Sarah J Girdwood
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Recent Articles
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Hansen M, Han A, Chevalier J, Klock E, Pandithakoralage H, de Nooy A, et al.
PLoS One
. 2024 Oct;
19(10):e0311198.
PMID: 39365802
Places of worship serve as a venue for both mass and routine gathering around the world, and therefore are associated with risk of large-scale SARS-CoV-2 transmission. However, such routine gatherings...
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Hansen M, Lekodeba N, Chevalier J, Ockhuisen T, Del Rey-Puech P, Marban-Castro E, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2024 Apr;
14(4):e078852.
PMID: 38631825
Objective: Diagnostic testing is an important tool to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, yet access to and uptake of testing vary widely 3 years into the pandemic. The WHO recommends the...
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Chevalier J, Han A, Hansen M, Klock E, Pandithakoralage H, Ockhuisen T, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2024 Feb;
14(2):e078674.
PMID: 38417953
Objectives: To determine the most epidemiologically effective and cost-effective school-based SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) self-testing strategies among teachers and students. Design: Mathematical modelling and economic evaluation. Setting And...
4.
Chevalier J, Sy K, Girdwood S, Khan S, Albert H, Toporowski A, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health
. 2023 Mar;
2(5):e0000086.
PMID: 36962136
Countries around the world have implemented restrictions on mobility, especially cross-border travel to reduce or prevent SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. Rapid antigen testing (Ag-RDT), with on-site administration and rapid turnaround time...
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Girdwood S, Crompton T, Cassim N, Olsen F, Sejake P, Diallo K, et al.
Afr J Lab Med
. 2022 Nov;
11(1):1725.
PMID: 36337769
Background: South Africa uses a courier network for transporting specimens to public laboratories. After the daily collection of specimens from the facility by the courier, patients not yet attended to...
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Han A, Girdwood S, Khan S, Sacks J, Toporowski A, Huq N, et al.
Clin Infect Dis
. 2022 Oct;
76(4):620-630.
PMID: 36208211
Background: Increasing the availability of antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is key to alleviating global SARS-CoV-2 testing inequity (median testing rate in December 2021-March...
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Nichols K, Girdwood S, Inglis A, Ondoa P, Sy K, Benade M, et al.
Diagnostics (Basel)
. 2020 Dec;
11(1).
PMID: 33374315
Diagnostics services are an essential component of healthcare systems, advancing universal health coverage and ensuring global health security, but are often unavailable or under-resourced in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries....
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Girdwood S, Crompton T, Sharma M, Dorward J, Garrett N, Drain P, et al.
EClinicalMedicine
. 2020 Dec;
28:100607.
PMID: 33294817
Background: Viral load (VL) testing is recommended for monitoring people on ART. The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) in South Africa conducts >5million laboratory-based VL tests but faces challenges with...
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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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Girdwood S, Nichols B, Moyo C, Crompton T, Chimhamhiwa D, Rosen S
PLoS One
. 2019 Aug;
14(8):e0221586.
PMID: 31449559
Introduction: Viral load (VL) monitoring programs have been scaled up rapidly, but are now facing the challenge of providing access to the most remote facilities (the "last mile"). For the...