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Ardizzoni E, Mulders W, De Diego Fuertes M, Hayrapetyan A, Mirzoyan A, et al.

2025-04-09 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Risk factors for baseline bedaquiline (BDQ) resistance, amplification during treatment, and correlations with treatment outcomes are not fully understood. This cohort included Armenia...

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Mesic A, Decuyper I, Ishaq S, Azizi T, Hadi Ziamal F, et al.

2024-05-30 • European Respiratory Journal

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Mesic A, Decroo T, Florence E, Ritmeijer KKD, van Olmen J, et al.

2024-05-01 • International Health

BACKGROUND
We performed a systematic review to generate evidence on the association between cumulative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viraemia and health outcomes.

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Tesfahun HM, Al-Salihi L, Abdulkareem Al-Ani N, Mankhi AA, Mohammed A, et al.

2024-01-19 • PLOS One

Since December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) has encouraged National Tuberculosis Programs to deprioritize the use of injectable-containing regimens and roll-out all-oral bed...

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Mesic A, Homan T, Lenglet AD, Thit P, Mar HT, et al.

2022-11-01 • International Health

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The burden of advanced HIV disease (AHD) and predictors of outcomes among people living with HIV (PLHIV) re-engaging in care are not well known.

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We co...

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Mesic A, Decroo T, Mar HT, Jacobs BKM, Thandar MP, et al.

2022-07-29 • PLOS One

INTRODUCTION
Despite HIV viral load (VL) monitoring being serial, most studies use a cross-sectional design to evaluate the virological status of a cohort. The objective of our study...

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Decroo T, Rasschaert F, Telfer B, Remartinez D, Laga M, et al.

2013-07-30 • International Health

In sub-Saharan Africa models of care need to adapt to support continued scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retain millions in care. Task shifting, coupled with community partic...

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Fitzpatrick G, Vogt F, Gbabai O, Black B, Santantonio M, et al.

2014-10-09 • Eurosurveillance

Case management centres (CMCs) are part of the outbreak control plan for Ebola virus disease (EVD). A CMC in Sierra Leone had 33% (138/419) of primary admissions discharged as EVD negati...

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Geelhoed D, Decroo T, Dezembro S, Matias H, Lessitala F, et al.

2013-07-17 • AIDS Research and Treatment

Mozambique continues to face many challenges in HIV and maternal and child health care (MCH). Community-based antiretroviral treatment groups (CAG) enhance retention to care among member...

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Ingelbeen B, Bah EI, Decroo T, Balde I, Nordenstedt H, et al.

2017-06-30 • PLOS One

Non-cases are suspect Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases testing negative by EVD RT-PCR after admission to an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC). Admitting non-cases to an ETC prompts concerns on...

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Rabelo I, Lee VS, Fallah MP, Massaquoi M, Evlampidou I, et al.

2016-07-04 • Frontiers in Public Health

INTRODUCTION
A consequence of the West Africa Ebola outbreak 2014–2015 was the unprecedented number of Ebola survivors discharged from the Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs). Liberia alone...

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Case Report/Series

Bower H, Grass JE, Veltus E, Brault AC, Campbell S, et al.

2015-11-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

We report the case of an Ebola virus (EBOV) RNA-negative pregnant woman who delivered an EBOV RNA-positive stillborn infant at a community health center in rural Sierra Leone, 1 month af...

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Fitzpatrick G, Vogt F, Gbabai O, Decroo T, Keane M, et al.

2015-05-22 • Journal of Infectious Diseases

This paper describes patient characteristics, including Ebola viral load, associated with mortality in an MSF Ebola case management centre. Out of 780 admissions between June and October...

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Laxmeshwar C, Das M, Mathur T, Israni T, Jha S, et al.

2022-02-11 • PLOS One

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People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are known to suffer from many mental-health disorders. This study aims to describe the proportion of patients diagnosed wit...

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Moreau M, Spencer C, Gozalbes JG, Colebunders R, Lefevre A, et al.

2015-01-22 • Eurosurveillance

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Romero BM, Joya MC, Aviles MAG, Navarro RM, Decroo T, et al.

2016-01-01 • Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health)

Objective To assess trends in 1) tuberculosis (TB) case notification by year and 2) cumulative treatment outcomes (stratified by type of TB) in relation to the proportion of indigenous p...

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Mesic A, Ishaq S, Khan WH, Mureed A, Mar HT, et al.

2022-01-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To describe the effect of adaptations to a person-centred care with short oral regimens on retention in care for rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) in Kandahar province, Afgh...

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Kaelen S, van den Boogaard W, Pellecchia U, Spiers S, De Cramer C, et al.

2021-03-26 • PLOS One

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Nursing homes (NH) for the elderly have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic mainly due to their hosted vulnerable populations and poor outbreak preparednes...

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Short Report

Baggi FM, Taybi A, Kurth A, Van Herp M, Di Caro A, et al.

2014-12-11 • Eurosurveillance

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Decroo T, Fitzpatrick G, Amone J

2017-06-21 • Public Health Action

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Phenotypic and genotypic resistance to bedaquiline in patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis—experiences from Armenia

Short oral treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis are safe and effective for young children: results from a field-based non-randomized clinical trial, Kandahar Afghanistan

Systematic review on cumulative HIV viraemia among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment and its association with mortality and morbidity

Management of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in conflict-affected areas: The case of Iraq

Advanced HIV disease and associated attrition after re-engagement in HIV care in Myanmar from 2003 to 2019: a retrospective cohort study

Viraemic-time predicts mortality among people living with HIV on second-line antiretroviral treatment in Myanmar: A retrospective cohort study

Community-based antiretroviral therapy programs can overcome barriers to retention of patients and decongest health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Describing readmissions to an ebola case management centre (CMC), Sierra Leone, 2014

Utilization of and barriers to HIV and MCH services among Community ART Group members and their families in Tete, Mozambique

Mortality among PCR negative admitted Ebola suspects during the 2014/15 outbreak in Conakry, Guinea: A retrospective cohort study

Psychological distress among Ebola survivors discharged from an Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia - a qualitative study

Delivery of an Ebola virus-positive stillborn infant in a rural community health center, Sierra Leone, January 2015

The contribution of Ebola viral load at admission and other patient characteristics to mortality in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Case Management Centre (CMC), Kailahun, Sierra Leone, June -October, 2014

Psychiatric comorbidities among patients with complex drug-resistant tuberculosis in Mumbai, India

Lactating mothers infected with Ebola virus: EBOV RT-PCR of blood only may be insufficient

Tuberculosis Among Indigenous Municipalities in Mexico: Analysis of Case Notification and Treatment Outcomes Between 2009 and 2013

Person-centred care and short oral treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis improve retention in care in Kandahar, Afghanistan

How to bring residents’ psychosocial well-being to the heart of the fight against Covid-19 in Belgian nursing homes—A qualitative study

Management of pregnant women infected with Ebola virus in a treatment centre in Guinea, June 2014

What was the Effect of the West African Ebola Outbreak on Health Programme Performance, and did Programmes Recover?