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Impact of male partner involvement on women's adherence to the dapivirine vaginal ring during a phase III HIV prevention trial.
Roberts ST, Nair G, Baeten JM, Palanee-Philips T, Schwartz K, Reddy K, Kabwigu S, Matovu Kiweewa F, Govender V, Gaffoor Z, Singh N, Siva S, Naidoo K, Montgomery ET for theMTN-020/ASPIRE Team. I
AIDS and Behavior 2020; 24(5):1432-1442.

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COVID-19 affects HIV and tuberculosis care.
Abdool Karim Q, Abdool Karim SS.
Science 2020; 369(6502):366-368.

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Inflammatory and antimicrobial properties differ between vaginal Lactobacillus isolates from South African women with non-optimal versus optimal microbiota.
Manhanzva MT, Abrahams AG, Gamieldien H, Froissart R, Jaspan H, Jaumdally SZ, Barnabas SL, Dabee S, Bekker LG, Gray G, Passmore JS, Masson L.
Scientific Reports 2020; 10(1):6196. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62184-8.

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Structure of Super-Potent Antibody CAP256-VRC26.25 in Complex with HIV-1 Envelope Reveals a Combined Mode of Trimer-Apex Recognition.
Gorman J, Chuang GY, Lai YT, Shen CH, Boyington JC, Druz A, Geng H, Louder MK, McKee K, Rawi R, Verardi R, Yang Y, Zhang B, Doria-Rose NA, Lin B, Moore PL, Morris L, Shapiro L, Mascola JR, Kwong PD.
Cell Reports 2020; 31(1):107488. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.052.

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Low CD4 count and educational status predict abnormal cervical smears amongst HIV-positive women initiating antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.
Mthembu N, Dorward J, Naicker N, Osman F, Gumede S, Sookrajh Y, Drain P, Garrett N.
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine 2020; 21(1):1045. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1045.

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Joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data: an illustration using CD4 count and mortality in a cohort of patients initiated on antiretroviral therapy.
Mchunu NN, Mwambi HG, Reddy T, Yende-Zuma N, Naidoo K.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2020; 20(1):256. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-04962-3.

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The South African response to the pandemic.
Abdool Karim SS.
New England Journal of Medicine 2020. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2014960.

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Putting women in the centre of the global HIV response is key to achieving epidemic control!
Abdool Karim Q, Havlir D, Phanuphak N.
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020; 23(3):e25473. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25473.

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Safety and immune responses after a 12-month booster in healthy HIV-uninfected adults in HVTN 100 in South Africa: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of ALVAC-HIV (vCP2438) and bivalent subtype C gp120/MF59 vaccines.
Laher F, Moodie Z, Cohen KW, Grunenberg N, Bekker LG, Allen M4, Frahm N, Yates NL, Morris L, Malahleha M, Mngadi K, Daniels B, Innes C, Saunders K, Grant S, Yu C, Gilbert PB, Phogat S, DiazGranados CA, Koutsoukos M, Van Der Meeren O, Bentley C, Mkhize NN, Pensiero MN, Mehra VL, Kublin JG, Corey L, Montefiori DC, Gray GE, McElrath MJ, Tomaras GD.
PLoS Medicine 2020;17(2):e1003038. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003038.

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Prescription drug diversion, misuse, and abuse among people living with HIV: a scoping review protocol.
Chibi B, Torres NF, Mashamba-Thompson TP.
Systematic Reviews 2020; 9(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-1273-4.

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Anal intercourse, HIV-1 risk, and efficacy in a trial of a dapivirine-containing vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention.
Peebles K, van der Straten A, Palanee-Phillips T, Reddy K, Hillier SL, Hendrix CW, Harkoo I, Mirembe BG, Jeenarain N, Baeten JM, Brown ER.
JAIDS 2020; 83(3):197-201.

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The complex challenges of HIV vaccine development require renewed and expanded global commitment.
Bekker L-G, Tatoud R, Dabis F, Feinberg M, Kaleebu P, Marovich M, Ndung’u T, Russell N, Johnson J, Luba M, Fauci AS, Morris L, Pantaleo G, Buchbinder S, Gray G, Vekemans J, Kim JH, Levy Y, Corey L, Shattock R, Makanga M, Williamson C, Dieffenbach C, Goodenow MM, Shao Y, Staprans S, Warren M, Johnston MI.
Lancet 2020; 395(10221):384-388.

