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/
2009
[Evaluation of BED-CEIA assay with dried blood spot specimens in China].
Shen S, Tian F, Jiang HZ, Sun GQ, Miao LF, Guo XL, Xiao Y, Jia YJ, Vermund SH, Jiang Y. [Evaluation of BED-CEIA assay with dried blood spot specimens in China]. Chinese Journal Of Epidemiology 2009, 30: 273-6. PMID: 19642385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDBS specimensBED-CEIAHIV-1-positive specimensRecent HIV infectionHIV-1 incidencePositive controlHIV infectionHIV incidenceHIV-positiveVoluntary counselingIncidence rateCutoff valueLow positive controlPositive specimensPlasma specimensWindow periodConcordance rateBlood spotsWestern blotEligible pairsFurther studiesNegative controlDBSIncidenceTesting sites