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People living with HIV travel farther to access healthcare: a population-based geographic analysis from rural Uganda
Introduction The availability of specialized HIV services is limited in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa where the need is the greatest. Where HIV services are available, people living with HIV (PLHIV) must overcome large geographic, economic and social barriers to access healthcare. The objective of this study was to understand the unique barriers PLHIV face… Read more
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Cost-effectiveness of point-of-care testing with task-shifting for HIV care in South Africa: a modelling study
Background The number of people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) requiring treatment monitoring in low-resource settings is rapidly increasing. Point-of-care (POC) testing for ART monitoring might alleviate burden on centralised laboratories and improve clinical outcomes, but its cost-effectiveness is unknown. Methods We used cost and effectiveness data from the STREAM trial in South Africa (February, 2017–October,… Read more
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Situation Report: first generation of local transmission outside of China.
Situation Report: first generation of local transmission outside of China Read more
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Role of masks, testing and contact tracing in preventing COVID-19 resurgences: a case study from New South Wales, Australia
Objectives The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, has the potential to spread exponentially. Therefore, as long as a substantial proportion of the population remains susceptible to infection, the potential for new epidemic waves persists even in settings with low numbers of active COVID-19 infections, unless… Read more
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Detection of malaria parasites in dried human blood spots using mid-infrared spectroscopy and logistic regression analysis
Background Epidemiological surveys of malaria currently rely on microscopy, polymerase chain reaction assays (PCR) or rapid diagnostic test kits for Plasmodium infections (RDTs). This study investigated whether mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy coupled with supervised machine learning could constitute an alternative method for rapid malaria screening, directly from dried human blood spots. Methods Filter papers containing dried… Read more