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List of works by Donald M Thea

"When you are injected, the baby is protected:" Assessing the acceptability of a maternal Tdap vaccine based on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of pertussis and vaccinations in Lusaka, Zambia.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

4E10-resistant HIV-1 isolated from four subjects with rare membrane-proximal external region polymorphisms

scientific article

A clinical guidance tool to improve the care of children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article

A clinical tool to predict failed response to therapy in children with severe pneumonia

scientific article published in April 2009

A meta-analysis assessing all-cause mortality in HIV-exposed uninfected compared with HIV-unexposed uninfected infants and children.

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A prospective study of diarrhea and HIV-1 infection among 429 Zairian infants

scientific article

AIDS is your business

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Adherence to zidovudine for the prevention of perinatal transmission in HIV-infected pregnant women: the impact of social network factors, side effects, and perceived treatment efficacy

scientific article

Alpha-defensins in the prevention of HIV transmission among breastfed infants.

scientific article published on June 2005

Ambulatory short-course high-dose oral amoxicillin for treatment of severe pneumonia in children: a randomised equivalency trial

scientific article published in January 2008

Analyzing media coverage of the global fund diseases compared with lower funded diseases (childhood pneumonia, diarrhea and measles).

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Antibiotic trials for community-acquired pneumonia

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Assessment of the impact of rapid syphilis tests on syphilis screening and treatment of pregnant women in Zambia

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Association of C-Reactive Protein With Bacterial and Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study

scholarly article by Melissa M Higdon et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Association of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load early in life with disease progression among HIV-infected infants. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group

scientific article published in July 1998

Asymptomatic Bordetella pertussis infections in young African infants and their mothers identified within a longitudinal cohort

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Barriers to acceptance and adherence of antiretroviral therapy in urban Zambian women: a qualitative study

scientific article

Bayesian Estimation of Pneumonia Etiology: Epidemiologic Considerations and Applications to the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study

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Benefit of primary prophylaxis before 18 months of age in reducing the incidence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and early death in a cohort of 112 human immunodeficiency virus-infected infants. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborati

scientific article published in January 1996

Breast milk and in utero transmission of HIV-1 select for envelope variants with unique molecular signatures

scientific article published on 26 January 2017

Brief Hospitalization and Pulse Oximetry for Predicting Amoxicillin Treatment Failure in Children with Severe Pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Bystander effects: children who escape infection but not harm

scientific article

Chest Radiograph Findings in Childhood Pneumonia Cases From the Multisite PERCH Study

scholarly article by Nicholas Fancourt et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Childhood anemia at high altitude: risk factors for poor outcomes in severe pneumonia

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Chloramphenicol versus ampicillin plus gentamicin for community acquired very severe pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months in low resource settings: multicentre randomised controlled trial (SPEAR study).

scientific article

Colonization Density of the Upper Respiratory Tract as a Predictor of Pneumonia-Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pneumocystis jirovecii

scholarly article by Daniel Park et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Community case management of fever due to malaria and pneumonia in children under five in Zambia: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Community case management of severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children aged 2-59 months in Haripur district, Pakistan: a cluster randomised trial

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

Comparison of 3 Days Amoxicillin Versus 5 Days Co-Trimoxazole for Treatment of Fast-breathing Pneumonia by Community Health Workers in Children Aged 2-59 Months in Pakistan: A Cluster-randomized Trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Correlation of virus load and soluble L-selectin, a marker of immune activation, in pediatric HIV-1 infection

scientific article published in November 2000

Coverage of primary mother-to-child HIV transmission isolates by second-generation broadly neutralizing antibodies

scientific article

Density of Upper Respiratory Colonization With Streptococcus pneumoniae and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Children Aged <5 Years in the PERCH Study

scholarly article by Henry C Baggett et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scholarly article by Susan C Morpeth et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Detection of low levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be critical for early diagnosis of pediatric HIV infection by use of dried blood spots

