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Coffie, Patrick A.; Egger, Matthias; Vinikoor, Michael J.; Zannou, Marcel; Diero, Lameck et al. (2017). Trends in hepatitis B virus testing practices and management in HIV clinics across sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17 (Suppl 1), S. 706. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2768-z.

Dahourou, Désiré Lucien; Gautier-Lafaye, Chloé; Teasdale, Chloe A.; Renner, Lorna; Yotebieng, Marcel et al. (2017). Transition from paediatric to adult care of adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges, youth-friendly models, and outcomes. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20 (Suppl 3), S. 34–49. http://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.4.21528.

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Desmonde, Sophie; Neilan, Anne M.; Musick, Beverly; Patten, Gabriela; Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya et al. (2020). Time-varying age- and CD4-stratified rates of mortality and WHO stage 3 and stage 4 events in children, adolescents and youth 0 to 24 years living with perinatally acquired HIV, before and after antiretroviral therapy initiation in the paediatric IeDEA Gl. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 23 (10), S. e25617–e25617. http://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25617.

Wools-Kaloustian, Kara; Marete, Irene; Ayaya, Samuel; Sohn, Annette H.; Van Nguyen, Lam et al. (2018). Time to First-Line ART Failure and Time to Second-Line ART Switch in the IeDEA Pediatric Cohort. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, S. 1–1. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001667.

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Jaquet, Antoine; Horo, Apollinaire; Ekouevi, Didier K.; Toure, Badian; Coffie, Patrick A. et al. (2014). Risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-infected women on antiretroviral treatment in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. PloS One, 9 (3), S. e90625–e90625. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090625.

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Tchounga, Boris K.; Ekouevi, Didier K. & Eholie, Serge P. (2015). Response to “Rapid tests for HIV type discrimination in West Africa may perform differently.” Journal of the International AIDS Society, 18 (1), S. 19380–19380. http://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.19380.

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