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A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Impact of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on HIV-1 Genital Shedding Among Thai Subjects

scientific article published in September 2004

A phase II randomized controlled trial adding oral flucytosine to high-dose fluconazole, with short-course amphotericin B, for cryptococcal meningitis

scientific article published on July 2012

A randomised placebo-controlled trial to explore the effect of suppressive therapy with acyclovir on genital shedding of HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2 among Zimbabwean sex workers

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

A randomized trial of the impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation on mortality among HIV-infected individuals living in Bangkok

scientific article published in November 2003

A trial of Fansidar® plus chloroquine or Fansidar® alone for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Gambian children

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

ABC for people with HIV: responses to sexual behaviour recommendations among people receiving antiretroviral therapy in Jinja, Uganda

scientific article published in May 2011

AMBIsome Therapy Induction OptimisatioN (AMBITION): High Dose AmBisome for Cryptococcal Meningitis Induction Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Study Protocol for a Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Accessing clinical services and retention in care following screening for hypertension and diabetes among Malawian adults: an urban/rural comparison

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Acute lower respiratory infections among children hospitalized in Bangui, Central African Republic: toward a new case-management algorithm.

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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Africa: how high is it really?

scientific article published in September 2008

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Jinja, Uganda: a six-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa.

scientific article published in March 2018

Antigenuria in gambian infants following immunization with a Haemophilus influenzae type b polyribosylribitol phosphate-tetanus toxoid protein conjugate (PRP-T) vaccine

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: public health research priorities

scientific article published in April 2005

Assessing prescribing practice: A tanzanian example

scientific article published in January 1993

Association between HSV-2 and HIV-1 viral load in semen, cervico-vaginal secretions and genital ulcers of Thai men and women

scientific article published in October 2006

Association of Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation With Adolescent Intellectual Development in Rural Western China: 14-Year Follow-up From a Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published in September 2018

Association of genital shedding of herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV-1 among sex workers in rural Zimbabwe

scientific article published on January 2006

Burden of illness in the first 3 years of life in an Indian slum

scientific article published on 22 December 2009

Can malaria chemoprophylaxis be restricted to first pregnancies?

scientific article published in November 1994

Causes of mortality in twins in a rural region of The Gambia, West Africa

scientific article published on September 1998

Changes in sexual desires and behaviours of people living with HIV after initiation of ART: implications for HIV prevention and health promotion

scientific article published on 8 August 2011

Clinical predictors of bacterial meningitis in infants and young children in The Gambia

scientific article published in September 2002

Combination flucytosine and high-dose fluconazole compared with fluconazole monotherapy for the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis: a randomized trial in Malawi

scientific article published in February 2010

Community-Based Interventions to Improve and Sustain Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence, Retention in HIV Care and Clinical Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Targets

scientific article published on 30 July 2016

Comparative study of the epidemiology of rotavirus in children from a community-based birth cohort and a hospital in South India

scientific article published in July 2006

Comparison of chlorproguanil-dapsone with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young African children: double-blind randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on June 2004

Comparison of home and clinic-based HIV testing among household members of persons taking antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: results from a randomized trial

scientific article published on October 2010

Comparison of the early fungicidal activity of high-dose fluconazole, voriconazole, and flucytosine as second-line drugs given in combination with amphotericin B for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

Continued very high prevalence of HIV infection in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based longitudinal study

scientific article published in July 2007

Correction to: AMBIsome Therapy Induction OptimisatioN (AMBITION): High Dose AmBisome for Cryptococcal Meningitis Induction Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Study Protocol for a Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Cryptococcal meningitis screening and community-based early adherence support in people with advanced HIV infection starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia: an open-label, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

scientific article published on 29 June 2017

Design and testing for clinical trials faced with misclassified causes of death

scientific article published on 8 March 2010

Determinants of mortality in a combined cohort of 501 patients with HIV-associated Cryptococcal meningitis: implications for improving outcomes

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

Diabetes and other non-communicable diseases in Africa: a potential disaster in the waiting

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

Dietary sodium intake in urban and rural Malawi, and directions for future interventions

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

Dose response effect of high-dose fluconazole for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in southwestern Uganda

scientific article published in December 2008

Effective and efficient prevention of HIV infection

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Effectiveness of Membrane Filtration to Improve Drinking Water: A Quasi-Experimental Study from Rural Southern India.

scientific article published on 06 September 2016

Effects of misclassification of causes of death on the power of a trial to assess the efficacy of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in The Gambia

scientific article published on June 2003

Efficacy of nine-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in The Gambia: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published in March 2005

Environmental risk factors for clinical malaria: a case-control study in the Grau region of Peru.

scientific article published on November 2001

Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Western Region, The Gambia.

