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| Mirjam Colette KempfSummaryAffiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham Country: USA Publications
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HIV and hepatitis B and C incidence rates in US correctional populations and high risk groups: a systematic review and meta-analysisEthan Gough
Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
BMC Public Health 10:777. 2010..Describing these dynamics more clearly is essential to understanding how inmates and former detainees may be a source for further spread of HIV to the general US population...- The impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on prevalence and incidence of cervical human papillomavirus infections in HIV-positive adolescentsSadeep Shrestha
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
BMC Infect Dis 10:295. 2010..However, the impact of HAART on cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, clearance, and persistence in high-risk adolescents remains controversial... - Long-term molecular analysis of tuberculosis strains in alabama, a state characterized by a largely indigenous, low-risk populationMirjam Colette Kempf
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:870-8. 2005.... - Gender differences in discontinuation of antiretroviral treatment regimensMirjam Colette Kempf
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:336-41. 2009..Reported reasons for change or discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy ([delta]ART) include adverse events, intolerability, and nonadherence. Little is known how reasons for [delta]ART differ by gender... 
A qualitative study of the barriers and facilitators to retention-in-care among HIV-positive women in the rural southeastern United States: implications for targeted interventionsMirjam Colette Kempf
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabam 35294 0022, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:515-20. 2010..Innovative multilevel interventions that address these factors are sorely needed to increase long-term retention-in-care among HIV-positive women residing in rural areas...- HIV-infected women's relationships with their health care providers in the rural deep south: an exploratory studyAmelia K Boehme
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
Health Care Women Int 33:403-19. 2012..These findings provide a foundation for further research on the role of patient/provider relationships in the health outcomes of HIV disease in rural, resource-poor settings... - Perceived barriers to HIV care among HIV-infected women in the Deep SouthLinda Moneyham
School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 21:467-77. 2010..Implications of the findings for future research and practice are discussed in this study... - Prevalence of proteinuria and elevated serum cystatin C among HIV-Infected Adolescents in the Reaching for Excellence in Adolescent Care and Health (REACH) studyKristal J Aaron
Nephrology Research and Training Center, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 61:499-506. 2012..Proteinuria and elevated serum cystatin C (eCysC) are used as markers of kidney disease in the general population; however, the prevalence of these markers in HIV-infected adolescents is largely unknown... - Toll-like receptor gene variants associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-1 infected adolescentsKathryn E Royse
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
J Reprod Immunol 96:84-9. 2012..86, 95% CI 1.17-2.95). Further studies are warranted to confirm the associations of TLR gene variants and also to understand the underlying pathways and immunogenetic correlates in the context of HIV-1 infection... - Incidence, prevalence, and epidemiology of herpes simplex virus-2 in HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative adolescentsStaci L Sudenga
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:300-5. 2012..The objective of this study was to determine HSV-2 prevalence and incidence and associated risk factors in a HIV-1-positive and at risk HIV-1-negative adolescent population... - HIV infection and obesity: where did all the wasting go?Tyler Tate
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Antivir Ther 17:1281-9. 2012..As chronic diseases rates have increased in HIV+ populations, modifiable risk factors such as obesity have increased in importance. Our objective was to evaluate factors associated with weight change among patients receiving ART... - Antifungal susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans cerebrospinal fluid isolates from AIDS patients in KenyaRennatus Mdodo
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
Mycoses 54:e438-42. 2011..These results demonstrate high susceptibilities of incident C. neoformans isolates to FLC and AMB, antifungals used for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in Kenya...