African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
WoS	WOS:000305644400001	Social impact of HIV/AIDS on clients attending a teaching hospital in Southern Nigeria	Johnson, Ofonime E.	2012	SAHARA J-JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HIV-AIDS	9	2	10.1080/17290376.2012.683578	Med Coll Publ Hlth FMCPH, Univ Uyo, W African Coll Phys FWACP	None	People living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (PLWHA) f...	DISCLOSURE,DISCRIMINATION,"enlightenment campaigns",sero-positivity,STIGMA,workplaces,"DISCRIMINA...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-14844282075	The effects of medium-chain triacylglycerol and carbohydrate ingestion on ultra-endurance exercis...	Goedecke J.H., Clark V.R., Noakes T.D., Lambert E.V.	2005	International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism	15	1	None	Med. Research Council Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7725, South Africa	Goedecke, J.H., Med. Research Council Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7725, Sou...	The aims of the study were to determine if medium-chain triacylglycerol (MCT), ingested in combin...	Carbohydrate oxidation; Fat oxidation; Respiratory exchange ratio; Sports nutrition; Sprint perfo...	carbohydrate; medium chain triacylglycerol; adult; article; carbohydrate intake; carbohydrate met...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34447626839	Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected ad...	Saranchuk P., Boulle A., Hilderbrand K., Coetzee D., Bedelu M., van Cutsem G., Meintjes G.	2007	South African Medical Journal	97	7	None	Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa; Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, School o...	Saranchuk, P., Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa; Boulle, A., Infectious Disease ...	Objectives. To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of and reduction in diagnostic delay attributable...	None	amoxicillin; amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid; C reactive protein; ciprofloxacin; cotrimoxazole; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84953265639	Time to ART initiation among patients treated for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in khayelitsh...	Daniels J.F., Khogali M., Mohr E., Cox V., Moyo S., Edginton M., Hinderaker S.G., Meintjes G., Hu...	2015	PLoS ONE	10	11	10.1371/journal.pone.0142873	Medecins Sans Frontieres, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa; Medecins Sans Frontieres, Luxembo...	Daniels, J.F., Medecins Sans Frontieres, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa; Khogali, M., Medec...	Setting Khayelitsha, South Africa, with high burdens of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB)...	None	antiretrovirus agent; rifampicin; adult; age distribution; Article; CD4 lymphocyte count; clinica...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77950887690	Impact of introducing human immunodefi ciency virus testing, treatment and care in a tuberculosis...	Huerga H., Spillane H., Guerrero W., Odongo A., Varaine F.	2010	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	14	5	None	Médecins Sans Frontières, Nairobi, Kenya; National Tuberculosis Programme, Homa Bay, KEN, Kenya; ...	Huerga, H., Médecins Sans Frontières, Nairobi, Kenya; Spillane, H., Médecins Sans Frontières, Nai...	SETTING: In July 2005, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Ministry of Health, Kenya, implemented an...	ART; HIV; Integration; One-stop; Tuberculosis	antiretrovirus agent; cotrimoxazole; antibiotic prophylaxis; article; diagnostic test; health pro...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899556677	Prospective evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of dried blood spots from finger prick samples for ...	Fajardo E., Metcalf C.A., Chaillet P., Aleixo L., Pannus P., Panunzi I., Triviño L., Ellman T., L...	2014	Journal of Clinical Microbiology	52	5	10.1128/JCM.03519-13	Médecins Sans Frontières, Southern Africa Medical Unit, Cape Town, South Africa; Médecins Sans Fr...	Fajardo, E., Médecins Sans Frontières, Southern Africa Medical Unit, Cape Town, South Africa; Met...	HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing is not widely available in resource-limited settings. The use of fi...	None	antiretrovirus agent; virus RNA; adolescent; adult; aged; article; biochemical equipment; blood a...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79960835589	Time for a re-evaluation of mammography in the young? Results of an audit of mammography in women...	Taylor L., Basro S., Apffelstaedt J.P., Baatjes K.	2011	Breast Cancer Research and Treatment	129	1	10.1007/s10549-011-1630-z	Medial Faculty, Breast Clinic, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, PO Box 19063, Cape Town 750...	Taylor, L., Medial Faculty, Breast Clinic, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, PO Box 19063, C...	Mammography in younger women is considered to be of limited value. In a resource restricted envir...	