Search Results - "MACHEKANO, R"

HIV matters when diagnosing TB in young children: an ancillary analysis in children enrolled in the INPUT stepped wedge cluster randomized study by Powell, L, Denoeud-Ndam, L, Herrera, N, Masaba, R, Tchounga, B, Siamba, S, Ouma, M, Petnga, S J, Machekano, R, Pamen, B, Okomo, G, Simo, L, Casenghi, M, Rakhmanina, N, Tiam, A

“…Children under age five years, particularly those living with HIV (CLHIV), are at risk for rapid progression of tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to describe TB…”
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Comparing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patient costs under molecular diagnostic algorithms in South Africa by du Toit, E., Squire, S. B., Dunbar, R., Machekano, R., Madan, J., Beyers, N., Naidoo, P.

“…SETTING: Ten primary health care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa, 2010-2013.OBJECTIVE: A comparison of costs incurred by patients in GenoType® MDRTBplus…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse-Transcriptase and Protease Subtypes: Classification, Amino Acid Mutation Patterns, and Prevalence in a Northern California Clinic-Based Population by Gonzales, Matthew J., Machekano, Rhoderick N., Shafer, Robert W.

“…Phylogenetic analysis of the reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease of 117 published complete human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 genome sequences…”
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Efficacy studies of malaria treatments in Africa: efficient estimation with missing indicators of failure by Machekano, RN, Dorsey, G., Hubbard, A.

“…The effect of missing data in causal inference problems is widely recognized. In malaria drug ef“cacy studies, it is often dif“cult to distinguish between new…”
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Report of sexually transmitted diseases by HIV infected men during follow up: time to target the HIV infected? by Machekano, R N, Bassett, M T, Zhou, P S, Mbizvo, M T, Latif, A S, Katzenstein, D A

“…Objectives: To compare the rate of self reported sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among HIV infected men with men who remained HIV negative during follow…”
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Syphilis serology and HIV infection in Harare, Zimbabwe by Gwanzura, L, Latif, A, Bassett, M, Machekano, R, Katzenstein, D A, Mason, P R

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability of serological tests in detecting syphilis in a factory worker cohort and examine the impact of concurrent HIV…”
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Genotypic Correlates of a Virologic Response to Stavudine After Zidovudine Monotherapy by Shulman, Nancy S, Machekano, Roderick A, Shafer, Robert W, Winters, Mark A, Zolopa, Andrew R, Liou, Song H, Hughes, Michael, Katzenstein, David A

“…Prior evidence suggests that resistance to zidovudine (ZDV) confers some degree of cross-resistance to stavudine (d4T), but no genotypic correlates of clinical…”
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Impact of HIV counselling and testing on HIV seroconversion and reported STD incidence among male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe by Machekano, R, McFarland, W, Mbizvo, M T, Bassett, M T, Katzenstein, D, Latif, A S

“…To assess the impact of HIV counselling and testing on HIV seroconversion and incidence of reported sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among male factory…”
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Condom use and the risk of HIV infection: who is being protected? by Mbizvo, M T, Ray, S, Bassett, M, McFarland, W, Machekano, R, Katzenstein, D

“…Descriptive baseline data at enrollment into a cohort of male factory workers who were tested for HIV serology and monitored for sero-conversion over time,…”
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HIV seroconversion among factory workers in Harare: who is getting newly infected? by Mbizvo, M T, Latif, A S, Machekano, R, MacFarland, W, Bassett, M T, Ray, S, Katzenstein, D

“…Zimbabwe, like other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, is experiencing a rapidly growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is crucial to determine risk events and…”
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Geographic Differences in Antimalarial Drug Efficacy in Uganda Are Explained by Differences in Endemicity and Not by Known Molecular Markers of Drug Resistance by Francis, Damon, Nsobya, Samuel L., Talisuna, Ambrose, Yeka, Adoke, Kamya, Moses R., Machekano, Rhoderick, Dokomajilar, Christian, Rosenthal, Philip J., Dorsey, Grant

“…BackgroundRecent clinical trials from Uganda have shown that the risk of failure following antimalarial therapy varies geographically. We tested the hypothesis…”
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Marijuana Use and Its Association With Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Persons With Moderate to Severe Nausea by de Jong, Bouke C, Prentiss, Diane, McFarland, Willi, Machekano, Rhoderick, Israelski, Dennis M

“…BACKGROUND:Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to successful treatment of HIV infection. Two recent studies reported a negative correlation…”
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Lack of Evidence for Frequent Heterosexual Transmission of Human Herpesvirus 8 in Zimbabwe by Campbell, Thomas B., Borok, Margaret, Ndemera, Buxton, Fiorillo, Suzanne, White, Irene E., Zhang, Xing-quan, Machekano, Rhoderick N., Katzenstein, David, Gwanzura, Lovemore

“…Background. There is conflicting evidence about the contribution of heterosexual transmission to the spread of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in southern Africa…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Sequence Database: an expanded data model integrating natural language text and sequence analysis programs by Kantor, R, Machekano, R, Gonzales, M J, Dupnik, K, Schapiro, J M, Shafer, R W

“…The HIV Reverse Transcriptase and Protease Sequence Database is an on-line relational database that catalogs evolutionary and drug-related sequence variation…”
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Prevalence and Incidence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among Male Zimbabwean Factory Workers by McFarland, William, Gwanzura, Lovemore, Bassett, Mary T., Machekano, Rhoderick, Latif, Ahmed S., Ley, Catherine, Parsonnet, Julie, Burke, Rae Lyn, Katzenstein, David

“…Stored sera from a cohort of 2397 male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe, were screened for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)—specific antibodies, to…”
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The impact of age, temperature, and parasite density on treatment outcomes from antimalarial clinical trials in Kampala, Uganda by Dorsey, Grant, Gasasira, Anne F, Machekano, Rhoderick, Kamya, Moses R, Staedke, Sarah G, Hubbard, Alan

“…Antimalarial drug treatment policy in sub-Saharan Africa is generally guided by the results of clinical drug efficacy studies in patients with uncomplicated…”
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HIV seroincidence and correlates of seroconversion in a cohort of male factory workers in Harare, Zimbabwe by Mbizvo, M T, Machekano, R, McFarland, W, Ray, S, Bassett, M, Latif, A, Katzenstein, D

“…Given that health promotion messages on transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) have been widely publicized in Zimbabwe and elsewhere…”
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Association-driven care and treatment : a model for community-based delivery of HIV/AIDS healthcare in resource-limited settings by KASSAYE, Seble G, NDAYISHIMIYE, Franyise, BINSWANGER, Hans, SALL, Amar Y, MACHEKANO, Rhoderick, ISRAELSKI, Dennis M

“…Low cost antiretroviral medications are now available, but limited Healthcare infrastructure hinders the extension of treatment. Community-based antiretroviral…”
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Sexual behaviour and risk assessment of HIV seroconvertors among urban male factory workers in Zimbabwe by Ray, Sunanda, Latif, Ahmed, Machekano, Roderick, Katzenstein, David

“…Despite extensive HIV prevention programmes and knowledge of people dying of AIDS, people in Zimbabwe continue to be infected with HIV and other sexually…”
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Estimating HIV incidence from age-specific prevalence data : comparison with concurrent cohort estimates in a study of male factory workers, Harare, Zimbabwe by GREGSON, S, MACHEKANO, R, DONNELLY, C. A, MBIZVO, M. T, ANDERSON, R. M, KATZENSTEIN, D. A

“…To compare HIV incidence estimates from cross-sectional age-specific prevalence data with concurrent cohort estimates and to examine the sensitivity of the…”
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