Kevin M De Cock

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1 Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model. Lancet 2008 36.01
2 Rapid expansion of the health workforce in response to the HIV epidemic. N Engl J Med 2007 6.34
3 Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment. Lancet 2006 5.98
4 Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections. Lancet 2004 4.13
5 The HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic--when will we act? Lancet 2010 3.82
6 The reemerging HIV/AIDS epidemic in men who have sex with men. JAMA 2007 3.47
7 Human immunodeficiency virus and the prevalence of undiagnosed tuberculosis in African gold miners. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 3.26
8 Increase in condom use and decline in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1991-1998. AIDS 2002 2.97
9 Triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission through breastfeeding--the Kisumu Breastfeeding Study, Kenya: a clinical trial. PLoS Med 2011 2.72
10 Molecular Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus. N Engl J Med 2015 2.71
11 Morbidity and mortality in South African gold miners: impact of untreated disease due to human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis 2002 2.60
12 HIV prevalence and associated risk factors among individuals aged 13-34 years in Rural Western Kenya. PLoS One 2009 2.54
13 HIV prevention for a threatened continent: implementing positive prevention in Africa. JAMA 2006 2.51
14 Towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support: the role of tuberculosis/HIV collaboration. Lancet Infect Dis 2006 2.48
15 Possible sexual transmission of Ebola virus - Liberia, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 2.45
16 Antiretrovirals and isoniazid preventive therapy in the prevention of HIV-associated tuberculosis in settings with limited health-care resources. Lancet Infect Dis 2010 2.38
17 The global fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria: current status and future perspectives. Am J Clin Pathol 2009 2.34
18 Effect of routine isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence among HIV-infected men in South Africa: a novel randomized incremental recruitment study. JAMA 2005 2.15
19 Antiretroviral therapy in the private sector of Nairobi, Kenya: a review of the experience of five physicians. AIDS 2003 2.13
20 Ebola virus disease cases among health care workers not working in Ebola treatment units--Liberia, June-August, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 2.02
21 Prevalence and incidence of HIV infection, trends, and risk factors among persons aged 15-64 years in Kenya: results from a nationally representative study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014 2.00
22 Elimination of cholera transmission in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Lancet 2012 1.91
23 Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV. BMJ 2002 1.72
24 Multivitamins, nutrition, and antiretroviral therapy for HIV disease in Africa. N Engl J Med 2004 1.60
25 Efficacy of secondary isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected Southern Africans: time to change policy? AIDS 2003 1.51
26 Highly active antiretroviral treatment for the prevention of HIV transmission. J Int AIDS Soc 2010 1.51
27 Tuberculosis and HIV infection: the global setting. J Infect Dis 2007 1.50
28 Preventing HIV transmission with antiretrovirals. Bull World Health Organ 2009 1.50
29 Antiretroviral therapy for tuberculosis control in nine African countries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.48
30 The role of public health institutions in global health system strengthening efforts: the US CDC's perspective. PLoS Med 2012 1.43
31 Stable incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative South African gold miners during a decade of epidemic HIV-associated TB. J Infect Dis 2003 1.36
32 Kenya AIDS Indicator Surveys 2007 and 2012: implications for public health policies for HIV prevention and treatment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014 1.35
33 The impact of HIV scale-up on health systems: A priority research agenda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009 1.33
34 Laboratory diagnosis of Ebola hemorrhagic fever during an outbreak in Yambio, Sudan, 2004. J Infect Dis 2007 1.27
35 Evolution of ebola virus disease from exotic infection to global health priority, Liberia, mid-2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2015 1.21
36 Cluster of Ebola cases among Liberian and U.S. health care workers in an Ebola treatment unit and adjacent hospital -- Liberia, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 1.20
37 Antiretroviral treatment scale-up among persons living with HIV in Kenya: results from a nationally representative survey. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014 1.19
38 Does tuberculosis increase HIV load? J Infect Dis 2004 1.18
39 The value of science in integration of services. J Infect Dis 2012 1.13
40 D for diagnosis and E for everything else. Bull World Health Organ 2006 1.07
41 Scale-up of HIV Viral Load Monitoring - Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015 1.05
42 Ebola and Its Control in Liberia, 2014-2015. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 1.03
43 Developing an incident management system to support Ebola response -- Liberia, July-August 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014 0.98
44 Twelve-monthly versus six-monthly radiological screening for active case-finding of tuberculosis: a randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2010 0.94
45 Tuberculosis and HIV at the national level in Kenya: results from the Second Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2014 0.90
46 Trauma-related mortality among adults in Rural Western Kenya: characterising deaths using data from a health and demographic surveillance system. PLoS One 2013 0.89
47 Polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter may predispose to severe silicosis in black South African miners. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 0.88
48 A call for coordinated and evidence-based action to protect children outside of family care. Lancet 2011 0.88
49 CDC's Response to the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. MMWR Suppl 2016 0.84
50 Health systems exist for real people. Introduction. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2009 0.84
51 HIV infection, tuberculosis and World AIDS Day, 2006. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006 0.83
52 Lessons from Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010 0.83
53 HIV infection and chronic chest disease as risk factors for bacterial pneumonia: a case-control study. AIDS 2003 0.81
54 Erring on the side of action: time for HIV programmes to implement isoniazid preventive therapy. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009 0.80
55 A national cholera epidemic with high case fatality rates--Kenya 2009. J Infect Dis 2013 0.79
56 Undisclosed HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy use in the Kenya AIDS indicator survey 2012: relevance to national targets for HIV diagnosis and treatment. AIDS 2016 0.78
57 When to start ART in Africa. N Engl J Med 2013 0.78
58 Pregnancy interval and delivery outcome among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women in Kisumu, Kenya. Trop Med Int Health 2004 0.77
59 The sound of one hand clapping: tuberculosis and antiretroviral therapy in Africa. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 0.77
60 Bridging the divide. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2011 0.77
61 Adverse Events in HIV-Infected Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Drug Regimens in a Large Urban Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, 2003-2005. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 2007 0.76
62 How can this be? Preventing death in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2012 0.75
63 Does the world need another AIDS authority? Lancet 2006 0.75
64 Clinical trials provide the evidence critical for patient empowerment. J Int AIDS Soc 2013 0.75
65 HIV/AIDS and global health in 2010: from the old to the old and the new. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010 0.75
66 The CDC's Center for Global Health. Lancet 2012 0.75
67 HIV/AIDS 2007: an end-of-year commentary. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007 0.75
68 Correction to AIDS story in The Independent, 8 June 2008. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2008 0.75
69 Law and pediatric HIV testing: realizing the right to health in Kenya. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 2014 0.75
70 Notes from the Field: Ongoing Cholera Outbreak - Kenya, 2014-2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016 0.75