Search Results - "MUTSVANGWA, Junior"
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Clinic-based SAMBA-II vs centralized laboratory viral load assays among HIV-1 infected children, adolescents and young adults in rural Zimbabwe: A randomized controlled trial
Published in PloS one (14-02-2023)“…In Zimbabwe, children, adolescents and young adults living with HIV (CALWH) who are on public health antiretroviral therapy (ART) have inadequate viral load…”
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Viral load care of HIV-1 infected children and adolescents: A longitudinal study in rural Zimbabwe
Published in PloS one (14-01-2021)“…Maintaining virologic suppression of children and adolescents on ART in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa is challenging. We explored switching drug…”
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Early risk assessment in paediatric and adult household contacts of confirmed tuberculosis cases by novel diagnostic tests (ERASE-TB): protocol for a prospective, non-interventional, longitudinal, multicountry cohort study
Published in BMJ open (19-07-2022)“…IntroductionThe WHO End-TB Strategy calls for the development of novel diagnostics to detect tuberculosis (TB) earlier and more accurately. Better diagnostics,…”
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Genetic Analyses of HIV-1 env Sequences Demonstrate Limited Compartmentalization in Breast Milk and Suggest Viral Replication within the Breast That Increases with Mastitis
Published in Journal of Virology (01-10-2010)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Chronic Cough in Primary Health Care Attendees, Harare, Zimbabwe: Diagnosis and Impact of HIV Infection
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (15-06-2005)“…Background. Cough lasting for ⩾3 weeks (i.e., chronic cough) indicates that a patient has suspected tuberculosis (TB). At the primary health care level, the…”
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The Importance of Culture for Diagnosing Tuberculosis
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Accelerate investment and action to find the missing patients with tuberculosis
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Tenofovir, Lamivudine, and Dolutegravir Among Rural Adolescents in Zimbabwe: A Cautionary Tale
Published in AIDS research and human retroviruses (01-10-2022)“…Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, lamivudine, and dolutegravir (TLD) as a safe and more effective single daily dose regimen is rolling out in Africa for people…”
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HIV, malnutrition, and noncommunicable disease epidemics among tuberculosis-affected households in east and southern Africa: A cross-sectional analysis of the ERASE-TB cohort
Published in PLoS medicine (16-09-2024)“…As a result of shared social and structural risk factors, people in households affected by tuberculosis may have an increased risk of chronic conditions; at…”
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Utility of Cerebrospinal Fluid Unstimulated Interferon-Gamma (IRISA-TB) as a Same-Day Test for Tuberculous Meningitis in a Tuberculosis-Endemic, Resource-Poor Setting
Published in Open forum infectious diseases (01-09-2024)“…Abstract Background Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) mortality is high and current diagnostics perform suboptimally. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of a…”
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National tuberculosis prevalence surveys in Africa, 2008–2016: an overview of results and lessons learned
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-11-2020)“…Objective and methods Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. In many countries, national TB prevalence…”
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Person-centered and youth-oriented interventions to improve TB Care for adolescents and young adults
Published in PLOS global public health (15-11-2024)“…Globally adolescents and young adults (AYA) with tuberculosis (TB) face unique challenges. Until recently they have received little attention and few tailored…”
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PA-71 TB household contacts screening in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Published in BMJ global health (17-12-2023)“…BackgroundMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission among households contributes significantly to the tuberculosis (TB) burden. Understanding TB risks and…”
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PA-139 Impact of molecular diagnostic tools for community-based active case-finding: a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Published in BMJ global health (17-12-2023)“…BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) disease remains undiagnosed or unreported in approximately 4.2 million people annually. To address these “missing millions”, we…”
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HIV drug resistance testing among patients failing second line antiretroviral therapy. Comparison of in-house and commercial sequencing
Published in Journal of virological methods (01-05-2017)“…•In-house sequencing can provide reliable genotyping information.•Low-cost sequencing achieved by adopting SATURN protocol.•In-house and commercial sequencing…”
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Documenting and explaining the HIV decline in east Zimbabwe: the Manicaland General Population Cohort
Published in BMJ open (01-10-2017)“…PurposeThe Manicaland cohort was established to provide robust scientific data on HIV prevalence and incidence, patterns of sexual risk behaviour and the…”
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Etiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pathogens Responsible for Urethral Discharge Among Men in Harare, Zimbabwe
Published in Sexually transmitted diseases (01-12-2014)“…Periodic etiological surveillance of sexually transmitted infection (STI) syndromes is required to validate treatment algorithms used to control STIs. However,…”
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Identifying recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in the setting of high HIV and TB burden
Published in Thorax (01-04-2010)“…Accurate diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in recently exposed HIV-infected tuberculosis (TB) contacts is a public health priority because of…”
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Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk are associated with HIV-1 shedding but not with mastitis
Published in AIDS (London) (31-07-2008)“…Breast milk HIV-1 load is associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis, and both milk viral load and mastitis are associated with increased…”
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Interpreting Tuberculin Skin Tests in a Population With a High Prevalence of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Nonspecific Tuberculin Sensitivity
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-05-2010)“…Understanding the epidemiology and clinical course of tuberculosis is hampered by the absence of a perfect test for latent tuberculosis infection. The…”
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