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The effect of a "universal antiretroviral therapy" recommendation on HIV RNA levels among HIV-infected patients entering care with a CD4 count greater than 500/μL in a public health settingElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:1690-7. 2012..The effect of changing guidance on real-world patient outcomes has not been evaluated...- A causal framework for understanding the effect of losses to follow-up on epidemiologic analyses in clinic-based cohorts: the case of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in AfricaElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS and Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 80, Box 0874, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:1080-7. 2012..A sampling-based approach can in general strengthen epidemiologic analyses conducted in many clinic-based cohorts, including those examining other diseases... - Understanding reasons for and outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral therapy programs in Africa through a sampling-based approachElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 80, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 53:405-11. 2010..We sought to characterize, through a sampling-based approach, reasons for and outcomes of patients who become lost to follow-up... - The effect of AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 5164 on the time from Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia diagnosis to antiretroviral initiation in routine clinical practice: a case study of diffusion, dissemination, and implementationElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS, San Francisco General Hospital, and Department of Medicine, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:1008-14. 2011..Subsequently, the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) HIV/AIDS Service performed the SFGH 5164 Initiative to disseminate and implement the findings of ACTG 5164... - Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009Elvin H Geng
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 14:46. 2011..Regionally representative socio-demographic, laboratory and clinical characteristics of patients accessing ART over time and across sites have not been well described... - Retention in care and connection to care among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: estimation via a sampling-based approachElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e21797. 2011..Yet many lost patients may have "silently" transferred and deaths shortly after the last clinic visit more likely represent limitations in clinical care rather than access to care after initial linkage... - Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directionsElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS at San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 7:234-44. 2010..Research to assess and improve retention in care for HIV-infected patients can be strengthened by incorporating novel methods such as sampling-based approaches and a causal analytic framework... - Tracking a sample of patients lost to follow-up has a major impact on understanding determinants of survival in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in AfricaElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 15:63-9. 2010..Losses to follow-up, however, are high in these settings and may lead to bias in understanding the determinants of mortality... - Diminishing availability of publicly funded slots for antiretroviral initiation among HIV-infected ART-eligible patients in UgandaElvin H Geng
Division of HIV AIDS, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
PLoS ONE 5:e14098. 2010..The impact of flat-line funding in the global scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected patients in Africa has not yet been well described... 
"Taking a Half Day at a Time:" Patient Perspectives and the HIV Engagement in Care ContinuumKaterina A Christopoulos
1 HIV AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
AIDS Patient Care STDS 27:223-30. 2013..The linkage to care experience laid the groundwork for subsequent retention. Interventions to support engagement in care should acknowledge that patient concerns change over time and focus on promoting shifts in perspective...- Assessment of population-based HIV RNA levels in a rural east African setting using a fingerprick-based blood collection methodVivek Jain
HIV AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143 0874, USA
Clin Infect Dis 56:598-605. 2013..We estimated population-based HIV RNA levels using a fingerprick-based approach in a rural Ugandan community implementing rapid ART scale-up...