2013
Translation of Biomedical Prevention Strategies for HIV
Vermund SH, Tique JA, Cassell HM, Pask ME, Ciampa PJ, Audet CM. Translation of Biomedical Prevention Strategies for HIV. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2013, 63: s12-s25. PMID: 23673881, PMCID: PMC3725750, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31829202a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevention of motherPrevention strategiesClean injection equipmentChild HIV transmissionBiomedical approachBiomedical prevention strategiesRisk of acquisitionHIV prevention strategiesBehavioral risk reductionHigh-prevalence regionsRisk of transmissionCircumcision of menBlood product safetyChild transmissionHIV transmissionAntiretroviral drugsPrevalence regionsHIV preventionHIVFamily planningMore childrenPreventionRisk reductionInjection equipmentSaharan Africa
2009
Determinants of third dose of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study
Usman HR, Kristensen S, Rahbar MH, Vermund SH, Habib F, Chamot E. Determinants of third dose of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2009, 15: 140-147. PMID: 19930140, PMCID: PMC2858790, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02432.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEPI centresImmunization dropoutThird doseCohort studyMultivariable log-binomial regression analysisLog-binomial regression analysisCentre of enrolmentStandard care groupMother-child pairsMonthly household incomeClinic visitsFirst doseImmunization centreIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisCare groupInitial immunizationExpanded ProgrammeDTP1More childrenDoseChildrenRegression analysisImmunizationDTP3