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A Comparison of South African National HIV Incidence Estimates: A Critical Appraisal of Different Methods

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A cluster randomized-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of Stepping Stones in preventing HIV infections and promoting safer sexual behaviour amongst youth in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: trial design, methods and baseline findi

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Acceptability of male circumcision as a tool for preventing HIV infection in a highly infected community in South Africa.

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Acute HIV infections among men with genital ulcer disease in South Africa.

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Adolescent Access to Care and Risk of Early Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: an operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126).

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An association between decreasing incidence of invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis and increased use of antiretroviral therapy, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 2003-2013.

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Antibody specificities associated with neutralization breadth in plasma from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C-infected blood donors

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Association of low-risk human papillomavirus infection with male circumcision in young men: results from a longitudinal study conducted in Orange Farm (South Africa).

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Association of oncogenic and nononcogenic human papillomavirus with HIV incidence

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Association of the ANRS-12126 male circumcision project with HIV levels among men in a South African township: evaluation of effectiveness using cross-sectional surveys

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Associations between childhood adversity and depression, substance abuse and HIV and HSV2 incident infections in rural South African youth

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Attrition and Opportunities Along the HIV Care Continuum: Findings From a Population-Based Sample, North West Province, South Africa

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Authors' Reply

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Beyond Social Desirability Bias: Investigating Inconsistencies in Self-Reported HIV Testing and Treatment Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in North West Province, South Africa

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Can highly active antiretroviral therapy reduce the spread of HIV?: A study in a township of South Africa

scientific article published on May 2004

Community-based HIV prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: results of a cross-sectional household survey

Comparison of lavage and swabs for the collection of genital ulcer specimens to measure HIV RNA shedding.

scientific article published on 23 July 2009

Design and implementation of an external quality assessment program for HIV viral load measurements using dried blood spots

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Determinants of HIV type 1 shedding from genital ulcers among men in South Africa

scientific article published on April 2010

Development of phenotypic HIV-1 drug resistance after exposure to single-dose nevirapine

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Does tuberculosis increase HIV load?

scientific article published on 30 September 2004

Effect of HSV-2 serostatus on acquisition of HIV by young men: results of a longitudinal study in Orange Farm, South Africa

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Effect of male circumcision on the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in young men: results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa

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Emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004-2011.

scientific article published on October 2013

Epidemiologic and virologic assessment of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on selected temperate countries in the Southern Hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa

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Evaluating the BED capture enzyme immunoassay to estimate HIV incidence among adults in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 19 September 2010

Evaluation of blood collection filter papers for HIV-1 DNA PCR.

scientific article published on 7 July 2012

Exploring HIV infection and susceptibility to measles among older children and adults in Malawi: a facility-based study

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Factors associated with HIV sero-positivity in young, rural South African men

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Factors associated with HIV sero-status in young rural South African women: connections between intimate partner violence and HIV.

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

First population-level effectiveness evaluation of a national programme to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, South Africa

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Frequencies of immune hypersensitivity reaction-associated HLA class I alleles in healthy South African Indian and mixed ancestry populations determined by a novel real-time PCR assay.

scientific article published on 25 August 2014

Gene expression, synthesis, and secretion of interleukin 18 and interleukin 1beta are differentially regulated in human blood mononuclear cells and mouse spleen cells

scientific article published on March 1999

Genetic variability in markers of HLA-C expression in two diverse South African populations

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HIV incidence in rural South Africa: comparison of estimates from longitudinal surveillance and cross-sectional cBED assay testing

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Hepatitis C genotype distribution in patient and blood donor samples in South Africa for the period 2008-2012.

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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in two different patient cohorts in Johannesburg, South Africa

scientific article published on 23 October 2008

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection correlates strongly with herpes simplex virus-2 (genital herpes) seropositivity in South African and United States blood donations

scientific article published on 13 November 2007

Human leukocyte antigen class I (A, B, C) and II (DRB1) diversity in the black and Caucasian South African population

scientific article published on 23 October 2011

Identifying high-risk areas for sporadic measles outbreaks: lessons from South Africa.

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

Impact of stepping stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 7 August 2008

Implications of spatially heterogeneous vaccination coverage for the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in South Africa

scientific article published on January 2013

Improvement in healing and reduction in HIV shedding with episodic acyclovir therapy as part of syndromic management among men: a randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published in October 2009

Interim report on pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infections in South Africa, April to October 2009: epidemiology and factors associated with fatal cases.

