AFRICA CENTRE DSS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

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1)   Antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: public health research priorities;
Jaffar S, Govender T, Garrib A, Welz T, Grosskurth H, Smith P, Whittle H, Bennish ML
 Trop Med Int Health 2005;10:295-299.

2)     Data cleaning: detecting, diagnosing, and editing data abnormalities.
Van den Broeck J, Cunningham SA, Eeckels R, Herbst K.
PLoS Med. 2005 Oct;2(10):e267. Epub 2005 Sep 6. ; PMID: 16138788

3)     Comparison of isotope dilution with bioimpedance spectroscopy and anthropometry for assessment of body composition in asymptomatic HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected breastfeeding mothers.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Sep;82(3):538-46. ; PMID: 16155265
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4)    Men's involvement in the South African family: Engendering change in the AIDS era.
Montgomery CM, Hosegood V, Busza J, Timaeus IM.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 Nov 18; [Epub ahead of print] ; PMID: 16300871

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5)    The acceptability of male circumcision as an HIV intervention among a rural Zulu population, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Scott BE, Weiss HA, Viljoen JI;
AIDS Care 2005;17:304-13

6)   Lymphadenopathy, pneumonia, and HIV--a common trio, an uncommon outcome :
Mosam A, Goga Y, Thejpal R, Cassol E, Page T, Cassol S, Aboobaker J, Coovadia HM;
Lancet 2005;365:266

7)   The impact of adult mortality on the living arrangements of older people in rural South Africa
Hosegood V,Timaeus IM:. Ageing and Society 2005;25:431-444.

8)   Breastfeeding knowledge among health workers in rural South Africa;
Shah S, Rollins NC, Bland R:
J Trop Pediatr 2005;51:33-8.

9)    Effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on mortality in adults with tuberculosis in rural South Africa
Grimwade K, Sturm AW, Nunn AJ, Mbatha D, Zungu D, Gilks CF:.
AIDS 2005;19:163-168

10)    Babies of 1a pandemic;  Stein A, Krebs G, Richter L, Tomkins A, Rochat T, Bennish ML:
Arch Dis Child 2005;90:116-8.

11)   Global climate change and malaria ; Tanser F,Sharp B:
Lancet Infect Dis 2005;5:256-8.

12)   Sociocultural influences on infant feeding decisions among HIV-infected women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Thairu L, Pelto G, Rollins N, Bland RM, Ntshangase N.
Maternal and Child Nutrition 2005;1:2-10

13)    Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma in resource-poor settings; Dedicoat M,Newton R:
Trop Doct 2005;35:60.

14)    Implementing electronic medical record systems in developing countries.
Fraser H, Biondich P, Moodley D, Choi S, Mamlin B, Szolovits P
Informatics in Primary Care 2005;13:00-00.

15)    Therapeutic response of HIV-1 subtype C in African patients coinfected with either Mycobacterium tuberculosis or human herpesvirus-8;
Cassol E, Page T, Mosam A, Friedland G, Jack C, Lalloo U, Kopetka J, Patterson B, Esterhuizen T, Coovadia HM
 J Infect Dis 2005;191:324-32.

 

16)  The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and infant feeding practices;
Coutsoudis A, Rollins N, Adhikari M, Bobat R, Bland R:
S Afr Med J 2004;94:70.

17)    Multigrowth Reference Study Group: Rationale for developing a new international growth reference.
Garza C, de Onis M,
for the WHO Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S5-14

18)   Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in India.;
Bhandari N, Taneja S, Rongsen T, Chetia J, Sharma P, Bahl R, Kashyap DK, Bhan MK, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group:;
 Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S66-71

19)  Localised invasive sino-orbital aspergillosis: characteristic features;
Sivak-Callcott JA, Livesley N, Nugent RA, Rasmussen SL, Saeed P, Rootman J
Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:681-7

20)  Breastfeeding knowledge among health workers in rural South Africa.
Shah S, Rollins NC, Bland R:
J Trop Pediatr 2004.

 21)  Sweat Equity: women's participation in subsidised housing in South Africa; Ndinda C.
Insight 2004;34:2-3.

