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Fluoroquinolone exposure prior to tuberculosis diagnosis is associated with an increased risk of death by van der Heijden, Y. F., Maruri, F., Blackman, A., Holt, E., Warkentin, J. V., Shepherd, B. E., Sterling, T. R.

“…SETTING: Fluoroquinolone (FQ) exposure before tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is common, but its effect on outcomes, including mortality, is unclear.DESIGN: Among…”
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Rank-based principal stratum sensitivity analyses by Lu, X., Mehrotra, D.V., Shepherd, B.E.

“…We describe rank‐based approaches to assess principal stratification treatment effects in studies where the outcome of interest is only well‐defined in a…”
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Enrolment and programmatic trends and predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation from president's emergency plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported public HIV care and treatment sites in rural Mozambique by Moon, T D, Burlison, J R, Blevins, M, Shepherd, B E, Baptista, A, Sidat, M, Vergara, A E, Vermund, S H

“…Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made antiretroviral therapy (ART) available in urban settings, but the progress of treatment expansion into rural…”
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Body mass index and early CD4 T‐cell recovery among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in North America, 1998–2010 by Koethe, JR, Jenkins, CA, Lau, B, Shepherd, BE, Silverberg, MJ, Brown, TT, Blashill, AJ, Anema, A, Willig, A, Stinnette, S, Napravnik, S, Gill, J, Crane, HM, Sterling, TR

“…Objectives Adipose tissue affects several aspects of the cellular immune system, but prior epidemiological studies have differed on whether a higher body mass…”
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Body mass index and the risk of incident noncommunicable diseases after starting antiretroviral therapy by Koethe, JR, Jenkins, CA, Turner, M, Bebawy, S, Shepherd, BE, Wester, CW, Sterling, TR

“…Objectives Obesity and HIV infection are associated with an increased incidence of noninfectious comorbid medical conditions, but the relationship between body…”
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Anal squamous intraepithelial lesions among HIV positive and HIV negative men who have sex with men in Thailand by Li, A H, Phanuphak, N, Sahasrabuddhe, V V, Chaithongwongwatthana, S, Vermund, S H, Jenkins, C A, Shepherd, B E, Teeratakulpisarn, N, van der Lugt, J, Avihingsanon, A, Ruxrungtham, K, Shikuma, C, Phanuphak, P, Ananworanich, J

“…To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions (ASIL), the putative anal cancer precursor, in Asian HIV positive and HIV…”
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Isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosis is associated with poor treatment outcomes in Durban, South Africa by van der Heijden, Y. F., Karim, F., Mufamadi, G., Zako, L., Chinappa, T., Shepherd, B. E., Maruri, F., Moosa, M-Y. S., Sterling, T. R., Pym, A. S.

“…SETTING: A large tuberculosis (TB) clinic in Durban, South Africa.OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between isoniazid (INH) monoresistant TB and…”
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Potentially preventable tuberculosis among HIV-infected persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral treatment by PETTIT, A. C, BARKANIC, G, STINNETTE, S, REBEIRO, P, BLACKWELL, R, RAFFANTI, S. P, SHEPHERD, B. E, STERLING, T. R

“…OBJECTIVE: To characterize the proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases that could have been prevented among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected persons…”
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HIV-related tuberculosis: mortality risk in persons without vs. with culture-confirmed disease by Crabtree-Ramírez, B., Jenkins, C., Jayathilake, K., Carriquiry, G., Veloso, V., Padgett, D., Gotuzzo, E., Cortes, C., Mejia, F., McGowan, C. C., Duda, S., Shepherd, B. E., Sterling, T. R., on behalf of the Caribbean, Central and South America network for HIV epidemiology region of International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS

“…BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive persons is difficult, particularly in resource-limited settings. The…”
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Trends in proportion of older HIV-infected people in care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a growing challenge by Caro-Vega, Y, Belaunzarán-Zamudio, P F, Crabtree-Ramírez, B, Shepherd, B E, Mejia, F, Giganti, M J, Patterson, P, Grinsztejn, B, Wolff, M, Pape, J W, Padgett, D, Castilho, J L, McGowan, C, Sierra-Madero, J G

“…We aimed to quantify the proportion of people receiving care for HIV-infection that are 50 years or older (older HIV patients) in Latin America and the…”
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Outcomes of HIV-positive patients with cryptococcal meningitis in the Americas by Crabtree Ramírez, B., Caro Vega, Y., Shepherd, B.E., Le, C., Turner, M., Frola, C., Grinsztejn, B., Cortes, C., Padgett, D., Sterling, T.R., McGowan, C.C., Person, A.

