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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
Journal Article
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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
Journal Article
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Research

Diagnostic accuracy of tuberculin skin test self-reading by HIV patients in a low-resource setting

Cox V, De Azevedo V, Stinson K, Wilkinson LS, Rangaka MX,  et al.
2015-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2015-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
The World Health Organization recommends tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) where feasible to identify individuals most likely to benefit from isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT)...
Journal Article
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Letter

Patients lost to care are more likely to be viremic than patients still in care

Stinson K, Ford NP, Cox V, Boulle AM
2014-02-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2014-02-05 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Journal Article
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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

Changes in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Over Time in South African HIV-1-Infected Patients Receiving Tenofovir: a Retrospective Cohort Study

de Waal R, Cohen K, Fox MP, Stinson K, Maartens G,  et al.
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
2017-04-10 • Journal of the International AIDS Society
Tenofovir has been associated with decline in kidney function, but in patients with low baseline kidney function, improvements over time have been reported. Additionally, the magnitude a...
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Research

The contribution of Ebola viral load at admission and other patient characteristics to mortality in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Case Management Centre (CMC), Kailahun, Sierra Leone, June -October, 2014

Fitzpatrick G, Vogt F, Gbabai O, Decroo T, Keane M,  et al.
2015-05-22 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2015-05-22 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
This paper describes patient characteristics, including Ebola viral load, associated with mortality in an MSF Ebola case management centre. Out of 780 admissions between June and October...
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Commentary

Improving men's participation in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a maternal, neonatal, and child health priority in South Africa

van den Berg W, Brittain K, Mercer G, Peacock D, Stinson K,  et al.
2015-04-07 • PLOS Medicine
2015-04-07 • PLOS Medicine
SUMMARY POINTS

-- Involving male partners in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV may improve programme coverage and infant outcomes.
-- Rates of male p...
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Research

First-Line Antiretroviral Drug Discontinuations in Children

Fortuin-de Smidt M, de Waal R, Cohen K, Technau KG, Stinson K,  et al.
2017-02-13 • PLOS One
2017-02-13 • PLOS One
There are a limited number of paediatric antiretroviral drug options. Characterising the long term safety and durability of different antiretrovirals in children is important to optimise...
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Research

Risk charts to guide targeted HIV-1 viral load monitoring of ART: development and validation in patients from resource-limited settings

Koller M, Fatti G, Chi BH, Keiser O, Hoffman CJ,  et al.
2015-07-07 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2015-07-07 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
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Research

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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Commentary

Reflections on a decade of delivering PMTCT in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Stinson K, Giddy J, Cox V, Burton R, Ibeto M,  et al.
2014-03-05 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
2014-03-05 • Southern African Journal of HIV medicine
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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