Publications
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“We Should Be Taught Self-Respect, Self-Confidence and Self-Love”: Youth Perspectives of Adult Influences on Their Sexuality and Relationships Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV
Published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health on July 12, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/frph.2022.913170. PMID: 36303635
Growth and CD4 patterns of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV worldwide, a CIPHER cohort collaboration analysis
Published in Journal of the International AIDS Society in March 2022. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25871. PMID: 35255197
Building capacity to facilitate policy implementation: A short course in adolescent and youth health in South Africa
Published in Journal of Public Health in Africa in May 2022. DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2022.1855. PMID: 35720793
The question of the question: impactful implementation science to address the HIV epidemic
Published in Journal of the International AIDS Society in April 2022. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25898. PMID: 35384312
Multilevel correlates of abdominal obesity in adolescents and youth living with HIV in peri-urban Cape Town, South Africa
Published in PLoS One in January 2023. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266637.
Ethically acceptable consent approaches to adolescent research in South Africa
Published in South African Journal of HIV Medicine in September 2022. DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1385. PMID: 36299555
“We Should Be Taught Self-Respect, Self-Confidence and Self-Love”: Youth Perspectives of Adult Influences on Their Sexuality and Relationships Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV
Published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health on July 12, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/frph.2022.913170. PMID: 36303635
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake, adherence, and adverse events among South African men who have sex with men and transgender women
Published in South African Journal of HIV Medicine on November 8, 2022. DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1405. PMID: 36479416
Long-acting agents for HIV treatment and prevention
Published in Nature Medicine in August 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01917-w. PMID: 35869309
HIV-related stigma, disclosure and social support: experiences among young pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in South Africa
Published in AIDS Care on September 14, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2121957. PMID: 36102063
Assessing the association of stigma and HIV service and prevention uptake among men who have sex with men and transgender women in South Africa
Published in AIDS Care on February 8, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2175770. PMID: 36755403
PrEP use and HIV seroconversion rates in adolescent girls and young women from Kenya and South Africa: the POWER demonstration project
Published in Journal of the International AIDS Society in July 2022. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25962. PMID: 35822945
“I know why I am taking this pill”: Young women navigation of disclosure and support for PrEP uptake and adherence in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Published in PLOS ONE on January 20, 2023. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000636. PMID: 36962727
Factors that influence adolescent girls and young women's re‐initiation or complete discontinuation from daily oral PrEP use: a qualitative study from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Published in AIDS and Behavior on June 2, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03702-9. PMID: 35653046
A multi‐country cross‐sectional study to assess predictors of daily versus on‐demand oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis in youth from South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
HIV RNA Screening Reduces Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor Resistance Risk in Persons Receiving Long-Acting Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention
Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases in 2022. Volume: 226, Issue: 12, Pages: 2170-2180.
Intimate partner violence and oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among young African women
AIDS (2022) Jul 1;36(8):1151-1159. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003216. PMID: 35579012
Understanding Oral Prep Interest Among South African Adolescents: The Role of Perceived Parental Support and PrEP Stigma
AIDS Behav. (2023), Nov 16. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03924-x. PMID: 36383273
Adherence challenges with daily oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis during pregnancy and the postpartum period in South African women: a cohort study
J Int AIDS Soc. (2022) Dec;25(12):e26044. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26044. PMID: 36480171
Use of Varied Screening Risk Criteria and HIV Incidence in Phase 1 and 2 HIV Vaccine Trials in South Africa
AIDS Behav. 2022 Oct 26. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03867-3. PMID: 36287343.
Acceptability and feasibility of leveraging community‐based HIV counselling and testing platforms for same‐day oral PrEP initiation among adolescent girls and young women in Eastern Cape, South Africa
J Int AIDS Soc. (2022 ) Jul;25(7):e25968. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25968. PMID: 35872602
Sexual Risk among Pregnant Women at Risk of HIV Infection in Cape Town, South Africa: What Does Alcohol Have to Do with It?
