Presentations

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Suryavanshi N , Mave V, Kadam A, Kanade S, Sivalenka S, Sampath K, Harve P, Gupta RS, Hegde A, McKenzie-White J, Gupte N, Gupta A, Bollinger RC, Shankar AV. Outreach Workers in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Programme in India: Challenges and Opportunities. 21st...

A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Promote Combination HIV Prevention Using M-health-Supported CHWs in a High-Prevalence Fishing Community: Design and Baseline Characteristics of the mLAKE Trial in Rakai, Uganda

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2016-07-21

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Chang L, Mbabali I, Kong X, Hutton H, Long A, Thomas A, Bugos E, Ssekasanvu J, Kennedy C, Amico R, Nalugoda F, Reynolds S, Quinn T, Serwadda D, Wawer M, Gray R, Nakigozi G. A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Promote Combination HIV Prevention Using M-health-Supported CHWs in a High-Prevalence Fishing...

Rapid Diagnosis, Linkage and Treatment Initiation of Patients with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa: The miLINC Solution to Improve Access to Care

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2016-07-20

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South Africa

Farley JE , Seiguer S, Naicker M, McKenzie-White J, Greg C, Elmi M, Stevens W, Stewart-Isherwood L. Rapid Diagnosis, Linkage and Treatment Initiation of Patients with Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa: The miLINC Solution to Improve Access to Care. 21st International AIDS Conference...

High Risk for Loss to Follow-Up among Adolescents Living with HIV in Pune, India

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2016-07-19

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DY Patil

Nimkar S , Valvi C, Khadse S, Kadam D, Kinikar A, Marbaniang I, Rewari BB, Chandanwale A, Suryavanshi N, Patil S, Nevrekar N, Raichur P, Gupta A, Mave V. High Risk for Loss to Follow-Up among Adolescents Living with HIV in Pune, India. 21st International AIDS Conference. International AIDS Society...

Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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2016-07-17

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NIRT

Gupte A , Meshram S, Selvaraju S, Gupte N, Shivakumar SVBY, Paradkar M, Kohli R, Theruvengadam K, Suryavanshi N, Chandrasekaran P, Mave V, Swaminathan S, Salvi S, Checkley, W, Golub J, Gupta A. Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Tuberculosis...

A5300/I2003: Feasibility of Identifying, Recruiting, and Characterizing Adult MDR TB Index Cases and their Adult and Child Household Contacts on Four Continents

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2016-07-17

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Swindells S , Kim S, Gupta A, Hesseling AC, Shah S, Johnson D, Harrington M, Suryavanshi N, Sanchez J, Dawson R, Naini L, Jones L, Hughes M, Churchyard G, for ACTG/IMPAACT. A5300/I2003: Feasibility of Identifying, Recruiting, and Characterizing Adult MDR TB Index Cases and their Adult and Child...

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Diabetes mellitus among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Pune, India.

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2016-07-16

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DY Patil

Golub, J., Gupta, A. Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Diabetes mellitus among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Pune, India. TB2016. International AIDS Society. Durban, South Africa. 2016.

The Association of Household Air Pollution and Tuberculosis in Women and Children in Pune, India

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2016-06-21

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Elf, J. The Association of Household Air Pollution and Tuberculosis in Women and Children in Pune, India. 2016 Annual Meeting. Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD. 2016.

High Proportion of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Baltimore City

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2016-06-21

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United States

Chida, N. High Proportion of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Baltimore City. 2016 Annual Meeting. Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD. 2016.

Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary TB

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2016-06-21

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NIRT

Gupte, A. Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary TB. 2016 Annual Meeting. Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD. 2016.

Inflammation in HIV-infected Pregnant Women: Relationship with Diet, Gut Microbiome, and Preterm Birth

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2016-06-10

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Shivakoti, R. Inflammation in HIV-infected Pregnant Women: Relationship with Diet, Gut Microbiome, and Preterm Birth. JHU Center for AIDS Research Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Medicine as a Bridge Between the US and India

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2016-05-21

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Gupta, A. Medicine as a Bridge Between the US and India. Indiaspora. Philadelphia, PA.

An Overview of Protecting Households on Exposure to Newly Diagnosed Index (PHOENIx) Trial

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2016-05-19

Gupta, A. An Overview of Protecting Households on Exposure to Newly Diagnosed Index (PHOENIx) Trial. Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. Baltimore, MD.

