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Advanced HIV disease and engagement in care among patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: results from a multi-state model

Patten GE, Euvrard J, Anderegg N, Boulle AM, Arendse KD,  et al.
2022-11-24 • AIDS
2022-11-24 • AIDS
OBJECTIVE
Despite improved access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people with HIV (PWH), HIV continues to contribute considerably to morbidity and mortality. Increasingly, advanc...
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Letter

Advanced HIV disease at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation despite implementation of expanded ART eligibility guidelines during 2007-2012 in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Patten GE, Cox V, Stinson K, Boulle AM, Wilkinson LS
2014-04-23 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2014-04-23 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Review

Cohort profile: the Khayelitsha antiretroviral programme, Cape Town, South Africa

Stinson K, Goemaere E, Coetzee D, van Cutsem G, Hilderbrand K,  et al.
2016-05-20 • International Journal of Epidemiology
2016-05-20 • International Journal of Epidemiology
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Letter

Applying the ICMJE authorship criteria to operational research in low-income countries: the need to engage programme managers and policy makers [letter]

Zachariah R, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Dahmane A, Kosgei RJ,  et al.
2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2013-05-30 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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Research

Ebola outbreak in rural West Africa: epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes

Dallatomasinas S, Crestani R, Squire JS, Declerck H, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2015-01-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2015-01-07 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
To describe Ebola cases in the district Ebola Management Centre of in Kailahun, a remote rural district of Sierra Leone, in terms of geographic origin, patient and hospitalization charac...
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Research

Clinical mentorship of nurse initiated antiretroviral therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a quality of care assessment

Green A, De Azevedo V, Patten GE, Davies MA, Ibeto M,  et al.
2014-06-02 • PLOS One
2014-06-02 • PLOS One
To combat the AIDS epidemic and increase HIV treatment access, the South African government implemented a nurse-based, doctor-supported model of care that decentralizes administration of...
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Commentary

Paediatric HIV Treatment Failure: A Silent Epidemic

Bernheimer J, Patten GE, Makeleni T, Mantangana N, Dumile N,  et al.
2015-07-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2015-07-23 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure is an under-recognized issue that receives inadequate attention in the field of paediatrics and within HIV treatment programmes. With pa...
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Research

Impact on ART initiation of point-of-care CD4 testing at HIV diagnosis among HIV-positive youth in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Patten GE, Wilkinson LS, Conradie K, Isaakidis P, Harries AD,  et al.
2013-07-04 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2013-07-04 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Despite the rapid expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in developing countries, pre-treatment losses from care remain a challenge to improving access to treatment. Youth ...
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Research

Lamivudine monotherapy as a holding regimen for HIV-positive children

Patten GE, Bernheimer J, Fairlie L, Rabie H, Sawry S,  et al.
2018-10-11 • PLOS One
2018-10-11 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND:
In resource-limited settings holding regimens, such as lamivudine monotherapy (LM), are used to manage HIV-positive children failing combination antiretroviral therapy (...
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Research

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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Research

Outcomes of people living with HIV after hospital discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ford NP, Patten GE, Rangaraj A, Davies MA, Meintjes GA,  et al.
2022-03-01 • Lancet HIV
2022-03-01 • Lancet HIV
BACKGROUND
The identification and appropriate management of people with advanced HIV disease is a key component in the HIV response. People with HIV who are hospitalised are at a hig...
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Research

Assessment of the MSF Triage System, Separating Patients into Different Wards Pending Ebola Virus Laboratory Confirmation, Kailahun, Sierra Leone, July to September 2014

Vogt F, Fitzpatrick G, Patten GE, Van der Bergh R, Stinson K,  et al.
2015-12-17 • Eurosurveillance
2015-12-17 • Eurosurveillance
Prevention of nosocomial Ebola virus (EBOV) infection among patients admitted to an Ebola management centre (EMC) is paramount. Current Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) guidelines recommen...
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Short Report

Is it safe to drop CD4+ monitoring among virologically suppressed patients: a cohort evaluation from Khayelitsha, South Africa

Ford NP, Stinson K, Davies MA, Cox V, Patten GE,  et al.
2014-09-10 • AIDS
2014-09-10 • AIDS