Simultaneous alleviation of verification and reference standard biases in a community-based tuberculosis screening study using Bayesian latent class analysis.

Authors: Keter, Alfred Kipyegon^1,2,3 (AUTHOR) keteralfred@gmail.com, Vanobberghen, Fiona^4,5 (AUTHOR), Lynen, Lutgarde¹ (AUTHOR), Van Heerden, Alastair^2,6 (AUTHOR), Fehr, Jana^7,8 (AUTHOR), Olivier, Stephen⁷ (AUTHOR), Wong, Emily B.^7,9 (AUTHOR), Glass, Tracy R.^4,5 (AUTHOR), Reither, Klaus^4,5 (AUTHOR), Goetghebeur, Els³ (AUTHOR), Jacobs, Bart K. M.¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 6/10/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p1-20. 20p.

Subject Terms: *TUBERCULOSIS, *BAYESIAN analysis, *COMMUNITY-based programs, *MISSING data (Statistics), *SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics)

Body weight changes in people with HIV starting dolutegravir versus efavirenz-based regimens in a large cohort in rural Tanzania.

Authors: Weisser, Maja, Mapesi, Herry, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Okuma, James, Eichenberger, Anna, Wilson, Herieth Ismael, Paris, Daniel Henry, Kalinjuma, Aneth Vedastus, Luoga, Ezekiel, Wilson, Lulu, Glass, Tracy Renée, Franzeck, Fabian Christoph

Source: AIDS (02699370); 3/15/2025, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p362-372, 11p

Failure to return pillbox is a predictor of being lost to follow‐up among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania

Authors: Ndege, Robert C., Okuma, James, Kalinjuma, Aneth V., Mkumbo, Julius, Senkoro, Elizabeth, Fue, Gideon, Samson, Leila, Mapesi, Herry, Shabani, Siraji, Glass, Tracy R., Battegay, Manuel, Paris, Daniel H., Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weisser, Maja, Asantiel, Aschola, Bani, Farida, Byakuzana, Theonestina, Chale, Adolphina, Chuwa, Francisca, Eichenberger, Anna, Francis, Gideon, Furrer, Hansjakob, Hwaya, Speciosa, Kasuga, Bryson, Katende, Andrew, Kimera, Namvua, Kivuma, Bernard, Kisunga, Yassin, Kitau, Olivia, Klimkait, Thomas, Luoga, Ezekiel, Mkulila, Mengi, Mkusa, Margareth, Mlembe, Slyakus, Mnzava, Dorcas K., Mollel, Gertrud J., Moshi, Lilian, Mossad, Germana, Mpundunga, Dolores, Mtandanguo, Athumani, Myeya, Selerine, Nahota, Sanula, Ndaki, Regina, Ngulukila, Agatha, Nyuri, Amina, Sambuta, Aloyce, Sikalengo, George, Tarimo, Jenifa, Temba, Yvan, Utzinger, Juerg, Wigay, John, Wilson, Herieth

Source: HIV medicine. 23(6):661-672

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Efficacy and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose compared with oral iron for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in women after childbirth in Tanzania: a parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled phase 3 trial

Authors: Vanobberghen, Fiona ^*, Lweno, Omar, Kuemmerle, Andrea, Mwebi, Kwaba Dennis, Asilia, Peter, Issa, Amina, Simon, Beatus, Mswata, Sarah, Schmidlin, Sandro, Glass, Tracy R, Abdulla, Salim, Daubenberger, Claudia, Tanner, Marcel, Meyer-Monard, Sandrine

Source: In The Lancet Global Health February 2021 9(2):e189-e198

Extensive drug resistance during low-level HIV viraemia while taking NNRTI-based ART supports lowering the viral load threshold for regimen switch in resource-limited settings: a pre-planned analysis from the SESOTHO trial

Authors: Brown, Jennifer Anne, Amstutz, Alain, Nsakala, Bienvenu Lengo, Seeburg, Ulrike, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Muhairwe, Josephine, Klimkait, Thomas, Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel

Source: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 76(5):1294-1298

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Recognition and management of clinically significant drug–drug interactions between antiretrovirals and co-medications in a cohort of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania: a prospective questionnaire-based study

Authors: Kuemmerle, Andrea, Sikalengo, George, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Ndege, Robert C, Foe, Gideon, Schlaeppi, Chloé, Burri, Christian, Battegay, Manuel, Paris, Daniel H, Glass, Tracy R, Weisser, Maja, Marzolini, Catia

Source: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 76(10):2681-2689

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Mortality Rate in a Cohort of People Living With HIV in Rural Tanzania After Accounting for Unseen Deaths Among Those Lost to Follow-up

Authors: Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weisser, Maja, Kasuga, Bryson, Katende, Andrew, Battegay, Manuel, Tanner, Marcel, Glass on behalf of the KIULARCO Study Group, Tracy R

Source: American journal of epidemiology. 190(2):251-264

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Viral suppression and adherence in adolescents living with HIV in rural Tanzania.