Mammography; MRI; Resource restricted environments; Ultrasound; Young women	adult; article; breast biopsy; breast cancer; breast hyperplasia; breast surgery; breast tumor; c...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-29244444236	Monitoring the ingestion of anti-tuberculosis drugs by simple non-invasive methods	Sirgel F.A., Maritz J.S., Venter A., Langdon G., Smith P.J., Donald P.R.	2006	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	307	2	10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.09.033	Medical Biochemistry, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stellenbosch Unive...	Sirgel, F.A., Medical Biochemistry, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Stel...	This investigation retrospectively assessed inexpensive non-invasive qualitative methods to monit...	Anti-tuberculosis drugs; Monitoring adherence; Urine testing	butanol; drug metabolite; isoniazid; isonicotinic acid; isonicotinylglycine; rifampicin; rifamyci...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644760409	Evaluation of the use of RT-PCR for the early diagnosis of dengue fever	Grobusch M.P., Niedrig M., Göbels K., Klipstein-Grobusch K., Teichmann D.	2006	Clinical Microbiology and Infection	12	4	10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01353.x	Medical Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Humboldt University, Humboldt, Germany; Robert...	Grobusch, M.P., Medical Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Humboldt University, Humboldt,...	RT-PCR was used to diagnose dengue virus infections confirmed serologically in 26 returning trave...	Dengue fever; Diagnosis; RT-PCR; Sampling time; Sensitivity	immunoglobulin M; monoclonal antibody; virus antigen; adult; antigen detection; article; clinical...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33746559808	Clinical evaluation of post-extraction site wound healing	Adeyemo W.L., Ladeinde A.L., Ogunlewe M.O.	2006	Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice	7	3	None	Medical College of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Germany; Department of Oral,...	Adeyemo, W.L., Medical College of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Germany, Depa...	Aim: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the clinical pattern of post-extraction wo...	Alveoli; Evaluation; Healing; Post-extraction alveolus	adult; article; body temperature; controlled study; female; human; incidence; infection; major cl...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34047095096	Neurological evaluation of untreated human immunodeficiency virus infected adults in Ethiopia	Clifford D.B., Mitike M.T., Mekonnen Y., Zhang J., Zenebe G., Melaku Z., Zewde A., Gessesse N., W...	2007	Journal of NeuroVirology	13	1	10.1080/13550280601169837	Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Re...	Clifford, D.B., Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Unite...	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been implicated in neurological complications in developed...	None	adult; article; central nervous system disease; cognition; cohort analysis; community living; con...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of four modelling techniques to predict the potential distribution of ticks using indi...	Zeman P., Lynen G.	2006	Experimental and Applied Acarology	39	2	10.1007/s10493-006-9001-x	Medical Laboratories, Konevova 205, 130 00 Prague-3, Czech Republic; Veterinary Investigation Cen...	Zeman, P., Medical Laboratories, Konevova 205, 130 00 Prague-3, Czech Republic; Lynen, G., Veteri...	Efficient tick and tick-borne disease control is a major goal in the efforts to improve the lives...	GIS; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Statistical prediction; Tanzanian indigenous cattle; Tick dist...	abundance; calibration; cattle; comparative study; discriminant analysis; disease control; distri...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84922257720	The impact of the 2013 WHO antiretroviral therapy guidelines on the feasibility of HIV population...	Ross E., Tanser F., Pei P., Newell M.-L., Losina E., Thiebaut R., Weinstein M., Freedberg K., Ang...	2014	HIV Clinical Trials	15	5	10.1310/hct1505-185	Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Department of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospita...	Ross, E., Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Department of General Medicine, Massachusetts Gener...	Background: Several cluster-randomized HIV prevention trials aim to demonstrate the population-le...	Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Prevention; Randomized controlled trials	CD4 antigen; anti human immunodeficiency virus agent; Article; computer model; effect size; highl...	R01 AI058736, NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; R01 AI093269, NIAID, ...	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907959202	The Clinical and Economic Impact of Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Mozambique and Other Resource-Li...	