Published in Ethiop Med J on July 01, 2007
The World Health Organization African region laboratory accreditation process: improving the quality of laboratory systems in the African region. Am J Clin Pathol (2010) 3.83
Immune responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen ESAT-6 signal subclinical infection among contacts of tuberculosis patients. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 2.83
Effect of rpoB mutations conferring rifampin resistance on fitness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 2.53
Intensified tuberculosis case finding among HIV-Infected persons from a voluntary counseling and testing center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 2.01
Threshold survey evaluating transmitted HIV drug resistance among public antenatal clinic clients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Antivir Ther (2008) 1.62
Absence of APOL1 risk variants protects against HIV-associated nephropathy in the Ethiopian population. Am J Nephrol (2011) 1.52
Conceptual framework of public health surveillance and action and its application in health sector reform. BMC Public Health (2002) 1.42
Potential for medical transmission of HIV in Ethiopia. AIDS (2005) 1.39
IL-8 increases transmission of HIV type 1 in cervical explant tissue. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2005) 1.39
Higher prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative inhabitants of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. J Med Virol (2002) 1.38
HIV prevalence in 72 000 urban and rural male army recruits, Ethiopia. AIDS (2003) 1.35
Laboratory quality control for all. Can this be achieved? Am J Clin Pathol (2012) 1.32
Neurological evaluation of untreated human immunodeficiency virus infected adults in Ethiopia. J Neurovirol (2007) 1.30
Simple markers for initiating antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected Ethiopians. AIDS (2003) 1.29
African AIDS vaccine programme for a coordinated and collaborative vaccine development effort on the continent. PLoS Med (2008) 1.23
Sero-prevalence of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected people in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. BMC Res Notes (2009) 1.23
Characterization of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients with acute Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria infections at Wonji Sugar Estate, Ethiopia. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2006) 1.22
Laboratory equipment maintenance: a critical bottleneck for strengthening health systems in sub-Saharan Africa? J Public Health Policy (2011) 1.20
Immunophenotyping of blood lymphocytes at birth, during childhood, and during adulthood in HIV-1-uninfected Ethiopians. Clin Immunol (2003) 1.18
Slower clearance of nevirapine resistant virus in infants failing extended nevirapine prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2011) 1.17
Delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum in patients with human immunodeficiency virus co-infection treated with artemisinin. Ethiop Med J (2002) 1.16
Multidrug resistant Salmonella Concord is a major cause of salmonellosis in children in Ethiopia. J Infect Dev Ctries (2011) 1.16
Use of dried spots of whole blood, plasma, and mother's milk collected on filter paper for measurement of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 burden. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.15
Phenotypic and genotypic comparisons of CCR5- and CXCR4-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 biological clones isolated from subtype C-infected individuals. J Virol (2004) 1.13
Evaluation of Determine HIV-1/2 rapid diagnostic test by 4th generation ELISA using blood donors' serum at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2008) 1.10
Decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection and syphilis among young women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: results from sentinel surveillance, 1995-2001. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2002) 1.10
Evidence of changes in sexual behaviours among male factory workers in Ethiopia. AIDS (2003) 1.09
Typhoid fever in Ethiopia. J Infect Dev Ctries (2008) 1.08
Overdiagnosis of amoebiasis in the absence of Entamoeba histolytica among patients presenting with diarrhoea in Wonji and Akaki, Ethiopia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.03
Intestinal microsporidiosis in diarrheal patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Jpn J Infect Dis (2006) 1.02
HIV-associated anaemia before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy at Art Centre of Minilik II Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2012) 0.98
The impact of syndromic treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on genital shedding of HIV-1. AIDS (2004) 0.97
Prevalence and incidence of, and risk factors for, HIV-1 infection among factory workers in Ethiopia, 1997-2001. J Health Popul Nutr (2005) 0.97
Population genetics of chronic kidney disease: the evolving story of APOL1. J Nephrol (2012) 0.96
Diabetic infections: clinical and bacteriological study at Tikur Anbessa Specialized University Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2007) 0.94
Analysis of host responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in a multi-site study of subjects with different TB and HIV infection states in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One (2013) 0.94