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Immunogenicity of HIV-1 Vaccines Expressing Chimeric Envelope Glycoproteins on the Surface of Pr55 Gag Virus-Like Particles.
Chapman R, van Diepen M, Galant S, Kruse E, Margolin E, Ximba P, Hermanus T, Moore P, Douglass N, Williamson AL, Rybicki E.
Vaccines 2020; 8(1):e54. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010054.

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Maternal variants within the apolipoprotein L1 gene are associated with preeclampsia in a South African cohort of African ancestry.
Thakoordeen-Reddy S, Winkler C, Moodley J, David V, Binns-Roemer E, Ramsuran V, Naicker T.
European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology 2020; 246:129-133.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of first-line tuberculosis drug concentrations and treatment outcomes.
Perumal R, Naidoo K, Naidoo A, Ramachandran G, Requena-Mendez A, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Mpagama SG, Matteelli A, Fehr J, Heysell SK, Padayatchi N.
The International Journal Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2020; 24(1):48-64.

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis patient care journeys in South Africa: a pilot study using routine laboratory data.
Hill J, Dickson-Hall L, Grant AD, Grundy C, Black J, Kielmann K, Mlisana K, Mitrani L, Loveday M, Moshabela M, Le Roux S, Jassat W, Nicol M, Cox H.
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2020; 24(1):83-91.

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Effect of HIV Envelope Vaccination on the Subsequent Antibody Response to HIV Infection.
Ditse Z, Mkhize NN, Yin M, Keefer M, Montefiori DC, Tomaras GD, Churchyard G, Mayer KH, Karuna S, Morgan C, Bekker LG, Mlisana K, Gray G, Moodie Z, Gilbert P, Moore PL, Williamson C, Morris L.
mSphere 2020; 5(1): e00738-19. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00738-19.

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Landscapes of binding antibody and T-cell responses to pox-protein HIV vaccines in Thais and South Africans.
Zhao LP, Fiore-Gartland A, Carpp LN, Cohen KW, Rouphael N, Fleurs L, Dintwe O, Zhao M, Moodie Z, Fong Y, Garrett N, Huang Y, Innes C, Janes HE, Lazarus E, Michael NL, Nitayaphan S, Pitisuttithum P, Rerks-Ngarm S, Robb ML, De Rosa SC, Corey L, Gray GE, Seaton KE, Yates NL, McElrath MJ, Frahm N, Tomaras GD, Gilbert PB.
PLoS One 2020; 15(1):e0226803. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226803.

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Emerging evidence from a systematic review of safety of pre-exposure prophylaxis for pregnant and postpartum women: where are we now and where are we heading?
Joseph Davey DL, Pintye J, Baeten JM, Aldrovandi G, Baggaley R, Bekker LG, Celum C, Chi BH, Coates TJ, Haberer JE, Heffron R, Kinuthia J, Matthews LT, McIntyre J, Moodley D, Mofenson LM, Mugo N, Myer L, Mujugira A, Shoptaw S, Stranix-Chibanda L, John-Stewart G; PrEP in Pregnancy Working Group.
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020; 23(1):e25426. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25426.

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“A very humiliating illness”: a qualitative study of patient-centered Care for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa.
Furin J, Loveday M, Hlangu S, Dickson-Hall L, le Roux S, Nicol M, Cox H.
BMC Public Health 2020; 20(1):76 doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8035-z.

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Evaluating DREAMS HIV prevention interventions targeting adolescent girls and young women in high HIV prevalence districts in South Africa: protocol for a cross-sectional study.
George G, Cawood C, Puren A, Khanyile D, Gerritsen A, Govender K, Beckett S, Glenshaw M, Diallo K, Ayalew K, Gibbs A, Reddy T, Madurai L, Kufa-Chakezha T, Kharsany ABM.
BMC Women's Health 2020; 20(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0875-2.

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Neutralization breadth and potency of single-chain variable fragments derived from broadly neutralizing antibodies targeting multiple epitopes on the HIV-1 envelope.
van Dorsten RT, Lambson BE, Wibmer CK, Weinberg MS, Moore PL, Morris L.
Journal of Virology 2020; 94(2): e01533-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01533-19.

