Longitudinal investigation of vaccine specific antibody levels and cellular markers of adaptive immune responses in HIV Exposed Uninfected (HEU) and Unexposed (UE) infants by Naidoo, Shalena

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The impact of the HPTN 071 (PopART) intervention on mortality and AIDS related morbidity amongst HIV positive adults in South Africa by Bock, Peter

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Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa

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Survival of adults with HIV-1 infection or Type 2 diabetes in the South African private sector by Sarkin, Lee

“…Baseline CD4 count was only prognostic for relative risk within the first three years of ART after adjusting for the immunological and virological response to ART. …”
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The natural history of Efavirenz Drug Induced liver injury by Maughan, Deborah

“…Background Efavirenz (EFV), a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), has been a component of first line antiretroviral treatment in the South African HIV/AIDS programme since 2004. Similarly, it is extensively used in ART programmes in other low and middle incomes countries. …”
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Modelling early iInitiation of HAART to forestall AIDS-related lymphoma in South Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis. by Kyomugisha, Irene

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Clinical mentorship of nurse-initiated Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a quality of care assessment by Green, Ann

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A comparative evaluation of the successes and challenges of the antiretroviral therapy adherence clubs in the Helderberg District of the Western Cape Province, South Africa by Klocke, Marina

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cell cycle regulators in preinvasive lesions and invasive carcinomas of the anus by De Jager, Louis Johann

“…Differentiation, subtype of squamous cell carcinoma and HIV status did not influence the density of CD1a/Langerin-positive Langerhans cells. No significant difference in the density of CD1a/Langerin-positive cells was demonstrated amongst normal, dysplastic and squamous cell carcinoma tissue, regardless of HIV status. …”
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Evaluation of a quality improvement cycle intervention in the provision of PMTCT at a regional hospital by Van Niekerk, Elizabeth C.

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Modeling the impact of early HIV treatment on the HIV epidemic in South Africa by Bekele, Bewketu Teshale

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Characterization of and risk factors for HIV-1 resistance mutations following first line antiretroviral failure in the southern African private sector by Lutaaya, Leonard Edgar

“…Variables included in analyses were age, gender, province, WHO stage at time of resistance testing (HIVDR), duration of ART at HIVDR, prior monotherapy or dual therapy, viral load and CD4 count prior to starting ART, viral load and CD4 count at HIVDR, duration that the viral load was >400 copies/ml prior to HIVDR and HIV subtype. …”
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A review of the routine monitoring data for antiretroviral patients in the public health sector in the Western Cape Province, South Africa by Bock, Peter

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Morbidity from antiretroviral metabolic effects in Africa: The Mama Study by Karamchand, Sumanth

“…The following variables were adjusted for in the regression model: age, sex, baseline BMI, baseline CD4, baseline viral load, exposure to diabetogenic drugs, and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) exposure. …”
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Cellular immune ontogeny and birth transcriptome in HIV-exposed uninfected infants by Kiravu, Agano

“…In cross-sectional unadjusted analyses however, trends towards increased median frequencies of markers of activation in the HEU group compared to HU controls were observed for specific ages: at birth (%CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.12 vs. 0.01, p=0.05), at week 7 (%CD8+CD25+: 0.13 vs. 0.04, p=0.01 and %CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.84 vs. 0.07, p=0.01) and at week 36 (%CD8+CD25+: 0.52 vs. 0.03, p< 0.001 and %CD8+HLA-DR+: 0.81 vs. 0.17, p=0.003). …”
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The use of anthropometric indices as an alternative guide to initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children at the Mildmay Centre in Uganda by Nyakwezi, Sheila

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The impact of the introduction of antiretroviral therapy on the increase of voluntary counseling and testing at the Sedibeng District public health facilities by Makhutle, Motswaledi Jacob

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Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of different models of delivery of antiretroviral therapy by Leisegang, Rory

“…In the first analysis (Chapter 4), we present a cohort profile for Aid for AIDS, where we describe the history of the programme and contrast it with the public sector programme in South Africa. …”
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