scientific article published on January 1998

Estimation with Cox models: cause-specific survival analysis with misclassified cause of failure

scientific article published on March 2012

Ethical issues in intervention studies on the prevention and management of diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Excreta disposal behaviour and latrine ownership in relation to the risk of childhood diarrhoea in Sri Lanka

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

Geographic information systems and genotyping in identification of rotavirus G12 infections in residents of an urban slum with subsequent detection in hospitalized children: emergence of G12 genotype in South India

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

Glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) for detection of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in Malawi: a diagnostic accuracy study.

scientific article published on 5 May 2018

HIV-negative infants born to HIV-1 but not HIV-2-positive mothers fail to develop a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin scar

scientific article published in May 1999

Health service delivery models for the provision of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

scientific article published on 28 July 2014

Health services strengthening in Africa--research is a key component

scientific article published on 19 August 2010

High levels of psychosocial readiness for ART in an African population at the onset of treatment

scientific article published on December 2009

High-dose amphotericin B with flucytosine for the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients: a randomized trial

scientific article published in July 2008

Home-based versus clinic-based care for patients starting antiretroviral therapy with low CD4⁺ cell counts: findings from a cluster-randomized trial

scientific article published on February 2014

Hypertension and diabetes in Africa: design and implementation of a large population-based study of burden and risk factors in rural and urban Malawi

scientific article published in 2016

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective study

scientific article published in June 2009

Immunogenicity and serotype-specific efficacy of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-9) determined during an efficacy trial in The Gambia

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Immunological predictors of survival in HIV type 2-infected rural villagers in Guinea-Bissau

scientific article published on June 2005

Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Increased risk of HIV-infection among school-attending orphans in rural Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on February 2010

Independent association between rate of clearance of infection and clinical outcome of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: analysis of a combined cohort of 262 patients

scientific article published in September 2009

Infant morbidity in an Indian slum birth cohort

scientific article published on 04 October 2007

Integrating public health research trials into health systems in Africa: individual or cluster randomisation?

scientific article published on 22 November 2013

Integrating research into routine service delivery in an antiretroviral treatment programme: lessons learnt from a cluster randomized trial comparing strategies of HIV care in Jinja, Uganda

scientific article published on 18 March 2008

Is sexual contact with sex workers important in driving the HIV epidemic among men in rural Zimbabwe?

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Linking research and development to strengthen health systems in Africa

scientific article published on 18 October 2010

Long-term survival of HIV-infected children receiving antiretroviral therapy in Thailand: a 5-year observational cohort study

scientific article published on 5 November 2010

Low level viremia and high CD4% predict normal survival in a cohort of HIV type-2-infected villagers

scientific article published in November 2002

Malaria control: bednets or spraying? Spray versus treated nets using deltamethrin--a community randomized trial in India.

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Methodology matters: what type of research is suitable for evaluating community treatment supporters for HIV and tuberculosis treatment?

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Mortality and loss-to-follow-up during the pre-treatment period in an antiretroviral therapy programme under normal health service conditions in Uganda

scientific article published on 11 August 2009

Mortality in an antiretroviral therapy programme in Jinja, south-east Uganda: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 22 October 2011

Mortality of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/HIV-2 dually infected patients in a clinic-based cohort in The Gambia

scientific article published in September 2002

Neonatal infection with G10P[11] rotavirus did not confer protection against subsequent rotavirus infection in a community cohort in Vellore, South India

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Nutritional status of children admitted to hospital with different diseases and its relationship to outcome in The Gambia, West Africa

scientific article published on August 1, 1998

Plasma HIV viral load in relation to season and to Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia.

scientific article

Plasma viral load, CD4 cell percentage, HLA and survival of HIV-1, HIV-2, and dually infected Gambian patients

scientific article published in July 2003

Plasmodium falciparum cross resistance

scientific article published in January 2002

Poverty, food insufficiency and HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young rural Zimbabwean women

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Pre-treatment mortality and loss-to-follow-up in HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/HIV-2 dually infected patients eligible for antiretroviral therapy in The Gambia, West Africa

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

Predictors of a fatal outcome following childhood cerebral malaria

scientific article published in July 1997

Predictors of hypoxaemia in hospital admissions with acute lower respiratory tract infection in a developing country

scientific article published in April 1997

Predictors of mortality in Gambian children with severe malaria anaemia.

scientific article published in December 1997

Prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and cascade of care in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based study in rural and urban Malawi

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Prior BCG vaccination improves survival of Gambian patients treated for pulmonary tuberculosis.

scientific article published in June 2000

Prolongation of the QTc interval in African children treated for falciparum malaria

