Naseem Cassim
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Cassim N, Coetzee L, da Silva M, Glencross D, Stevens W
South Afr J HIV Med
. 2025 Jan;
25(1):1651.
PMID: 39822279
Background: South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic globally. Despite the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV are still presenting with low CD4 counts. Objectives: This study assessed...
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Nichols B, de Nooy A, Cassim N, Hans L, da Silva M, Chetty K, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2024 Dec;
9(12).
PMID: 39631789
Introduction: To ensure there is adequate investment into diagnostics, an understanding of the magnitude of impact and return on investment is necessary. We, therefore, sought to understand the health and...
3.
Cassim N, Coetzee L, da Silva M, Glencross D, Stevens W
South Afr J HIV Med
. 2024 Nov;
25(1):1621.
PMID: 39507466
Background: Reflexed cryptococcal antigenaemia (CrAg) testing has been offered since 2016 in South Africa, on remnant CD4 specimens, for people with a count < 100 cells/μL. Local guidelines recommended extending...
4.
Cassim N, Coetzee L, da Silva M, Glencross D, Stevens W
South Afr J HIV Med
. 2023 Dec;
24(1):1501.
PMID: 38089888
Background: South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic globally, with ~7.5 million people living with HIV in 2021. Adolescent girls (AG) and young women (YW), aged 15-19 years and 20-24...
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da Silva M, Cassim N, Ndlovu S, Marokane P, Radebe M, Shapiro A, et al.
Diagnostics (Basel)
. 2023 Oct;
13(20).
PMID: 37892074
This study seeks to describe the rollout and current state of South Africa's GeneXpert molecular diagnostic program for tuberculosis (TB). Xpert MTB/RIF was introduced in 2011 with a subsequent expansion...
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Cassim N, Coetzee L, da Silva M, Stevens W, Glencross D
PLoS One
. 2023 Sep;
18(9):e0292062.
PMID: 37768950
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in Wuhan, China. Due to the rapid spread globally, it was declared a...
7.
Cassim N, Hans L, Francois Venter W, Somayya S, da Silva P, Stevens W
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2023 Sep;
94(5):381-386.
PMID: 37732871
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) severely disrupted routine health care globally. This study assessed the impact of successive COVID-19 waves on HIV viral load (VL) suppression in South Africa, using the...
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Hans L, Cassim N, Sarang S, Hardie D, Ndlovu S, Francois Venter W, et al.
Diagnostics (Basel)
. 2023 Sep;
13(17).
PMID: 37685268
HIV viral load (VL) testing plays a key role in the clinical management of HIV as a marker of adherence and antiretroviral efficacy. To date, national and international antiretroviral treatment...
9.
Kone N, Cassim N, Maposa I, George J
PLoS One
. 2023 Aug;
18(8):e0278789.
PMID: 37585388
Objective: This study aimed at evaluating diabetic control and compliance with testing guidelines, across healthcare facilities of Gauteng Province, South Africa, as well as factors associated with time to achieve...
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Mahomed O, Cassim N
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
. 2023 Jul;
15(1):e1-e8.
PMID: 37403680
Background: Primary health care (PHC) services have been prioritised from a cost-containment perspective. To manage expenditure, facility managers use the Laboratory Handbook that indicates the Essential Laboratory List (ELL) tests....