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Laboratory reference values for healthy adults from southern TanzaniaElmar Saathoff
Abteilung fuer Infektions und Tropenmedizin, Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany
Trop Med Int Health 13:612-25. 2008..To define and discuss reference ranges for commonly determined laboratory parameters in healthy adults from southern Tanzania...- Anemia in adults with tuberculosis is associated with HIV and anthropometric status in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaE Saathoff
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15:925-32. 2011..Tuberculosis (TB) infected adults attending out-patient TB clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania... 
Low specificity of determine HIV1/2 RDT using whole blood in south west TanzaniaInge Kroidl
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
PLoS ONE 7:e39529. 2012..To evaluate the diagnostic performance of two rapid detection tests (RDTs) for HIV 1/2 in plasma and in whole blood samples...- Risk factors for HIV-1 infection in a longitudinal, prospective cohort of adults from the Mbeya Region, TanzaniaSteffen Geis
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich, LMU, Munich, Germany
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:453-9. 2011..This study describes HIV-1 incidence and associated risk factors in a general population cohort of adults from Mbeya region, Tanzania, who participated in a vaccine preparedness study... - Predictors of stillbirth among HIV-infected Tanzanian womenRoland Kupka
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88:584-92. 2009..To determine maternal risk factors for stillbirth among pregnant HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa... - Viral and host factors associated with the HIV-1 viral load setpoint in adults from Mbeya Region, TanzaniaElmar Saathoff
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 54:324-30. 2010..The viral load setpoint (VLS) is an important predictor of HIV disease progression, but there is a lack of information regarding the VLS and its possible determinants in African populations... - Increased and expedited case detection by Xpert MTB/RIF assay in childhood tuberculosis: a prospective cohort studyAndrea Rachow
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
Clin Infect Dis 54:1388-96. 2012..The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) in children with suspected tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis/HIV-burden setting... 
Geophagy (Soil-eating) in relation to Anemia and Helminth infection among HIV-infected pregnant women in TanzaniaKosuke Kawai
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:36-43. 2009..16; 95% CI = 0.98-1.36) and a lower hemoglobin concentration (adjusted-mean difference -3.8 g/L; 95% CI [-7.3, -0.4]). Pregnant women should be informed about the potential risks associated with soil consumption...- High seroprevalence of Rift Valley FEVER AND EVIDENCE FOR ENDEMIC circulation in Mbeya region, Tanzania, in a cross-sectional studyNorbert Heinrich
Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Center of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1557. 2012..Human infections are associated with these events, with a fatality rate of 0.5-2%. Since the virus is able to use many mosquito species of temperate climates as vectors, it has a high potential to spread to outside Africa... - A trial of the effect of micronutrient supplementation on treatment outcome, T cell counts, morbidity, and mortality in adults with pulmonary tuberculosisEduardo Villamor
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Infect Dis 197:1499-505. 2008..Tuberculosis (TB) often coincides with nutritional deficiencies. The effects of micronutrient supplementation on TB treatment outcomes, clinical complications, and mortality are uncertain... - Preferential infection and depletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4 T cells after HIV-1 infectionChristof Geldmacher
Immunology Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Exp Med 207:2869-81. 2010.... - Early depletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T helper 1 cell responses after HIV-1 infectionChristof Geldmacher
Immunology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 198:1590-8. 2008..This study was conducted to better understand the mechanism underlying M. tuberculosis-specific pathogenicity early after onset of HIV infection... - Eosinophilia during intestinal infectionThomas Loscher
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Leopoldstrasse 5, Munich, Germany
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 22:511-36. 2008..It increases considerably in populations with a high prevalence of parasitic infections, as in developing tropical countries or in travellers to those areas... - Anemia is an independent predictor of mortality and immunologic progression of disease among women with HIV in TanzaniaMegan E O'Brien
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:219-25. 2005..To examine the association of anemia with mortality and disease progression among a cohort of women with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania... - Effects of maternal vitamin supplements on malaria in children born to HIV-infected womenEduardo Villamor
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:1066-71. 2007..Supplementation of pregnant and lactating HIV-infected women with vitamins B, C, and E might be a useful, inexpensive intervention to decrease the burden of malaria in children born to HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa... - Low sensitivity of a urine LAM-ELISA in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosisKlaus Reither
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinikum of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
BMC Infect Dis 9:141. 2009..In the present study, the now commercially available assay has been clinically assessed regarding its diagnostic value alone and in combination with clinical co-factors... - Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay--a clinical validation studyAndrea Rachow
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
PLoS ONE 6:e20458. 2011.... - Wasting during pregnancy increases the risk of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmissionEduardo Villamor
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:622-6. 2005..To examine whether wasting during pregnancy, as measured by weight loss and low weight gain, is associated with increased mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1... - Patterns of geohelminth infection, impact of albendazole treatment and re-infection after treatment in schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South-AfricaElmar Saathoff
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA
BMC Infect Dis 4:27. 2004..This article describes the baseline situation and the effect of treatment on geohelminth infection in a rural part of the province... - Multivitamin supplementation of HIV-positive women during pregnancy reduces hypertensionAnwar T Merchant
Population Health Research Institute and McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada
J Nutr 135:1776-81. 2005..12, 95% CI 1.04-1.19, P = 0.002). Taking multivitamins containing vitamins B, C, and E during pregnancy may be an inexpensive and effective strategy to improve the health of the mother and baby... - Vitamin supplements, socioeconomic status, and morbidity events as predictors of wasting in HIV-infected women from TanzaniaEduardo Villamor
Department of Nutrition and Community Health, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Am J Clin Nutr 82:857-65. 2005..Vitamin supplements delay the disease progression, but their effect on wasting is not known. Data are lacking on the risk factors for wasting in African HIV-infected persons... - Vitamin supplementation of HIV-infected women improves postnatal child growthEduardo Villamor
Department of Nutrition and Community Health, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Am J Clin Nutr 81:880-8. 2005..Linear growth retardation and wasting are common in children born to HIV-infected women. Inexpensive interventions that could improve the postnatal growth pattern of such children are needed... - Correlates of syphilis seroreactivity among pregnant women: the HIVNET 024 Trial in Malawi, Tanzania, and ZambiaDara Potter
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:604-9. 2006..Younger HIV-infected women were at highest risk. Universal integrated antenatal HIV and syphilis screening and treatment is essential in sub-Saharan African settings... - Morbidity and mortality among a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and uninfected pregnant women and their infants from Malawi, Zambia, and TanzaniaDavid Chilongozi
University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe, Malawi
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:808-14. 2008..Morbidity and mortality patterns among pregnant women and their infants (before antiretroviral therapy was widely available) determines HIV-1 diagnostic, monitoring, and care interventions...