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Interleukin 18 stimulates HIV type 1 in monocytic cells ⬇️

scientific article published on October 13, 1998

Interleukin-18 (IFNgamma-inducing factor) induces IL-8 and IL-1beta via TNFalpha production from non-CD14+ human blood mononuclear cells ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 1998

Interleukin‐18 Enhances Lipopolysaccharide‐Induced Interferon‐γ Production in Human Whole Blood Cultures

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Investigation of HIV in amniotic fluid from HIV-infected pregnant women at full term

scientific article published on 29 June 2005

Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I genetic diversity in four South African populations

scientific article published on 29 May 2017

Knowledge of HIV status and antiretroviral therapy use among sexually transmitted infections service attendees and the case for improving the integration of services in South Africa: A cross sectional study

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Laboratory operations, specimen processing, and handling for viral load testing and surveillance

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Level of viral suppression and the cascade of HIV care in a South African semi-urban setting in 2012.

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Male circumcision and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis: observations after a randomised controlled trial for HIV prevention

scientific article published on 15 December 2008

Measles outbreak in South Africa: epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles cases and assessment of intervention, 2009-2011

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Misdiagnosis of HIV infection during a South African community-based survey: implications for rapid HIV testing

scientific article published on August 2017

Missed Opportunities along the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Services Cascade in South Africa: Uptake, Determinants, and Attributable Risk (the SAPMTCTE).

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Naturally occurring resistance mutations within the core and NS5B regions in hepatitis C genotypes, particularly genotype 5a, in South Africa.

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Novel and promiscuous CTL epitopes in conserved regions of Gag targeted by individuals with early subtype C HIV type 1 infection from southern Africa

scientific article published on October 2004

Obtaining a male circumcision prevalence rate of 80% among adults in a short time: An observational prospective intervention study in the Orange Farm township of South Africa

scientific article published on January 2017

Overview of interleukin-18: more than an interferon-γ inducing factor ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Palindromic-nucleotide substitutions (PNS) of hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 and 5a from South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on May 10, 2011

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: analysis of clinical outcome, left ventricular function, plasma levels of cytokines and Fas/APO-1.

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Phylogeny of arthropod immunity. An inducible humoral response in the Kalahari millipede, Triaenostreptus triodus (Attems).

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Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in infancy in low resource settings

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Poor sensitivity of field rapid HIV testing: implications for mother-to-child transmission programme

scientific article published on 9 September 2009

Population-level HIV incidence estimates using a combination of synthetic cohort and recency biomarker approaches in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Population–level effectiveness of PMTCT Option A on early mother–to–child (MTCT) transmission of HIV in South Africa: implications for eliminating MTCT

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Progress of UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in a district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with high HIV burden, in the HIPSS study: a household-based complex multilevel community survey

scientific article published on 02 August 2017

Progress towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals by age and gender in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a household-based community cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: the ANRS 1265 Trial

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Respiratory syncytial virus nucleoprotein-specific cytotoxic T-cell epitopes in a South African population of diverse HLA types are conserved in circulating field strains

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Respiratory viral coinfections identified by a 10-plex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay in patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory illness--South Africa, 2009-2010.

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Results of a safety and feasibility study of the diaphragm used with ACIDFORM Gel or K-Y Jelly

scientific article published on 22 November 2009

Selection and persistence of viral resistance in HIV-infected children after exposure to single-dose nevirapine

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Sequence-based in silico analysis of well studied hepatitis C virus epitopes and their variants in other genotypes (particularly genotype 5a) against South African human leukocyte antigen backgrounds

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Sequential Cross-Sectional Surveys in Orange Farm, a Township of South Africa, Revealed a Constant Low Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Uptake among Adults despite Demand Creation Campaigns and High Acceptability

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Serum interleukin (IL-1 beta) in patients with diffuse scleritis

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

South African HIV self-testing policy and guidance considerations

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Strengthening HIV surveillance in the antiretroviral therapy era: rationale and design of a longitudinal study to monitor HIV prevalence and incidence in the uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Studies on IL-1 receptors on D10S T-helper cells: demonstration of two molecularly and antigenically distinct IL-1 binding proteins

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Surveillance of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa, 2005-2009.

scientific article published on May 2012

The accuracy of HIV rapid testing in integrated bio-behavioral surveys of men who have sex with men across 5 Provinces in South Africa

scientific article published on July 2017

The continuum of HIV care in South Africa: implications for achieving the second and third UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets

scientific article published on February 2017

Toward elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa: how best to monitor early infant infections within the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Program

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Transmission networks and risk of HIV infection in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a community-wide phylogenetic study

scientific article published on 30 November 2016

Transmission probabilities of HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2, effect of male circumcision and interaction: a longitudinal study in a township of South Africa

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Viral dynamics and CD4+ T cell counts in subtype C human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals from southern Africa

scientific article published in April 2005

Women exposed to single-dose nevirapine in successive pregnancies: effectiveness and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance

scientific article published in April 2009

Women's knowledge and perception of male circumcision before and after its roll-out in the South African township of Orange Farm from community-based cross-sectional surveys

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Young age at start of antiretroviral therapy and negative HIV antibody results in HIV-infected children when suppressed

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