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2024-10-01 • Lancet HIV
2024-10-01 • Lancet HIV
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2023-03-27 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-03-27 • PLOS Global Public Health
Barriers continue to limit access to viral load (VL) monitoring across sub-Saharan Africa adversely impacting control of the HIV epidemic. The objective of this study was to determine wh...
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2016-06-02 • AIDS and Behavior
2016-06-02 • AIDS and Behavior
Little is known about associations between viral suppression, adherence, and duration of prior viral suppression in sub-Saharan Africa. Study participants were from the UARTO study in Mb...
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2015-02-06 • PLOS One
2015-02-06 • PLOS One
There are limited data on region-specific drug susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. We performed resistance testing on specimens collected from treatment-naive patients with pu...
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2018-01-16 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2018-01-16 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Residual systemic inflammation persists despite suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the association between A...
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2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
2021-12-01 • SSM - Mental Health
Depression affects over 40% of people with HIV (PHIV) in low- and middle-income countries, and over half of PHIV report HIV-related internalized stigma. However, few longitudinal studies...
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2014-01-08 • AIDS
2014-01-08 • AIDS
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with better economic outcomes.
DESIGN
Prospective cohort study of HIV-pos...
To determine whether earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with better economic outcomes.
DESIGN
Prospective cohort study of HIV-pos...
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2022-02-23 • Malaria Journal
2022-02-23 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Progress against malaria has stalled and may even be slipping backwards in high-burden countries. This is due to a range of factors including insecticide resistance and mo...
Progress against malaria has stalled and may even be slipping backwards in high-burden countries. This is due to a range of factors including insecticide resistance and mo...
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2017-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2017-05-01 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Poor specificity may negatively impact rapid diagnostic test (RDT)-based diagnostic strategies for malaria. We performed real-time PCR on a subset of subjects who had undergone diagnosti...
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2017-04-13 • PLOS One
2017-04-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance are lacking.
METHODS
Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance are lacking.
METHODS
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2015-03-12 • Annals of Global Health
2015-03-12 • Annals of Global Health
BACKGROUND
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for the majority of adult deaths worldwide, and 80% of these deaths occur in
low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The burd...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for the majority of adult deaths worldwide, and 80% of these deaths occur in
low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The burd...
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|Research
2019-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2019-12-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
BACKGROUND
Residual systemic inflammation, which is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes, may persist despite viral suppression. We assessed the effect of antiretroviral therap...
Residual systemic inflammation, which is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes, may persist despite viral suppression. We assessed the effect of antiretroviral therap...
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2018-04-11 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2018-04-11 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
BACKGROUND
The utility and validity of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk scores are not well studied in sub-Saharan Africa. We compared and correlated CVD risk scores with carotid i...
The utility and validity of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk scores are not well studied in sub-Saharan Africa. We compared and correlated CVD risk scores with carotid i...
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2014-10-07 • BMC Microbiology
2014-10-07 • BMC Microbiology
BackgroundThe resazurin microtiter assay (classic REMA), a colorimetric liquid culture-based drug susceptibility assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), has been endorsed by the Worl...
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2020-06-01 • Journal of Global Health
2020-06-01 • Journal of Global Health
Background
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), highlighting the need for tools to enable CVD risk stratification in the ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), highlighting the need for tools to enable CVD risk stratification in the ...
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2016-09-20 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
2016-09-20 • International Journal of STD and AIDS
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2018-07-26 • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
2018-07-26 • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is hyperendemic in Cameroon, and health care workers (HCWs) are at high-risk of infection. We aimed to assess prevalence, risk factors and vaccine cover...
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2016-03-09 • Cell Host and Microbe
2016-03-09 • Cell Host and Microbe
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with increased intestinal translocation of microbial products and enteropathy as well as alterations in gut bacterial communiti...
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2014-10-22 • BMC Research Notes
2014-10-22 • BMC Research Notes
Point-of-care tests have the capacity to improve healthcare delivery by reducing costs and delay associated with care. A novel point-of-care immunochromatographic test for dual diagnosis...