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Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood

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Cassim N, Olsen F, Stewart-Isherwood L, da Silva M, Stevens W
J Public Health Afr . 2023 Jun; 14(4):2253. PMID: 37347071
Background: Historically, paper-based laboratory reports were delivered by couriers to health facilities resulting in post-analytical delays. As a result, short message service (SMS) printers were deployed to fill this gap,...
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Lalla-Edward S, Mashabane N, Stewart-Isherwood L, Scott L, Fyvie K, Duncan D, et al.
JMIR Form Res . 2022 Feb; 6(2):e26033. PMID: 35107427
Background: South Africa has the largest HIV treatment program worldwide. Retention in care and medication adherence remain problematic necessitating innovative solutions for improving HIV care. The increasing availability and use...
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Noble L, Scott L, Stewart-Isherwood L, Molifi S, Sanne I, da Silva P, et al.
BMC Infect Dis . 2020 May; 20(1):320. PMID: 32366227
Background: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a cornerstone of HIV diagnosis and rely on good quality processing and interpretation, particularly in the era of test and treat. The Deki Reader...
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Nichols B, Girdwood S, Crompton T, Stewart-Isherwood L, Berrie L, Chimhamhiwa D, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2019 Sep; 22(9):e25337. PMID: 31515967
Introduction: Routine viral load testing is the WHO-recommended method for monitoring HIV-infected patients on ART, and many countries are rapidly scaling up testing capacity at centralized laboratories. Providing testing access...
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Nichols B, Girdwood S, Shibemba A, Sikota S, Gill C, Mwananyanda L, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 2019 Jul; 70(6):1014-1020. PMID: 31321438
Background: Routine plasma viral load (VL) testing is recommended for monitoring human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy. In Zambia, VL scale-up is limited due to logistical obstacles around plasma...
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Venter W, Fischer A, Lalla-Edward S, Coleman J, Lau Chan V, Shubber Z, et al.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth . 2019 Apr; 7(4):e12652. PMID: 30938681
Background: South Africa provides free antiretroviral therapy for almost 5 million people living with HIV, but only 71% of the eligible people are on treatment, representing a shortfall in the...
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Nichols B, Girdwood S, Crompton T, Stewart-Isherwood L, Berrie L, Chimhamhiwa D, et al.
J Int AIDS Soc . 2018 Dec; 21(12):e25206. PMID: 30515997
Introduction: The World Health Organization recommends viral load (VL) monitoring at six and twelve months and then annually after initiating antiretroviral treatment for HIV. In many African countries, expansion of...
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Venter W, Coleman J, Lau Chan V, Shubber Z, Phatsoane M, Gorgens M, et al.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth . 2018 Jul; 6(7):e155. PMID: 30021706
Background: In HIV treatment program, gaps in the "cascade of care" where patients are lost between diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, treatment initiation, and retention in HIV care, is a well-described challenge....
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Stucki D, Brites D, Jeljeli L, Coscolla M, Liu Q, Trauner A, et al.
Nat Genet . 2016 Nov; 48(12):1535-1543. PMID: 27798628
Generalist and specialist species differ in the breadth of their ecological niches. Little is known about the niche width of obligate human pathogens. Here we analyzed a global collection of...
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Riou C, Gray C, Lugongolo M, Gwala T, Kiravu A, Deniso P, et al.
PLoS One . 2014 Jul; 9(7):e102178. PMID: 25048802
We investigated 18 HIV-negative patients with MDR-TB for M. tuberculosis (Mtb)- and PPD-specific CD4 T cell responses and followed them over 6 months of drug therapy. Twelve of these patients...