Recombination of HIV type 1C (C'/C") in Ethiopia: possible link of EthHIV-1C' to subtype C sequences from the high-prevalence epidemics in India and Southern Africa. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2003) 0.93
Primary HIV-1 subtype C infection in Ethiopia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2002) 0.92
Reverse transcriptase activity for quantitation of HIV-1 subtype C in plasma: relation to RNA copy number and CD4 T-cell count. J Med Virol (2006) 0.91
Indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus Western blot profiles in ethiopians with discordant screening-assay results. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2002) 0.91
Tuberculin skin test conversion and reactivity rates among adults with and without human immunodeficiency virus in urban settings in Ethiopia. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2006) 0.90
Use of dried-blood-spot samples and in-house assays to identify antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-infected children in resource-constrained settings. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.90
Low CD4 T cell counts before HIV-1 seroconversion do not affect disease progression in Ethiopian factory workers. J Infect Dis (2005) 0.90
Systemic FasL and TRAIL neutralisation reduce leishmaniasis induced skin ulceration. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 0.89
Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among urban adults in Africa: results from two cross-sectional surveys in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sex Transm Dis (2002) 0.88
Rapidly building global health security capacity--Uganda demonstration project, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (2014) 0.88
Evaluation of rapid HIV test kits on whole blood and development of rapid testing algorithm for voluntary testing and counseling centers in Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2004) 0.88
Analysis of immune responses against a wide range of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2012) 0.87
Development of a nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay that uses gag-based molecular beacons to distinguish between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C and C' infections in Ethiopia. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.87
Knowledge and attitudes towards antiretroviral therapy among factory workers participating in a cohort on HIV and AIDS, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2003) 0.86
Transmission of herpes simplex virus Type 2 among factory workers in Ethiopia. J Infect Dis (2004) 0.86
Timing of blood sampling for CD4 T-cell counting influences HAART decisions. Ethiop Med J (2011) 0.86
Low absolute CD4 counts in Ethiopians. Ethiop Med J (2002) 0.85
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in Ethiopian dyspeptic patients. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.84
Differences in HIV type 1 RNA plasma load profile of closely related cocirculating Ethiopian subtype C strains: C and C'. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2010) 0.83
Expression of chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 on CD4+ T cells and plasma chemokine levels during treatment of active tuberculosis in HIV-1-coinfected patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2005) 0.83
Detection of intestinal microsporidiosis in diarrhoeal patients infected with the human immunideficiency virus (HIV-1) using PCR and Uvitex-2B stain. Ethiop Med J (2005) 0.82
Dermatophytosis in Tulugudu Island, Ethiopia. Med Mycol (2005) 0.82
Surveillance technology for HIV-1 subtype C in Ethiopia: an env-based NASBA molecular beacon assay to discriminate between subcluster C and C'. J Virol Methods (2005) 0.81
Leishmania aethiopica: identification and characterization of cathepsin L-like cysteine protease genes. Exp Parasitol (2006) 0.80
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from adult dyspeptic patients in Tikur Anbassa University Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2004) 0.80
Evidence of genetic variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in plasma and cervicovaginal lavage in ethiopian women seeking care for sexually transmitted infections. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2005) 0.80
HIV prevalence in 72,000 urban and rural male army recruits, Ethiopia, 1999-2000. Ethiop Med J (2003) 0.80
Alternative approach to blood screening using the ExaVir reverse transcriptase activity assay. Curr HIV Res (2005) 0.79
Kinetics of sedimentation rate, viral load and TNF-alpha in relation to HIV co-infection in tuberculosis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2005) 0.79
HIV-1 seroprevalence and subtypes in police recruits from Afar regional state, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2002) 0.78
Overall HIV-1 prevalence in pregnant women over-estimates HIV-1 in the predominantly rural population of Afar Region. Ethiop Med J (2003) 0.78
Evaluation of rapid assays for screening and confirming HIV-1 infection in Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J (2002) 0.78
Stable pattern of HIV-1 subtype C Gag-specific T-cell responses coincides with slow rate of CD4 T-cell decline in HIV-infected Ethiopians. AIDS (2007) 0.78
HIV-1 Subtype C gag-specific T-cell responses in relation to human leukocyte antigens in a diverse population of HIV-infected Ethiopians. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2007) 0.78