AIDS Behav. (2022) Jun 23. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03742-1. PMID: 35737280
Analysis of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network 702 Phase 2b–3 HIV-1 Vaccine Trial in South Africa Assessing RV144 Antibody and T-Cell Correlates of HIV-1 Acquisition Risk
J Infect Dis (2022) Aug 24;226(2):246-257. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac260. PMID: 35758878
Incremental costs of integrated PrEP provision and effective use counselling in community‐based platforms for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study
Journal of the International AIDS Society (2022) 25(2), e25875. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25875.
Non-ART trained health-care workers needed to prescribe PrEP in South Africa
Lancet HIV (2022) Jul;9(7):e458. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00139-4. PMID: 35777407
Interrogating the promise of long-acting HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Trends Mol Med. 2023 Feb;29(2):93-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.11.003. PMID: 36435632
Infusion reactions after receiving the broadly neutralizing antibody VRC01 or placebo to reduce HIV-1 acquisition: Results from the phase 2b Antibody Mediated Prevention (AMP) randomized trials
AIDS (2022). 89(4), pp. 405-413. DOI: 10.1086/1185467.
Alignment of PrEP adherence with periods of HIV risk among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe: A secondary analysis from the HPTN 082 randomized controlled trial
Lancet HIV (2022) Sep 7:S2352-3018(22)00195-3. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00195-3. PMID: 36087612
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
BMC Infect Dis. (2022) May 16;22(1):466. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07430-2. PMID: 35578175
Gender Moderates Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial for the Khanya Intervention for Substance Use and ART Adherence in HIV Care in South Africa
AIDS and Behavior (2022). 26 (11), pp. 3630-3641. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-04119-1.
High residual inflammation despite HIV viral suppression: Lessons learned from real-time adherence monitoring among people with HIV in Africa
HIV Med. (2022) May;23(5):465-473. DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13278. PMID: 34704355
The Effect of Rifampicin on Darunavir, Ritonavir, and Dolutegravir Exposure within Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: a Dose Escalation Study
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. (2022) 21;66(6):e0013622. DOI: 10.1128/aac.00136-22.
Cross-reactivity of glycan-reactive HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies with parasite glycans
Cell Rep. (2022) Mar 29;38(13):110611. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110611. PMID: 35354052
Diet, physical activity, and obesity among ART-experienced people with HIV in South Africa
AIDS Care. 2023 Jan;35(1):71-77. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.2012556.
Tenofovir Diphosphate in Dried Blood Spots in pregnant and postpartum women with HIV in Kenya: a novel approach to measuring peripartum adherence
AIDS (2022) 36(7), pp. 933-940. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003185.
Determinants and reasons for switching anti-retroviral regimen among HIV-infected youth in a large township of South Africa (2002–2019)
AIDS Res Ther. (2022) Jun 28;19(1):32. DOI: 10.1186/s12981-022-00453-4. PMID: 35765006; PMCID: PMC9237968.
Measuring patient engagement with HIV care in sub‐Saharan Africa: a scoping study
J Int AIDS Soc. (2022) Oct;25(10):e26025. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26025. PMID: 36285618
72 weeks post-partum follow-up of dolutegravir versus efavirenz initiated in late pregnancy (DolPHIN-2): an open-label, randomised controlled study
The Lancet HIV (2022). 9 (8), pp. e534-e543. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00173-4.
Does Type of Social Support Influence Medication Adherence Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV? A Quantitative Analysis of Pilot Data
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (2022). 33 (4), pp. 492- 498. DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000325.
Use of Tenofovir Diphosphate Levels to Predict Viremia During the Postpartum Period in Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): A Nested Case-Control Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022). 75 (5), pp. 761-767. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1068.
Antiretroviral Initiation at ≥800 CD4+ Cells/mm3 Associated With Lower Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reservoir Size
Clinical Infectious Diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022). 75 (10), pp. 1781-1791. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab407.
