2018
Surveillance of Maternal Syphilis in China: Pregnancy Outcomes and Determinants of Congenital Syphilis
Zhang X, Yu Y, Yang H, Xu H, Vermund SH, Liu K. Surveillance of Maternal Syphilis in China: Pregnancy Outcomes and Determinants of Congenital Syphilis. Medical Science Monitor 2018, 24: 7727-7735. PMID: 30370903, PMCID: PMC6216479, DOI: 10.12659/msm.910216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse pregnancy outcomesPregnancy outcomesCongenital syphilisPregnant womenFirst antenatal care visitEligible pregnant womenPrevention of motherAntenatal care visitsIndependent risk factorMultivariable regression analysisLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisChild transmissionMaternal syphilisAntenatal careCare visitsNeonatal asphyxiaNeonatal deathFirst trimesterRisk womenAntibody titersAntenatal testingEpidemiological characteristicsRisk factorsSyphilis diagnosis
2016
Integrated prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services, antiretroviral therapy initiation, and maternal and infant retention in care in rural north-central Nigeria: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Audet CM, Kalish M, Gebi UI, Onwujekwe O, Lindegren ML, Shepherd BE, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Integrated prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services, antiretroviral therapy initiation, and maternal and infant retention in care in rural north-central Nigeria: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet HIV 2016, 3: e202-e211. PMID: 27126487, PMCID: PMC4852280, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(16)00018-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdolescentAdultAnti-HIV AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedEarly Intervention, EducationalFamilyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaleMothersNevirapineNigeriaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CareRural PopulationYoung AdultConceptsChild HIV transmissionAntiretroviral therapyStandard of careRural North-Central NigeriaWeeks post partumIntervention groupAntiretroviral prophylaxisEligible womenHIV statusHIV transmissionSecondary level health care facilitiesChild HIV transmission servicesClinical stage 1 diseasePost partumEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteMedian CD4 countPMTCT service deliveryAntiretroviral therapy initiationCD4 cell countPrevention of motherStage 1 diseaseUnknown HIV statusElimination of motherNorth Central NigeriaEarly infant diagnosisEngagement of Men in Antenatal Care Services: Increased HIV Testing and Treatment Uptake in a Community Participatory Action Program in Mozambique
Audet CM, Blevins M, Chire YM, Aliyu MH, Vaz LM, Antonio E, Alvim F, Bechtel R, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Engagement of Men in Antenatal Care Services: Increased HIV Testing and Treatment Uptake in a Community Participatory Action Program in Mozambique. AIDS And Behavior 2016, 20: 2090-2100. PMID: 26906021, PMCID: PMC4995150, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1341-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntenatal careHIV testingPregnant womenProvider-initiated counselingAntenatal care servicesAntiretroviral therapy servicesPre-post intervention designUptake of ARTTraditional birth attendantsMale engagementCommunity health agentsRate of testingANC servicesTreatment uptakeBirth attendantsService uptakePartner's pregnancyCare servicesTherapy servicesHealth agentsTreatment acceptabilityMale partnersSimilar interventionsMale championsPregnancy
2014
Integrated prevention of mother-to-child transmission for human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B virus in China
Wang AL, Qiao YP, Wang LH, Fang LW, Wang F, Jin X, Qiu J, Wang XY, Wang Q, Wu JL, Vermund SH, Song L. Integrated prevention of mother-to-child transmission for human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B virus in China. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2014, 93: 52-56. PMID: 25558108, PMCID: PMC4271682, DOI: 10.2471/blt.14.139626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusHepatitis B virusAntenatal care clinicsChild transmissionPregnant womenPMTCT servicesCare clinicsImmunodeficiency virusB virusChild transmission effortsRate of maternalChild health clinicsChild health servicesRoutine maternalHBV infectionInfected womenCongenital syphilisHIV programsGeneral HospitalHealth clinicsLive birthsFurther interventionStandardized preventionSyphilis transmissionHealth services
2013
Optimizing PMTCT service delivery in rural North-Central Nigeria: Protocol and design for a cluster randomized study
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Audet C, Shepherd BE, Hassan A, Onwujekwe O, Gebi UI, Kalish M, Lindegren ML, Vermund SH, Wester CW. Optimizing PMTCT service delivery in rural North-Central Nigeria: Protocol and design for a cluster randomized study. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2013, 36: 187-197. PMID: 23816493, PMCID: PMC3786261, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Retroviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountCost-Benefit AnalysisFamilyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaternal-Child Health CentersMentorsNigeriaPatient SatisfactionPoint-of-Care SystemsPregnancyPrenatal CareResearch DesignRural PopulationSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsAntiretroviral therapyPMTCT servicesChild transmissionHIV service integrationPMTCT service deliveryPMTCT service provisionChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherCell count testingSimilar resource-limited settingsRural health facilitiesRural North-Central NigeriaResource-limited settingsPatient care responsibilitiesPMTCT careMore HIVHIV infectionCare CD4Cell count resultsHIV transmissionPregnant womenUNAIDS/Health facilitiesHealth providersInfluential community members
2012
Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV among Women in Rural Mozambique: Development and Validation of the HIV Knowledge 27 Scale
Ciampa PJ, Skinner SL, Patricio SR, Rothman RL, Vermund SH, Audet CM. Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV among Women in Rural Mozambique: Development and Validation of the HIV Knowledge 27 Scale. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e48676. PMID: 23119087, PMCID: PMC3485372, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048676.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia