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Point-of-care HIV viral load testing combined with task shifting to improve treatment outcomes (STREAM): findings from an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial.
Drain PK, Dorward J, Violette LR, Quame-Amaglo J, Thomas KK, Sams nder N, Ngobese H, Mlisana K, Moodley P, Donnell D, Barnabas RV, Naidoo K, Abdool Karim SS, Celum C, Garrett N.
Lancet HIV 2020; 7(4):e229-e237.

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HIV seroconcordance among heterosexual couples in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based analysis.
Kim HY, Harling G, Vandormael A, Tomita A, Cuadros DF, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F.
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020; 23(1):e25432.doi: 10.1002/jia2.25432

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Cabotegravir is not associated with weight gain in HIV-uninfected individuals in HPTN 077.
Landovitz RJ, Zangeneh SZ, Chau G, Grinsztejn B, Eron JJ, Dawood H, Magnus M, Liu AY, Panchia R, Hosseinipour MC, Kofron R, Margolis DA, Rinehart A, Adeyeye A, Burns D, McCauley M, Cohen MS, Currier JS.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020; 70(2):319-322.

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Recently formed age-disparate partnerships are associated with elevated HIV-incidence among young women in South Africa.
Maughan-Brown B, Venkataramani A, Kharsany ABM, Beckett S, Govender K, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, George G.
AIDS 2020; 34(1):149-154.

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A moxifloxacin-based regimen for the treatment of recurrent drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis: An open-label randomised controlled trial.
Perumal R, Padayatchi N, Yende-Zuma N, Naidoo A, Govender D, Naidoo K.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020; 70(1):90-98.

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Association between HIV antiretroviral therapy and preterm birth based on antenatal ultrasound gestational age determination: a comparative analysis.
Venkatesh KK, Farhad M, Fenton T, Moodley D, Naik S, Nakabiito C, Fairlie L, Fowler MG, Stringer JSA, Chi BH.
AIDS 2019; 33(15):2403-13.

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Neonatal, infant and child health in South Africa: Reflecting on the past towards a better future.
Goga A, Feucht U, Zar HJ, Vanker A, Wiysonge CS, McKerrow N, Wright CY, Loveday M, Odendaal W, Ramokolo V, Ramraj T, Bamford, L., Green, R.J, Pillay, Y., Nannan, N.
South African Medical Journal 2019;109(11b):83-90.

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Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017.
Burstein R, Henry NJ, Collison ML, Marczak LB, Sligar A, Watson S, Marquez N, Abbasalizad-Farhangi M, Abbasi M, Abd-Allah F, Abdoli A, ……, Oladimeji KE, et al.
Nature 2019; 574(7778):353-358. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1545-0.

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Figures of the dead: A decade of tuberculosis mortality registrations in South Africa.
Loveday M, Mzobe YN, Pillay Y, Barron P.
South African Medical Journal 2019; 109(10):728-732.

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Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)-mediating antibodies constrain neutralizing antibody escape pathway.
Mielke D, Bandawe G, Pollara J, Abrahams M-R, Nyanhete T, Moore P, Thebus R, Yates NL, Kappes JC, Ochsenbauer C, Garrett N, Abdool Karim SS, Tomaras GD, Montefiori D, Morris L, Ferrari G, Williamson C.
Frontiers in Immunology 2019; 10:2875. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02875

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Factors associated with HIV in younger and older adult men in South Africa: findings from a cross-sectional survey.
Govender K, Beckett SE, George G, Lewis L, Cawood C, Khanyile D, Tanser F, Kharsany AB.
BMJ Open 2019; 9(12):e031667. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031667.

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High-Throughput Mapping of B Cell Receptor Sequences to Antigen Specificity.
Setliff I, Shiakolas AR, Pilewski KA, Murji AA, Mapengo RE, Janowska K, Richardson S, Oosthuysen C, Raju N, Ronsard L, Kanekiyo M, Qin JS, Kramer KJ, Greenplate AR, McDonnell WJ, Graham BS, Connors M, Lingwood D, Acharya P, Morris L, Georgiev IS.
Cell 2019; 179(7):1636-1646. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.003.