Adult HIV-1 incidence across 15 high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 2015-2019: Pooled nationally representative estimates
Lancet HIV (2023) Jan 23:S2352-3018(22)00328-9. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00328-9.
Antiretroviral therapy adherence patterns, virological suppression, and emergence of drug resistance: A nested case–control study from Uganda and South Africa
Antiviral Therapy (2022) 27(5):13596535221114822. DOI: 10.1177/13596535221114822.
Urine tenofovir monitoring predicts HIV viremia in patients treated with high genetic barrier regimens
AIDS (2022) Nov 15;36(14):2057-2062. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003354.
Interventions addressing the adolescent HIV continuum of care in South Africa: a systematic review and modified Delphi analysis
BMJ Open (2022) Apr 29;12(4):e057797. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057797. PMID: 35487726
Effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in health-care workers in South Africa (the Sisonke study): results from a single-arm, open-label, phase 3B, implementation study
Lancet (2022) Mar 19;399(10330):1141-1153. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00007-1. PMID: 35305740
Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages
Sci Rep. (2023) Jan 21;13(1):1222. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27698-x. PMID: 36681693
DNA vaccines join the fight against COVID-19
Lancet (2022) Apr 2;399(10332):1281-1282. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00524-4. PMID: 35366995
Effectiveness and Durability of the BNT162b2 Vaccine against Omicron Sublineages in South Africa
N Engl J Med. (2022) Sep 14. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2210093. PMID: 36103455
Effectiveness and Durability of the BNT162b2 Vaccine against Omicron Sublineages in South Africa
N Engl J Med. (2022) Sep 14. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2210093. PMID: 36103455
High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa
Clin Infect Dis. (2022) Mar 30:ciac237. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac237. PMID: 35353885
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections during periods of delta and omicron predominance, South Africa
Lancet (2022) Jul 23;400(10348):269-271. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01190-4. PMID: 35809579
Effectiveness of Ad26.COV2.S and BNT162b2 Vaccines against Omicron Variant in South Africa
N Engl J Med. (2022) Jun 9;386(23):2243-2245. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2202061. PMID: 35507482
View of Heterologous vaccination of BNT162b2 in Ad26.COV2.S-vaccinated healthcare workers elicits long-term humoral immune response
South African Medical Journal (2022) 112(10), pp. 828-837. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i10.16749
T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron
Nature (2022) Mar;603(7901):488-492. doi: 0.1038/s41586-022-04460-3.
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 exposure history on the T cell and IgG response
Cell Rep Med. (2023) Jan 17;4(1):100898. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100898. PMID: 36584684; PMCID: PMC9771741.
Immunogenicity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Ad26.CoV2.S Vaccination in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Clinical Infectious Diseases (2022) 75 (1), pp. E857-E864. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1008.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Associated with Uncontrolled HIV Viral Load in Non-Hospitalized HIV-Infected Patients from Gugulethu, South Africa
Viruses (2022) 14(6),1222. DOI: 10.3390/v14061222
Rapid Development of an Integrated Network Infrastructure to Conduct Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
JAMA Netw Open. (2023) Jan 3;6(1):e2251974. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.51974. PMID: 36689221
SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Delta variants trigger Fc effector function with increased cross-reactivity
Cell Reports Medicine (2022). 3(2),100510. doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100510
Emergence and phenotypic characterization of the global SARS-CoV-2 C.1.2 lineage
Nat Commun. (2022) Apr 8;13(1):1976. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29579-9. PMID: 35396511
Systems Analysis Reveals Contraceptive-Induced Alteration of Cervicovaginal Gene Expression in a Randomized Trial
Front Reprod Health. (2022) Mar 3;4:781687. doi: 10.3389/frph.2022.781687. PMID: 36303659
A pilot study to show that asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections alter the foreskin epithelial proteome
Front Microbiol. (2022) Oct 17;13:928317. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.928317. PMID: 36325020
Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression
Microbiome (2022) Aug 31;10(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01337-5.PMID: 36045402
Intimate partner violence and contraception among adolescent girls and young women: A longitudinal analysis of the Girl Power-Malawi cohort
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. (2022) Jul 6:S1083-3188(22)00246-7. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2022.06.005. PMID: 35809851
Persistent, Asymptomatic Colonization with Candida is Associated with Elevated Frequencies of Highly Activated Cervical Th17-Like Cells and Related Cytokines in the Reproductive Tract of South African Adolescents
Microbiol. Spec. (2022) Mar 29:e0162621. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01626-21. PMID: 35348351
Genome Sequences of Anelloviruses, a Genomovirus, Microviruses, Polyomaviruses, and an Unclassified Caudovirus Identified in Vaginal Secretions from South African Adolescents
Microbiol Resour Announc. (2023) Jan 24;12(1):e0114322. doi: 10.1128/mra.01143-22. Epub 2022 Dec 19.PMID: 36533922
Transkingdom Analysis of the Female Reproductive Tract Reveals Bacteriophages form Communities.
