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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Herpes simplex virus 2 infection increases HIV acquisition in men and women: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
|
AIDS
|
2006
|
10.56
|
|
2
|
Reduction of HIV-1 RNA levels with therapy to suppress herpes simplex virus.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
7.79
|
|
3
|
Effect of herpes simplex suppression on incidence of HIV among women in Tanzania.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2008
|
7.49
|
|
4
|
Effectiveness of an intervention led by lay health counsellors for depressive and anxiety disorders in primary care in Goa, India (MANAS): a cluster randomised controlled trial.
|
Lancet
|
2010
|
5.36
|
|
5
|
Male circumcision for HIV prevention: from evidence to action?
|
AIDS
|
2008
|
4.11
|
|
6
|
Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial.
|
AIDS
|
2007
|
3.51
|
|
7
|
Have the explosive HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa been driven by higher community viral load?
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
3.36
|
|
8
|
Evaluation of a community-based rehabilitation model for chronic schizophrenia in rural India.
|
Br J Psychiatry
|
2003
|
3.15
|
|
9
|
Performance of commercially available enzyme immunoassays for detection of antibodies against herpes simplex virus type 2 in African populations.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
|
2.55
|
|
10
|
Male circumcision for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: who, what and when?
|
AIDS
|
2008
|
2.54
|
|
11
|
Long-term biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: follow-up survey of the community-based MEMA kwa Vijana Trial.
|
PLoS Med
|
2010
|
2.09
|
|
12
|
Herpes simplex virus type 2: a key role in HIV incidence.
|
AIDS
|
2009
|
2.03
|
|
13
|
Adverse birth outcomes in United Republic of Tanzania--impact and prevention of maternal risk factors.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2007
|
1.78
|
|
14
|
Serum IgG3 to the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 is strongly associated with a reduced prospective risk of malaria.
|
Parasite Immunol
|
2003
|
1.77
|
|
15
|
Risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV among women at high risk in northwestern Tanzania: preparing for an HSV-2 intervention trial.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2007
|
1.69
|
|
16
|
Long-term impact of acyclovir suppressive therapy on genital and plasma HIV RNA in Tanzanian women: a randomized controlled trial.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.67
|
|
17
|
Extraspousal partnerships in a community in rural Uganda with high HIV prevalence: a cross-sectional population-based study using linked spousal data.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2011
|
1.65
|
|
18
|
The association between Mycoplasma genitalium and HIV-1 acquisition in African women.
|
AIDS
|
2012
|
1.64
|
|
19
|
Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months.
|
Br J Psychiatry
|
2011
|
1.61
|
|
20
|
Impact of suppressive herpes therapy on genital HIV-1 RNA among women taking antiretroviral therapy: a randomized controlled trial.
|
AIDS
|
2006
|
1.58
|
|
21
|
Searching for psychosis: INTREPID (1): systems for detecting untreated and first-episode cases of psychosis in diverse settings.
|
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
|
2015
|
1.50
|
|
22
|
Epidemiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Africa.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2013
|
1.50
|
|
23
|
Cervicovaginal HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus type 2 shedding during genital ulcer disease episodes.
|
AIDS
|
2007
|
1.48
|
|
24
|
Validation of brief screening tools for depressive and alcohol use disorders among TB and HIV patients in primary care in Zambia.
|
BMC Psychiatry
|
2011
|
1.47
|
|
25
|
Missed opportunities: poor linkage into ongoing care for HIV-positive pregnant women in Mwanza, Tanzania.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.45
|
|
26
|
HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of women involved in high-risk sexual behavior in Kampala, Uganda.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2011
|
1.45
|
|
27
|
The role of coinfections in HIV epidemic trajectory and positive prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
AIDS
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
28
|
Male circumcision and penile cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
29
|
Economic evaluation of a task-shifting intervention for common mental disorders in India.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2012
|
1.31
|
|
30
|
Performance of commercial herpes simplex virus type-2 antibody tests using serum samples from Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2011
|
1.29
|
|
31
|
What is causing active trachoma? The role of nonchlamydial bacterial pathogens in a low prevalence setting.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2011
|
1.26
|
|
32
|
The clinical phenotype of trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia: not all trichiasis is due to entropion.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2011
|
1.26
|
|
33
|
Performance of HerpeSelect and Kalon assays in detection of antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.24
|
|
34
|
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lay counsellor-delivered psychological treatments for harmful and dependent drinking and moderate to severe depression in primary care in India: PREMIUM study protocol for randomized controlled trials.
