Browsing Caprisa (Centre for the Aids programme of research in South Africa) by Title

Gender-sensitive reporting in medical research.

Heidari, Shirin.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Auerbach, Judith D.; Buitendijk, Simone E.; Cahn, Pedro.; Curno, Mirjam J.; Hankins, Catherine.; Katabira, Elly.; Kippax, Susan.; Marlink, Richard.; Marsh, Joan.; Marusic, Ana.; Nass, Heidi M.; Montaner, Julio S. G.; Pollitzer, Elizabeth.; Ruiz-Cantero, Maria Teresa.; Sherr, Lorraine.; Sow, Papa Salif.; Squires, Kathleen.; Wainberg, Mark A. (BioMed Central., 2012)

Sex and gender differences influence the health and wellbeing of men and women. Although studies have drawn attention to observed differences between women and men across diseases, remarkably little research has ...

Genital inflammation and the risk of HIV acquisition in women.

Masson, Lindi.; Passmore, Jo-Ann Shelley.; Liebenberg, Lenine Julie.; Werner, Lise.; Baxter, Cheryl.; Arnold, Kelly B.; Williamson, Carolyn.; Little, Francesca.; Mansoor, Leila Essop.; Naranbhai, Vivek.; Lauffenburger, Douglas A.; Ronacher, Katharina.; Walzl, Gerhard.; Garrett, Nigel.; Williams, Brent L.; Couto-Rodriguez, Mara.; Hornig, Mady.; Lipkin, Walter Ian.; Grobler, Anna Christina.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen. (Oxford University Press., 2015)

Abstract available in pdf.

Genital inflammation undermines the effectiveness of tenofovir gel in preventing HIV acquisition in women.

McKinnon, Lyle R.; Liebenberg, Lenine Julie.; Yende-Zuma, Fortunate Nonhlanhla.; Archary, Derseree.; Ngcapu, Sinaye.; Sivro, Aida.; Nagelkerke, Nico.; Garcia Lerma, Gerardo.; Kashuba, Angela D. M.; Masson, Lindi.; Mansoor, Leila Essop.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Passmore, Jo-Ann Shelley. (Nature Publishing Group., 2018)

Abstract available in pdf.

Genital inflammation, immune activation and risk of sexual HIV acquisition.

Passmore, Jo-Ann Shelley.; Jaspan, Heather B.; Masson, Lindi. (Wolters Kluwer Health., 2016)

Abstract available in pdf.

Genital tenofovir concentrations correlate with protection against HIV infection in the CAPRISA 004 trial: importance of adherence for microbicide effectiveness.

Kashuba, Angela D. M.; Gengiah, Tanuja N.; Werner, Lise.; Yang, Kuo-Hsiung.; White, Nicole R.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen. (Wolters Kluwer., 2015)

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Genital tract inflammation during early HIV-infection predicts higher plasma viral load set point in women.

Roberts, Lindi.; Passmore, Jo-Ann Shelley.; Mlisana, Koleka Patience.; Williamson, Carolyn.; Little, Francesca.; Bebell, Lisa M.; Walzl, Gerhard.; Abrahams, Melissa-Rose.; Woodman, Zenda.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen. (Oxford University Press., 2011)

Background. The biggest challenge in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) prevention in Africa is the high HIV-1 burden in young women. In macaques, proinflammatory cytokine production in the genital tract is necessary ...

Genital—systemic chemokine gradients and the risk of HIV acquisition in women.

Liebenberg, Lenine Julie.; Masson, Lindi.; Arnold, Kelly B.; McKinnon, Lyle R.; Werner, Lise.; Proctor, Elizabeth.; Archary, Derseree.; Mansoor, Leila Essop.; Lauffenburger, Douglas A.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Passmore, Jo-Ann Shelley. (Wolters Kluwer Health., 2017)

Abstract available in pdf.

Genocide: burden of proof and inaction is costing lives in Sudan.

Singh, Jerome Amir. (Elsevier, 2004)

No abstract available.

Genomic and functional analyses of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains implicate ald in D-cycloserine resistance.

Desjardins, Christopher A.; Cohen, Keira A.; Munsamy, Vanisha.; Abeel, Thomas.; Maharaj, Kashmeel.; Walker, Bruce J.; Shea, Terrance P.; Almeida, Deepak V.; Manson, Abigail L.; Salazar, Alex.; Padayatchi, Nesri.; O’Donnell, Max R.; Mlisana, Koleka Patience.; Wortman, Jennifer.; Birren, Bruce W.; Grosset, Jacques.; Earl, Ashlee M.; Pym, Alexander S. (Nature Publishing Group., 2016)

Abstract available in PDF file.