Hyle E.P., Jani I.V., Lehe J., Su A.E., Wood R., Quevedo J., Losina E., Bassett I.V., Pei P.P., P...	2014	PLoS Medicine	11	9	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001725	Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Di...	Hyle, E.P., Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Unite...	Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.We use a validated model of HIV testing,...	None	adult; Article; CD4 lymphocyte count; clinical feature; cost effectiveness analysis; cost of livi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941344422	Sonographic evaluation of the spleen among sickle cell disease patients in a teaching hospital in...	Eze C.U., Offordile G.C., Agwuna K.K., Ocheni S., Nwadike I.U., Chukwu B.F.	2015	African Health Sciences	15	3	10.4314/ahs.v15i3.32	Medical Radiography and Radiological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeri...	Eze, C.U., Medical Radiography and Radiological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, En...	Background: Regional variations in size and parenchyma echo-texture of the spleen among sickle ce...	Nigerian population; Patient management; Sickle cell disease; Sonography; Spleen morphology	adolescent; adult; age; Article; body height; body weight; child; controlled study; cross-section...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78751648406	Performance of commercial herpes simplex virus type-2 antibody tests using serum samples from Sub...	Biraro S., Mayaud P., Morrow R.A., Grosskurth H., Weiss H.A.	2011	Sexually Transmitted Diseases	38	2	10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f0bafb	Medical Research Council (MRC), Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Uganda Research Unit on A...	Biraro, S., Medical Research Council (MRC), Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Uganda Resear...	Background: Several commercial type-specific serologic tests are available for herpes simplex vir...	None	immunoglobulin G2; monoclonal antibody; virus antibody; Africa; article; blood sampling; diagnost...	None	View
None	None	Optimal CD4 count for initiating HIV treatment: Impact of CD4 observation frequency and grace per...	Ewings F.M., Ford D., Walker A.S., Carpenter J., Copas A.	2014	Epidemiology	25	2	10.1097/EDE.0000000000000043	Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, Keppel Street, London W...	Ewings, F.M., Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, Keppel St...	BACKGROUND:: In HIV infection, dynamic marginal structural models have estimated the optimal CD4 ...	None	Anti-HIV Agents; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Computer Simulation; Disease-Free Survival; Drug Administr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33644843882	Growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene and performance and post-race rectal temperature during the South Afr...	Walpole B., Noakes T.D., Collins M.	2006	British Journal of Sports Medicine	40	2	10.1136/bjsm.2005.020669	Medical Research Council of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa; UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exerc...	Walpole, B., UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape T...	Background: Some studies have suggested that the insertion allele of the ACE gene is associated w...	None	dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase; DNA; growth hormone; adult; age; article; athlete; body mass; Caucas...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879496709	Seroepidemiological and parasitological evaluation of the heterogeneity of malaria infection in t...	Oduro A.R., Conway D.J., Schellenberg D., Satoguina J., Greenwood B.M., Bojang K.A.	2013	Malaria Journal	12	1	10.1186/1475-2875-12-222	Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, Gambia; London School of Hygiene and Tropic...	Oduro, A.R., Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, Gambia, Navrongo Health Resear...	Background: As countries make progress in malaria control, transmission may be reduced to such an...	Evaluation; Microheterogeneity; Parasite prevalence; Plasmodium falciparum; Serology; The Gambia	adolescent; adult; age distribution; Anopheles gambiae; article; axilla temperature; blood analys...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84903461899	The impact of pre-existing antibody on subsequent immune responses to meningococcal A-containing ...	Idoko O.T., Okolo S.N., Plikaytis B., Akinsola A., Viviani S., Borrow R., Carlone G., Findlow H.,...	2014	Vaccine	32	33	10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.052	Medical Research Council Unit, P.O. Box 273, Gambia; Jos University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 208...	Idoko, O.T., Medical Research Council Unit, P.O. Box 273, Gambia; Okolo, S.N., Jos University Tea...	Major epidemics of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis continue to affect the African meningitis...	Antibody; Conjugate vaccine; Immune response; Meningococcal A; Pre-existing	immunoglobulin G; Meningococcus vaccine; polysaccharide vaccine; bacterium antibody; immunoglobul...	None	View

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