Authors: Luoga, Ezekiel, Okuma, James, Moshi, Lilian, Sigalla, George, Mnzava, Dorcas, Paris, Daniel H., Glass, Tracy R., Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weisser, Maja, Mollel, Getrud Joseph

Source: PLoS ONE; 12/20/2024, Vol. 19 Issue 12, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: HIV-positive teenagers, CD4 lymphocyte count, PATIENT compliance, ODDS ratio, ANTIRETROVIRAL agents

Home-based oral self-testing for absent and declining individuals during a door-to-door HIV testing campaign in rural Lesotho (HOSENG): a cluster-randomised trial

Authors: Amstutz, Alain, Lejone, Thabo Ishmael, Khesa, Lefu, Muhairwe, Josephine, Bresser, Moniek, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Kopo, Mathebe, Kao, Mpho, Nsakala, Bienvenu Lengo, Tlali, Katleho, Klimkait, Thomas, Battegay, Manuel, Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel ^*, Glass, Tracy Renée

Source: In The Lancet HIV November 2020 7(11):e752-e761

Effectiveness of the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression delivered through peers: Pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials in India and Pakistan

Authors: Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weiss, Helen A, Fuhr, Daniela C, Sikander, Siham, Afonso, Ejma, Ahmad, Ikhlaq, Atif, Najia, Bibi, Amina, Bibi, Tayyaba, Bilal, Samina, De Sa, Aveena, D'Souza, Ethel, Joshi, Akankasha, Korgaonkar, Priya, Krishna, Revathi, Lazarus, Anisha, Liaqat, Rakshanda, Sharif, Maria, Weobong, Benedict, Zaidi, Ahmed, Zuliqar, Shaffaq, Patel, Vikram, Rahman, Atif

Source: In Journal of Affective Disorders 15 March 2020 265:660-668

Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through peers: an individually randomised controlled trial in India

Authors: Fuhr, Daniela C, Weobong, Benedict, Lazarus, Anisha, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weiss, Helen A, Singla, Daisy Radha, Tabana, Hanani, Afonso, Ejma, De Sa, Aveena, D'Souza, Ethel, Joshi, Akankasha, Korgaonkar, Priya, Krishna, Revathi, Price, LeShawndra N, Rahman, Atif, Patel, Vikram

Source: In The Lancet Psychiatry February 2019 6(2):115-127

Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through volunteer peers: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Pakistan

Authors: Sikander, Siham, Ahmad, Ikhlaq, Atif, Najia, Zaidi, Ahmed, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Weiss, Helen A, Nisar, Anum, Tabana, Hanani, Ain, Qurat Ul, Bibi, Amina, Bilal, Samina, Bibi, Tayyiba, Liaqat, Rakshanda, Sharif, Maria, Zulfiqar, Shaffaq, Fuhr, Daniela C, Price, LeShawndra N, Patel, Vikram, Rahman, Atif

Source: In The Lancet Psychiatry February 2019 6(2):128-139

Efficacy of Olyset Duo, a bednet containing pyriproxyfen and permethrin, versus a permethrin-only net against clinical malaria in an area with highly pyrethroid-resistant vectors in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Authors: Tiono, Alfred B, Ouédraogo, Alphonse, Ouattara, Daouda, Bougouma, Edith C, Coulibaly, Sam, Diarra, Amidou, Faragher, Brian, Guelbeogo, Moussa W, Grisales, Nelson, Ouédraogo, Issa N, Ouédraogo, Zininwindé Amidou, Pinder, Margaret, Sanon, Souleymane, Smith, Tom, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Sagnon, N'Fale, Ranson, Hilary, Lindsay, Steve W

Source: In The Lancet 18-24 August 2018 392(10147):569-580

Short‐course amphotericin B in addition to sertraline and fluconazole for treatment of HIV‐associated cryptococcal meningitis in rural Tanzania

