2017
Integrated Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Community-Based Case Finding in Rural South Africa: Implications for Tuberculosis Control Efforts
Shenoi SV, Moll AP, Brooks RP, Kyriakides T, Andrews L, Kompala T, Upadhya D, Altice FL, Eksteen FJ, Friedland G. Integrated Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Community-Based Case Finding in Rural South Africa: Implications for Tuberculosis Control Efforts. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: ofx092. PMID: 28695145, PMCID: PMC5499582, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman immunodeficiency virusIntensive case findingCase findingResistant TBTB casesHIV testingRural South AfricaOverall case notification rateConcurrent HIV testingHIV coinfection rateHIV-negative tuberculosisMedian CD4 countCD4 cell countHIV/TBDrug-resistant TBCase notification ratesCase-finding strategyHIV-positive individualsHigh-risk populationTB symptom screeningPopulation-level ratesCD4 countTuberculosis symptomsSymptom screeningTB elimination
1987
A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Factors in Asymptomatic Individuals at Risk for Htlv-III/Lav Infection in a Methadone Program: Preliminary Findings
Silberstein C, McKegney F, O'dowd M, Selwyn P, Schoenbaum E, Drucker E, Feiner C, Cox C, Friedland G. A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Factors in Asymptomatic Individuals at Risk for Htlv-III/Lav Infection in a Methadone Program: Preliminary Findings. International Journal Of Neuroscience 1987, 32: 669-676. PMID: 3596916, DOI: 10.3109/00207458709043321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProspective longitudinal studyWAIS similaritiesAssociative learning testHTLV-III/LAV infectionDigit Span ForwardLongitudinal studyImpaired neuropsychological functionLearning TestNeuropsychological functionPsychosocial measuresTest performanceFinger tappingPsychosocial factorsPsychological stressCognitive impairmentPreliminary findingsHTLV-III/LAVIntravenous drug abusersHigh-risk populationAbsence of AIDSDrug useDrug abusersAsymptomatic individualsMethadone programsUnivariate analysis