|
Trials
|
2014
|
1.23
|
|
35
|
Accelerated biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: a case-control study.
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
1.20
|
|
36
|
Correlates of HIV-1 genital shedding in Tanzanian women.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.19
|
|
37
|
Absorbable versus silk sutures for surgical treatment of trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled trial.
|
PLoS Med
|
2011
|
1.18
|
|
38
|
Prevalence of severe mental and neurological disorders in Mozambique: a population-based survey.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
1.17
|
|
39
|
Conjunctival transcriptome in scarring trachoma.
|
Infect Immun
|
2010
|
1.15
|
|
40
|
Impact of acyclovir on genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA, genital herpes simplex virus type 2 DNA, and ulcer healing among HIV-1-infected African women with herpes ulcers: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.14
|
|
41
|
Risk factors for HIV incidence in women participating in an HSV suppressive treatment trial in Tanzania.
|
AIDS
|
2009
|
1.14
|
|
42
|
Non-traditional lifestyles and prevalence of mental disorders in adolescents in Goa, India.
|
Br J Psychiatry
|
2008
|
1.13
|
|
43
|
Estimating the public health impact of the effect of herpes simplex virus suppressive therapy on plasma HIV-1 viral load.
|
AIDS
|
2009
|
1.11
|
|
44
|
Alcohol use, mycoplasma genitalium, and other STIs associated With HIV incidence among women at high risk in Kampala, Uganda.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2013
|
1.11
|
|
45
|
Genital human papillomavirus genotypes in northwestern Tanzania.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.10
|
|
46
|
Surgery versus epilation for the treatment of minor trichiasis in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled noninferiority trial.
|
PLoS Med
|
2011
|
1.09
|
|
47
|
Population-level effect of potential HSV2 prophylactic vaccines on HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa.
|
Vaccine
|
2008
|
1.08
|
|
48
|
Bacterial infection in scarring trachoma.
|
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
|
2011
|
1.07
|
|
49
|
Measurement and predictors of adherence in a trial of HSV suppressive therapy in Tanzania.
|
Contemp Clin Trials
|
2009
|
1.06
|
|
50
|
Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions on use of health services by young people in rural Mwanza, Tanzania: results of a cluster randomized trial.
|
J Adolesc Health
|
2010
|
1.05
|
|
51
|
Predominant influence of environmental determinants on the persistence and avidity maturation of antibody responses to vaccines in infants.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.04
|
|
52
|
Male circumcision and human papillomavirus infection in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.04
|
|
53
|
Common genital complaints in women: the contribution of psychosocial and infectious factors in a population-based cohort study in Goa, India.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2006
|
1.04
|
|
54
|
Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in people living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
1.03
|
|
55
|
Active trachoma is associated with increased conjunctival expression of IL17A and profibrotic cytokines.
|
Infect Immun
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
56
|
Quantitative assessment of the role of male circumcision in HIV epidemiology at the population level.
|
Epidemics
|
2009
|
1.01
|
|
57
|
The Nakuru eye disease cohort study: methodology & rationale.
|
BMC Ophthalmol
|
2014
|
0.99
|
|
58
|
Impact of aciclovir on ulcer healing, lesional, genital and plasma HIV-1 RNA among patients with genital ulcer disease in Malawi.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2010
|
0.99
|
|
59
|
Frailty in HIV-infected adults in South Africa.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2013
|
0.99
|
|
60
|
Seroprevalence of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and other serologic markers in the Brazilian Amazon.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.99
|
|
61
|
A qualitative study of participant adherence in a randomized controlled trial of herpes suppressive therapy for HIV prevention in Tanzania.
