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High HIV incidence among young women in South Africa: Data from a large prospective study by Palanee-Phillips, Thesla, Rees, Helen V, Heller, Kate B, Ahmed, Khatija, Batting, Joanne, Beesham, Ivana, Heffron, Renee, Justman, Jessica, Makkan, Heeran, Mastro, Timothy D, Morrison, Susan A, Mugo, Nelly, Nair, Gonasagrie, Kiarie, James, Philip, Neena M, Pleaner, Melanie, Reddy, Krishnaveni, Selepe, Pearl, Steyn, Petrus S, Scoville, Caitlin W, Smit, Jenni, Thomas, Katherine K, Donnell, Deborah, Baeten, Jared M

“…South Africa has the highest national burden of HIV globally. Understanding drivers of HIV acquisition in recently completed, prospective studies in which HIV…”
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High STI burden among a cohort of adolescents aged 12-19 years in a youth-friendly clinic in South Africa by Price, Matt A, Kuteesa, Monica, Oladimeji, Matthew, Brumskine, William, Edward, Vinodh, Makkan, Heeran, Mthembu, Funeka, Muturi-Kioi, Vincent, Chetty-Makkan, Candice, Maenetje, Pholo

“…Adolescents face a higher risk for HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancy than any other age group in sub-Saharan Africa, and have unique health care needs as…”
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High Levels of Pretreatment HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations Among South African Women Who Acquired HIV During a Prospective Study by Beesham, Ivana, Parikh, Urvi M., Mellors, John W., Joseph Davey, Dvora L., Heffron, Renee, Palanee-Phillips, Thesla, Bosman, Shannon L., Beksinska, Mags, Smit, Jennifer, Ahmed, Khatija, Makkan, Heeran, Selepe, Pearl, Louw, Cheryl, Kotze, Philip, Hofmeyr, G. Justus, Singata‐Madliki, Mandisa, Rees, Helen, Baeten, Jared M., Wallis, Carole

“…Background: Pretreatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) undermines individual treatment success and threatens the achievement of UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets. In many…”
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Age-Specific Risk Scores Do Not Improve HIV-1 Prediction Among Women in South Africa by Peebles, Kathryn, Palanee-Phillips, Thesla, Balkus, Jennifer E., Beesham, Ivana, Makkan, Heeran, Deese, Jennifer, Smit, Jennifer, Heffron, Renee, Morrison, Charles S., Philip, Neena M., Malahleha, Mookho, Kasaro, Margaret, Naidoo, Yuthika, Nielson, Tanya, Reddy, Krishnaveni, Kotze, Philip, Ahmed, Khatija, Rees, Helen, Baeten, Jared M., Barnabas, Ruanne V.

“…BACKGROUND:HIV-1 risk scoring tools could help target provision of prevention modalities such as pre-exposure prophylaxis. Recent research suggests that risk…”
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Control of the HIV-1 Load Varies by Viral Subtype in a Large Cohort of African Adults With Incident HIV-1 Infection by Price, Matt A, Rida, Wasima, Kilembe, William, Karita, Etienne, Inambao, Mubiana, Ruzagira, Eugene, Kamali, Anatoli, Sanders, Eduard J, Anzala, Omu, Hunter, Eric, Allen, Susan, Edward, Vinodh A, Wall, Kristin M, Tang, Jianming, Fast, Patricia E, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Lakhi, Shabir, Mutua, Gaudensia, Bekker, Linda Gail, Abu-Baker, Ggayi, Tichacek, Amanda, Chetty, Paramesh, Latka, Mary H, Maenetje, Pholo, Makkan, Heeran, Kibengo, Freddie, Priddy, Fran, Gilmour, Jill

