Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on December 15, 2010
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High HIV testing uptake and linkage to care in a novel program of home-based HIV counseling and testing with facilitated referral in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 1.97
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Cost-effectiveness of community-based strategies to strengthen the continuum of HIV care in rural South Africa: a health economic modelling analysis. Lancet HIV (2015) 1.77
Systematic review and meta-analysis of community and facility-based HIV testing to address linkage to care gaps in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature (2015) 1.58
Household-based HIV counseling and testing as a platform for referral to HIV care and medical male circumcision in Uganda: a pilot evaluation. PLoS One (2012) 1.24
Group B Streptococcus and HIV infection in pregnant women, Malawi, 2008-2010. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.08
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Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc (2013) 1.01
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Community-based rapid oral human immunodeficiency virus testing for tuberculosis patients in Lima, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2012) 0.94
Accuracy in HIV Rapid Testing among Laboratory and Non-laboratory Personnel in Zambia: Observations from the National HIV Proficiency Testing System. PLoS One (2016) 0.92
HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.85
Implementation and Operational Research: Cost and Efficiency of a Hybrid Mobile Multidisease Testing Approach With High HIV Testing Coverage in East Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2016) 0.83
Earlier menarche is associated with a higher prevalence of Herpes simplex type-2 (HSV-2) in young women in rural Malawi. Elife (2014) 0.82
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Understanding low sensitivity of community-based HIV rapid testing: experiences from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc (2017) 0.78
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Identification of misdiagnosed HIV clients in an Early Access to ART for All implementation study in Swaziland. J Int AIDS Soc (2017) 0.78
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Taking HIV Testing to Families: Designing a Family-Based Intervention to Facilitate HIV Testing, Disclosure, and Intergenerational Communication. Front Public Health (2016) 0.75
Can trained lay providers perform HIV testing services? A review of national HIV testing policies. BMC Res Notes (2017) 0.75
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Universal voluntary HIV testing with immediate antiretroviral therapy as a strategy for elimination of HIV transmission: a mathematical model. Lancet (2008) 36.01
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The costs and effectiveness of four HIV counseling and testing strategies in Uganda. AIDS (2009) 4.45
Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: diagnostic test accuracy study. BMJ (2007) 3.41
Increasing uptake of HIV testing and counseling among the poorest in sub-Saharan countries through home-based service provision. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 2.79
Feasibility, acceptability and cost of home-based HIV testing in rural Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 2.63
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Validation, performance under field conditions, and cost-effectiveness of Capillus HIV-1/HIV-2 and determine HIV-1/2 rapid human immunodeficiency virus antibody assays using sequential and parallel testing algorithms in Tanzania. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.94
Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi. AIDS (2007) 1.93
Home testing for HIV infection in resource-limited settings. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep (2009) 1.54
Suitability of simple human immunodeficiency virus rapid tests in clinical trials in community-based clinic settings. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.10
Diagnosis of tetanus immunization status: multicenter assessment of a rapid biological test. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2005) 1.09
Finger-prick blood samples can be used interchangeably with venous samples for CD4 cell counting indicating their potential for use in CD4 rapid tests. AIDS (2007) 1.08
Testing for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a population in which mycobacterial diseases are endemic. J Infect Dis (1995) 0.97
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
Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis in adults in sub-Saharan Africa. N Engl J Med (2007) 4.56
Definition of the Beijing/W lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the basis of genetic markers. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 4.03
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
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
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
Educational attainment and HIV-1 infection in developing countries: a systematic review. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.80
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
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
Population-level reduction in adult mortality after extension of free anti-retroviral therapy provision into rural areas in northern Malawi. PLoS One (2010) 2.36
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
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
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
Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi. AIDS (2007) 1.93
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
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
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
Trends in tuberculosis and the influence of HIV infection in northern Malawi, 1988-2001. AIDS (2004) 1.62
Large-scale candidate gene study of tuberculosis susceptibility in the Karonga district of northern Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.61
Assessing the safety of stem cell therapeutics. Cell Stem Cell (2011) 1.60
Understanding the differences between contrasting HIV epidemics in east and west Africa: results from a simulation model of the Four Cities Study. Sex Transm Infect (2007) 1.60
Use of data from HIV counselling and testing services for HIV surveillance in Africa. Lancet (2007) 1.54
Recurrent TB: relapse or reinfection? The effect of HIV in a general population cohort in Malawi. AIDS (2010) 1.52
Population differences in immune responses to Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination in infancy. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.52
What happens to ART-eligible patients who do not start ART? Dropout between screening and ART initiation: a cohort study in Karonga, Malawi. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.51
Is education the link between orphanhood and HIV/HSV-2 risk among female adolescents in urban Zimbabwe? Soc Sci Med (2009) 1.50
Tuberculosis transmission attributable to close contacts and HIV status, Malawi. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.49
Cause of death and presence of respiratory disease at autopsy in an HIV-1 seroconversion cohort of southern African gold miners. AIDS (2007) 1.48
Treating curable sexually transmitted infections to prevent HIV in Africa: still an effective control strategy? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2008) 1.48
DNA fingerprint changes in tuberculosis: reinfection, evolution, or laboratory error? J Infect Dis (2004) 1.43
Individual, household and community factors associated with HIV test refusal in rural Malawi. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.41
Measuring concurrency: an empirical study of different methods in a large population-based survey and evaluation of the UNAIDS guidelines. AIDS (2012) 1.40
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, northern Malawi. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.40
Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. PLoS One (2011) 1.39
Age at menarche, schooling, and sexual debut in northern Malawi. PLoS One (2010) 1.39
Combining qualitative and quantitative evidence to determine factors leading to late presentation for antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. PLoS One (2011) 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
Adult mortality and probable cause of death in rural northern Malawi in the era of HIV treatment. Trop Med Int Health (2012) 1.38
Variation in reported neonatal group B streptococcal disease incidence in developing countries. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.38
Molecular detection of mixed infections of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in sputum samples from patients in Karonga District, Malawi. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.33
Invasive group B streptococcal infection in infants, Malawi. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.31
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.30
Feasibility and effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-1-infected adults attending an HIV/AIDS clinic in Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2006) 1.29
Childhood malaria in a region of unstable transmission and high human immunodeficiency virus prevalence. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 1.28
HIV and pulmonary tuberculosis: the impact goes beyond those infected with HIV. AIDS (2004) 1.21