Scientific Publications
Publications from the LIFE Consortium
- Impact of point-of-care birth test-and-treat on clinical outcomes among infants with HIV: A cluster randomized trial in Mozambique and Tanzania
- Point-of-care testing to achieve paediatric 95-95-95 targets – The Lancet HIV
- The clinical effect of point-of-care HIV diagnosis in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet, 400(10356), 887-895.
- Costs and cost-effectiveness of HIV early infant diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)
- HIV testing and linkage to care—A case of a mobile diagnostic and counseling service in Mbeya, Tanzania; A quantitative study | PLOS Global Public Health
- Same‐day test and treat for infants with HIV infection: finally within reach - Vojnov - 2022 - Journal of the International AIDS Society - Wiley Online Library
- Accuracy and Operational Characteristics of Xpert Human Immunodeficiency Virus Point-of-Care Testing at Birth and Until Week 6 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–exposed Neonates in Tanzania | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
- Uptake and performance of prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission and early infant diagnosis in pregnant HIV‐infected women and their exposed infants at seven health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Girma - 2017 - Tropical Medicine & International Health - Wiley Online Library
- UPTAKE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AMONG HIV-INFECTED PREGNANT WOMEN AND ITS IMPACT ON HIV MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION IN MBEYA, TANZANIA | BMJ Global Health
- Accurate early infant HIV diagnosis in primary health clinics using a point-of-care nucleic acid test. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 67(1), e1-4.
- High rates of HIV seroconversion in pregnant women and low reported levels of HIV testing among male partners in Southern Mozambique: results from a mixed methods study. PLoS One, 9(12), e115014.
- Inpatient Point-of-Care HIV Early Infant Diagnosis in Mozambique to Improve Case Identification and Linkage to Antiretroviral Therapy
- High HIV incidence in the postpartum period sustains vertical transmission in settings with generalized epidemics: a cohort study in Southern Mozambique. J Int AIDS Soc, 17, 18808.
- Reducing mortality in HIV-infected infants and achieving the 90-90-90 target through innovative diagnosis approaches. J Int AIDS Soc, 18(Suppl 6), 20299.
- Evaluation of the Whole-Blood Alere Q NAT Point-of-Care RNA Assay for HIV-1 Viral Load Monitoring in a Primary Health Care Setting in Mozambique. J Clin Microbiol, 54(8), 2104-2108.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in African Infants and Young Children Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A Multicountry Analysis. Clin Infect Dis, 65(12), 2018-2025.
- Performance of point-of-care birth HIV testing in primary health care clinics: An observational cohort study. PLoS One, 13(6), e0198344.
- Effect of point-of-care early infant diagnosis on antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention of patients. AIDS, 32(11), 1453-1463.
- Performance of a True Point-of-Care Assay for HIV-1/2 Viral Load Measurement at Antenatal and Postpartum Services. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 87(1), 693-699.
Abstracts
- birth-point-of-care-test-treat-reduces-early-mortality-among-hiv-infected-infants
- maternal-point-of-care-viral-load-at-delivery-impacts-infant-arv-prophylaxis-regimen
- cost-of-an-hiv-test-and-treat-strategy-at-birth-and-its-effect-on-art-initiation
- evaluation-maternal-and-infant-hiv-point-care-diagnostics-birth-tanzania
- Point-of-care testing for mothers and infants: results from the LIFE study
- #PA-276: Differences in risk factors between a high and low vertical HIV transmission setting: Implications for elimination of new paediatric HIV infections
- #87: Barriers to ART Adherence in Neonates and Infants from the LIFE Study in Mozambique
- #74: Challenges in the effective treatment of infant HIV undermine the potential impact of birth testing and neonatal ART: preliminary results from the LIFE trial in Mozambique and Tanzania
- TUPEB10: Barriers to ART adherence in neonates and infants from the LIFE study in Mozambique