Viruses (2022), 14(2),430. doi: 10.3390/v14020430
Preliminary effectiveness and implementation outcomes of the IMARA-South Africa sexual health intervention on adolescent girls and young women: A pilot randomized trial
PLOS Global Public Health (2023) Feb 15;3(2):e0001092. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0001092. PMID: 36962830a
Women of Worth: the impact of a cash plus intervention to enhance attendance and reduce sexual health risks for young women in Cape Town, South Africa
J Int AIDS Soc. (2022) Jun;25(6):e25938. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25938. PMID: 35700052
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice
South Afr J HIV Med. (2022) Sep 27;23(1):1450. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1450. PMID: 36299557
Molecular Detection of Airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis in South African High Schools
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2022). 205(3), pp. 350-356. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202102-0405OC.
Non-volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath particles correspond to active tuberculosis
Scientific Reports (2022). 12 (1), 7919. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1142980/v1
Optimizing Dosing and Fixed-Dose Combinations of Rifampicin, Isoniazid, and Pyrazinamide in Pediatric Patients With Tuberculosis: A Prospective Population Pharmacokinetic Study
Clin Infect Dis. (2022) Aug 24;75(1):141-151. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab908. PMID: 34665866; PMCID: PMC9402673.
Importance of ventilation and occupancy to Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission rates in congregate settings
BMC Public Health (2022), 22 (1), 1772. doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14133-5
Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
The Lancet HIV (2022) Apr;9(4):e233-e241. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00002-9.
Diagnostic accuracy of WHO screening criteria to guide lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan testing among HIV-positive inpatients: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Journal of Infection (2022) Jul;85(1):40-48. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.010.
Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2022) 22(4), pp. 507-518. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00387-X
The impact of a change in infant BCG vaccination policy on adolescent TB incidence rates: A South African population-level cohort study
Vaccine (2022) 40(2), pp. 364-369. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.043.
Improving Estimates of Social Contact Patterns for Airborne Transmission of Respiratory Pathogens
Emerg Infect Dis. (2022), Oct;28(10):2016-2026. doi: 10.3201/eid2810.21256
Prevalence and Determinants of Vitamin D Deficiency in 1825 Cape Town Primary Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Nutrients (2022) Mar 16;14(6):1263. doi: 10.3390/nu14061263. PMID: 35334921
Neighbourhood risk factors of recurrent tuberculosis in Cape Town: a cohort study using geocoded notification data.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2022) 77 (1), pp. 56-62. doi:10.1136/jech-2022-219622
Estimating Tuberculosis Transmission Risks in a Primary Care Clinic in South Africa: Modeling of Environmental and Clinical Data
Journal of Infectious Diseases (2022) 225(9), pp. 1642-1652. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiab534
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