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Developing a Career in Global Health: Considerations for Physicians-in-Training and Academic Mentors

scientific article

Diarrhoeal disease trends in the GBD 2015 study: optimism tempered by scepticism

scientific article published in June 2017

Differential effects of early weaning for HIV-free survival of children born to HIV-infected mothers by severity of maternal disease

scientific article

Digital auscultation in PERCH: Associations with chest radiography and pneumonia mortality in children

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Distinct risk factors for intrauterine and intrapartum human immunodeficiency virus transmission and consequences for disease progression in infected children. Perinatal AIDS Collaborative Transmission Study

scientific article published in January 1999

Does severity of HIV disease in HIV-infected mothers affect mortality and morbidity among their uninfected infants?

scientific article

Early detection of perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection using HIV RNA amplification and detection. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study

scientific article published in March 1997

Early detection of reverse transcriptase activity in plasma of neonates infected with HIV-1: a comparative analysis with RNA-based and DNA-based testing using polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published in January 2001

Early infant diagnosis of HIV infection in Zambia through mobile phone texting of blood test results

scientific article published in May 2012

Early weaning increases diarrhea morbidity and mortality among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia

scientific article

Editorial commentary: ambulatory management of chest-indrawing pneumonia

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Effect of maternal CD4 + cell count, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and viral load on disease progression in infants with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Effectiveness of 4% chlorhexidine umbilical cord care on neonatal mortality in Southern Province, Zambia (ZamCAT): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Effectiveness of community case management of severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children aged 2-59 months in Matiari district, rural Pakistan: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Effects of early, abrupt weaning on HIV-free survival of children in Zambia

scientific article published on 04 June 2008

Efficacy of antenatal zidovudine in reducing perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. The New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group

scientific article

Elevations in mortality associated with weaning persist into the second year of life among uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers

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Engagement of the community, traditional leaders, and public health system in the design and implementation of a large community-based, cluster-randomized trial of umbilical cord care in Zambia

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Erratum to: A clinical guidance tool to improve the care of children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Evaluation of Pneumococcal Load in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children in the PERCH Study

scholarly article by Maria Deloria Knoll et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Exclusive breastfeeding, maternal HIV disease, and the risk of clinical breast pathology in HIV-infected, breastfeeding women

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

Finding a needle in the haystack: the costs and cost-effectiveness of syphilis diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy to prevent congenital syphilis in Kalomo District of Zambia

scientific article

Frequency and trajectory of abnormalities in respiratory rate, temperature and oxygen saturation in severe pneumonia in children

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Genetic evaluation of suspected cases of transient HIV-1 infection of infants

scientific article published in May 1998

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Growth faltering due to breastfeeding cessation in uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Zambia

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

HIV prevention is not enough: child survival in the context of prevention of mother to child HIV transmission

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HIV-1 concentrations in human breast milk before and after weaning

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HLA-G 14 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

scientific article published on March 2014

Heterosexual behavior during pregnancy and perinatal transmission of HIV-1

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High concentrations of interleukin 15 in breast milk are associated with protection against postnatal HIV transmission

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High uptake of exclusive breastfeeding and reduced early post-natal HIV transmission

scientific article published on 26 December 2007

Hiv-specific secretory IgA in breast milk of HIV-positive mothers is not associated with protection against HIV transmission among breast-fed infants

scientific article

Human immunodeficiency virus-specific CD8(+) T cells in human breast milk

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Human milk galectin-3 binding protein and breast-feeding-associated HIV transmission

scientific article published on December 2013

Human milk oligosaccharide concentration and risk of postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding

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Identification and Partial Purification of a Lectin on the Surface of the Sporozoite of Cryptosporidium parvum

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Identifying Gaps in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV: A Case Series of HIV-positive Infants in Zambia

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Impact of HIV-1 status on the radiological presentation and clinical outcome of children with WHO defined community-acquired severe pneumonia.

scientific article

Impact of chloroquine on viral load in breast milk

scientific article published on June 2006

Impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization and seroepidemiology among Zambian women

scientific article

Implementation and Operational Research: Integration of PMTCT and Antenatal Services Improves Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Uptake for HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Southern Zambia: A Prototype for Option B+?