22)  Clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa and established standards of care: a systematic review of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria trials;
Kent DM, Mwamburi DM, Bennish ML, Kupelnick B, Ioannidis JP;
JAMA 2004;292:237-42

23)  Antiretroviral therapy in the private sector of resource-limited settings;. Livesley N, Morris CN:
AIDS 2004;18:581-2

24)  A Pilot Study of Once-Daily Antiretroviral Therapy Integrated With Tuberculosis Directly Observed Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting;
Jack C, Lalloo U, Karim QA, Karim SA, El-Sadr W, Cassol S, Friedland G:.
 Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2004;36:929-934

25)   Severe acute maternal morbidity in rural South Africa ;
Gandhi MN, Welz T, Ronsmans C.;
 Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2004;87:180-7

26) The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, study design, and methodology.
de Onis M, Garza C, Victora CG, Onyango AW, Frongillo EA, Martines J, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group: Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S15-26

27)   Gender matters in residential construction in Ezilweleni, South Africa;  Ndinda C:
Wits Journal of Architecture and Planning Studies 2004. [Letter]

28)   Mortality of infected and uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a pooled analysis.
Newell ML, Coovadia H, Cortina-Borja M, Rollins N, Gaillard P, Dabis F:
Lancet 2004;364:1236-43.

29)   Are WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF-recommended replacement milks for infants of HIV-infected mothers appropriate in the South African context? ; Papathakis PC, Rollins NC:
Bull WHO 2004;82:164-71.

30) Preventing postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: modifying infant feeding practices Rollins N, Meda N, Becquet R, Coutsoudis A, Humphrey J, Jeffrey B, Kanshana S, Kuhn L, Leroy V, Mbori-Ngacha D, McIntyre J, Newell ML .
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2004;35:188-95

31)  The use of non-prescribed medication in the first 3 months of life in rural South Africa;
Bland RM, Rollins NC, Van den Broeck J, Coovadia HM:, .
Trop Med Int Health 2004;9:118-24.

32)  Reply to: Dried blood spot technology for CD4+ T-cell counting;
Cassol S,Welz T;
Lancet 2004;363:1075. [Letter]

33)  Measurement and standardization protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference;
de Onis M, Onyango AW, Van den Broeck J, Chumlea WC, Martorell R:
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S27-36.

34)  Assessment of gross motor development in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study.;
Wijnhoven TMA, de Onis M, Onyango AW, Wang T, Bjoerneboe GA, Bhandari N, Lartey A, Rashidi BA, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Growth Reference Study Group:;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S37-45.

35)  Managing data for a multicountry longitudinal study: Experience from the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. ;
Onyango AW, Pinol AJ, de Onis M, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S46-52.

36)  Mapping sites of positive selection and amino acid diversification in the HIV genome: an alternative approach to vaccine design?;
de Oliveira T, Salemi M, Gordon M, Vandamme AM, van Rensburg EJ, Engelbrecht S, Coovadia HM, Cassol S;
Genetics 2004;167:1047-58.

37)  Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Norway ;
Baerug A, Bjoeneboe GA, Tufte E, Norum KR, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S72-77

38)  Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Brazil.
Araújo CL, Albernaz E, Tomasi E, victora CG, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S53-59

39)  Implementation of the WHO Growth Reference Study in Ghana;
Lartey A, Owusu WB, Sagoe-Moses I, Gomez V, Sagoe-Moses C, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group:
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S60-65

40)  Mortality from Malaria in HIV-infected and non-infected individuals during an epidemic in South Africa.;
Grimwade K, French N, Mbatha D, Zungu D, Dedicoat M, Gilks C:
AIDS 2004;18:542-554.

41)  Maternal perceptions of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 in rural South Africa.
Kauchali S, Rollins N, Bland R, Van den Broeck J
Trop Med Int Health 2004;9:644-50.

42)  Local beliefs about childhood diarrhoea: importance for healthcare and research;
Kauchali S, Rollins N, Van den Broeck J J;
Trop Pediatr 2004;50:82-9

43)  Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Oman;
Prakash NS, Mabry RM, Mohamed AJ, Alasfoor D, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S78-83

44)  Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in the United States;
Dewey KG, Cohen RJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Heinig MJ, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group;
Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:S84-89.

45)  HIV infection as a cofactor for severe falciparum malaria in adults living in a region of unstable malaria transmission in South Africa.;
Grimwade K, French N, Mbatha DD, Zungu DD, Dedicoat M, Gilks CF;
AIDS 2004;18:547-54.

46)  The impact of adult mortality on household dissolution and migration in rural South Africa.
Hosegood, V., et al.
AIDS,  2004 Jul 23;18(11):1585-90;PMID: 15238777

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47) Mother-to-child transmission of human herpesvirus-8 in South Africa.
Dedicoat M, Newton R, Alkharsah KR, Sheldon J, Szabados I, Ndlovu B, Page T, Casabonne D, Gilks CF, Cassol SA, Whitby D, Schulz TF.
J Infect Dis. 2004 Sep 15;190(6):1068-75. Epub 2004 Aug 11. ;PMID: 15319855
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48)   Levels and causes of adult mortality in rural South Africa: the impact of AIDS.
Hosegood, V., A. Vanneste, and I.M. Timaeus
AIDS, 2004. 18: p. 663-71.

