Published in BMC Infect Dis on June 02, 2008
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Identification of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants and children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis (2007) 1.54
Sustained high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Cambodia: high turnover seriously challenges the 100% Condom Use Programme. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 1.49
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Antenatal clinic-based HIV prevalence in Zambia: declining trends but sharp local contrasts in young women. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 1.33
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infections among children infected with human immunodeficiency virus attending the paediatric HIV care and treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.29
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Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2011) 1.17
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"I am nothing": experiences of loss among women suffering from severe birth injuries in Tanzania. BMC Womens Health (2011) 1.11
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Reducing uncertainties in global HIV prevalence estimates: the case of Zambia. BMC Public Health (2006) 1.06
Mental distress in the general population in Zambia: impact of HIV and social factors. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.05
Declining syphilis trends in concurrence with HIV declines among pregnant women in Zambia: observations over 14 years of national surveillance. Sex Transm Dis (2012) 1.05
Use of the GenoType(R) MTBDRplus assay to assess drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in rural Uganda. BMC Clin Pathol (2010) 1.05
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HIV type-1 drug resistance testing on dried blood spots is feasible and reliable in patients who fail antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania. Antivir Ther (2010) 1.02
A critical assessment of the WHO responsiveness tool: lessons from voluntary HIV testing and counselling services in Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.01
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Evaluating two adjustment methods to extrapolate HIV prevalence from pregnant women to the general female population in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2003) 0.96
Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.95
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Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.89
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Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia. BMC Public Health (2009) 0.87
Emergency pulpotomy in relieving acute dental pain among Tanzanian patients. BMC Oral Health (2006) 0.87
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Evidence of Yersinia pestis DNA in rodents in plague outbreak foci in Mbulu and Karatu Districts, northern Tanzania. Tanzan J Health Res (2013) 0.80
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The Finnmark Intervention Study: do community-based intervention programmes threaten self-rated health and well-being? Experiences from Båtsfjord, a fishing village in North Norway. Eur J Public Health (2005) 0.76
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Factors associated with flea infestation among the different rodent species in Mbulu and Karatu districts, northern Tanzania. Tanzan J Health Res (2013) 0.75
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