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Masson D, Nicholas S, Szumilin E, Balkan S

2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024

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Bossard C, Chihana ML, Nicholas S, Mauambeta D, Weinstein D, et al.

2022-12-30 • PLOS One

Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are a hard-to-reach and understudied population, especially those who begin selling sex at a young age. In one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in...

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Schramm B, Temfack E, Descamps D, Nicholas S, Peytavin G, et al.

2022-08-01 • Lancet HIV

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Many countries are now replacing non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) with a regimen containing tenofovir d...

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Grout L, Martinez-Pino I, Ciglenecki I, Keita S, Diallo AK, et al.

2015-12-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

INTRODUCTION
Since 2010, WHO has recommended oral cholera vaccines as an additional strategy for cholera control. During a cholera episode, pregnant women are at high risk of complic...

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Minetti A, Kagoli M, Katsulukuta A, Huerga H, Featherstone A, et al.

2013-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Despite high reported coverage for routine and supplementary immunization, in 2010 in Malawi, a large measles outbreak occurred that comprised 134,000 cases and 304 deaths. Although the ...

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Loubet P, Palich R, Kojan R, Peyrouset O, Danel C, et al.

2016-10-10 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The 2014 Ebola epidemic has shown the importance of accurate and rapid triage tools for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD). Our objective was to create a predictive score ...

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Wringe A, Cawley C, Szumilin E, Salumu L, Amoros Quiles I, et al.

2018-11-21 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

Longer intervals between clinic consultations for clinically stable antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients may improve retention in care and reduce facility workload. We assessed long-ter...

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Spillane H, Nicholas S, Tang Zhirong, Szumilin E, Balkan S, et al.

2012-08-05 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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To identify factors influencing mortality in an HIV programme providing care to large numbers of injecting drug users (IDUs) and patients co-infected with hepatitis C (HCV...

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Souza R, Porten K, Nicholas S, Grais RF

2010-09-14 • International Journal of Social Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: There is little evidence to describe the feasibility and outcomes of services for the care of street children and youth in low-income countries. AIMS: To describe the outcome...

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Kosack CS, Spijker S, Halton J, Bonnet MMB, Nicholas S, et al.

2017-02-21 • Clinical Radiology

To assess the impact of introducing a chest radiograph reading and recording system (CRRS) with a short training session, on the accuracy and inter-reader variability of tuberculosis (TB...

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Gueguen M, Nicholas S, Poulet E, Schramm B, Szumilin E, et al.

2020-11-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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We monitored a large‐scale implementation of the Simple Amplification‐Based Assay semi‐quantitative viral load test for HIV‐1 version I (SAMBA I Viral Load = SAMBA I VL) w...

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Ahoua L, Umutoni C, Huerga H, Minetti A, Szumilin E, et al.

2011-01-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

Among people living with HIV/AIDS, nutritional support is increasingly recognized as a critical part of the essential package of care, especially for patients in sub-Saharan Africa. The ...

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Maman D, Pujades-Rodriguez M, Nicholas S, McGuire M, Szumilin E, et al.

2012-07-17 • AIDS

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We investigated the association between immune response and mortality in four HIV African programs supported by Médecins Sans Frontières.

DESIGN
Multicentric r...

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Nicholas S, Poulet E, Wolters L, Wapling J, Rakesh A, et al.

2019-08-01 • Journal of the International AIDS Society

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Routinely monitoring the HIV viral load (VL) of people living with HIV (PLHIV) on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) facilitates intensive adherence counselling and faster ...

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Nicholas S, Sabapathy K, Ferreyra C, Varaine FFV, Pujades-Rodriguez M

2011-08-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)

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Eight HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

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Fily F, Ayikobua E, Ssemwanga D, Nicholas S, Kaleebu P, et al.

2018-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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The number of patients on second-line antiretroviral therapy is growing, but data on HIV drug resistance patterns at failure in resource-constrained settings are scarce. W...

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Page AL, Ciglenecki I, Jasmin ER, Desvignes L, Grandesso F, et al.

2015-03-26 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

In 2010 and 2011, Haiti was heavily affected by a large cholera outbreak that spread throughout the country. Although national health structure-based cholera surveillance was rapidly ini...

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Enhancing adolescent HIV care: Implementation and evaluation of teen models-of-care for adolescents living with HIV in Uganda and Malawi

HIV, sexual violence, and termination of pregnancy among adolescent and adult female sex workers in Malawi: A respondent-driven sampling study

Viral suppression and HIV-1 drug resistance 1 year after pragmatic transitioning to dolutegravir first-line therapy in Malawi: a prospective cohort study

Pregnancy outcomes after a mass vaccination campaign with an oral cholera vaccine in Guinea: a retrospective cohort study

Lessons and challenges for measles control from unexpected large outbreak, Malawi

Development of a Prediction Model for Ebola Virus Disease: A Retrospective Study in Nzérékoré Ebola Treatment Center, Guinea

Retention in care among clinically stable antiretroviral therapy patients following a six-monthly clinical consultation schedule: findings from a cohort study in rural Malawi

Incidence, risk factors and causes of death in an HIV care programme with a large proportion of injecting drug users

Outcomes For Street Children and Youth Under Multidisciplinary Care in a Drop-In Centre in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Evaluation of a Chest Radiograph Reading and Recording System for Tuberculosis in a HIV-Positive Cohort

Implementation and operational feasibility of SAMBA I HIV‐1 semi‐quantitative viral load testing at the point‐of‐care in rural settings in Malawi and Uganda

Nutrition outcomes of HIV-infected malnourished adults treated with ready-to-use therapeutic food in sub-Saharan Africa: a longitudinal study

Response to antiretroviral therapy: improved survival associated with CD4 above 500 cells/μl

Point-of-care viral load monitoring: outcomes from a decentralized HIV programme in Malawi

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

HIV-1 drug resistance testing at second-line regimen failure in Arua, Uganda: avoiding unnecessary switch to an empiric third-line

Geographic Distribution and Mortality Risk Factors during the Cholera Outbreak in a Rural Region of Haiti, 2010-2011