2015
Enrolment trends in a comprehensive HIV programme in rural north-central Nigeria: improved care indices, but declining quality of clinical data over time
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Arinze F, Megazzini KM, Bussell S, Dunlap J, Odoh C, Gebi UI, Muhammad MY, Shepherd BE, Audet CM, Vermund SH, Wester CW. Enrolment trends in a comprehensive HIV programme in rural north-central Nigeria: improved care indices, but declining quality of clinical data over time. Pathogens And Global Health 2015, 109: 75-83. PMID: 25822098, PMCID: PMC4571821, DOI: 10.1179/2047773215y.0000000007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComprehensive HIV programsHIV programsComprehensive HIV/AIDS servicesCell countAdvanced clinical diseaseClinical stage INorth Central NigeriaHIV/AIDS servicesRural North-Central NigeriaQuality improvement effortsMedian CD4Clinical stagingMedian ageHIV servicesCare indexClinical dataClinical diseaseStage IAIDS servicesPatientsWindow periodHemoglobin dataClinical servicesEnrollment yearCells/
2011
Enrolment and programmatic trends and predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation from President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported public HIV care and treatment sites in rural Mozambique
Moon TD, Burlison JR, Blevins M, Shepherd BE, Baptista A, Sidat M, Vergara AE, Vermund SH. Enrolment and programmatic trends and predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation from President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported public HIV care and treatment sites in rural Mozambique. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2011, 22: 621-627. PMID: 22096045, DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2011.010442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyART initiationAntiretroviral therapy initiationHIV treatment programsCells/μLContinuous drug supplyPresident's Emergency PlanHIV careTherapy initiationHIV testingMedian ageSaharan AfricaTreatment expansionZambézia ProvinceRoutine dataPatient record systemPatientsTreatment programOlder ageAIDS ReliefHealth manpowerCells/Drug supplyRecord systemTreatment sites
2007
Complete Blood Cell Count as a Surrogate CD4 Cell Marker for HIV Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings
Chen RY, Westfall AO, Hardin JM, Miller-Hardwick C, Stringer JS, Raper JL, Vermund SH, Gotuzzo E, Allison J, Saag MS. Complete Blood Cell Count as a Surrogate CD4 Cell Marker for HIV Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2007, 44: 525-530. PMID: 17259910, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318032385e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirmingham Veterans Affairs Medical CenterTotal lymphocyte countCells/microLCD4 countVeterans Affairs Medical CenterComplete blood cell countAntiretroviral treatment statusLow CD4 cellsBody mass indexBlood cell countCells/Receiver operator characteristic curveResource limited settingsObservational databaseResource-limited settingsCD4 cellsLymphocyte count