Published in PLoS One on October 19, 2010
Verbal autopsy-based cause-specific mortality trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2000-2009. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.98
Profile: the Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 1.85
Antiretroviral therapy uptake and coverage in four HIV community cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.62
Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa? BMC Public Health (2012) 1.42
Adult mortality and probable cause of death in rural northern Malawi in the era of HIV treatment. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.38
The effect of antiretroviral therapy provision on all-cause, AIDS and non-AIDS mortality at the population level--a comparative analysis of data from four settings in Southern and East Africa. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.38
The impact of antiretroviral treatment on mortality trends of HIV-positive adults in rural Uganda: a longitudinal population-based study, 1999-2009. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.15
The impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.13
Diabetic retinopathy in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenges of an emerging epidemic. BMC Med (2013) 1.11
Community viral load and CD4 count distribution among people living with HIV in a South African Township: implications for treatment as prevention. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 1.11
Treatment initiation, program attrition and patient treatment outcomes associated with scale-up and decentralization of HIV care in rural Malawi. PLoS One (2012) 1.06
Fertility intentions and use of contraception among monogamous couples in northern Malawi in the context of HIV testing: a cross-sectional analysis. PLoS One (2012) 1.04
Outcomes and impact of HIV prevention, ART and TB programs in Swaziland--early evidence from public health triangulation. PLoS One (2013) 1.04
Monitoring the impact of decentralised chronic care services on patient travel time in rural Africa--methods and results in Northern Malawi. Int J Health Geogr (2012) 1.02
Bacterial meningitis in Malawian adults, adolescents, and children during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination, 2000-2012. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 1.02
Development and validation of a global positioning system-based "map book" system for categorizing cluster residency status of community members living in high-density urban slums in Blantyre, Malawi. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 1.02
Control of (multi)drug resistance and tuberculosis incidence over 23 years in the context of a well-supported tuberculosis programme in rural Malawi. PLoS One (2013) 0.96
Trends in HIV prevalence among young people in generalised epidemics: implications for monitoring the HIV epidemic. Sex Transm Infect (2012) 0.95
Sustainability of programs to reach high risk and marginalized populations living with HIV in resource limited settings: implications for HIV treatment and prevention. BMC Public Health (2011) 0.94
Reproductive preferences and contraceptive use: a comparison of monogamous and polygamous couples in northern Malawi. J Biosoc Sci (2012) 0.93
Alcohol use, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and preferences regarding an alcohol-focused adherence intervention in patients with human immunodeficiency virus. Patient Prefer Adherence (2014) 0.91
Using HIV-attributable mortality to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.88
Effect of antiretroviral therapy on patients' economic well being: five-year follow-up. AIDS (2014) 0.87
Using health surveillance systems data to assess the impact of AIDS and antiretroviral treatment on adult morbidity and mortality in Botswana. PLoS One (2014) 0.86
Concurrent use of traditional medicine and ART: Perspectives of patients, providers and traditional healers in Durban, South Africa. Glob Public Health (2014) 0.84
Determinants of the risk of dying of HIV/AIDS in a rural South African community over the period of the decentralised roll-out of antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal study. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.83
Trends in all-cause mortality during the scale-up of an antiretroviral therapy programme: a cross-sectional study in Lusaka, Zambia. Bull World Health Organ (2014) 0.82
Incidence and predictors of hypertension in adults with HIV-initiating antiretroviral therapy in south-western Uganda. J Hypertens (2015) 0.81
Renal events among women treated with tenofovir/emtricitabine in combination with either lopinavir/ritonavir or nevirapine. AIDS (2014) 0.79
Hypertension and diabetes in Africa: design and implementation of a large population-based study of burden and risk factors in rural and urban Malawi. Emerg Themes Epidemiol (2016) 0.79
Changing use of traditional healthcare amongst those dying of HIV related disease and TB in rural South Africa from 2003 - 2011: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Complement Altern Med (2014) 0.78
Understanding reasons for treatment interruption amongst patients on antiretroviral therapy--a qualitative study at the Lighthouse Clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.78
Health impact of external funding for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria: systematic review. Health Policy Plan (2013) 0.77
Determinants of time to antiretroviral treatment initiation and subsequent mortality on treatment in a cohort in rural northern Malawi. AIDS Res Ther (2016) 0.76
Population level usage of health services, and HIV testing and care, prior to decentralization of antiretroviral therapy in Agago District in rural Northern Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.76
Treatment outcomes in a decentralized antiretroviral therapy program: a comparison of two levels of care in north central Nigeria. AIDS Res Treat (2014) 0.75
HIV policy and implementation: a national policy review and an implementation case study of a rural area of northern Malawi. AIDS Care (2016) 0.75
Antiretroviral Treatment Scale-Up and Tuberculosis Mortality in High TB/HIV Burden Countries: An Econometric Analysis. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. PLoS Med (2007) 19.78
Rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy at primary care sites in Zambia: feasibility and early outcomes. JAMA (2006) 17.93
