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Evaluation of contingency management as a strategy to improve HCV linkage to care and treatment in persons attending needle and syringe programs: A pilot study by Norton, B.L., Bachhuber, M.A., Singh, R., Agyemang, L., Arnsten, J.H., Cunningham, C.O., Litwin, A.H.

“…A greater proportion of HCV-infected people who inject drugs (PWID) need to be linked to care for HCV antiviral treatment. This study sets out to evaluate the…”
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Increase in anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Botswana: results from the fourth National Drug Resistance Survey by Menzies, H. J., Moalosi, G., Anisimova, V., Gammino, V., Sentle, C., Bachhuber, M. A., Bile, E., Radisowa, K., Kachuwaire, O., Basotli, J., Maribe, T., Makombe, R., Shepherd, J., Kim, B., Samandari, T., El-Halabi, S., Chirenda, J., Cain, K. P.

“…SETTING: Although approximately 0.5 million cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) occur globally each year, surveillance data are limited…”
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Association of chest radiographic abnormalities with tuberculosis disease in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults by AGIZEW, T, BACHHUBER, M. A, NYIRENDA, S, MAKWARUZI, V. Z. S. A. M, TEDLA, Z, TALLAKSEN, R. J, PARKER, J. E, MBOYA, J. J, SAMANDARI, T

“…Francistown and Gaborone, Botswana. Chest radiography is used to screen for tuberculosis (TB) in asymptomatic persons living with the human immunodeficiency…”
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Mortality benefit of isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-positive persons: a simulation study [Short communication] by BACHHUBER, M. A, GROSS, R

“…A meta-analysis of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals failed to show a mortality benefit even though…”
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Medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic overdose mortality in the United States, 1999-2010 by Bachhuber, Marcus A, Saloner, Brendan, Cunningham, Chinazo O, Barry, Colleen L

“…Opioid analgesic overdose mortality continues to rise in the United States, driven by increases in prescribing for chronic pain. Because chronic pain is a…”
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Payments from drug companies to physicians are associated with higher volume and more expensive opioid analgesic prescribing by Zezza, Mark A, Bachhuber, Marcus A

“…While the rise in opioid analgesic prescribing and overdose deaths was multifactorial, financial relationships between opioid drug manufacturers and physicians…”
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Cannabis Use is Associated with Lower Odds of Prescription Opioid Analgesic Use Among HIV-Infected Individuals with Chronic Pain by Sohler, Nancy L., Starrels, Joanna L., Khalid, Laila, Bachhuber, Marcus A., Arnsten, Julia H., Nahvi, Shadi, Jost, John, Cunningham, Chinazo O.

“…Background: Chronic pain is common in the United States and prescribed opioid analgesics use for noncancer pain has increased dramatically in the past two…”
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Reducing the default dispense quantity for new opioid analgesic prescriptions: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Bachhuber, Marcus A, Nash, Denis, Southern, William N, Heo, Moonseong, Berger, Matthew, Schepis, Mark, Cunningham, Chinazo O

“…IntroductionAs opioid analgesic consumption has grown, so have opioid use disorder and opioid-related overdoses. Reducing the quantity of opioid analgesics…”
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