Scientific Publications
From Midwest D-CFAR investigators, collaborators, and friends.
All studies and publications resulting from Midwest D-CFAR funding, whether direct or indirect, must acknowledge D-CFAR support.
Integration of a task strengthening strategy for hypertension management into HIV care in Nigeria: Baseline characteristics of participants in a cluster randomized controlled trial
American Heart Journal
Authors: Weixi Chen, Adesola Z. Musa, Oluwatosin Odubela, Deborah Onakomaiya, Shivani Mishra, Nafesa Kanneh, Calvin L. Colvin, Yusuf Mariam, Ifeoma Odigbe, Chioma Nwankwo, Yemi Odejobi, Ayomide Adewumi, David A. Oladele, Bamidele Tayo, Angela A. Aifah, JiYuan Hu, Gbenga Ogedegbe , Juliet Iwelunmor, Oliver Ezechi
Prevalence of respiratory viruses and nasal colonization by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among people living with HIV in Ghana
BMC Infectious Diseases
Authors: Mildred Asumamaa Adusei-Poku, Lawrencia Ami Emefa Ativi, Hawawu Ahmed Zakariah, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, Ivy Asantewaa Asante, Nicholas T. K. D. Dayie, George Boateng Kyei, Justice Kwesi Danso, Agnes Oclu, Esimebia Amegashie, Osbourne Quaye, Elijah Paintsil, Kwasi Torpey & Beverly Egyir
Scaling an intervention for the engagement of people with HIV who inject drugs into care in Viet Nam: an implementation-effectiveness, cluster-randomised trial
The Lancet
Authors: Vivian F Go, Le M Giang, Huong T T Phan, Jane S Chen, Byron J Powell, Sophia M Bartels, Minh X B Nguyen, Teerada Sripaipan, Ha T T Nong, Linh T H Dang, Manh D Pham, Son H Vo, Ha V Tran, Van T H Hoang, Ngan T K Nguyen, Anh V Chu, Sara N Levintow, David W Dowdy, Hojoon Sohn, Brian W Pence, William C Miller
Strengthening implementation science research to improve adolescent and young adult HIV-prevention and care in sub-Saharan Africa: PATC3H-IN
BMC Public Health
Authors: Geri R Donenberg, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Sylvia Adebajo, Joseph D Tucker, Juliet Iwelunmor, Lisa M Kuhns, Brenda Gati Mirembe, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, Brian Zanoni, Tapiwa A Tembo, Maria Felix Lupogo, Franklin Yates
Dysbiosis modulates CD8+ tissue-resident memory cells through a mechanism requiring polyamine metabolism during HIV infection
iScience
Authors: Sangeetha Jayaraman, Shanmuga Mahalingam, Michael M Lederman, Fady Faddoul, Andre Paes da Silva, Robert Asaad, Leah P Shriver, Natarajan Bhaskaran, Elizabeth Schneider, Grace Heine, Tobi Taylor, Samantha Horne, Ashley Yoon, Zihan Zhu, Liangliang Zhang , Adam Burgener, Gina Lewin, Pushpa Pandiyan
Concordance of cancer-associated cytokines and mitochondrial DNA deletions in individuals with hepatocellular carcinoma and people living with HIV in Ghana
BMC Gastroenterology
Authors: James Odame Aboagye, Ruth Ayanful-Torgby, Lei Zhou, Prince Peter Wormenor, Vincent Ganu, Kenneth Tachi, Bernard Nii Akrashie Attoh, Miriam Mensah, Timothy Kuuguu, Sedzro Kojo Mensah, George Boateng Kyei & Elijah Paintsil
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis does not increase gonorrhea and chlamydia incidence in young Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men: An observational cohort study
Open Forum Infectious Disease Journal
Authors: Octavio C Mesner, Rishabh Jain, Aditi Ramakrishnan, Derrick D Matthews, Jeremy T Goldbach
Sex work stigma as a partial mediator between social support and depressive symptoms among vulnerable women engaged in sex work in southern Uganda
AIDS and Behavior
Authors: Joshua Kiyingi, Susan S Witte, Proscovia Nabunya, Edward Nsubuga, Phionah Namatovu, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Scarlett L Bellamy, Fred M Ssewamala
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a combination HIV risk reduction and economic empowerment intervention for women engaged in sex work in Uganda
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Authors: Susan S Witte, Fred M Ssewamala, Joshua Kiyingi, Scarlett L Bellamy, Lyla Sunyoung Yang, Proscovia Nabunya, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Yesim Tozan, Abel Mwebembezi, Joseph Kagaayi
Motivations, facilitators, and barriers of donation-based interventions in HIV and sexually transmitted infection research: a systematic review
JAMA
Authors: Dorian Ho, Ye Liu, Jamie Conklin, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jiayu Wang, Suzanne Day, Takhona G Hlatshwako, Rohit Ramaswamy, Ruby Congjiang Wang, Eneyi E Kpokiri, Weiming Tang, Elvin Geng, Joseph D Tucker
Understanding the role of street medicine in harm reduction: a case study of Street Medicine St. Louis
Harm Reduction Journal
Authors: Ari Gzesh, Jeremiah S. Truel, Danielle R. Adams, Luke Zabotka, Sara Malone, Nathanial S. Nolan
A research framework to support re-engagement and continuous engagement in HIV care
The Lancet HIV
Authors: Marie-Claude C. Lavoie, Elvin H. Geng