Search Results - "Ocean Tobaiwa"

Performance of point-of-care birth HIV testing in primary health care clinics: An observational cohort study by Meggi, Bindiya, Vojnov, Lara, Mabunda, Nedio, Vubil, Adolfo, Zitha, Alcina, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mudenyanga, Chishamiso, Mutsaka, Dadirayi, Bollinger, Timothy, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Peter, Trevor F, Jani, Ilesh V

“…Failure to timely diagnose HIV in infants is a major barrier for scaling-up paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART). WHO recommends birth testing for earlier…”
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Point-Of-Care p24 Infant Testing for HIV May Increase Patient Identification despite Low Sensitivity by Meggi, Bindiya, Bollinger, Timothy, Mabunda, Nédio, Vubil, Adolfo, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Quevedo, Jorge I, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Vojnov, Lara, Peter, Trevor F, Jani, Ilesh V

“…The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often causes loss-to-follow-up prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART)…”
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Acceptability and performance of dual HIV/syphilis testing in male circumcision clients, 2021 by Kufa, Tendesayi, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Cutler, Ewaldé, Singh, Beverley, Brukwe, Zinhle, Maseko, Venessa, Pillay, Erushka, Dorrell, Philip, Moyo, Khumbulani, Zondi, Lindokuhle, Pillay, Yogan, Patrick, Sean, Puren, Adrian

“…Dual HIV/syphilis testing may be an acceptable intervention to identify men with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and at risk of HIV acquisition. We…”
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Performance Evaluation of the MyT4 Technology for Determining ART Eligibility by Sitoe, Nádia, Macamo, Rosa, Meggi, Bindiya, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Bollinger, Timothy, Vojnov, Lara, Jani, Ilesh

“…In resource-limited countries, CD4 T-cell (CD4) testing continues to be used for determining antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation eligibility and…”
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Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Leads to Variable Uptake of Syphilis, Anemia and CD4+ T-Cell Count Testing in Rural Maternal and Child Health Clinics by De Schacht, Caroline, Lucas, Carlota, Sitoe, Nádia, Machekano, Rhoderick, Chongo, Patrina, Temmerman, Marleen, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Guay, Laura, Kassaye, Seble, Jani, Ilesh V

“…Anemia, syphilis and HIV are high burden diseases among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in four health…”
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Evaluating operational specifications of point-of-care diagnostic tests: a standardized scorecard by Lehe, Jonathan D, Sitoe, Nádia E, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Quevedo, Jorge I, Peter, Trevor F, Jani, Ilesh V

“…The expansion of HIV antiretroviral therapy into decentralized rural settings will increasingly require simple point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests that can be…”
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The Association Between Alcohol Use, Sexual Risk Behavior, and HIV Infection Among Men Attending Beerhalls in Harare, Zimbabwe by Fritz, Katherine E, Woelk, Godfrey B, Bassett, Mary T, McFarland, William C, Routh, Janell A, Ocean Tobaiwa, Stall, Ron D

“…HIV testing and a behavioral survey were conducted with a cross-sectional sample of 324 men recruited at beerhalls in Harare, Zimbabwe, to examine the…”
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Affordable flow cytometry for enumeration of absolute CD4+ T-lymphocytes to identify subtype C HIV-1 infected adults requiring antiretroviral therapy (ART) and monitoring response to ART in a resource-limited setting by Zijenah, Lynn S, Kadzirange, Gerard, Madzime, Simon, Borok, Margaret, Mudiwa, Chiedza, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mucheche, Mary, Rusakaniko, Simbarashe, Katzenstein, David A

“…The World Health Organization (WHO)'s "3 x 5 program" has spurred efforts to place 3 million people on combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treatment…”
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Signal-boosted qualitative ultrasensitive p24 antigen assay for diagnosis of subtype C HIV-1 infection in infants under the age of 2 years by ZIJENAH, Lynn S, TOBAIWA, Ocean, RUSAKANIKO, Simbarashe, NATHOO, Kusum J, NHEMBE, Margaret, MATIBE, Petronella, KATZENSTEIN, David A

“…The gold standard for diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in infants under the age of 2 years is DNA or reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. However,…”
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T lymphocytes among HIV-infected and -uninfected infants: CD4/CD8 ratio as a potential tool in diagnosis of infection in infants under the age of 2 years by Zijenah, Lynn S, Katzenstein, David A, Nathoo, Kusum J, Rusakaniko, Simbarashe, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Gwanzura, Christine, Bikoue, Arsene, Nhembe, Margaret, Matibe, Petronella, Janossy, George

“…BACKGROUND: Serologic tests for HIV infection in infants less than 18 months do not differentiate exposure and infection since maternally acquired IgG…”
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Effect of point-of-care early infant diagnosis on antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention of patients by Jani, Ilesh V, Meggi, Bindiya, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mudenyanga, Chishamiso, Zitha, Alcina, Mutsaka, Dadirayi, Mabunda, Nedio, Vubil, Adolfo, Bollinger, Timothy, Vojnov, Lara, Peter, Trevor F