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In-home HIV testing and nevirapine dosing by traditional birth attendants in rural Zambia: a feasibility study.

scientific article published on 23 September 2013

Incidence of Severe and Nonsevere Pertussis Among HIV-Exposed and -Unexposed Zambian Infants Through 14 Weeks of Age: Results From the Southern Africa Mother Infant Pertussis Study (SAMIPS), a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published on December 2016

Incubation period of HIV-1 in perinatally infected children. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group

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Inferiority of single-dose sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy among HIV-positive Zambian women.

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Integration of services for victims of child sexual abuse at the university teaching hospital one-stop centre

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Intestinal and metabolic responses to an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor in normal volunteers

scientific article published in December 1988

Introduction to the Epidemiologic Considerations, Analytic Methods, and Foundational Results From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study

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Is Higher Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract Associated With Severe Pneumonia? Findings From the PERCH Study

scholarly article by Daniel Feikin et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Issues in the design of a clinical trial with a behavioral intervention--the Zambia exclusive breast-feeding study

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Lack of increased risk for perinatal human immunodeficiency virus transmission to subsequent children born to infected women

scientific article published in October 1996

Lactation-associated postpartum weight changes among HIV-infected women in Zambia

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Limited Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Induced Sputum Specimens for Determining the Causes of Childhood Pneumonia in Resource-Poor Settings: Findings From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study

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Linkage to care following a home-based HIV counselling and testing intervention in rural South Africa

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Low and undetectable breast milk interleukin-7 concentrations are associated with reduced risk of postnatal HIV transmission

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Low rates of treatment failure in children aged 2-59 months treated for severe pneumonia: a multisite pooled analysis

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Malnutrition in AIDS.

scientific article published on July 1993

Maternal adherence to the zidovudine regimen for HIV-exposed infants to prevent HIV infection: a preliminary study

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Microscopic Analysis and Quality Assessment of Induced Sputum From Children With Pneumonia in the PERCH Study

scholarly article by David Murdoch et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Mortality and virologic outcomes after access to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected women who received single-dose nevirapine in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article published on September 2009

Multiple independent lineages of HIV-1 persist in breast milk and plasma

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Neonatal mortality—4 million reasons for progress

scientific article published in The Lancet

Neonatal predictors of infection status and early death among 332 infants at risk of HIV-1 infection monitored prospectively from birth. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group.

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Neutralizing antibody and perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group

scientific article published in April 1998

Nevirapine resistance viral mutations after repeat use of nevirapine for prevention of perinatal HIV transmission

scientific article published on June 2006

No room for complacency about adherence to antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on August 2005

Oligosaccharide composition of breast milk influences survival of uninfected children born to HIV-infected mothers in Lusaka, Zambia

scientific article

Oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 to 59 months: a randomised multicentre equivalency study

scientific article published in September 2004

Outpatient treatment of children with severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in four countries: the MASS study ⬇️

scientific article published on May 4, 2011

Persistent diarrhea associated with AIDS.

scientific article published in September 1992

Pertussis-Associated Pneumonia in Infants and Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries Participating in the PERCH Study

scientific article published on December 2016

Plasma cytokines, cytokine antagonists, and disease progression in African women infected with HIV-1.

scientific article published on April 1996

Post-weaning breast milk HIV-1 viral load, blood prolactin levels and breast milk volume

scientific article published on July 2006

Predictors of nonadherence to single-dose nevirapine therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission

scientific article published on January 2006

Pregnancy loss and role of infant HIV status on perinatal mortality among HIV-infected women

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Prevalence of enteric viruses among hospital patients with AIDS in Kinshasa, Zaire.

scientific article published on May 1993

Prioritizing health outcomes of HIV-exposed, uninfected children in low and middle-income countries: response to Powis et al.

scientific article published on January 2017

Prolonged breast-feeding and mortality up to two years post-partum among HIV-positive women in Zambia

