Adrian J Puren
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Recent Articles
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Kassanjee R, Welte A, Otwombe K, Jaffer M, Milovanovic M, Hlongwane K, et al.
Lancet HIV
. 2022 Sep;
9(11):e781-e790.
PMID: 36075252
Background: Although numerous studies have investigated HIV risk factors and shown high HIV prevalence among female sex workers in South Africa, no national HIV incidence estimate exists for this potentially...
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Howard W, Savulescu D, Berrie L, Puren A
S Afr J Infect Dis
. 2021 Sep;
35(1):196.
PMID: 34485481
Background: Human enteroviruses (EV) consist of 106 serotypes and four species: EV-A, EV-B, EV-C and EV-D. Enteroviruses cause clinical symptoms varying from severe to mild. Knowledge of EV burden in...
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Prabdial-Sing N, Gaelejwe L, Makhathini L, Thaver J, Manamela M, Malfeld S, et al.
Health Sci Rep
. 2021 Feb;
4(1):e229.
PMID: 33614978
Background And Aims: To enhance screening and diagnosis in those at-risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV), efficient and improved sampling and testing is required. We investigated the performance of point-of-care...
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Conan N, Coulborn R, Simons E, Mapfumo A, Apollo T, Garone D, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2020 Sep;
23(9):e25613.
PMID: 32969602
Introduction: Gutu, a rural district in Zimbabwe, has been implementing comprehensive HIV care with the support of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 2011, decentralizing testing and treatment services to all...
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Woldesenbet S, Kufa T, Barron P, Chirombo B, Cheyip M, Ayalew K, et al.
AIDS
. 2019 Dec;
34(4):589-597.
PMID: 31821189
Objective: To describe viral load levels among pregnant women and factors associated with failure to achieve viral suppression (viral load ≤50 copies/ml) during pregnancy. Design: Between 1 October and 15...
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Woldesenbet S, Kufa T, Barron P, Ayalew K, Cheyip M, Chirombo B, et al.
Int J Infect Dis
. 2019 Nov;
91:50-56.
PMID: 31712090
Objective: South Africa has used antenatal HIV surveys for HIV surveillance in pregnant women since 1990. We assessed South Africa's readiness to transition to programme data based antenatal HIV surveillance...
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Woldesenbet S, Kalou M, Mhlongo D, Kufa T, Makhanya M, Adelekan A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Sep;
14(9):e0221906.
PMID: 31557176
Objective: This is the first large-scale assessment of the implementation of HIV Rapid Test Quality Improvement Initiative in South Africa. Methods: We used a quasi-experimental one group post-test only design....
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Scheibe A, Young K, Moses L, Basson R, Versfeld A, Spearman C, et al.
Harm Reduct J
. 2019 Apr;
16(1):28.
PMID: 30975139
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV without accessible harm reduction programmes. Coverage of needle and syringe and...
9.
Keddy K, Takuva S, Musekiwa A, Puren A, Sooka A, Karstaedt A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Mar;
12(3):e0173091.
PMID: 28264046
Background: HIV-infected persons are at increased risk of opportunistic infections, including invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) infections; antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces this risk. We explored changing iNTS incidence associated with increasing...
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Takuva S, Brown A, Pillay Y, Delpech V, Puren A
AIDS
. 2017 Jan;
31(4):545-552.
PMID: 28121668
Background: We characterize engagement with HIV care in South Africa in 2012 to identify areas for improvement towards achieving global 90-90-90 targets. Methods: Over 3.9 million CD4 cell count and...