubes requires laboratory analysis within 48 hours to provide valid CD4 cell count results. This restricts access to HIV care for patients from rural...
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Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Markers for predicting Virological Failure in a HIV/AIDS treatment cohort in Busia, Kenya

Ferreyra C, Yun O, Eisenberg N, Alonso E, Khamadi AS,  et al.
2012-11-21 • PLOS One
2012-11-21 • PLOS One
In resource-limited settings where viral load (VL) monitoring is scarce or unavailable, clinicians must use immunological and clinical criteria to define HIV virological treatment failur...
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Tracing defaulters in HIV prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes through community health workers: results from a rural setting in Zimbabwe

Vogt F, Ferreyra C, Bernasconi A, Ncube L, Taziwa F,  et al.
2015-10-12 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2015-10-12 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
High retention in care is paramount to reduce vertical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes but remains low in m...