Global Newsletter – November 2019

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Ruffieux, Y.; Efthimiou, O.; Van den Heuvel, L. L.; Joska, J. A.; Cornell, M. et al. (2021). The treatment gap for mental disorders in adults enrolled in HIV treatment programmes in South Africa: a cohort study using linked electronic health records. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30, S. e37. http://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796021000196.

Tsondai, Priscilla Ruvimbo; Davies, Mary-Ann; Singtoroj, Thida; Maxwell, Nicola; McGowan, Catherine C. et al. (2021). Improving Methods to Classify Perinatal versus Nonperinatal HIV Acquisition in Young Adolescents 10-14 Years of Age. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. http://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003059.

McMahon, Devon E.; Semeere, Aggrey; Laker-Oketta, Miriam; Byakwaga, Helen; Mugglin, Catrina et al. (2021). Global disparities in skin cancer services at HIV treatment centers across 29 countries. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.758.

Kim, H. Nina (2020). Chronic Hepatitis B and HIV Coinfection: A Continuing Challenge in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy. Current Hepatology Reports, 19 (4), S. 345–353. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11901-020-00541-x.

Nyakato, Patience; Schomaker, Michael; Sipambo, Nosisa; Technau, Karl-Günter; Fatti, Geoffrey et al. (2021). Virologic response of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in the period of early adolescence (10-14 years) in South Africa. AIDS (London, England), 35 (6), S. 971–978. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002818.

Enane, Leslie A.; Apondi, Edith; Omollo, Mark; Toromo, Judith J.; Bakari, Salim et al. (2021). “I just keep quiet about it and act as if everything is alright” - The cascade from trauma to disengagement among adolescents living with HIV in western Kenya. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24 (4), S. e25695. http://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25695.

Yumo, Habakkuk A.; Ndenkeh, Jackson N.; Sieleunou, Isidore; Nsame, Denis N.; Kuwoh, Pius B. et al. (2021). Human immunodeficiency virus case detection and antiretroviral therapy enrollment among children below and above 18 months old: A comparative analysis from Cameroon. Medicine, 100 (17), S. e25510. http://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000025510.

Bashi, J.; Balestre, E.; Messou, E.; Maiga, M.; Coffie, P. A. et al. (2010). [Time trends in demographic and clinical characteristics of adult patients on HAART initiation in West Africa]. Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 40 (8), S. 449–455. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.medmal.2009.11.003.

Gygli, Sebastian M.; Keller, Peter M.; Ballif, Marie; Blöchliger, Nicolas; Hömke, Rico et al. (2019). Whole-Genome Sequencing for Drug Resistance Profile Prediction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63 (4). http://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02175-18.

Jesson, Julie; Desmonde, Sophie; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Patten, Gabriela; Malateste, Karen et al. (2020). Weight-for-age distributions among children with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) multiregional consortium. BMC Research Notes, 13 (1), S. 249–249. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05081-7.

Schomaker, M.; Luque-Fernandez, M. A.; Leroy, V. & Davies, M. A. (2019). Using longitudinal targeted maximum likelihood estimation in complex settings with dynamic interventions. Statistics in Medicine, S. sim.8340-sim.8340. http://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8340.

Semeere, Aggrey; Freeman, Esther; Wenger, Megan; Glidden, David; Bwana, Mwebesa et al. (2017). Updating vital status by tracking in the community among patients with epidemic Kaposi sarcoma who are lost to follow-up in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Cancer, 17 (1), S. 611–611. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-017-3549-1.

Stover, John; Glaubius, Robert; Mofenson, Lynne; Dugdale, Caitlin M.; Davies, Mary Ann et al. (2019). Updates to the Spectrum/AIM model for estimating key HIV indicators at national and subnational levels. AIDS, 33, S. S227–S234. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002357.

Chi, Benjamin H.; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Westfall, Andrew O.; Newman, Jamie E.; Zhou, Jialun et al. (2011). Universal Definition of Loss to Follow-Up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Statistical Analysis of 111 Facilities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. PLoS Medicine, 8 (10), S. e1001111. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001111.

