High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

F Tanser, T Bärnighausen, E Grapsa, J Zaidi… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 trial in HIV-discordant couples
demonstrated unequivocally that treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially …

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

T De Oliveira, ABM Kharsany, T Gräf, C Cawood… - The lancet HIV, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The incidence of HIV infection in young women in Africa is very high. We did a
large-scale community-wide phylogenetic study to examine the underlying HIV transmission …

Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment

J Bor, AJ Herbst, ML Newell, T Bärnighausen - Science, 2013 - science.org
The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expected to raise adult life expectancy in
populations with high HIV prevalence. Using data from a population cohort of over 101,000 …

Regression discontinuity designs in epidemiology: causal inference without randomized trials

J Bor, E Moscoe, P Mutevedzi, ML Newell… - …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
When patients receive an intervention based on whether they score below or above some
threshold value on a continuously measured random variable, the intervention will be …

Primary drug resistance in South Africa: data from 10 years of surveys

J Manasa, D Katzenstein, S Cassol… - AIDS research and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
HIV-1 transmitted drug resistance (TDR) could reverse the gains of antiretroviral rollout. To
ensure that current first-line therapies remain effective, TDR levels in recently infected …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and clinical presentation of antenatal depression in rural South Africa

TJ Rochat, M Tomlinson, T Bärnighausen… - Journal of affective …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although the prevalence of depression is similar in pregnant, postpartum
and non-pregnant women, the onset of new depression is higher during the perinatal period …

Uptake of home-based HIV testing, linkage to care, and community attitudes about ART in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: descriptive results from the first phase of …

CC Iwuji, J Orne-Gliemann, J Larmarange… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background The 2015 WHO recommendation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all
immediately following HIV diagnosis is partially based on the anticipated impact on HIV …

Non-communicable disease comorbidities in HIV patients: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and obstructive sleep apnea as a neglected issue

F Hadavandsiri, M Shafaati, S Mohammad Nejad… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The present study evaluates the non-communicable disease (NCD) patterns and related risk
factors among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Iran. This national cross-sectional survey …

The changing face of the HIV epidemic in sub‐S aharan A frica

PC Mutevedzi, ML Newell - Tropical Medicine & International …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread roll‐out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has substantially changed the face of
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Timely initiation of ART in HIV‐infected individuals …

Dramatic increase in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment

J Zaidi, E Grapsa, F Tanser, ML Newell… - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To investigate HIV prevalence trends in a rural South African community after the
scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2004. Methods: We estimated adult HIV …