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John F Shao

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Articles 27
Citations 796
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Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
John A Crump
John A Bartlett
Nathan M Thielman
Habib O Ramadhani
Susan C Morpeth
Noel E Sam
Dafrosa K Itemba
Keren Z Landman
Anne B Morrissey
Werner Schimana
Published In
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Malar J
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Sex Transm Dis
Clin Infect Dis
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Recent Articles
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A randomized controlled trial of standard versus intensified tuberculosis diagnostics on treatment decisions by physicians in Northern Tanzania
Reddy E, Njau B, Morpeth S, Lancaster K, Tribble A, Maro V, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2014 Feb; 14:89. PMID: 24552306
Background: Routine tuberculosis culture remains unavailable in many high-burden areas, including Tanzania. This study sought to determine the impact of providing mycobacterial culture results over standard of care [unconcentrated acid-fast...
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Invasive bacterial and fungal infections among hospitalized HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children and infants in northern Tanzania
Crump J, Ramadhani H, Morrissey A, Msuya L, Yang L, Chow S, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2011 Apr; 16(7):830-7. PMID: 21470347
Objective: To describe the contribution of paediatric HIV and of HIV co-infections to admissions to a hospital in Moshi, Tanzania, using contemporary laboratory methods. Methods: During 1 year, we enrolled...
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Invasive bacterial and fungal infections among hospitalized HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults and adolescents in northern Tanzania
Crump J, Ramadhani H, Morrissey A, Saganda W, Mwako M, Yang L, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2011 Jan; 52(3):341-8. PMID: 21217181
Background: few studies describe patterns of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infections in African hospitals in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. Methods: we enrolled consecutive admitted patients aged ≥ 13 years...
4.
Effect of nutrient deficiencies on in vitro Th1 and Th2 cytokine response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to Plasmodium falciparum infection
Mbugi E, Meijerink M, Veenemans J, Jeurink P, McCall M, Olomi R, et al.
Malar J . 2010 Jun; 9:162. PMID: 20546583
Background: An appropriate balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines that mediate innate and adaptive immune responses is required for effective protection against human malaria and to avoid immunopathology. In malaria...
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Alterations in early cytokine-mediated immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Tanzanian children with mineral element deficiencies: a cross-sectional survey
Mbugi E, Meijerink M, Veenemans J, Jeurink P, McCall M, Olomi R, et al.
Malar J . 2010 May; 9:130. PMID: 20470442
Background: Deficiencies in vitamins and mineral elements are important causes of morbidity in developing countries, possibly because they lead to defective immune responses to infection. The aim of the study...
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Early versus delayed fixed dose combination abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine in patients with HIV and tuberculosis in Tanzania
Shao H, Crump J, Ramadhani H, Uiso L, Ole-Nguyaine S, Moon A, et al.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses . 2009 Dec; 25(12):1277-85. PMID: 20001518
Fixed dose combination abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine (ABC/3TC/ZDV) among HIV-1 and tuberculosis (TB)-coinfected patients was evaluated and outcomes between early vs. delayed initiation were compared. In a randomized, pilot study conducted in the...
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Successes, challenges, and limitations of current antiretroviral therapy in low-income and middle-income countries
Bartlett J, Shao J
Lancet Infect Dis . 2009 Sep; 9(10):637-49. PMID: 19778766
As a result of the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes and substantial financial support worldwide, an increasing number of HIV-infected individuals in low-income and middle-income countries (LIMCs) now have...
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Evaluation of the Abbott m2000rt RealTime HIV-1 assay with manual sample preparation compared with the ROCHE COBAS AmpliPrep/AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR v1.5 using specimens from East Africa
Crump J, Scott L, Msuya E, Morrissey A, Kimaro E, Shao J, et al.
J Virol Methods . 2009 Sep; 162(1-2):218-22. PMID: 19729037
The performance of the Abbott m2000rt RealTime HIV-1 assay (RealTime HIV-1) with manual sample preparation was compared against the ROCHE COBAS AmpliPrep/AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test v1.5 (CAP/CA HIV-1) using samples...
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Characteristics of HIV voluntary counseling and testing clients before and during care and treatment scale-up in Moshi, Tanzania
Shorter M, Ostermann J, Crump J, Tribble A, Itemba D, Mgonja A, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2009 Aug; 52(5):648-54. PMID: 19675465
Objectives: We evaluated changes in characteristics of clients presenting for voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) before and during care and treatment center (CTC) scale-up activities in Moshi, Tanzania, between November...
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Total lymphocyte count and World Health Organization pediatric clinical stage as markers to assess need to initiate antiretroviral therapy among human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Moshi, Northern Tanzania
Johnson O, Benjamin D, Benjamin Jr D, Schimana W, Tillekeratne L, Crump J, et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J . 2009 May; 28(6):493-7. PMID: 19436238
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of clinical staging alone and with total lymphocyte count to identify HIV infected children in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART)...