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.
Integrating HPV vaccination into ART clinics: perspectives from an ethnographic study with girls aged 9–14 years in Ndola District, Zambia
AIDS Care
Authors: Jean Hunleth, Tasha Ngalande, Diana Mwanza, Petronella Singogo, Lindsey Kaufman, Thembekile Shato, Comfort Asante, Ana Baumann, Aliness Dombola, Sam Miti, Michelle Silver, Gershom Chongwe & Kevin Kapungu
Correlates of willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young people impacted by HIV in Uganda
AIDS Care
Authors: Anita Kabarambi, Abel Zemedkun Girma, Portia Nartey, Imelda Nabbosa, Samiri Jamiru, Proscovia Nabunya, and Fred M. Ssewamala
Adverse childhood experiences and risk of living with HIV among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific
Authors: Jingli Yang, Lei Liu, Junren Wang, Yueyao Xu, Peipei Zhao, Yumeng Wang, Peipei Du, Joseph D Tucker, Stefan Baral, Elvin H Geng, Xiaodong Wang, Huan Song & Dan Wu
Perceived HIV Risk, Barriers, and Preferences for HIV Testing in Structurally Vulnerable Communities in St. Louis: A Best-Worst Scaling Survey
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Authors: Emmanuel Tetteh, Noelle Le Tourneau, Gregory Gross, McKenzie Swan, Tyrell Manning, Justin Cole, Lawrence Hudson-Lewis, Julia López, Todd Combs, & Virginia McKay
Supported by: Midwest D-CFAR (5P30AI76532)
Treating Alzheimer's disease in a person living with HIV
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
Authors: David B. Clifford, Tammie L. S. Benzinger, Jee-young Han, Savannah Powles, Madeline Paczynski, Beau M. Ances, J. William Campbell
“I feel like a guest on the other side”: youth-identified challenges and solutions to transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV services in Western Kenya
AIDS Care
Authors: Dorothy I. Mangale, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Zachary Arochi Kwena, Eliud Akama, Harriet Fridah Adhiambo, Sarah Iguna, Oketch Bertha Akinyi, Evelyne Nyandieka, Eunice Omondi, Felix Ochieng, Okoth Clinton Owino, Sophia Goldin, Bukusi Elizabeth Anne, Elvin Geng, Laura K. Beres & Lisa L. Abuogi
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