Carlucci, James G.; Blevins Peratikos, Meridith; Kipp, Aaron M.; Lindegren, Mary L.; Du, Quy T. et al. (2017). Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes Among HIV/TB-Coinfected Children in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Network. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 75 (2), S. 156–163. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001335.

Ballif, Marie; Renner, Lorna; Dusingize, Jean Claude; Leroy, Valeriane; Ayaya, Samuel et al. (2015). Tuberculosis in Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Diagnosis and Screening Practices. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 4 (1), S. 30–38. http://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu020.

Fenner, L.; Forster, M.; Boulle, A.; Phiri, S.; Braitstein, P. et al. (2011). Tuberculosis in HIV programmes in lower-income countries: practices and risk factors. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease : The Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 15 (5), S. 620–627. http://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.10.0249.

Fenner, Lukas; Ballif, Marie; Graber, Claire; Nhandu, Venerandah; Dusingize, Jean Claude et al. (2013). Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening. PloS One, 8 (10), S. e77697–e77697. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077697.

Antiretroviral Therapy in Low-Income Countries Collaboration of the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA); ART Cohort Collaboration; Brinkhof, Martin W. G.; Egger, Matthias; Boulle, Andrew et al. (2007). Tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in low-income and high-income countries. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 45 (11), S. 1518–1521. http://doi.org/10.1086/522986.

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.

Jaquet, A.; Ekouevi, D. K.; Aboubakrine, M.; Bashi, J.; Messou, E. et al. (2009). Tobacco use and its determinants in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in West African countries. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease : The Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 13 (11), S. 1433–1439. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861019

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.

Tanon, Aristophane; Jaquet, Antoine; Ekouevi, Didier K.; Akakpo, Jocelyn; Adoubi, Innocent et al. (2012). The spectrum of cancers in West Africa: associations with human immunodeficiency virus. PloS One, 7 (10), S. e48108–e48108. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048108.

Seth, Divya; Williams, Victoria L.; McMahon, Devon E.; Regan, Susan; Busakhala, Naftali et al. (2020). The role of dermatology in Kaposi sarcoma diagnosis across three regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.114.

Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Global Cohort Collaboration, CIPHER; Slogrove, Amy L.; Schomaker, Michael; Davies, Mary-Ann; Williams, Paige et al. (2018). The epidemiology of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: A cross-region global cohort analysis. PLoS Medicine, 15 (3), S. e1002514–e1002514. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002514.

Sasco, Annie J.; Jaquet, Antoine; Boidin, Emilie; Ekouevi, Didier K.; Thouillot, Fabian et al. (2010). The challenge of AIDS-related malignancies in sub-Saharan Africa. PloS One, 5 (1), S. e8621–e8621. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008621.

Lancaster, Kathryn E.; Hetrick, Angela; Jaquet, Antoine; Adedimeji, Adebola; Atwoli, Lukoye et al. (2018). Substance use and universal access to HIV testing and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications and research priorities. Journal of Virus Eradication, 4 (Suppl 2), S. 26–32. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2055-6640(20)30342-3.

Abo, Yao; Zannou Djimon, Marcel; Messou, Eugène; Balestre, Eric; Kouakou, Martial et al. (2015). Severe morbidity after antiretroviral (ART) initiation: active surveillance in HIV care programs, the IeDEA West Africa collaboration. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15 (1), S. 176–176. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0910-3.

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.

Haas, Andreas D.; Zaniewski, Elizabeth; Anderegg, Nanina; Ford, Nathan; Fox, Matthew P. et al. (2018). Retention and mortality on antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: collaborative analyses of HIV treatment programmes. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21 (2), S. e25084–e25084. http://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25084.

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.

Yotebieng, Marcel; Brazier, Ellen; Addison, Diane; Kimmel, April D.; Cornell, Morna et al. (2019). Research priorities to inform “Treat All” policy implementation for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a consensus statement from the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA). Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22 (1), S. e25218–e25218. http://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25218.

Dicko, Fatoumata; Desmonde, Sophie; Koumakpai, Sikiratou; Dior-Mbodj, Hélène H?l?ne; Kouéta, Fla et al. (2014). Reasons for hospitalization in HIV-infected children in West Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 17 (1), S. 18818–18818. http://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.1.18818.

