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Alboraie M, Tanwandee T, Xu X, Nikolova D, Estupinan E, Ghazinyan H, et al.
Ann Hepatol . 2024 Oct; 29(6):101573. PMID: 39477629
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Minier N, Guingane A, Okeke E, Sinkala E, Johannessen A, Andersson M, et al.
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol . 2024 Feb; 9(4):323-332. PMID: 38367633
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) elimination requires expanding and decentralising HBV care services. However, peripheral health facilities lack access to diagnostic tools to assess eligibility for antiviral therapy. Through the...
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Musonda T, Wallace M, Patel H, Martin O, Oetheimer C, Mwakamui S, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2024 Feb; 230(5):e1171-e1175. PMID: 38332750
In Lusaka, Zambia, we introduced liver fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) into a research cohort of adults with treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with and without human immunodeficiency virus...
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Vinikoor M, Hamusonde K, Muula G, Asombang M, Riebensahm C, Chitundu H, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2023 Nov; 78(6):1583-1590. PMID: 37997691
Background: Long-term outcomes of tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART) for hepatitis B virus (HBV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection were evaluated in Zambia. Methods: A prospective cohort of adults with HIV and...
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Musukuma-Chifulo K, Ghebremichael M, Chilyabanyama O, Bates M, Munsaka S, Simuyandi M, et al.
J Neurovirol . 2023 Oct; 29(6):706-712. PMID: 37902948
The significance of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection in the cerebrospinal spinal fluid (CSF) in people living with HIV (PLWH) is not entirely understood. The detection of EBV DNA may represent...
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Muula G, Bosomprah S, Sinkala E, Nsokolo B, Musonda T, Hamusonde K, et al.
AIDS . 2023 Jul; 37(13):2015-2020. PMID: 37467044
Background: To inform novel therapies, a more nuanced understanding of HIV's impact on hepatitis B virus (HBV) natural history is needed, particularly in high burden countries. Methods: In Lusaka, Zambia,...
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Isa Y, Sicsic J, Njuguna H, Ward J, Chakroun M, El-Kassas M, et al.
BMC Med . 2023 Jul; 21(1):243. PMID: 37403107
Background: Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) requires infant immunoprophylaxis and antiviral prophylaxis for pregnant women with high viral loads. Since real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), a...
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Riches N, Vinikoor M, Guingane A, Johannessen A, Lemoine M, Matthews P, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2023 Apr; 151:e65. PMID: 37009881
Approximately 80 million people live with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the WHO Africa Region. The natural history of HBV infection in this population is poorly characterised, and...
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Johannessen A, Stockdale A, Henrion M, Okeke E, Seydi M, Wandeler G, et al.
Nat Commun . 2023 Jan; 14(1):45. PMID: 36596805
In sub-Saharan Africa, simple biomarkers of liver fibrosis are needed to scale-up hepatitis B treatment. We conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis of 3,548 chronic hepatitis B patients living in...
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Musukuma-Chifulo K, Siddiqi O, Chilyabanyama O, Bates M, Chisenga C, Simuyandi M, et al.
Pathogens . 2022 Oct; 11(10). PMID: 36297137
Simply detecting Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid (EBV-DNA) is insufficient to diagnose EBV-associated diseases. The current literature around EBV-DNA detection from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive non-lymphoma patients...