Early mortality among adults accessing a community-based antiretroviral service in South Africa: implications for programme design. AIDS (2005) 11.25
Determinants of mortality and nondeath losses from an antiretroviral treatment service in South Africa: implications for program evaluation. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 9.25
Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs up to three years on treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, 2007-2009: systematic review. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 8.81
Task shifting in HIV/AIDS: opportunities, challenges and proposed actions for sub-Saharan Africa. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2008) 6.39
Population-level effect of HIV on adult mortality and early evidence of reversal after introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. Lancet (2008) 5.93
Seven-year experience of a primary care antiretroviral treatment programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa. AIDS (2010) 5.46
Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in a South African program: a cohort study. Arch Intern Med (2008) 5.17
Mortality and loss-to-follow-up during the pre-treatment period in an antiretroviral therapy programme under normal health service conditions in Uganda. BMC Public Health (2009) 4.69
Temporal changes in programme outcomes among adult patients initiating antiretroviral therapy across South Africa, 2002-2007. AIDS (2010) 4.68
Who starts antiretroviral therapy in Durban, South Africa?... not everyone who should. AIDS (2010) 3.93
Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 3.77
Five-year outcomes of initial patients treated in Botswana's National Antiretroviral Treatment Program. AIDS (2008) 3.71
Trends and measurement of HIV prevalence in northern Malawi. AIDS (2003) 3.24
Risk factors for treatment denial and loss to follow-up in an antiretroviral treatment cohort in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2007) 3.18
Duration from seroconversion to eligibility for antiretroviral therapy and from ART eligibility to death in adult HIV-infected patients from low and middle-income countries: collaborative analysis of prospective studies. Sex Transm Infect (2008) 2.49
Patient retention and attrition on antiretroviral treatment at district level in rural Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.27
Steep declines in population-level AIDS mortality following the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AIDS (2009) 2.09
Adult clinical and immunologic outcomes of the national antiretroviral treatment program in Rwanda during 2004-2005. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 2.07
Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi. AIDS (2007) 1.93
Mortality reduction associated with HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment in rural Malawi: evidence from registers, coffin sales and funerals. PLoS One (2010) 1.89
Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data. AIDS (2007) 1.87
A public health approach to rapid scale-up of antiretroviral treatment in Malawi during 2004-2006. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2008) 1.81
Long-term follow-up of HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals in rural Malawi. AIDS (2002) 1.13
Survival after HIV infection in the pre-antiretroviral therapy era in a rural Tanzanian cohort. AIDS (2007) 1.07
Herpes simplex virus 2 infection increases HIV acquisition in men and women: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. AIDS (2006) 10.56
Effect of human rotavirus vaccine on severe diarrhea in African infants. N Engl J Med (2010) 6.56
Population-level effect of HIV on adult mortality and early evidence of reversal after introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. Lancet (2008) 5.93
Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 5.34
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the health-related Millennium Development Goals: time for a public health approach. Lancet (2011) 5.00
Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis in adults in sub-Saharan Africa. N Engl J Med (2007) 4.56
Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections. Lancet (2004) 4.13
Definition of the Beijing/W lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the basis of genetic markers. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 4.03
Electronic medical record systems, data quality and loss to follow-up: survey of antiretroviral therapy programmes in resource-limited settings. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 3.85
Secretive females or swaggering males? An assessment of the quality of sexual partnership reporting in rural Tanzania. Soc Sci Med (2004) 3.79
BCG-induced increase in interferon-gamma response to mycobacterial antigens and efficacy of BCG vaccination in Malawi and the UK: two randomised controlled studies. Lancet (2002) 3.75
Using touchscreen electronic medical record systems to support and monitor national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. PLoS Med (2010) 3.53
How soon after infection with HIV does the risk of tuberculosis start to increase? A retrospective cohort study in South African gold miners. J Infect Dis (2004) 3.50
WNT1-inducible signaling protein-1 mediates pulmonary fibrosis in mice and is upregulated in humans with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Clin Invest (2009) 3.33
CISH and susceptibility to infectious diseases. N Engl J Med (2010) 3.31
The uptake and accuracy of oral kits for HIV self-testing in high HIV prevalence setting: a cross-sectional feasibility study in Blantyre, Malawi. PLoS Med (2011) 3.25
Trends and measurement of HIV prevalence in northern Malawi. AIDS (2003) 3.24
The burden of selected chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in Malawi: nationwide STEPS survey. PLoS One (2011) 3.21
Barriers to accessing antiretroviral therapy in Kisesa, Tanzania: a qualitative study of early rural referrals to the national program. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2006) 3.03
Educational attainment and HIV-1 infection in developing countries: a systematic review. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.80
Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: comparison of programmes with and without viral load monitoring. AIDS (2009) 2.75