“…OBJECTIVE:We measured the effect of point-of-care (POC) early infant HIV testing on antiretroviral therapy initiation rates and retention in care among infants…”
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Accurate Early Infant HIV Diagnosis in Primary Health Clinics Using a Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Test by Jani, Ilesh V, Meggi, Bindiya, Mabunda, Nédio, Vubil, Adolfo, Sitoe, Nadia E, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Quevedo, Jorge I, Lehe, Jonathan D, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Vojnov, Lara, Peter, Trevor F

“…OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of a point-of-care (POC) nucleic acid–based test (NAT) for early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) in primary health clinics in…”
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Evaluation of the Whole-Blood Alere Q NAT Point-of-Care RNA Assay for HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring in a Primary Health Care Setting in Mozambique by Jani, Ilesh V, Meggi, Bindiya, Vubil, Adolfo, Sitoe, Nádia E, Bhatt, Nilesh, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Quevedo, Jorge I, Loquiha, Osvaldo, Lehe, Jonathan D, Vojnov, Lara, Peter, Trevor F

“…Viral load testing is the WHO-recommended monitoring assay for patients on HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART). Point-of-care (POC) assays may help improve access…”
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Prenatal Transmission of Subtype C HIV-1 in Zimbabwe: HIV-1 RNA and DNA in Maternal and Cord Blood by Guevara, Hugo, Johnston, Elizabeth, Zijenah, Lynn, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mason, Peter, Contag, Christopher, Mahomed, Kassam, Hendry, Michael, Katzenstein, David

“…Maternal and cord samples from HIV-seropositive women and their infants in Zimbabwe, where subtype C is the predominant strain of HIV, were analyzed to…”
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Accurate CD4 T-cell enumeration and antiretroviral drug toxicity monitoring in primary healthcare clinics using point-of-care testing by JANI, Ilesh V, SITOE, Nadia E, CHONGO, Patrina L, ALFAI, Eunice R, QUEVEDO, Jorge I, TOBAIWA, Ocean, LEHE, Jonathan D, PETER, Trevor F

“…To evaluate the accuracy of point-of-care tests (POCTs) for CD4 cell, clinical chemistry and hemoglobin in primary healthcare clinics in Mozambique. POCT and…”
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Use of mobile phone technology to improve the quality of point-of-care testing in a low-resource setting by Jani, Ilesh V, Quevedo, Jorge I, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Bollinger, Timothy, Sitoe, Nadia E, Chongo, Patrina, Vojnov, Lara, Lehe, Jonathan D, Peter, Trevor

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Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Leads to Variable Uptake of Syphilis, Anemia and CD4+ T-Cell Count Testing in Rural Maternal and Child Health Clinics: e0135744 by Schacht, Caroline De, Lucas, Carlota, Sitoe, Nadia, Machekano, Rhoderick, Chongo, Patrina, Temmerman, Marleen, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Guay, Laura, Kassaye, Seble, Jani, Ilesh V

“…Introduction Anemia, syphilis and HIV are high burden diseases among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in four…”
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Novel and Promiscuous CTL Epitopes in Conserved Regions of Gag Targeted by Individuals with Early Subtype C HIV Type 1 Infection from Southern Africa by Masemola, Agatha M, Mashishi, Tumelo N, Khoury, Greg, Bredell, Helba, Paximadis, Maria, Mathebula, Tiyani, Barkhan, Debra, Puren, Adrian, Vardas, Efthyia, Colvin, Mark, Zijenah, Lynn, Katzenstein, David, Musonda, Rosemary, Allen, Susan, Kumwenda, Newton, Taha, Taha, Gray, Glenda, McIntyre, James, Karim, Salim Abdool, Sheppard, Haynes W, Gray, Clive M

“…Characterization of optimal CTL epitopes in Gag can provide crucial information for evaluation of candidate vaccines in populations at the epicenter of the…”
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Prenatal Transmission of Subtype C HIV-1 in Zimbabwe: HIV-1 RNA and DNA in Maternal and Cord Blood by Guevara, Hugo, Johnston, Elizabeth, Zijenah, Lynn, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mason, Peter, Contag, Christopher, Mahomed, Kassam, Hendry, Michael, Katzenstein, David

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Association of high HIV-1 RNA levels and homozygosity at HLA class II DRB1 in adults coinfected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe by Zijenah, Lynn S, Hartogensis, Wendy E, Katzenstein, David A, Tobaiwa, Ocean, Mutswangwa, Junior, Mason, Peter R, Louie, Leslie G

“…HIV-1 mRNA levels (virus load) were quantified for 191 pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients and 132 HIV-1 seropositive controls. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)…”
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