M Tembo
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Recent Articles
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Molyneux E, Walsh A, Forsyth H, Tembo M, Mwenechanya J, Kayira K, et al.
Malawi Med J
. 2016 Aug;
15(2):43-6.
PMID: 27528955
598 children with bacterial meningitis were admitted to the paediatric wards of the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre, Malawi from July 1997 - March 2001. Patients were followed up...
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Hensen B, Lewis J, Schaap A, Tembo M, Vera-Hernandez M, Mutale W, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2015 Sep;
15:960.
PMID: 26404638
Background: Across sub-Saharan Africa, men's levels of HIV-testing remain inadequate relative to women's. Men are less likely to access anti-retroviral therapy and experience higher levels of morbidity and mortality once...
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Hensen B, Lewis J, Schaap A, Tembo M, Mutale W, Weiss H, et al.
AIDS Behav
. 2014 Aug;
19(3):492-504.
PMID: 25096893
The objective of this study is to describe HIV-testing among men in rural Lusaka Province, Zambia, using a population-based survey for a cluster-randomized trial. Households (N = 120) were randomly...
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Gill C, Mwanakasale V, Fox M, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, et al.
Bull World Health Organ
. 2009 Jan;
86(12):929-38.
PMID: 19142293
Objective: To ascertain the microbiological consequences of WHO's recommendation for presumptive co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for infants with perinatal HIV exposure. Methods: Using a longitudinal cohort design, we followed HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed...
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Gill C, Mwanakasale V, Fox M, Chilengi R, Tembo M, Nsofwa M, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 2008 Apr;
197(7):1000-5.
PMID: 18419536
Nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae precedes invasive pneumococcal disease. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases rates of invasive pneumococcal disease, and its effect on colonization is unknown. In a longitudinal...
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Chihota V, Apers L, Mungofa S, Kasongo W, Nyoni I, Tembwe R, et al.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
. 2007 Mar;
11(3):311-8.
PMID: 17352098
Setting: Zimbabwe and Zambia. Objective: To determine the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from tuberculosis (TB) patients in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Design: M. tuberculosis isolates cultured from TB...
7.
Barnes K, Mwenechanya J, Tembo M, McIlleron H, Folb P, Ribeiro I, et al.
Lancet
. 2004 May;
363(9421):1598-605.
PMID: 15145633
Background: Many patients with malaria of increasing severity cannot take medicines orally, and delay in injectable treatment can be fatal. We aimed to assess the reliability of absorption, antimalarial efficacy,...
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Molyneux E, Tembo M, Kayira K, Bwanaisa L, Mweneychanya J, Njobvu A, et al.
Arch Dis Child
. 2003 Dec;
88(12):1112-8.
PMID: 14670782
Aim: To compare presentation, progress, and outcome of acute bacterial meningitis in HIV seropositive and seronegative children. Methods: A double blind randomised placebo controlled study of the use of dexamethasone...
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Molyneux E, Walsh A, Forsyth H, Tembo M, Mwenechanya J, Kayira K, et al.
Lancet
. 2002 Jul;
360(9328):211-8.
PMID: 12133656
Background: Steroids are used as adjuvant treatment in childhood pyogenic meningitis to attenuate host inflammatory responses to bacterial invasion. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of dexamethasone in management of...
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MacDonald S, Bhisutthibhan J, Shapiro T, Rogerson S, Taylor T, Tembo M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2001 Sep;
98(19):10829-32.
PMID: 11535839
The Plasmodium falciparum translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a homolog of the mammalian histamine-releasing factor (HRF), which causes histamine release from human basophils and IL-8 secretion from eosinophils. Histamine,...