Tchounga, Boris K.; Inwoley, Andre; Coffie, Patrick A.; Minta, Daouda; Messou, Eugene et al. (2014). Re-testing and misclassification of HIV-2 and HIV-1&2 dually reactive patients among the HIV-2 cohort of The West African Database to evaluate AIDS collaboration. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 17 (1), S. 19064–19064. http://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.1.19064.

May, Margaret; Boulle, Andrew; Phiri, Sam; Messou, Eugene; Myer, Landon et al. (2010). Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes. Lancet (London, England), 376 (9739), S. 449–457. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60666-6.

Ekouevi, Didier K.; Coffie, Patrick A.; Tchounga, Boris K.; Poda, Armel; Jaquet, Antoine et al. (2018). Prevalence of hepatitis C among HIV-1, HIV-2 and dually reactive patients: A multi-country cross-sectional survey in West Africa. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 9 (2), S. 871–871. http://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2018.871.

Bernard, Charlotte; Font, Hélène; Diallo, Zélica; Ahonon, Richard; Tine, Judicaël Malick et al. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with severe depressive symptoms in older west African people living with HIV. BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1), S. 442–442. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02837-0.

Ekouevi, Didier K.; Coffie, Patrick A.; Ouattara, Eric; Moh, Raoul; Amani-Bosse, Clarisse et al. (2011). Pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to efavirenz and nevirapine: an appraisal of the IeDEA West Africa and ANRS Databases, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 56 (2), S. 183–187. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ff04e6.

Ekouévi, Didier K.; Avettand-Fènoël, Véronique; Tchounga, Boris K.; Coffie, Patrick A.; Sawadogo, Adrien et al. (2015). Plasma HIV-2 RNA According to CD4 Count Strata among HIV-2-Infected Adults in the IeDEA West Africa Collaboration. PloS One, 10 (6), S. e0129886–e0129886. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129886.

Freeman, Esther; Semeere, Aggrey; Wenger, Megan; Bwana, Mwebesa; Asirwa, F. Chite et al. (2016). Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and loss to follow-up after a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Cancer, 16 (1), S. 65–65. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2080-0.

Bernard, Charlotte; Dabis, François & de Rekeneire, Nathalie (2017). Physical function, grip strength and frailty in people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review. Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH, 22 (5), S. 516–525. http://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12852.

Jaquet, Antoine; Djima, Mariam Mama; Coffie, Patrick; Kacou, Henri Die; Eholie, Serge P. et al. (2011). Pharmacovigilance for antiretroviral drugs in Africa: lessons from a study in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 20 (12), S. 1303–1310. http://doi.org/10.1002/pds.2182.

Charurat, Man; Oyegunle, Modupe; Benjamin, Renata; Habib, Abdulrazaq; Eze, Emeka et al. (2010). Patient retention and adherence to antiretrovirals in a large antiretroviral therapy program in Nigeria: a longitudinal analysis for risk factors. PloS One, 5 (5), S. e10584–e10584. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010584.

Leroy, Valeriane; Malateste, Karen; Rabie, Helena; Lumbiganon, Pagakrong; Ayaya, Samuel et al. (2013). Outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in children in Asia and Africa: a comparative analysis of the IeDEA pediatric multiregional collaboration. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 62 (2), S. 208–219. http://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827b70bf.

Meless, David; Ba, Boubacar; Faye, Malick; Diby, Jean-Serge; N’zoré, Serge et al. (2014). Oral lesions among HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment in West Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH, 19 (3), S. 246–255. http://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12253.

Nouaman, Marcellin N.; Meless, David G.; Coffie, Patrick A.; Arrivé, Elise; Tchounga, Boris K. et al. (2015). Oral health and HIV infection among female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. BMC Oral Health, 15 (1), S. 154–154. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-015-0129-0.

Reichmuth, Martina L.; Hömke, Rico; Zürcher, Kathrin; Sander, Peter; Avihingsanon, Anchalee et al. (2020). Natural Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Conferring Resistance to Delamanid in Drug-Naive Patients. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64 (11). http://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00513-20.

Tchounga, Boris; Ekouevi, Didier K.; Balestre, Eric & Dabis, François (2016). Mortality and survival patterns of people living with HIV-2. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 11 (5), S. 537–544. http://doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000299.