|
AIDS Care
|
2010
|
0.98
|
|
62
|
Epilation for trachomatous trichiasis and the risk of corneal opacification.
|
Ophthalmology
|
2011
|
0.98
|
|
63
|
Low specificity of the Murex fourth-generation HIV enzyme immunoassay in Tanzanian adolescents.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2007
|
0.98
|
|
64
|
HIV-1 transmission within marriage in rural Uganda: a longitudinal study.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
65
|
Older HIV-infected individuals present late and have a higher mortality: Brighton, UK cohort study.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2013
|
0.97
|
|
66
|
In vivo confocal microscopy in scarring trachoma.
|
Ophthalmology
|
2011
|
0.95
|
|
67
|
Implementation and Operational Research: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp for Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2015
|
0.95
|
|
68
|
Systematic review of strategies to increase men's HIV-testing in sub-Saharan Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2014
|
0.95
|
|
69
|
Heritability of antibody isotype and subclass responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
0.94
|
|
70
|
Pregnancy and contraceptive use among women participating in an HIV prevention trial in Tanzania.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2012
|
0.94
|
|
71
|
Increased condom use at sexual debut in the general population of Slovenia and association with subsequent condom use.
|
AIDS
|
2005
|
0.94
|
|
72
|
Circumcision among men who have sex with men in Scotland: limited potential for HIV prevention.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2010
|
0.93
|
|
73
|
Innate immune responses and modified extracellular matrix regulation characterize bacterial infection and cellular/connective tissue changes in scarring trachoma.
|
Infect Immun
|
2011
|
0.93
|
|
74
|
Why do people not attend for treatment for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia? A study of barriers to surgery.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
75
|
Review: a critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision for HIV prevention in developed countries.
|
AIDS Care
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
76
|
The outcome of trachomatous trichiasis surgery in Ethiopia: risk factors for recurrence.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2013
|
0.93
|
|
77
|
A primary care level algorithm for identifying HIV-infected adolescents in populations at high risk through mother-to-child transmission.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2010
|
0.92
|
|
78
|
A Sport-Based Intervention to Increase Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among Adolescent Male Students: Results From the MCUTS 2 Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2016
|
0.92
|
|
79
|
Condom use among female sex workers in Uganda.
|
AIDS Care
|
2012
|
0.92
|
|
80
|
Systematic review and meta-analysis: prevalence of alcohol use among young people in eastern Africa.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2014
|
0.90
|
|
81
|
Patterns of herpes simplex virus shedding over 1 month and the impact of acyclovir and HIV in HSV-2-seropositive women in Tanzania.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
82
|
Delay in motor development of twins in Africa: a prospective cohort study.
|
Twin Res
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
83
|
Cervicovaginal HIV-1 shedding in women taking antiretroviral therapy in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.88
|
|
84
|
Natural history of Mycoplasma genitalium infection in a cohort of female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
85
|
Effect of genital herpes on cervicovaginal HIV shedding in women co-infected with HIV AND HSV-2 in Tanzania.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
86
|
Time to refocus on HSV interventions for HIV prevention?
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.88
|
|
87
|
Use of acyclovir for suppression of human immunodeficiency virus infection is not associated with genotypic evidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 resistance to acyclovir: analysis of specimens from three phase III trials.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.88
|
|
88
|
Determinants of differential HIV incidence among women in three southern African locations.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
89
|
Molecular characterization of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) from patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
|
J Clin Virol
|
2005
|
0.85
|
|
90
|
In vivo confocal microscopy of trachoma in relation to normal tarsal conjunctiva.
|
Ophthalmology
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
91
|
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in HIV-1-infected women taking antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study from Burkina Faso.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2013
|
0.85
|
|
92
|
Etiology of genital ulcer disease and association with HIV infection in Malawi.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
93
|
Retinal arterioles narrow with increasing duration of anti-retroviral therapy in HIV infection: a novel estimator of vascular risk in HIV?
