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Factors associated with Condom Use Problems during Vaginal Sex with main and non-main partners

Danna LH, Korosteleva O, Warner L, Douglas J, Paul S,  et al.
2012-09-01 • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
2012-09-01 • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Incorrect condom use is a common problem that can undermine their prevention impact. We assessed the prevalence of 2 condom use problems, breakage/slippage and partial use, compared prob...
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Errors generated by a point-of-care CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser: a retrospective observational study in nine countries

Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Piriou E, Gueguen M, Maman D,  et al.
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015-06-25 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the proportion of invalid results generated by a CD4+ T-lymphocyte analyser used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in field projects and identify factors associ...
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Cholera outbreak in districts around Lake Chilwa, Malawi: Lessons learned

Khonje A, Metcalf CJ, Diggle E, Mlozowa D, Jere C,  et al.
2012-06-01 • Malawi Medical Journal
2012-06-01 • Malawi Medical Journal
BACKGROUND
Cholera is endemic in Malawi with seasonal outbreaks during the wet season. People living around Lake Chilwa rely on the lake for their water supply. From May 2009 to May ...
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Investigating the addition of oral HIV self-tests among populations with high testing coverage - Do they add value? Lessons from a study in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Moore HA, Metcalf CJ, Cassidy T, Hacking D, Shroufi A,  et al.
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
2019-05-02 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION:
HIV self-testing (HIVST) offers a useful addition to HIV testing services and enables individuals to test privately. Despite recommendations to the contrary, repeat HIV...
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Pooled HIV-1 Viral Load Testing Using Dried Blood Spots to Reduce the Cost of Monitoring Antiretroviral Treatment in a Resource-Limited Setting

Pannus P, Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Coulborn R M, Duran LT,  et al.
2013-07-25 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2013-07-25 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
: Rollout of routine HIV-1 viral load monitoring is hampered by high costs and logistical difficulties associated with sample collection and transport. New strategies are needed to overc...
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Multidisease testing for HIV and TB using the GeneXpert platform: A feasibility study in rural Zimbabwe

Ndlovu M, Fajardo E, Mbofana F, Maparo TMS, Garone DB,  et al.
2018-03-02 • PLOS One
2018-03-02 • PLOS One
HIV Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnosis technologies in many high burden settings are restricted to centralized laboratory testing, leading to long result turnaround times and patient ...
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HPV infection, cervical abnormalities, and cancer in HIV-infected women in Mumbai, India: 12-month follow-up

Isaakidis P, Pimple S, Varghese B, Mansoor H, Ladomirska J,  et al.
2013-08-12 • International Journal of Women's Health
2013-08-12 • International Journal of Women's Health
HIV-infected women are at a higher risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cancer than women in the general population, partly due to a high prevalence of persistent human p...
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Assessing the outcomes of HIV-infected persons receiving treatment for Kaposi sarcoma in Conakry-Guinea

Bekolo CE, Soumah MM, Tiemtore OW, Diallo AK, Yuma JD,  et al.
2017-12-02 • BMC Cancer
2017-12-02 • BMC Cancer
BACKGROUND
Médecins Sans Frontières is supporting comprehensive HIV care and treatment for Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) in Guinea, where antiretroviral coverage is low and access to KS treatm...
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Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Superspreading Events in the 2014-2015 West Africa Ebola Epidemic

Lau MSY, Dalziel BD, Funk S, McClelland A, Tiffany A,  et al.
2017-02-13 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017-02-13 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa (2014-2015) has prompted an explosion of efforts to understand the transmission dynamics of the virus and to analyze the p...
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Modelling the first dose of measles vaccination: the role of maternal immunity, demographic factors, and delivery systems

Metcalf CJ, Klepac P, Ferrari MJ, Grais RF, Djibo A,  et al.
2010-06-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
2010-06-01 • Epidemiology and Infection
Measles vaccine efficacy is higher at 12 months than 9 months because of maternal immunity, but delaying vaccination exposes the children most vulnerable to measles mortality to infectio...
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Acceptability and use of a virtual support group for HIV-positive youth in Khayelitsha, Cape Town using the MXit social networking platform

Henwood R, Patten GE, Barnett W, Hwang B, Metcalf CJ,  et al.
2016-04-21 • AIDS Care
2016-04-21 • AIDS Care
INTRODUCTION
Médecins Sans Frontières supports human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected youth, aged 12-25 years, at a clinic in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Patients are enrolled in...
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Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of dried blood spots from finger-prick for the determination of HIV-1 viral load with the NucliSENS Easy-Q HIV-1 v2.0 in Malawi

Farjardo E, Metcalf CJ, Chaillet P, Aleixo L, Pannus P,  et al.
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2014-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing is not widely available in resource-limited settings. Use of finger-prick dried blood spot (FP-DBS) samples could remove barriers related to sample collecti...
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HIV Testing and Retention in Care of Infants Born to HIV- Infected Women Enrolled in 'Option B+', Thyolo, Malawi

Martínez Pérez G, Metcalf CJ, Garone DB, Coulborn RM, Harries AD,  et al.
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
2014-06-21 • Public Health Action
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission 'Option B+' originated in Malawi in 2011 to prevent new infections in infants exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We assessed 12...
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Opportunities to improve storage and transportation of blood specimens for CD4 testing in a rural district in Zimbabwe using BD vacutainer CD4 stabilization tubes: a stability and diagnostic accuracy study

Fajardo E, Metcalf CJ, Mbofana F, van Vyve C, Munyaradzi D,  et al.
2014-10-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2014-10-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundCD4+ T-cell testing of blood specimens collected in standard EDTA Vacutainer tubes and transported at ambient temperature, must be completed within 48 hours with the BD FACSCou...
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"We Are Part of a Family". Benefits and limitations of Community ART Groups (CAGs) in Thyolo, Malawi: a qualitative study

Pellecchia U, Baert S, Nundwe S, Bwanali A, Zamadenga B,  et al.
2017-03-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-03-28 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
INTRODUCTION
In 2012 Community ART Groups (CAGs), a community-based model of antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery were piloted in Thyolo District, Malawi as a way to overcome patien...
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Effect of community ART groups on retention-in-care among patients on ART in Tete Province, Mozambique: a cohort study

Decroo T, Telfer B, das Dores C, White RA, dos Santos N,  et al.
2017-08-11 • BMJ Open
2017-08-11 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
Estimate the effect of participation in Community ART Groups (CAG) versus individual care on retention-in-care (RIC) on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

DESIGN
R...