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Protective effect of natural rotavirus infection in an Indian birth cohort

scientific article published in July 2011

Proviral load and immune function in blood and lymph node during HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection

scientific article published in June 1999

Quantification of Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) provirus load in a rural West African population: no enhancement of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 pathogenesis, but HTLV-I provirus load relates to mortality

scientific article published on 14 November 2003

Randomised trial of Haemophilus influenzae type-b tetanus protein conjugate vaccine [corrected] for prevention of pneumonia and meningitis in Gambian infants

scientific article published in April 1997

Rate of Decline of Percentage CD4+ Cells Is Faster in HIV-1 Than in HIV-2 Infection

scientific article published on December 15, 1997

Rates and causes of child mortality in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural South Africa

scientific article published in December 2006

Rates of virological failure in patients treated in a home-based versus a facility-based HIV-care model in Jinja, southeast Uganda: a cluster-randomised equivalence trial

scientific article published on 24 November 2009

Reaching millennium development goal 4 - the Gambia

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid pressure, fungal burden and outcome in patients with cryptococcal meningitis undergoing serial lumbar punctures

scientific article published in March 2009

Reply to Pasqualotto

scientific article published on 15 October 2008

Rich micronutrient fortification of locally produced infant food does not improve mental and motor development of Zambian infants: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 5 July 2011

Risk factors for mortality among children hospitalized because of acute respiratory infections in Bangui, Central African Republic

scientific article published in May 2000

Safety and immunogenicity of a nonavalent pneumococcal vaccine conjugated to CRM197 administered simultaneously but in a separate syringe with diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines in Gambian infants

scientific article published in May 2000

Safety and immunogenicity of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in combination with diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine

scientific article published in October 2002

Scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: priorities for public health research

scientific article published in September 2007

School based HIV prevention in Zimbabwe: feasibility and acceptability of evaluation trials using biological outcomes

scientific article published on August 2002

Season of birth is not associated with delayed childhood mortality in Upper River Division, The Gambia.

scientific article published on September 2000

Severe malaria in children in Yemen: two site observational study

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Short course amphotericin B with high dose fluconazole for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

scientific article published on 4 November 2011

Short-course High-dose Liposomal Amphotericin B for Human Immunodeficiency Virus–associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 26 June 2018

Socioeconomic and environmental factors important for acquiring non-severe malaria in children in Yemen: a case-control study

scientific article published on 23 October 2008

Statin use and all-cause mortality in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 5 June 2018

Stigma trajectories among people living with HIV (PLHIV) embarking on a life time journey with antiretroviral drugs in Jinja, Uganda

scientific article published on 5 September 2013

Tackling non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: is the evidence from high-income countries all we need?

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

The ICMJE authorship criteria: a response from the editors

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based HIV prevention intervention for rural youth in Zimbabwe--study design and baseline results

scientific article published on 5 September 2008

The Regai Dzive Shiri project: results of a randomized trial of an HIV prevention intervention for youth

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The appropriateness of core group interventions using presumptive periodic treatment among rural Zimbabwean women who exchange sex for gifts or money.

scientific article published on February 2005

The clinical spectrum of respiratory syncytial virus disease in The Gambia

scientific article published on March 1998

The costs of providing antiretroviral therapy services to HIV-infected individuals presenting with advanced HIV disease at public health centres in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Findings from a randomised trial evaluating different health care strategies

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

The crisis of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

The effect of a monoclonal antibody to tumor necrosis factor on survival from childhood cerebral malaria

scientific article published in November 1996

The experience of "medicine companions" to support adherence to antiretroviral therapy: quantitative and qualitative data from a trial population in Uganda

scientific article published in January 2010

The impact of syphilis, HIV-1, and HIV-2 on pregnancy outcome in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

scientific article published in March 2002

The importance of male partner involvement for women's acceptability and adherence to female-initiated HIV prevention methods in Zimbabwe

scientific article published in July 2011

The risk factors for relapse among patients with African trypanosomiasis in Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire

scientific article published on April 2006

Treatment of African children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria with a new antimalarial drug, CGP 56697.

scientific article published in October 1997

Undetectable plasma viral load predicts normal survival in HIV-2-infected people in a West African village

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

Use of WHO clinical stage for assessing patient eligibility to antiretroviral therapy in a routine health service setting in Jinja, Uganda

scientific article published on 28 February 2008

Use of clinical algorithms for diagnosing malaria

scientific article published in January 2002

Use of data from HIV counselling and testing services for HIV surveillance in Africa

scientific article published in February 2007

Vaccination with aHaemophilus influenzaeType b Conjugate Vaccine Reduces Oropharyngeal Carriage ofH. influenzaeType b among Gambian Children

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Viewpoint: scaling up testing services for non-communicable diseases in Africa: priorities for implementation research

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Who develops severe malaria? Impact of access to healthcare, socio-economic and environmental factors on children in Yemen: a case-control study.

scientific article published on 10 April 2008