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49)  Risks, amenities and child mortality in rural South Africa. .
Argeseanu, S.
Etude de Population Africa / Africa Population Studies, 2004;19:13-34.

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50)   Fertility trend and pattern in a rural area of South Africa in the context of HIV/AIDS.
Camlin, C., M. Garenne, and T.A. Moultrie
Afr J Reprod Health. 2004 Aug;8(2):38-54.
PMID: 15623117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Abstract

 

51)  Breastmilk RNA viral load in HIV-infected South African women: effects of subclinical mastitis and infant feeding;
Willumsen JF, Filteau SM, Coutsoudis A, Newell ML, Rollins NC, Coovadia HM, Tomkins AM:
AIDS 2003;17:407-14.

52)  Body mass index, height, weight, arm circumference, and mortality in rural Bangladeshi women: a 19-y longitudinal study.
Hosegood V, Campbell OM.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Feb;77(2):341-7
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53)   Population mobility and household dynamics in rural South Africa: implications for demographic and health research.
Hosegood, V. and G. Solarsh
 J South African Studies, 2003. [In Press].

54)   Potential effect of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa.
Tanser, F.C., Sharp, B., and le Sueur, D.  
 Lancet, 2003 Nov 29;362:1792-8.
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55)   Does knowing someone with AIDS affect condom use? An analysis from South Africa.
Camlin, C.S. and C.E. Chimbwete
 AIDS Educ Prev, 2003. 15(3): p. 231-44.
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56)    Household composition and dynamics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Mirroring social reality in longitudinal data collection
Hosegood, V. and I.M. Timaeus
African Households, E. Van de Walle, Editor. 2003, University of Illinois Press: Illinois.

57)   An alternative approach to defining households in Southern Africa, in African Households
Hosegood, V. and I. Timaeus, E. Van de Walle
 Editor. 2003, Illinois Press: Illinois.

58)    Accessing grants: the never ending story.
Moitse, S. and V. Hosegood
 Children First, 2003. 7(49): p. 3-5.

59)   Social grants in rural areas: beating a path through a maze of bureaucracy.
 Zungu, S., S. Moitse, and V. Hosegood
Children First, 2003 (47).

60)   Child support grant study findings: The child support grant in Hlabisa.
Case  A., V. Hosegood, and F. Lund
Children First, 2003 (51): p. 45-9.

 

61)   The application of geographical information systems to important public health problems in Africa.
Tanser, F.C. and D. Le Sueur
 Int J Health Geogr, 2002. 1(1): p. 4.
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62)   The application of GIS technology to equitably distribute fieldworker workload in a large, rural South African health survey.
Tanser, F.C.
 Trop Med Int Health, 2002. 7(1): p. 80-90.
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63)   Completeness of data on daily patient encounter forms at Mankweng Hospital.
Sekokotla, D.M., et al.
 S Afr Med J, 2002 Dec. 92(12): p. 954-6. No abstract available
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64)   Hlabisa DSS, South Africa
Solarsh, G., et al.,
 In Population and Health in Developing Countries. 2002: Ottawa, IDRC. p. 213-20.

65)   The cost of medical and rehabilitation care for road accident victims in public hospitals;
Herbst, A.J.
 Report of the Road Accident Fund Commission. 2002: South Africa. p. 547-68.

66). Core DSS concepts
Ngom, P., Benzler, J., Solarsh, G., and Hosegood, V,
In Population and Health in Developing Countries. 2002: Ottawa, IDRC. p. 7-16.

 

67)   New approaches to spatially analyse primary health care usage patterns in rural South Africa.
Tanser, F., et al.
 Trop Med Int Health, 2001. 6(10): p. 826-38.
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68)   HIV heterogeneity and proximity of homestead to roads in rural South Africa: an exploration using a geographical information system.
Tanser, F.et al.
 Trop Med Int Health, 2000. 5(1): p. 40-6.
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69)   Spatial implications of the tuberculosis DOTS strategy in rural South Africa: a novel application of geographical information system and global positioning system technologies.
Tanser, F. and D. Wilkinson
Trop Med Int Health, 1999. 4(10): p. 634-8.
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70)   GIS/GPS to document increased access to community-based treatment for tuberculosis in Africa.
Tanser, F. and D. Wilkinson
 Lancet, 1999. 354: p. 394-7.

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