Yield of HIV-associated tuberculosis during intensified case finding in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 2.72
Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2008) 2.67
Trends in HIV and sexual behaviour in a longitudinal study in a rural population in Tanzania, 1994-2000. AIDS (2003) 2.67
Estimating the net effect of HIV on child mortality in African populations affected by generalized HIV epidemics. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2005) 2.63
Assessing the quality of data aggregated by antiretroviral treatment clinics in Malawi. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 2.62
Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania: a follow-up study to understand attrition from the antiretroviral program. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2009) 2.56
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
Male circumcision for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: who, what and when? AIDS (2008) 2.54
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 envelope subtypes A and D on disease progression in a large cohort of HIV-1-positive persons in Uganda. J Infect Dis (2002) 2.54
Estimating incidence from prevalence in generalised HIV epidemics: methods and validation. PLoS Med (2008) 2.42
Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 2.41
From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania. J Int AIDS Soc (2009) 2.34
Glycerol adjuvant therapy in adults with bacterial meningitis in a high HIV seroprevalence setting in Malawi: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.32
Time for fair trade in research data. Lancet (2009) 2.29
Early active follow-up of patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) who are lost to follow-up: the 'Back-to-Care' project in Lilongwe, Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 2.28
The effects of high HIV prevalence on orphanhood and living arrangements of children in Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa. Popul Stud (Camb) (2007) 2.24
Uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in rural Tanzania: implications for effective HIV prevention and equitable access to treatment. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 2.20
Outcome assessment of decentralization of antiretroviral therapy provision in a rural district of Malawi using an integrated primary care model. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 2.19
HIV infection as a cofactor for severe falciparum malaria in adults living in a region of unstable malaria transmission in South Africa. AIDS (2004) 2.12
Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa. N Engl J Med (2014) 2.12
Underestimation of HIV prevalence in surveys when some people already know their status, and ways to reduce the bias. AIDS (2013) 2.06
Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers? PLoS Med (2008) 2.06
From affected to infected? Orphanhood and HIV risk among female adolescents in urban Zimbabwe. AIDS (2008) 2.06
Herpes simplex virus type 2: a key role in HIV incidence. AIDS (2009) 2.03
Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates. PLoS Med (2013) 2.00
Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi. AIDS (2007) 1.93
Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Malawi-implications for managing other chronic diseases in resource-limited countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 1.91
Detection of tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -uninfected African adults using whole blood RNA expression signatures: a case-control study. PLoS Med (2013) 1.91
Estimating 'net' HIV-related mortality and the importance of background mortality rates. AIDS (2007) 1.90
Proportion of new HIV infections attributable to herpes simplex 2 increases over time: simulations of the changing role of sexually transmitted infections in sub-Saharan African HIV epidemics. Sex Transm Infect (2007) 1.89
The role of context: neighbourhood characteristics strongly influence HIV risk in young women in Ndola, Zambia. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.89
The empirical evidence for the impact of HIV on adult mortality in the developing world: data from serological studies. AIDS (2004) 1.89
Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data. AIDS (2007) 1.87
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces mortality in human immunodeficiency virus-positive tuberculosis patients in Karonga District, Malawi. Bull World Health Organ (2004) 1.86
Profile: the Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance System. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 1.85
The long-term impact of HIV and orphanhood on the mortality and physical well-being of children in rural Malawi. AIDS (2003) 1.83
Doubts, denial and divine intervention: understanding delayed attendance and poor retention rates at a HIV treatment programme in rural Tanzania. AIDS Care (2009) 1.81
HIV prevalence and incidence in rural Tanzania: results from 10 years of follow-up in an open-cohort study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2007) 1.81
A national survey of teachers on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: access, retention in therapy and survival. PLoS One (2007) 1.80
Vaccine effectiveness estimates, 2004-2005 mumps outbreak, England. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.79
The importance of recent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high HIV prevalence: a long-term molecular epidemiological study in Northern Malawi. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.79
"Just like fever": a qualitative study on the impact of antiretroviral provision on the normalisation of HIV in rural Tanzania and its implications for prevention. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2009) 1.73
High accuracy of home-based community rapid HIV testing in rural Malawi. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2010) 1.73
Mobility and HIV in Tanzanian couples: both mobile persons and their partners show increased risk. AIDS (2006) 1.72
Trends in tuberculosis and the influence of HIV infection in northern Malawi, 1988-2001. AIDS (2004) 1.62
Child survival in relation to mother's HIV infection and survival: evidence from a Ugandan cohort study. AIDS (2003) 1.62