“…Few human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons can maintain low viral levels without therapeutic intervention. We evaluate predictors of spontaneous…”
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Attitudes Toward Gender-Based Violence Among Sexually Active Adult Men at High Risk for HIV in Rustenburg, South Africa by Makkan, Heeran, Maenetje, Pholo, Chetty-Makkan, Candice M., Muchiri, Evans, Latka, Mary H., Edward, Vinodh A., Price, Matt A., Omosa-Manyonyi, Gloria, Lindan, Christina

“…Gender-based violence (GBV) toward women is widespread and has been associated with increased HIV risk. We investigated attitudes toward GBV among men living…”
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HIV incidence and predictors of inconsistent condom use among adult men enrolled into an HIV vaccine preparedness study, Rustenburg, South Africa by Maenetje, Pholo, Lindan, Christina, Makkan, Heeran, Chetty-Makkan, Candice M, Latka, Mary H, Charalambous, Salome, Mlotshwa, Mandla, Malefo, Matshidiso, Brumskine, William, Hills, Nancy K, Price, Matthew A, Edward, Vinodh

“…Understanding HIV incidence and risk behaviour among populations being considered for HIV vaccine studies is necessary for the appropriate design of trials…”
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Creating an African HIV clinical research and prevention trials network: HIV prevalence, incidence and transmission by Kamali, Anatoli, Price, Matt A, Lakhi, Shabir, Karita, Etienne, Inambao, Mubiana, Sanders, Eduard J, Anzala, Omu, Latka, Mary H, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Asiki, Gershim, Ssetaala, Ali, Ruzagira, Eugene, Allen, Susan, Farmer, Paul, Hunter, Eric, Mutua, Gaudensia, Makkan, Heeran, Tichacek, Amanda, Brill, Ilene K, Fast, Pat, Stevens, Gwynn, Chetty, Paramesh, Amornkul, Pauli N, Gilmour, Jill

“…HIV epidemiology informs prevention trial design and program planning. Nine clinical research centers (CRC) in sub-Saharan Africa conducted HIV observational…”
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Failure of a novel, rapid antigen and antibody combination test to detect antigen-positive HIV infection in African adults with early HIV infection by Kilembe, William, Keeling, Michelle, Karita, Etienne, Lakhi, Shabir, Chetty, Paramesh, Price, Matt A, Makkan, Heeran, Latka, Mary, Likoti, Morongwe, Ilukui, Kenneth, Hurlston, Mackenzie, Allen, Susan, Stevens, Gwynn, Hunter, Eric

“…Acute HIV infection (prior to antibody seroconversion) represents a high-risk window for HIV transmission. Development of a test to detect acute infection at…”
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Pregnancy incidence and correlates in a clinical trial preparedness study, North West Province South Africa by Chetty-Makkan, Candice M, Fielding, Katherine, Feldblum, Paul J, Price, Matt A, Kruger, Petra, Makkan, Heeran, Charalambous, Salome, Latka, Mary H

“…Women in HIV prevention trials often must typically agree to avoid pregnancy. Regardless, some become pregnant. Screening tools predicting pregnancy risk could…”
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Cohort Profile: IAVI’s HIV epidemiology and early infection cohort studies in Africa to support vaccine discovery by Price, Matt A, Kilembe, William, Ruzagira, Eugene, Karita, Etienne, Inambao, Mubiana, Sanders, Eduard J, Anzala, Omu, Allen, Susan, Edward, Vinodh A, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Fast, Patricia E, Rida, Wasima, Kamali, Anatoli, Hunter, Eric, Tang, Jianming, Lakhi, Shabir, Mutua, Gaudensia, Bekker, Linda Gail, Abu-Baker, Ggayi, Tichacek, Amanda, Chetty, Paramesh, Latka, Mary H, Maenetje, Pholo, Makkan, Heeran, Hare, Jonathan, Kibengo, Freddie, Priddy, Fran, Landais, Elise, Chinyenze, Kundai, Gilmour, Jill