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IgG3 enhances neutralization potency and Fc effector function of an HIV V2-specific broadly neutralizing antibody.
Richardson SI, Lambson BE, Crowley AR, Bashirova A, Scheepers C, Garrett N, Abdool Karim SS, Mkhize NN, Carrington M, Ackerman ME, Moore PL, Morris L.
PLoS Pathogens 2019; 15(12):e1008064. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008064.

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Declines in HIV incidence among men and women in a South African population-based cohort.
Vandormael A, Akullian A, Siedner M, de Oliveira T, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F.
Nature Communications 2019; 10(1):5482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13473-y.

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Maternal Humoral Immune Responses Do Not Predict Postnatal HIV-1 Transmission Risk in Antiretroviral-Treated Mothers from the IMPAACT PROMISE Study.
Hompe ED, Jacobson DL, Eudailey JA, Butler K, Edwards W, Pollara J, Brummel SS, Fouda GG, Chinula L, Kamanga 7, Kinikar A, Moodley D, Owor M, Fowler MG, Permar SR.
mSphere 2019; 4(5): e00716-19. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00716-19.

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Factors associated with unsuppressed viremia in women living with HIV on lifelong ART in the multi-country US-PEPFAR PROMOTE study: A cross-sectional analysis.
Atuhaire P, Hanley S, Yende-Zuma N, Aizire J, Stranix-Chibanda L, Makanani B, Milala B, Cassim H, Taha T, Fowler MG.
PLoS One 2019; 14(10):e0219415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219415.

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Why we need to evaluate the quality of tuberculosis care in South Africa’s private health sector.
Boffa J, Moyo S, Chikovore J, Salomon A, Jooste S, Mkhombo T, Pai M, Daftary A.
South African Medical Journal 2019; 109(11):817-818.

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Social Harms in Female-INITIATED hiv prevention method RESEARCH: state of the evidence.
Montgomery ET, Roberts ST, Nel A, Malherbe M, Torjesen K, Bunge K, Singh D, Baeten JM, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Kabwigu S, Beigi R, Riddler SA, Gafoor Z, Reddy K, Mansoor LE, Nair L, Woeber K, Moodley J, Jeenarain N, Siva S, Naidoo L, Govender V, Palanee-Phillips T.
AIDS 2019; 33(14):2237-44.

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Whole genome sequencing for drug-resistant tuberculosis management in South Africa: What gaps would this address and what are the challenges to implementation?
Dlamini MT, Lessells R, Iketleng T, de Oliveira T.
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 2019; 16: 100115. doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100115.

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Extended prophylaxis with nevirapine does not affect growth in HIV-exposed infants.
Onyango-Makumbi C, Owora AH, Mwiru RS, Mwatha A, Young AM, Moodley D, Coovadia HM, Stranix-Chibanda L, Manji K, Maldonado Y, Richardson P, Andrew P, George K, Fawzi W, Fowler MG.
JAIDS 2019; 82(4): 377-385.

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Emtricitabine-induced pure red cell aplasia.
Manickchund N, du Plessis C, John MA, Manzini TC, Gosnell BI, Lessells RJ, Moosa YS.
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine 2019; 20(1):983. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.983.

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L,D-Transpeptidase Specific Probe Reveals Spatial Activity of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking.
Pidgeon SE, Apostolos AJ, Nelson JM, Shaku M, Rimal B, Islam MN, Crick DC, Kim SJ, Pavelka MS, Kana BD, Pires MM.
ACS Chemical Biology 2019; 14(10):2185-96.

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Improving survival with tuberculosis & HIV treatment integration: a mini-review.
Naidoo K, Rampersad S, Abdool Karim SS.
Indian Journal of Medical Research 2019; 150(2):131-138.

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Comparative cost analysis of point-of-care versus laboratory-based testing to initiate and monitor HIV treatment in South Africa.
Simeon K, Sharma M, Dorward J, Naidoo J, Dlamini N, Moodley P, Samsunder N, Barnabas RV, Garrett N, Drain PK.
PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223669. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223669.

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HIV incidence rates in adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abdool Karim SS, Baxter C.
Lancet Global Health 2019; 7(11):e1470-e1471. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30404-8.

