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pro vyhledávání: '"Reuben Mwenda"'
Autor:
Peter A Minchella, Geoffrey Chipungu, Andrea A Kim, Abdoulaye Sarr, Hammad Ali, Reuben Mwenda, John N Nkengasong, Daniel Singer
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 2, p e0173009 (2017)
BACKGROUND:Efforts to reach UNAIDS' treatment and viral suppression targets have increased demand for viral load (VL) testing and strained existing laboratory networks, affecting turnaround time. Longer VL turnaround times delay both initiation of fo
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/efde95d69c724688990ca87cafbc7bc8
Autor:
Lutho I. Zungu, Termson Magombo, Tarsizio Chikaonda, Rachel Thomas, Reuben Mwenda, James Kandulu, Benson Chilima, Mavuto Chiwaula, Alwin Mbene, Emmanuel Saka
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp e1-e5 (2016)
No abstract available.
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/de97769ef8424c2e9d3b6e65117a8a05
Autor:
Kundai Moyo, Carol Porter, Ben Chilima, Reuben Mwenda, Mark Kabue, Lutho Zungu, Abdoulaye Sarr
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e1-e8 (2015)
Background: Malawi has a high burden of infectious disease. The expansion of programmes targeting these diseases requires a strong laboratory infrastructure to support both diagnosis and treatment.Objectives: To assess the use of laboratory test resu
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5d08df8a0b314e919fae05c9a241de9d
Autor:
Sarah E Rutstein, Mina C Hosseinipour, Deborah Kamwendo, Alice Soko, Memory Mkandawire, Andrea K Biddle, William C Miller, Morris Weinberger, Stephanie B Wheeler, Abdoulaye Sarr, Sundeep Gupta, Frank Chimbwandira, Reuben Mwenda, Steve Kamiza, Irving Hoffman, Ronald Mataya
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 4, p e0124748 (2015)
To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of dried blood spots (DBS) use for viral load (VL) monitoring, describing patient outcomes and programmatic challenges that are relevant for DBS implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.We recruited adult ant
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/7a0380bbdd174330bddfc45b14d69c87
Autor:
Ephrahim Ajule, Johanna Wapling, Reuben Mwenda, Ankur Rakesh, Birgit Schramm, Sarala Nicholas, Charles Kiyaga, Suna Balkan, Liselotte Wolters, Elisabeth Poulet, Monique Gueguen, Elisabeth Szumilin
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine & International Health. 26:184-194
We monitored a large-scale implementation of the Simple Amplification-Based Assay semi-quantitative viral load test for HIV-1 version I (SAMBA I Viral Load = SAMBA I VL) within Médecins Sans Frontières' HIV programmes in Malawi and Uganda, to asses
Autor:
Termson Magombo, Dalitso Midiani, Judith Sherman, Melody Wang, James Kandulu, Christopher Mwase, Youyi Fong, Lara Vojnov, Rachel Thomas, Reuben Mwenda, Emmanuel Saka
Publikováno v:
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
We conducted an observational study in Malawi to understand the patient impact of implementing point-of-care early infant diagnosis (POC EID). Antiretroviral treatment initiation rates were significantly improved with the implementation of same-day P
Autor:
Ronald Mataya, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Deborah Kamwendo, Reuben Mwenda, M. Weinberger, Carol E. Golin, Abdoulaye Dieng Sarr, Sarah E. Rutstein, Alice Soko, William C. Miller, Sundeep Gupta, Andrea K. Biddle, Memory Mkandawire, Stephanie B. Wheeler
Publikováno v:
AIDS Care. 28:1-10
Scale-up of viral load (VL) monitoring for HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a priority in many resource-limited settings, and ART providers are critical to effective program implementation. We explored provider-perceived barri
Autor:
Reuben Mwenda, Peter A. Minchella, Abdoulaye Dieng Sarr, Geoffrey Chipungu, Hammad Ali, John N. Nkengasong, Daniel E. Singer, Andrea A. Kim
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 2, p e0173009 (2017)
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 2, p e0173009 (2017)
Background Efforts to reach UNAIDS’ treatment and viral suppression targets have increased demand for viral load (VL) testing and strained existing laboratory networks, affecting turnaround time. Longer VL turnaround times delay both initiation of
Autor:
Sarah E. Rutstein, Julie A. E. Nelson, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Susan A. Fiscus, Frank Chimbwandira, Lebah Lugali, Ronald Mataya, Isaac Thengolose, Deborah D. Kamwendo, Reuben Mwenda, Sundeep Gupta, Abdoulaye Dieng Sarr, Gerald Tegha
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Virology. 60:392-398
Viral suppression is a key indicator of antiretroviral therapy (ART) response among HIV-infected patients. Dried blood spots (DBS) are an appealing alternative to conventional plasma-based virologic testing, improving access to monitoring in resource
Autor:
Daniela Garone, Reuben Mwenda, Helen Bygrave, Wolfgang Preiser, Tony Reid, Michael Murowa, Laura Trivino Duran, Tom Ellman, Pieter Pannus, Carol Metcalf, Emmanuel Fajardo, Rebecca M. Coulborn
Publikováno v:
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Rollout of routine HIV-1 viral load monitoring is hampered by high costs and logistical difficulties associated with sample collection and transport. New strategies are needed to overcome these constraints. Dried blood spots from finger pricks have b