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
94
|
Differing spectrum of HIV-associated ophthalmic disease among patients starting antiretroviral therapy in India and South Africa.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
95
|
Prevalence of, and risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection among blood donors in Brazil: a multi-center serosurvey.
|
J Med Virol
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
96
|
Post-operative recurrent trachomatous trichiasis is associated with increased conjunctival expression of S100A7 (psoriasin).
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2012
|
0.83
|
|
97
|
Circumcision among men who have sex with men in London, United Kingdom: an unlikely strategy for HIV prevention.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2011
|
0.83
|
|
98
|
Validation of a screening tool to identify older children living with HIV in primary care facilities in high HIV prevalence settings.
|
AIDS
|
2016
|
0.83
|
|
99
|
Corneal endothelial cells provide evidence of accelerated cellular senescence associated with HIV infection: a case-control study.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
100
|
Using hepatitis C prevalence to estimate HIV epidemic potential among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2015
|
0.82
|
|
101
|
Contribution of population factors to estimation of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence trends: a cohort study in rural Uganda, 1989-2007.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2011
|
0.82
|
|
102
|
Increased ocular lens density in HIV-infected individuals with low nadir CD4 counts in South Africa: evidence of accelerated aging.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
103
|
Response to Ronald Gray, Male circumcision and HIV acquisition and transmission: cohort studies in Rakai, Uganda ( 2000, 14:2371-2381).
|
AIDS
|
2002
|
0.81
|
|
104
|
No selection of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance associated mutations by acyclovir suppressive therapy in herpes simplex virus-2/HIV-1 dually infected persons.
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
105
|
Clinical characteristics associated with Mycoplasma genitalium infection among women at high risk of HIV and other STI in Uganda.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
106
|
The long-term impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention: effect of dose and time since intervention exposure.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
107
|
In vivo confocal microscopy and histopathology of the conjunctiva in trachomatous scarring and normal tissue: a systematic comparison.
|
Br J Ophthalmol
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
108
|
Prevalence and risk factors of attempted suicide in adult war-affected population of eastern Uganda.
|
Crisis
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
109
|
Modelling the interactions between herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV: implications for the HIV epidemic in southern India.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
110
|
Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness and contrast sensitivity in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: a case-control study.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
111
|
Rapid increase in prevalence of male circumcision in rural Tanzania in the absence of a promotional campaign.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
112
|
Assessment of candidate ocular biomarkers of ageing in a South African adult population: relationship with chronological age and systemic biomarkers.
|
Mech Ageing Dev
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
113
|
Design of epidemiological studies measuring genital and plasma HIV-1 outcomes: lessons from a randomised controlled trial.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2009
|
0.79
|
|
114
|
Effect of HSV-2 on population-level trends in HIV incidence in Uganda between 1990 and 2007.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
115
|
Have the explosive HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa been driven by higher community viral load?
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
116
|
Prevalence and correlates of alcohol dependence disorder among TB and HIV infected patients in Zambia.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
117
|
Non-consensual sex and association with incident HIV infection among women: a cohort study in rural Uganda, 1990-2008.
|
AIDS Behav
|
2013
|
0.78
|
|
118
|
Epidemiology of High-risk Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Lesions in African women living with HIV/AIDS: Effect of Anti-Retroviral Therapy.
|
AIDS
|
2016
|
0.77
|
|
119
|
Increasing voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adult men in Tanzania.
|
AIDS
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
120
|
Understanding HIV epidemics: aggregate viral load metrics and 'smoking guns'.
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
121
|
Ocular parameters of biological ageing in HIV-infected individuals in South Africa: relationship with chronological age and systemic biomarkers of ageing.
|
Mech Ageing Dev
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
122
|
Performance of the BioPlex 2200 multiplexing immunoassay platform for the detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 specific antibodies in African settings.
|
Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
123
|
Effect of Chlamydia diagnosis on heterosexual relationships.
|
Int J STD AIDS
|
2013
|
0.75
|