Global epidemiology of HIV-AIDS.

Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Gouws, Eleanor.; Baxter, Cheryl. (WB Saunders., 2007)

HIV, the cause of AIDS, has in the 25 years since its discovery spread rapidly to every region in the world [1]. To date, more than 65 million people have been infected with HIV and about 25 million people have died ...

The global HIV epidemic: current status and challenges.

Abdool Karim, Quarraisha. (Current Medicine Group., 2013-06)

Three decades after the first reported cases of AIDS we have within our reach sufficient evidence to substantially alter the HIV epidemic at a country level regardless of mode of transmission of HIV. There are a growing ...

Grand challenges in global health : community engagement in research in developing countries.

Tindana, Paulina O.; Singh, Jerome Amir.; Tracy, C. Shawn.; Upshur, Ross E. G.; Daar, Abdallah S.; Singer, Peter A.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Lavery, James V. (Plos., 2007)

The authors argue that there have been few systematic attempts to determine the effectiveness of community engagement in research.

Grand challenges in global health : engaging civil society organizations in biomedical research in developing countries.

Bhan, Anant.; Singh, Jerome Amir.; Upshur, Ross E. G.; Singer, Peter A.; Daar, Abdallah S. (Plos., 2007)

The authors discuss the different types of civil society organizations, their role in biomedical research, and the advantages and challenges of working with them.

Grand challenges in global health : ethical, social, and cultural issues based on key informant perspectives.

Berndtson, Kathryn.; Daid, Tina.; Tracy, C. Shawn.; Bhan, Anant.; Cohen, Emma R. M.; Upshur, Ross E. G.; Singh, Jerome Amir.; Lavery, James V.; Singer, Peter A. (Plos., 2007)

The authors interviewed key informants from the developing world and the Grand Challenges investigators to explore their ethical, social, and cultural concerns about the program.

Grand challenges in global health : the ethical, social and cultural program.

Singer, Peter A.; Taylor, Andrew D.; Daar, Abdallah S.; Upshur, Ross E. G.; Singh, Jerome Amir.; Lavery, James V. (Plos., 2007)

The Grand Challenges initiative has 44 projects worldwide aimed at addressing diseases of the poor. What are the ethical, social, and cultural issues that the initiative faces?

Health in South Africa: changes and challenges since 2009.

Mayosi, Bongani M.; Lawn, Joy E.; Van Niekerk, Ashley.; Bradshaw, Debbie.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen.; Coovadia, Hoosen Mahomed. (Elsevier., 2012)

Since the 2009 Lancet Health in South Africa Series, important changes have occurred in the country, resulting in an increase in life expectancy to 60 years. Historical injustices together with the disastrous health ...

Health research and human rights in South Africa.

Singh, Jerome Amir. (Elsevier, 2004)

No abstract available.

Health-related quality of life dynamics of HIV-positive South African women up to ART initiation : evidence from the CAPRISA 002 acute infection cohort study.

Tomita, Andrew.; Garrett, Nigel.; Werner, Lise.; Burns, Jonathan Kenneth.; Mpanza, Lindiwe.; Mlisana, Koleka Patience.; van Loggerenberg, Francois.; Abdool Karim, Salim Safurdeen. (Springer., 2014)

Few studies have investigated the long-term dynamics in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among HIV-positive persons from acute infection. From 2004, 160 women were enrolled into the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection study ...

High AIDS-related mortality among young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

Mashego, May.; Johnson, D.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann.; Carrara, H.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha. (South African Medical Association., 2007)

Objective. To establish mortality rates and cause of death in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal. This study was conducted as part of a demographic and health survey to assess the impact of HIV infection in this community. ...

High burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among young women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ebrahim, Sumayyah.; Mndende, Xolani K.; Kharsany, Ayesha Bibi Mahomed.; Mbulawa, Zizipho Z.; Naranbhai, Vivek.; Werner, Lise.; Samsunder, Natasha.; Abdool Karim, Quarraisha.; Williamson, Anna-Lise.; Fröhlich, Janet Ann. (Public Library of Science., 2016)

Abstract available in PDF file.