Best Practices in Antiretroviral Therapy: Managing Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients with Viral Hepatitis Coinfection

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2016-05-18

Gupta, A. Best Practices in Antiretroviral Therapy: Managing Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients with Viral Hepatitis Coinfection. Gupta A. Best Practices in Antiretroviral Therapy: Managing Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients with Viral Hepatitis Coinfection. Contemporary...

Double Trouble: Managing and Preventing TB and HIV

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2016-04-20

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DY Patil

Gupta, A. Double Trouble: Managing and Preventing TB and HIV. DY Patil University. Pune, India.

TB in HIV

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2016-03-25

Gupta, A. TB in HIV. New Mexico Annual HIV & HCV Conference. Albuquerque, NM.

Conducting ID Research in India and Beyond

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2016-03-14

Gupta, A. Conducting ID Research in India and Beyond. ID Didactic Research Forum, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Clinical, Social, and Meteorological Factors Associated with Dengue and Malaria Diagnosis in Adults in Pune, India

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2016-03-03

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Kadam D, Raichur P, Chandanwale A, Joshi S, Robinson M, Marbaniang I, Kagal A, Bharadwaj, Mave V. Clinical, Social, and Meteorological Factors Associated with Dengue and Malaria Diagnosis in Adults in Pune, India. 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Hyderabad, India.

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Community-based health

Disease diagnosis

Drug resistance

Healthcare access and retention

MDR-TB

mHealth

Patient treatment adherence

Tuberculosis

Chronic disease

Diabetes

Nutrition

HIV

Maternal and child health

Environmental pollutants

Pediatrics

Inflammation

Antiretroviral therapy

Fever

Healthcare worker safety

Medical training

Pregnancy

Research training

Microbiome

Other

Social and behavioral research

Education: Distance

Education: Online

Breastfeeding

Cancer

Genomics

Sexually transmitted infections (non-HIV)

A qualitative study of barriers to enrollment into free HIV care: perspectives of never-in-care HIV-positive patients and providers in Rakai, Uganda

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2013-07-23

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BioMed Research International

Background: Early entry into HIV care is low in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Rakai, about a third (31.5%) of HIV-positive clients who knew their serostatus did not enroll into free care services. This qualitative study explored barriers to entry into care from HIV-positive clients who had never enrolled...

Patterns of TB drug-resistance in a tertiary care facility in Pune, India

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2013-07-18

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Clinical Microbiology

Introduction:Globally, the emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) (defined as resistance to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) and extensively drug resistant (XDR-TB) (defined as resistance to INH, RIF, any fluoroquinolone and to at least one of the three injectable second line...

Cost analyses of peer health worker and mHealth support interventions for improving AIDS care in Rakai, Uganda

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2012-09-12

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AIDS Care

A cost analysis study calculates resources needed to deliver an intervention and can provide useful information on affordability for service providers and policy-makers. We conducted cost analyses of both a peer health worker (PHW) and a mHealth (mobile phone) support intervention. Excluding...

H_pe for mHealth: More "y" or "o" on the horizon?

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2013-04-13

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International Journal of Medical Informatics

Objective: Efforts in the domain of mobile health, or mHealth, have been criticized for the unfettered proliferation of pilots and a lack of a rigorous evidence base to support these strategies. In this letter, we present the response of a group of researchers in the mHealth community to the recent...

Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol A5253

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2013-04-15

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International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Background: Improved tuberculosis (TB) screening is urgently needed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. Methods: An observational, multi-country, cross-sectional study of HIV-infected patients to compare a standardized diagnostic evaluation (SDE) for TB with standard of care (...

Changes in HIV-1 subtypes B and C genital tract RNA in women and men after initiation of antiretroviral therapy

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2013-03-26

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Background: Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) reduces genital tract human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) load and reduces the risk of sexual transmission, but little is known about the efficacy of cART for decreasing genital tract viral load (GTVL) and differences in sex or HIV-1...

Correlates of lower comprehension of informed consent among participants enrolled in a cohort study in Pune, India

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2013-03-15

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International Health

Background: Optimum comprehension of informed consent by research participants is essential yet challenging. This study explored correlates of lower comprehension of informed consent among 1334 participants of a cohort study aimed at estimating HIV incidence in Pune, India. Methods: As part of the...

