Published in Epidemiology on September 01, 2014
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Surveillance of mother-to-child transmission prevention programmes at immunization clinics: the case for universal screening. AIDS (2007) 3.01
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Retention in HIV care for individuals not yet eligible for antiretroviral therapy: rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2011) 2.96
Two-dose intrapartum/newborn nevirapine and standard antiretroviral therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission: a randomized trial. JAMA (2002) 2.91
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Monitoring the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy programmes: methods to estimate coverage. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 2.20
Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected women treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Europe. AIDS (2004) 2.10
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Intervening in global markets to improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment: an analysis of international policies and the dynamics of global antiretroviral medicines markets. Global Health (2010) 2.04
Verbal autopsy-based cause-specific mortality trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2000-2009. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.98
Pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected and uninfected women in rural and urban South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2007) 1.97
Gender, migration and HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One (2010) 1.96
Intervention to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life in a high HIV prevalence area. AIDS (2008) 1.95
Time to undetectable viral load after highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-infected pregnant women. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.88
Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data. AIDS (2007) 1.87
Disease progression in children with vertically-acquired HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: reviewing the need for HIV treatment. Curr HIV Res (2007) 1.85
In a study of a population cohort in South Africa, HIV patients on antiretrovirals had nearly full recovery of employment. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.84
Poor long-term outcomes for cryptococcal meningitis in rural South Africa. S Afr Med J (2011) 1.83
Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.82
Dramatic increase in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment. AIDS (2013) 1.82
Elimination of HIV in South Africa through expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: a model comparison study. PLoS Med (2013) 1.73
HIV prevention for South African youth: which interventions work? A systematic review of current evidence. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.71
The impact of the new WHO antiretroviral treatment guidelines on HIV epidemic dynamics and cost in South Africa. PLoS One (2011) 1.67
HIV incidence estimation using the BED capture enzyme immunoassay: systematic review and sensitivity analysis. Epidemiology (2010) 1.63
Migration, sexual behaviour, and HIV risk: a general population cohort in rural South Africa. Lancet HIV (2015) 1.63
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Coming home to die? The association between migration and mortality in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.62
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Interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a rapid systematic review. AIDS (2014) 1.58
Population uptake of antiretroviral treatment through primary care in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.58
Decline in early life mortality in a high HIV prevalence rural area of South Africa: evidence of HIV prevention or treatment impact? AIDS (2010) 1.56
Estimating the number of vertically HIV-infected children eligible for antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 1.56
Breast-feeding and Transmission of HIV-1. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2004) 1.56
The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2012) 1.55
A new general biomarker-based incidence estimator. Epidemiology (2012) 1.55
Starting a home and mobile HIV testing service in a rural area of South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2012) 1.54
The contribution of maternal HIV seroconversion during late pregnancy and breastfeeding to mother-to-child transmission of HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2012) 1.53
Cumulative exposure to cell-free HIV in breast milk, rather than feeding pattern per se, identifies postnatally infected infants. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.53
Safety of agents used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV: is there any cause for concern? Drug Saf (2007) 1.52
Excluding hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by serology in young infants of HCV-infected mothers. Acta Paediatr (2005) 1.52
Tuberculosis and poverty: the contribution of patient costs in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.52
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Implementation and Operational Research: Risk Charts to Guide Targeted HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring of ART: Development and Validation in Patients From Resource-Limited Settings. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2015) 1.48
Children who acquire HIV infection perinatally are at higher risk of early death than those acquiring infection through breastmilk: a meta-analysis. PLoS One (2012) 1.48
The global pediatric antiretroviral market: analyses of product availability and utilization reveal challenges for development of pediatric formulations and HIV/AIDS treatment in children. BMC Pediatr (2010) 1.48
A Simplified Formula for Inferring HIV Incidence from Cross-Sectional Surveys Using a Test for Recent Infection. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2009) 1.46
The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.46
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Refining the criteria for stalled fertility declines: an application to rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1990-2005. Stud Fam Plann (2008) 1.45
Social exposure to an antiretroviral treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Trop Med Int Health (2011) 1.45
Association of age with mortality and virological and immunological response to antiretroviral therapy in rural South African adults. PLoS One (2011) 1.43
Is there a difference in the efficacy of peripartum antiretroviral regimens in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa? AIDS (2005) 1.41
Hypertension and obesity in adults living in a high HIV prevalence rural area in South Africa. PLoS One (2012) 1.41
Neurodevelopment in children born to HIV-infected mothers by infection and treatment status. Pediatrics (2012) 1.40
Duration, pattern of breastfeeding and postnatal transmission of HIV: pooled analysis of individual data from West and South African cohorts. PLoS One (2009) 1.39
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
Ageing with HIV in South Africa. AIDS (2011) 1.37