Megazzini KM, Sinkala M, Vermund SH, Redden DT, Krebs DW, Acosta EP, Mwanza J, Goldenberg RL, Chintu N, Bulterys M, Stringer JS. A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2010, 24: 447-455. PMID: 19926959, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328334b285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen/infant pairsCluster-randomized trialNevirapine coverageInfant pairsLabour wardClinic coverageProbability of HIVProportion of HIVPrevention of motherStandard of carePMTCT programmePMTCT servicesChild transmissionHIV testingUnknown serostatusSurveillance periodIntervention periodControl clinicsRelative riskTreatment clinicsUmbilical cordHIVClinicGEE modelOdds of coverage
2007
Monitoring and evaluation of programmes to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in Africa
Reithinger R, Megazzini K, Durako SJ, Harris DR, Vermund SH. Monitoring and evaluation of programmes to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in Africa. The BMJ 2007, 334: 1143. PMID: 17540943, PMCID: PMC1885318, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39211.527488.94.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia
Stringer JS, Sinkala M, Maclean CC, Levy J, Kankasa C, DeGroot A, Stringer EM, Acosta EP, Goldenberg RL, Vermund SH. Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2005, 19: 1309-1315. PMID: 16052086, PMCID: PMC2745046, DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000180102.88511.7d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant pairsHIV testingCord bloodSurveillance populationAntenatal HIV testingPerinatal HIV preventionProportion of HIVChild HIV transmissionHIV test resultsMain outcome measuresNewborn cord bloodHIV prevention programsHIV serologyInfant dosePublic sector facilitiesSeropositive womenAntenatal careHIV transmissionPrescribed regimenCascade of eventsLabor onsetPopulation effectivenessSurveillance periodHIV preventionOutcome measures
2004
Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica
Hylton-Kong T, Brathwaite AR, Del Rosario GR, Kristensen S, Kamara P, Jolly PE, Hook EW, Figueroa JP, Vermund SH. Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2004, 15: 371-375. PMID: 15186580, DOI: 10.1258/095646204774195209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive tract infectionsSyndromic managementPregnant womenAntenatal clinicTract infectionsSyndromic case management approachAntenatal care facilitiesHigh-risk womenAffordable diagnostic testsPositive predictive valueCase management approachAntenatal attendersClinical algorithmClinical careCare facilitiesPredictive valueJamaican womenDiagnostic testsLaboratory supportWomenClinicInfectionLow sensitivityCervicitisCandidiasis
2002
Prenatal HIV Counseling, Testing, and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis by Obstetric and Family Medicine Providers in Alabama
Nichols SA, Bhatta MP, Lewis J, Vermund SH. Prenatal HIV Counseling, Testing, and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis by Obstetric and Family Medicine Providers in Alabama. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2002, 324: 305-309. PMID: 12495296, DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200212000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAIDS SerodiagnosisAlabamaAnti-HIV AgentsDirective CounselingFamily PracticeFemaleHIVHIV InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient Education as TopicPerinatal CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'PregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CarePreventive Health ServicesUnited StatesZidovudineConceptsUniversal HIV counselingHIV counselingAntiretroviral prophylaxisUS Public Health Service recommendationsPublic Health Service recommendationsUniversal testingPrenatal HIV counselingVoluntary HIV testingFamily medicine providersFamily medicine practitionersSurvey of obstetricsZidovudine usePediatric HIVPregnant patientsHIV testingHIV transmissionPregnant womenPerinatal carePrenatal carePhysician specialtyPatient educationMedicine providersImplementation of recommendationsPrenatal counselingHIV
2000
Cost-Effective Use of Nevirapine to Prevent Vertical HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
Stringer J, Rouse D, Vermund S, Goldenberg R, Sinkala M, Stinnett A. Cost-Effective Use of Nevirapine to Prevent Vertical HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000, 24: 369-377. DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200008010-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertical HIV transmissionHIV transmissionPrenatal carePrevention strategiesEffects of NVPModest clinical efficacyOptimal prevention strategiesGreater health gainsDecision analysis modelNevirapine administrationNVP administrationPrenatal visitPreventive therapyStandard therapyClinical efficacySaharan AfricaMass therapyPrenatal strategiesClinical assessmentPrior enrollmentTherapyCost-effective useHealth gainsWomenSerostatusCost-effective use of nevirapine to prevent vertical HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stringer J, Rouse D, Vermund S, Goldenberg R, Sinkala M, Stinnett A. Cost-effective use of nevirapine to prevent vertical HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000, 24: 369-77. PMID: 11015154, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200008010-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertical HIV transmissionHIV transmissionPrenatal carePrevention strategiesEffects of NVPModest clinical efficacyOptimal prevention strategiesSaharan AfricaGreater health gainsDecision analysis modelNevirapine administrationNVP administrationPrenatal visitPreventive therapyStandard therapyClinical efficacyMass therapyPrenatal strategiesClinical assessmentPrior enrollmentTherapyCost-effective useHealth gainsWomenSerostatus
1985
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Ritter S, Vermund S. Congenital Toxoplasmosis. Journal Of Obstetric Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing 1985, 14: 435-439. PMID: 3906054, DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1985.tb02093.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research