Combination implementation for HIV prevention: moving from evidence to population-level impact

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2013-01-15

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The Lancet Infectious Disease

The promise of combination HIV prevention-the application of multiple HIV prevention interventions to maximise population-level effects-has never been greater. However, to succeed in achieving significant reductions in HIV incidence, an additional concept needs to be considered: combination...

Household-based HIV counseling and testing as a platform for referral to HIV care and medical male circumcision in Uganda: a pilot evaluation

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2012-12-13

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PLOS One

Background: Combination HIV prevention initiatives incorporate evidence-based, biomedical and behavioral interventions appropriate and acceptable to specific populations, aiming to significantly reduce population-level HIV incidence. Knowledge of HIV serostatus is key to linkages to HIV care...

Tuberculosis in pregnant and postpartum women: Epidemiology, management, and research gaps

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2012-12-15

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Tuberculosis is most common during a woman's reproductive years and is a major cause of maternal-child mortality. National guidelines for screening and management vary widely owing to insufficient data. In this article, we review the available data on (1) the global burden of tuberculosis in women...

Growth patterns among HIV-exposed infants receiving nevirapine prophylaxis in Pune, India

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2012-10-31

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Background: India has among the highest rates of infant malnutrition. Few studies investigating the growth patterns of HIV-exposed infants in India or the impact of timing of HIV infection on growth in settings such as India exist. Methods: We used data from the Six Week Extended Nevirapine (SWEN)...

HIV transmitted drug resistance in adult and pediatric populations in Panama

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2011-12-15

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Panama

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Revista Panamerica de Salud Publica--Pan American Journal of Public Health

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of transmitted drug-resistant HIV among adults in Panama by using a modified World Health Organization Threshold Survey (WHO-TS) and to investigate rates of initial resistance among HIV-positive infants in Panama. Methods: At the Gorgas Memorial Institute,...

Nutrition and disease progression pre-highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and post-HAART: Can good nutrition delay time to HAART and affect response to HAART

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2011-12-15

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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Several studies have investigated a variety of nutritional supplementation interventions in adults with HIV. In this narrative review, we summarize the evidence from 31 clinical trials that explore clinical benefits of macronutrient and micronutrient supplementation in this population while...

Pooled individual data analysis of five randomized trials of infant nevirapine prophylaxis to prevent breast-milk HIV-1 transmission

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2012-10-19

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Background: In resource-limited settings, mothers infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) face a difficult choice: breastfeed their infants but risk transmitting HIV-1 or not breastfeed their infants and risk the infants dying of other infectious diseases or malnutrition. Recent...

Early mortality in adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and meta-analysis

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2011-12-15

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PLOS One

Background: We systematically reviewed observational studies of early mortality post-antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America, as defined by the World Bank, to summarize what is known. ...

Impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection on pregnancy and birth outcomes in Pune, India

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2011-12-15

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AIDS Care

Little is known about birth outcomes for HIV-infected women in India. We examine maternal and neonatal birth outcomes in HIV-infected women within the context of enhanced pre-natal care associated with a randomized clinical trial conducted in Pune, India. Birth outcomes of 212 HIV-infected pregnant...

Impact of a mHealth intervention for peer health workers on AIDS Care in rural Uganda: a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial

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2011-11-15

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AIDS and Behavior

Mobile phone access in low and middle-income countries is rapidly expanding and offers an opportunity to leverage limited human resources for health. We conducted a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial exploratory substudy on the impact of a mHealth (mobile phone) support...

Symptom screening among HIV-infected pregnant women is acceptable and has high negative predictive value for active tuberculosis

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2011-11-15

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

Symptom screening is a recommended component of intensified case-finding (ICF) for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected individuals. Symptomatic individuals are further investigated to either exclude or diagnose pulmonary TB, thus reducing the number of individuals requiring costly...

Faculty diversity programs in U.S. medical schools and characteristics associated with higher faculty diversity.

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2011-10-15

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United States

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Academic Medicine

Purpose: To describe diversity programs for racial and ethnic minority faculty in U.S. medical schools and identify characteristics associated with higher faculty diversity. Method: The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey study of leaders of diversity programs at 106 U.S. MD-granting medical...

Evaluation of a multimodal, distance learning HIV management course for clinical care providers in India

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2012-10-01

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