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The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity by Behar, Doron M., Villems, Richard, Soodyall, Himla, Blue-Smith, Jason, Pereira, Luisa, Metspalu, Ene, Scozzari, Rosaria, Makkan, Heeran, Tzur, Shay, Comas, David, Bertranpetit, Jaume, Quintana-Murci, Lluis, Tyler-Smith, Chris, Wells, R. Spencer, Rosset, Saharon

“…The quest to explain demographic history during the early part of human evolution has been limited because of the scarce paleoanthropological record from the…”
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High STI burden among a cohort of adolescents aged 12-19 years in a youth-friendly clinic in South Africa by Matt A Price, Monica Kuteesa, Matthew Oladimeji, William Brumskine, Vinodh Edward, Heeran Makkan, Funeka Mthembu, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Candice Chetty-Makkan, Pholo Maenetje

“…Adolescents face a higher risk for HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancy than any other age group in sub-Saharan Africa, and have unique health care needs as…”
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Sequencing Mycobacteria and Algorithm-determined Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (SMARTT): a study protocol for a phase IV pragmatic randomized controlled patient management strategy trial by Van Rie, Annelies, De Vos, Elise, Costa, Emilyn, Verboven, Lennert, Ndebele, Felex, Heupink, Tim H, Abrams, Steven, Maraba, Noriah, Makkan, Heeran, Beattie, Trevor, Sibeko, Zandile Rachel, Bohlela, S'thabiso, Segwaba, Pulane, Ogunbayo, Emmanuel Ayodeji, Mhlambi, Nomadlozi, Wells, Felicia, Rigouts, Leen, Maartens, Gary, Conradie, Francesca, Black, John, Potgieter, Sam

“…Abstract Background Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) remains an important global health problem. Ideally, the complete drug-resistance profile guides…”
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High HIV incidence among young women in South Africa: Data from a large prospective study by Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Helen V Rees, Kate B Heller, Khatija Ahmed, Joanne Batting, Ivana Beesham, Renee Heffron, Jessica Justman, Heeran Makkan, Timothy D Mastro, Susan A Morrison, Nelly Mugo, Gonasagrie Nair, James Kiarie, Neena M Philip, Melanie Pleaner, Krishnaveni Reddy, Pearl Selepe, Petrus S Steyn, Caitlin W Scoville, Jenni Smit, Katherine K Thomas, Deborah Donnell, Jared M Baeten, ECHO Trial Consortium

“…IntroductionSouth Africa has the highest national burden of HIV globally. Understanding drivers of HIV acquisition in recently completed, prospective studies…”
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Development of a single base extension method to resolve Y chromosome haplogroups in sub-Saharan African populations by Naidoo, Thijessen, Schlebusch, Carina M, Makkan, Heeran, Patel, Pareen, Mahabeer, Rajeshree, Erasmus, Johannes C, Soodyall, Himla

“…The ability of the Y chromosome to retain a record of its evolution has seen it become an essential tool of molecular anthropology. In the last few years,…”
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Pregnancy Incidence and Correlates in a Clinical Trial Preparedness Study, North West Province South Africa: e95708 by Chetty-Makkan, Candice M, Fielding, Katherine, Feldblum, Paul J, Price, Matt A, Kruger, Petra, Makkan, Heeran, Charalambous, Salome, Latka, Mary H

“…Introduction Women in HIV prevention trials often must typically agree to avoid pregnancy. Regardless, some become pregnant. Screening tools predicting…”
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Mitochondrial HVRI and whole mitogenome sequence variations portray similar scenarios on the genetic structure and ancestry of northeast Africans by Osman, Maha M., Hassan, Hisham Y., Elnour, Mohammed A., Makkan, Heeran, Gebremeskel, Eyoab Iyasu, Gais, Thoyba, Koko, Mahmoud E., Soodyall, Himla, Ibrahim, Muntaser E.

“…A significant portion of the current human adaptive and demographic traits is believed to have originated in north-east Africa, the putative scene of early…”
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