Authors: Katende, Andrew, Mbwanji, Gladys, Faini, Diana, Nyuri, Amina, Kalinjuma, Aneth Vedastus, Mnzava, Dorcas, Hullsiek, Katherine H., Rhein, Joshua, Weisser, Maja, Meya, David B., Boulware, David R., Letang, Emilio, Asantiel, Aschola, Bani, Farida, Battegay, Manuel, Chale, Adolphina, Felger, Ingrid, Francis, Gideon, Furrer, Hansjakob, Gamell, Anna, Glass, Tracy R., Hatz, Christoph, Hwaya, Speciosa, Kalinjuma, Aneth V., Kasuga, Bryson, Kimera, Namvua, Kisunga, Yassin, Klimkait, Thomas, Luoga, Ezekiel, Luwanda, Lameck B., Mapesi, Herry, Mbwauy, Stewart, Mkulila, Mengi, Mkumbo, Julius, Mkusa, Margareth, Mnzava, Dorcas K., Mollel, Getrud Joseph, Moshi, Lilian, Mossad, Germana, Mpundunga, Dolores, Masawa, Ngisi, Mtandanguo, Athumani, Myeya, Selerine, Nahota, Sanula, Ndaki, Regina, Ndege, Robert C., Ngulukila, Agatha, Ntamatungiro, Alex John, Paris, Daniel, Samson, Leila, Sikalengo, George, Utzinger, Juerg, Tanner, Marcel, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Wigay, John

Source: Mycoses. 62(12):1127-1132

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The HOSENG trial – Effect of the provision of oral self-testing for absent and refusing individuals during a door-to-door HIV-testing campaign on testing coverage: protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial in rural Lesotho

Authors: Amstutz, Alain, Lejone, Thabo, Khesa, Lefu, Muhairwe, Josephine, Nsakala, Bienvenu, Tlali, Katleho, Bresser, Moniek, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Kopo, Mathebe, Kao, Mpho, Klimkait, Thomas, Battegay, Manuel, Labhardt, Niklaus, Glass, Tracy

Source: Trials. 20(1):1-12

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Diagnostic Yield of Urine Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in Adults With Suspected Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.

Authors: Ndege, Robert, Rohacek, Martin, Bani, Farida, Ngome, Omary, Okuma, James, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Mnzava, Dorcas, Reither, Klaus, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Hella, Jerry, Paris, Daniel H, Weisser, Maja

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases; Jul2024, Vol. 11 Issue 7, p1-4, 4p

Subject Terms: EXTRAPULMONARY tuberculosis, HIV infections, HIV, TUBERCULOSIS, URINE

Brief Report: No HIV Transmission From Virally Suppressed Mothers During Breastfeeding in Rural Tanzania

Authors: Luoga, Ezekiel, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Bircher, Rahel, Nyuri, Amina, Ntamatungiro, Alex J., Mnzava, Dorcas, Mollel, Getrud J., Letang, Emilio, Battegay, Manuel, Weisser, Maja, Gamell, Anna

Source: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. 79(1):e17-e20

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SESOTHO trial ('Switch Either near Suppression Or THOusand') – switch to second-line versus WHO-guided standard of care for unsuppressed patients on first-line ART with viremia below 1000 copies/mL: protocol of a multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, randomized clinical trial in Lesotho, Southern Africa

Authors: Amstutz, Alain, Nsakala, Bienvenu, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Muhairwe, Josephine, Glass, Tracy, Achieng, Beatrice, Sepeka, Mamorena, Tlali, Katleho, Sao, Lebohang, Thin, Kyaw, Klimkait, Thomas, Battegay, Manuel, Labhardt, Niklaus

Source: BMC infectious diseases. 18(1):1-9

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Estimating intervention effectiveness in trials of malaria interventions with contamination.

Authors: Multerer, Lea^1,2 (AUTHOR) lea.multerer@unibas.ch, Vanobberghen, Fiona^1,2 (AUTHOR), Glass, Tracy R.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Hiscox, Alexandra^3,4 (AUTHOR), Lindsay, Steven W.⁵ (AUTHOR), Takken, Willem³ (AUTHOR), Tiono, Alfred⁶ (AUTHOR), Smith, Thomas^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: Malaria Journal. 10/20/2021, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *INSECTICIDE-treated mosquito nets, *CLUSTER randomized controlled trials, *MALARIA, *MOSQUITOES, *RANDOM effects model

The HIV care cascade in sub‐Saharan Africa: systematic review of published criteria and definitions

Authors: Mugglin, Catrina, Kläger, Delia, Gueler, Aysel, Vanobberghen, Fiona, Rice, Brian, Egger, Matthias

Source: Journal of the International AIDS Society. 24(7)

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