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Gender differences in mortality and CD4 count response among virally suppressed HIV-positive patientsMhairi Maskew
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 22:113-20. 2013..We investigated the gender differences in treatment response among HIV-positive patients virally suppressed within 6 months of treatment initiation...- Effectiveness and safety of 30 mg versus 40 mg stavudine regimens: a cohort study among HIV-infected adults initiating HAART in South AfricaMhairi Maskew
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Int AIDS Soc 15:13. 2012.... - The importance of clinic attendance in the first six months on antiretroviral treatment: a retrospective analysis at a large public sector HIV clinic in South AfricaAlana T Brennan
Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 13:49. 2010..Adherence to care and treatment are essential for HIV-infected individuals to benefit from antiretroviral therapy (ART). We sought to quantify the effects on treatment outcomes of missing visits soon after initiating ART... - Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated-Herpes Virus (KSHV) Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women in South AfricaBabatyi I Malope-Kgokong
Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC Frederick, NCI Frederick, Frederick MD, USA
Infect Agent Cancer 5:14. 2010..We measured the seroprevalence of KSHV in relation to HIV, syphilis, and demographic factors among pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics in the Gauteng province of South Africa... - Prevalence and predictors of kaposi sarcoma herpes virus seropositivity: a cross-sectional analysis of HIV-infected adults initiating ART in Johannesburg, South AfricaMhairi Maskew
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand York Avenue, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Infect Agent Cancer 6:22. 2011..abstract:.. 
Initiating antiretroviral therapy when presenting with higher CD4 cell counts results in reduced loss to follow-up in a resource-limited settingKate Clouse
Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 27:645-50. 2013..Mortality and morbidity are known to be reduced when initiating at higher CD4 levels; we explored the impact on patient loss to follow-up...- Loss to follow-up before and after delivery among women testing HIV positive during pregnancy in Johannesburg, South AfricaKate Clouse
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 18:451-60. 2013..HIV-positive pregnant women are at heightened risk of becoming lost to follow-up (LTFU) from HIV care. We examined LTFU before and after delivery among pregnant women newly diagnosed with HIV... - Outcomes of stable HIV-positive patients down-referred from a doctor-managed antiretroviral therapy clinic to a nurse-managed primary health clinic for monitoring and treatmentAlana T Brennan
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 25:2027-36. 2011.... - Patient retention from HIV diagnosis through one year on antiretroviral therapy at a primary health care clinic in Johannesburg, South AfricaKate Clouse
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62:e39-46. 2013..To compare patient retention at 3 stages of pre-antiretroviral (ART) care and 2 stages of post-ART care to identify when greatest attrition occurs... - Prevalent pregnancy, biological sex, and virologic response to antiretroviral therapyDaniel Westreich
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 60:489-94. 2012..Pregnancy is a common indication for initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to evaluate how pregnancy at treatment initiation predicts virologic response to HAART... - Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV-positive patients and the impact on treatment outcomes--a retrospective study from a large urban cohort in Johannesburg, South AfricaDenise Evans
Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2041, South Africa
J Neurovirol 18:162-71. 2012..Completion of TB treatment may reduce the risk of persistent PN in patients with TB-related PN. Use of HIV drugs, even neurotoxic ones, may overall limit neuropathy... - Poorer ART Outcomes with Increasing Age at a Large Public Sector HIV Clinic in Johannesburg, South AfricaMhairi Maskew
1Department of Medicine, Clinical HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 11:57-65. 2012..Background: As the current HIV-positive population ages, the absolute number of patients >50 years on treatment is increasing... - The interplay between CD4 cell count, viral load suppression and duration of antiretroviral therapy on mortality in a resource-limited settingAlana T Brennan
Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 18:619-31. 2013..To examine the interaction between CD4 cell count, viral load suppression and duration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on mortality... - Tenofovir use and pregnancy among women initiating HAARTMhairi Maskew
aHealth Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa bDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA cClinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand dRight to Care, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 26:2393-7. 2012..Here, our objective was to determine among HIV-positive women whether use of tenofovir at HAART initiation or thereafter is associated with subsequent changes in incidence of pregnancy... - Increased risk of mortality and loss to follow-up among HIV-positive patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis and malnutrition before antiretroviral therapy initiation: a retrospective analysis from a large urban cohort in Johannesburg, South AfricaDenise Evans
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 113:362-72. 2012..We investigated the effect of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OC) and body mass index (BMI) before antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on treatment outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients... - Prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in HBV serologically-negative South African HIV patients and retrospective evaluation of the clinical course of mono- and co-infectionCindy Firnhaber
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Int J Infect Dis 16:e268-72. 2012..This study presents the prevalence of HBV DNA in HIV-positive patients negative for all HBV serological markers and a retrospective evaluation of the clinical course of mono- and co-infection... - Prevalent tuberculosis and mortality among HAART initiatorsDaniel Westreich
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
AIDS 26:770-3. 2012..In reanalysis, treatment for tuberculosis at time of HAART initiation remained unassociated with increased risks of all-cause mortality, with adjusted hazard ratios ranging from 1.00 to 1.09... - A longitudinal study of stavudine-associated toxicities in a large cohort of South African HIV infected subjectsColin N Menezes
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Helen Joseph Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
BMC Infect Dis 11:244. 2011..This has brought new challenges which include the effects of stavudine-related toxicities...