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Guidance on stakeholder engagement practices to inform the development of area-wide vector control methods.
Thizy D, Emerson C, Gibbs J, Hartley S, Kapiriri L, Lavery J, Lunshof J, Ramsey J, Shapiro J, Singh JA, Toe LP, Coche I, Robinson B.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2019; 13(4):e0007286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007286.

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Quality of TB care among People Living with HIV: Gaps and Solutions.
Naidoo K, Gengiah S, Singh S, Stillo J, Padayatchi N.
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 2019; 17: e100122. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100122

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Engineered HIV antibody passes muster.
Morris L.
Lancet HIV 2019; 6(10):e641-e642. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30231-0.

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Ethical issues associated with HIV molecular epidemiology: a qualitative exploratory study using inductive analytic approaches.
Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar DR, de Oliveira T.
BMC Medical Ethics 2019; 20(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12910-019-0403-9.

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Slow acceptance of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) among mothers enrolled in IMPAACT PROMISE studies across the globe.
Stranix-Chibanda L, Brummel S, Pilotto J, Mutambanengwe M, Chanaiwa V, Mhembere T, Kamateeka M, Aizire J, Masheto G, Chamanga R, Maluwa M, Hanley S, Joao E, Theron G, Nevrekar N, Nyati M, Santos B, Aurpibul L, Mubiana-Mbewe M, Oliveira R, Anekthananon T, Mlay P, Angelidou K, Tierney C, Ziemba L, Coletti A, McCarthy K, Basar M, Chakhtoura N, Browning R, Currier J, Fowler MG, Flynn P; PROMISE study team.
AIDS and Behavior 2019; 23(9):2522-31.

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Disrupting a cycle of mistrust: A constructivist grounded theory study on patient-provider trust in TB care.
Law S, Daftary A, Mitnick CD, Dheda K, Menzies D.
Social Science and Medicine 2019; 240:112578. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112578.

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Quantifying how Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-Associated Illness: a Modeling Study from South Africa.
Tempia S , Walaza S, Moyes J, Cohen AL, McMorrow ML, Treurnicht FK, Hellferscee O, Wolter N, Gottberg AV, Nguweneza A, McAnerney JM, Dawood H, Variava E , Madhi SA, Cohen C.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019; 69(6):1036-1048. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy1017.

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Risk Factors for Adverse Birth Outcomes in the PROMISE 1077BF/1077FF Trial.
Sebikari D, Farhad M, Fenton T, Owor M, Stringer JS, Qin M, Chakhtoura N, Chi BH, Saidi F, Nevrekar N, Violari A, Chipato T, McIntyre JA, Moodley D, Taha TE, Theron G, Fowler MG.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019; 81(5):521-32.

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Integrated provision of topical pre-exposure prophylaxis in routine family planning services in South Africa: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.
Mansoor LE, Yende-Zuma N, Baxter C, Mngadi KT, Dawood H, Gengiah TN, Samsunder S, Schwartz JL, Doncel GF, Abdool Karim Q.
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019; 22(9):e25381. doi/10.1002/jia2.25381

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Performance of cepheid GeneXpert HIV-1 viral load plasma assay to accurately detect treatment failure: a clinical meta-analysis.
Sacks JA, Fong Y, Gonzalez MP, Andreotti M, Baliga S, Garrett N, Jordan J, Karita E, Kulkarni S, Mor O, Mosha F, Ndlovu Z, Plantier JC, Saravanan S, Scott L, Peter T, Doherty M, Alexander H, Vojnov L.
AIDS 2019; 33(12):1881-1889.

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In the eye of the multiple beholders: Qualitative research perspectives on studying and encouraging quality of TB care in India.
McDowell A, Engel N, Daftary A.
Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 2019; 16:100111. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2019.100111.

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Trends in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Incidence in a Hyperendemic Area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Kharsany ABM, Cawood C, Lewis L, Yende-Zuma N, Khanyile D, Puren A, Madurai S, Baxter C, George G, Govender K, Beckett S, Samsunder N, Toledo C, Ayalew KA, Diallo K, Glenshaw M, Herman-Roloff A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Abdool Karim SS, Abdool Karim Q.
JAMA Network Open 2019; 2(11):e1914378.

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