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Strengthening operational research to complement Global Fund grants for HIV, TB and malaria in Sierra Leone [PDF]

Public Health Action
This issue of Public Health Action (PHA) includes the first of a series of articles that provide evidence-based answers to questions raised by health workers on addressing HIV, TB and malaria on the frontlines in Sierra Leone.
S. Kenneh, E.M. Kamau, A. Thorson, C. Halleux, G. Ameh   +4 more
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High levels of unfavourable treatment outcomes in children with drug-sensitive TB in Sierra Leone [PDF]

Public Health Action
SETTING: Ola During Children’s Hospital, a tertiary-level paediatric facility affiliated with a university and located in Freetown, Sierra Leone. No published studies from Sierra Leone have evaluated treatment outcomes in children (
N. Sesay, I.F. Kamara, A.M.V. Kumar, P. Thekkur, A.A. Alwani, B.D. Fofanah, A.R.Y. Kamara, A. Bah, L. Farma-Grant, M.A. Sesay, W.K. Lahai, J.A. Koroma, S.M. Tengbe, F. Kanu, G. Ameh, S.M. Kanneh, R. Zachariah, M. Mahmoud   +17 more
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Going virtual for research training during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: e-SORT IT

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) model has contributed to building research capacity and has produced evidence for improving public health program performance in countries with limited research capacity.
Hayk Davtyan, Karapet Davtyan, Anthony D Harries, Anthony Reid, Garry Aslanyan, Mohammed Khogali, Rony Zachariah   +6 more
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Distribution of snake species and snakebites in hotspots of Ethiopia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: In Sub-Saharan Africa, snakebites are a public health problem. In Ethiopia, clinical cases have been described, but little information exists on snakebites burden and its geographical distribution. The aim of this study was to document the
Gashaw Gebrewold, Timothy J Colston, Ashebir Abebe, Karifa Kourouma, Robinah Najjemba, Demise Mulugeta, Hailu Lumma, Sintayehu Abdella, Tamrat Haile, Maria Zolfo, Veerle Vanlerberghe   +10 more
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The survival rate of tuberculosis patients in HIV-treated cohort of 2008-2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: HIV/TB comorbidity is responsible for 1.6 million deaths worldwide. HIV/TB control and patients’ survival are still among priorities of the national HIV and TB programs.
Ainur Zhandybayeva, Nune Truzyan, Elina Shahumyan, Aizat Kulzhabaeva, Zhamilya Nugmanova, Alfiya Denebayeva, Marat Tukeyev   +6 more
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New approach for tuberculosis contact tracing implemented in the two regions of Kyrgyz Republic during 2017-2018

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation as a proved approach for finding new TB cases, is not fully performed in Kyrgyzstan. In 2018, the country started aligning the National Guidelines for tracking contacts with the WHO recommendations ...
Bakyt Dzhangaziev, Aizat Kulzhabaeva, Nune Truzyan, Abdykadyr Zhoroev, Dinagul Otorbaeva, Sanzharbek Temirbekov, Elina Shahumyan, Karapet Davtyan, Tolo Isakov   +8 more
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The reporting of the mode of transmission among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Lviv oblast, Ukraine, 2014-2018

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are one of the key populations driving HIV/AIDS epidemic globally. To date, MSM is the only population in Ukraine where the prevalence and incidence of HIV is increasing.
Maryana Sluzhynska, Olga Denisiuk, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Yulia Sereda, Gennadiy Slabkiy, Olena Levytska, Volodymyr Vozniuk   +6 more
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Short and long-term outcomes of video observed treatment in tuberculosis patients, the Republic of Moldova

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: The Republic of Moldova is among the 18 high priority countries for tuberculosis (TB) in Europe. This study compared adherence and short and long-term TB treatment outcomes for TB patients who experienced asynchronous Video Observed ...
Svetlana Doltu, Ana Ciobanu, Yuliia Sereda, Ruth Persian, Luke Ravenscroft, Liana Kasyan, Nune Truzyan, Andrei Dadu, Anthony Reid   +8 more
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High Levels of Treatment Success and Zero Relapse in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Receiving a Levofloxacin-Based Shorter Treatment Regimen in Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Vietnam has been using a levofloxacin-based shorter treatment regimen (STR) for rifampicin resistant/multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB) patients since 2016 on a pilot basis.
Le T. N. Anh, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Thurain Htun, Thuy Thanh Hoang Thi, Giang Hoai Nguyen, Mamel Quelapio, Agnes Gebhard, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Nhung Viet Nguyen   +9 more
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Sorting it out [PDF]

The Journal of Cell Biology, 2003
The AP-2 adaptor complex is widely viewed as a linchpin molecule in clathrin-mediated endocytosis, simultaneously binding both clathrin and receptors. This dual interaction couples cargo capture with clathrin coat assembly, but it has now been discovered that the association with cargo is tightly regulated.
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