“…•This is a description of clinical outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) in persons with HIV-infection in a large Latin-American cohort.•Mortality in…”
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Older age at first tuberculosis diagnosis is associated with tuberculosis recurrence in HIV-negative persons by van der Heijden, Y. F., Karim, F., Chinappa, T., Mufamadi, G., Zako, L., Shepherd, B. E., Maruri, F., Moosa, M-Y. S., Sterling, T. R., Pym, A. S.

“…SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) clinic in Durban, South Africa.OBJECTIVE: To assess the factors associated with TB recurrence among human immunodeficiency virus…”
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Tuberculosis and the risk of infection with other intracellular bacteria: a population-based study by HUAMAN, M. A., FISKE, C. T., JONES, T. F., WARKENTIN, J., SHEPHERD, B. E., INGRAM, L. A., MARURI, F., STERLING, T. R.

“…Persons who develop tuberculosis (TB) may have subtle immune defects that could predispose to other intracellular bacterial infections (ICBIs). We obtained…”
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Aggregate formation and its effect on (opto)electronic properties of guest-host organic semiconductors by Shepherd, Whitney E. B., Platt, Andrew D., Hofer, David, Ostroverkhova, Oksana, Loth, Marsha, Anthony, John E.

“…We quantify guest molecule aggregation and its effect on the photoconductive properties of guest-host thin films, depending on the guest concentration and host…”
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Energy Transfer and Exciplex Formation and Their Impact on Exciton and Charge Carrier Dynamics in Organic Films by Shepherd, Whitney E. B, Platt, Andrew D, Kendrick, Mark J, Loth, Marsha A, Anthony, John E, Ostroverkhova, Oksana

“…We report Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) with a Förster radius R 0 of 4.8 nm and exciplex formation in composites containing two functionalized…”
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HIV-1 Virologic and Immunologic Progression and Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-1–Infected Subjects in a Trial of the Efficacy of Recombinant Glycoprotein 120 Vaccine by Gilbert, Peter B., Ackers, Marta L., Berman, Phillip W., Francis, Donald P., Popovic, Vladimir, Hu, Dale J., Heyward, William L., Sinangil, Faruk, Shepherd, Bryan E., Gurwith, Marc

“…The first trial of the efficacy of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–1 vaccine was conducted in North America and The Netherlands between 1998 and 2003…”
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Sampling designs for HIV molecular epidemiology with application to Honduras by Shepherd, Bryan E, Rossini, Anthony J, Soto, Ramon Jeremias, De Rivera, Ivette Lorenzana, Mullins, James I

“…Proper sampling is essential to characterize the molecular epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV sampling frames are difficult to identify,…”
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Impact of Definitions of Loss to Follow-up on Estimates of Retention, Disease Progression, and Mortality: Application to an HIV Program in Mozambique by SHEPHERD, Bryan E, BLEVINS, Meridith, VAZ, Lara M. E, MOON, Troy D, KIPP, Aaron M, JOSE, Eurico, FERREIRA, Ferreira G, VERMUND, Sten H

“…Patient retention is critical to the management of chronic diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hence, accurate measures of loss to follow-up…”
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A new residual for ordinal outcomes by LI, CHUN, SHEPHERD, BRYAN E.

“…We propose a new residual for regression models of ordinal outcomes, defined as E {sign(y, Y)}, where y is the observed outcome and Y is a random variable from…”
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An Optimal Body Mass Index Range Associated With Improved Immune Reconstitution Among HIV-Infected Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy by Koethe, John R., Jenkins, Cathy A., Shepherd, Bryan E., Stinnette, Samuel E., Sterling, Timothy R.

“…Background. Higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with slower human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression before the availability of effective…”
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