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A call to bridge the diagnostic gap: diagnostic solutions for neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries

Gleeson B, Ferreyra C, Palamountain K, Jacob ST, Spotswood N,  et al.
2024-09-10 • BMJ Global Health
2024-09-10 • BMJ Global Health
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Research

Affordable blood culture systems from China: in vitro evaluation for use in resource-limited settings

Hardy L, Vermoesen T, Genbrugge E, Natale A, Franquesa C,  et al.
2024-03-01 • EBioMedicine
2024-03-01 • EBioMedicine
BACKGROUND
Bloodstream infections (BSI) pose a significant threat due to high mortality rates and the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2019, an estimated 4.95 m...
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Research

Timeliness of Clinic Attendance is a good predictor of Virological Response and Resistance to Antiretroviral drugs in HIV-infected patients

Bastard M, Pinoges LLP, Balkan S, Szumilin E, Ferreyra C,  et al.
2012-11-07 • PLOS One
2012-11-07 • PLOS One
Ensuring long-term adherence to therapy is essential for the success of HIV treatment. As access to viral load monitoring and genotyping is poor in resource-limited settings, a simple to...
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Research

Provision and continuation of antiretroviral therapy during acute conflict: the experience of MSF in Central African Republic and Yemen

Ferreyra C, O'Brien DP, Alonso B, Al-Zomour A
2018-07-02 • Conflict and Health
2018-07-02 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Unstable settings present challenges for the effective provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART). In this paper, we summarize the experience and results of providing ART...
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Research

HIV-infected adolescents in Southern Africa can achieve good treatment outcomes: results from a retrospective cohort study

Shroufi A, Gunguwo H, Dixon M, Nyathi M, Ndebele W,  et al.
2013-03-21 • AIDS
2013-03-21 • AIDS
OBJECTIVES
In this study we examine whether adolescents treated for HIV/AIDS in southern Africa can achieve similar treatment outcomes to adults.

DESIGN
We have used a r...
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Research

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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Commentary

Getting HIV treatment to the most people

Lynch S, Ford NP, van Cutsem G, Bygrave H, Janssens B,  et al.
2012-07-20 • Science
2012-07-20 • Science
The new understanding that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can significantly reduce HIV transmission has stimulated scientific and political leaders to claim that ending the AIDS epidemic i...
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Perspective

Mortality and causes of mortality in children 6-59 months of age admitted to inpatient therapeutic feeding centres in Niger

Tapié de Céleyran F, Hanson KE, Ferreyra C, Salse NKS, Tshialala D,  et al.
2017-03-06 • Field Exchange
2017-03-06 • Field Exchange
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Research

Effectiveness of a PMTCT programme in rural Western Kenya

Azcoaga-Lorenzo A, Ferreyra C, Alvarez A, Palma PP, Velilla E,  et al.
2011-02-22 • AIDS Care
2011-02-22 • AIDS Care
We assess the coverage of a Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission (PMTCT) programme in Busia (Kenya) from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008 and estimate the risk of transmission of...
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Research

Incidence of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients before and after starting combined antiretroviral therapy in 8 sub-Saharan African HIV programs

Nicholas S, Sabapathy K, Ferreyra C, Varaine FFV, Pujades-Rodriguez M
2011-08-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2011-08-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
SETTING
Eight HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

OBJECTIVE
To describe the incidence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis before and after the start of combined...
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Research

Liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected patients: 2-year treatment outcomes in Bihar, India

Sinha PK, van Griensven J, Pandey K, Kumar N, Verma N,  et al.
2011-10-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2011-10-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Reports on treatment outcomes of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in India are lacking. To our knowledge, none have studied the efficacy of lipo...
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Research

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...