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Prospective study of human immunodeficiency virus 1-related disease among 512 infants born to infected women in New York City. The New York City Perinatal HIV Transmission Collaborative Study Group

scientific article published in October 1996

Quality and safety of integrated community case management of malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and pneumonia by community health workers

scientific article published on March 2012

Questions Regarding the Effectiveness of Trimethoprim‐Sulfamethoxazole (Cotrimoxazole) Prophylaxis in African Children

scientific article published in 2003

Re: HIV-1 disease progression in breast-feeding and formula-feeding mothers: a prospective 2-year comparison of T cell subsets, HIV-1 RNA levels, and mortality

scientific article published on June 2007

Reduced mortality associated with breast-feeding-acquired HIV infection and breast-feeding among HIV-infected children in Zambia

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Reduction in preterm delivery and neonatal mortality after the introduction of antenatal cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among HIV-infected women with low CD4 cell counts

scientific article published on 19 October 2006

Relative influences of sex, race, environment, and HIV infection on body composition in adults

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Restriction of HIV-1 genotypes in breast milk does not account for the population transmission genetic bottleneck that occurs following transmission

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Reuse of single-dose nevirapine in subsequent pregnancies for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia: a cohort study

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Revisiting pneumonia and exposure status in infants born to HIV-infected mothers

scientific article published on January 2014

Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children

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Safety of Induced Sputum Collection in Children Hospitalized With Severe or Very Severe Pneumonia

scientific article published in 2017

Sensitivity and specificity of a qualitative RNA detection assay to diagnose HIV infection in young infants. Perinatal AIDS Collaborative Transmission Study

scientific article published in August 1998

Should Controls With Respiratory Symptoms Be Excluded From Case-Control Studies of Pneumonia Etiology? Reflections From the PERCH Study

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Standardization of Clinical Assessment and Sample Collection Across All PERCH Study Sites

scientific article published in 2017

Standardization of Laboratory Methods for the PERCH Study

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Stunting is associated with poor outcomes in childhood pneumonia

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Temporal and lateral dynamics of HIV shedding and elevated sodium in breast milk among HIV-positive mothers during the first 4 months of breast-feeding

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The Diagnostic Utility of Induced Sputum Microscopy and Culture in Childhood Pneumonia

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The Effect of Antibiotic Exposure and Specimen Volume on the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Children With Pneumonia

scholarly article by Amanda J Driscoll et al published 15 June 2017 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Project: a 21st century childhood pneumonia etiology study

scientific article (publication date: April 2012)

The cost of HIV/AIDS to businesses in southern Africa.

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The effect of maternal viral load on the risk of perinatal transmission of HIV-1

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The impact of a multi-level maternal health programme on facility delivery and capacity for emergency obstetric care in Zambia

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

The mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine (MEC/CCL28) modulates immunity in HIV infection

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The relationship between mucosal immunity, nasopharyngeal carriage, asymptomatic transmission and the resurgence of Bordetella pertussis

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Thymic dysfunction and time of infection predict mortality in human immunodeficiency virus-infected infants. CDC Perinatal AIDS Collaborative Transmission Study Group

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Timing of maternal-infant HIV transmission

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Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study

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Two-dose versus monthly intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in HIV-seropositive pregnant Zambian women

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

Use of evidence in WHO recommendations

Validation of the UCLA Child Post traumatic stress disorder-reaction index in Zambia

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Value of chest radiography in predicting treatment response in children aged 3-59 months with severe pneumonia

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Veterinary field test as screening tool for mastitis and HIV-1 viral load in breastmilk from HIV-infected Zambian women.

scientific article published in September 2007

Violence and abuse among HIV-infected women and their children in Zambia: a qualitative study

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Vitamin A deficiency and maternal-infant transmission of HIV in two metropolitan areas in the United States

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WHO guidelines for treatment of severe pneumonia

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Women in couples antenatal HIV counseling and testing are not more likely to report adverse social events

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