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Monitoring of antiretroviral therapy and mortality in HIV programmes in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia: mathematical modelling study

Estill J, Egger M, Johnson LF, Gsponer T, Wandeler G,  et al.
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...
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Life expectancies of South African adults starting antiretroviral treatment: collaborative analysis of cohort studies

Johnson LF, Mossong J, Dorrington R, Schomaker M, Hoffman CJ,  et al.
2013-04-09 • PLOS Medicine
2013-04-09 • PLOS Medicine
Few estimates exist of the life expectancy of HIV-positive adults receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate the life expectancy o...
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Potential impact and cost-effectiveness of condomless-sex-concentrated PrEP in KwaZulu-Natal accounting for drug resistance

Phillips AN, Cambiano V, Johnson LF, Nakagawa F, Homan R,  et al.
2019-12-18 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-12-18 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the form of tenofovir-disoproxil-fumarate/emtricitabine is being implemented in selected sites in South Africa. A...
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Gender differences in survival among adult patients starting antiretorivral therapy in South Africa: a multicentre cohort study

Cornell M, Schomaker M, Garone DB, Giddy J, Hoffmann CJ,  et al.
2012-09-04 • PLOS Medicine
2012-09-04 • PLOS Medicine


Background: Increased mortality among men on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been documented but remains poorly understood. We examined the magnitude of and risk factors for g...
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Age in antiretroviral therapy programmes in South Africa: a retrospective, multicentre, observational cohort study

Cornell M, Johnson LF, Schomaker M, Tanser F, Maskew M,  et al.
2015-08-03 • Lancet HIV
2015-08-03 • Lancet HIV
BACKGROUND
As access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) expands, increasing numbers of older patients will start treatment and need specialised long-term care. However, the effect of ag...
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Viral Load Monitoring of Antiretroviral Therapy, cohort viral load and HIV transmission in Southern Africa: A Mathematical Modelling Analysis

Estill J, Aubriere C, Egger M, Johnson LF, Wood R,  et al.
2012-03-20 • AIDS
2012-03-20 • AIDS
In low-income settings, treatment failure is often identified using CD4 cell count monitoring. Consequently, patients remain on a failing regimen, resulting in a higher risk of transmiss...
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Population-level HIV incidence estimates using a combination of synthetic cohort and recency biomarker approaches in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Grebe E, Welte A, Johnson LF, van Cutsem G, Puren AJ,  et al.
2018-09-13 • PLOS One
2018-09-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There is a notable absence of consensus on how to generate estimates of population-level incidence. Incidence is a considerably more sensitive indicator of epidemiologic...