Africa

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Pain is Subjective": A Mixed-Methods Study of Provider Attitudes and Practices Regarding Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease Across Three Countries. 
  • Letter to the Editor: Differences in Rate of Stimulant Medication Use for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Western and Non-Western Origins. 
  • A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy. 
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Prevalence of Community-Onset Bloodstream Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Africa and Asia. 
  • A comparative analysis of temporomandibular joint morphology in the African apes. 
  • A pilot study of PTSD symptoms among Kalahari Bushmen. 
  • Access to care solutions in healthcare for obstetric care in Africa: A systematic review. 
  • Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics. 
  • Addressing the Know-Do Gap in Adolescent HIV: Framing and Measuring Implementation Determinants, Outcomes, and Strategies in the AHISA Network. 
  • Adherence to cancer prevention guidelines in 18 African countries. 
  • Africa and AIDS: still much work to be done. 
  • Africa's visionary editor. 
  • Africa: sequence 100,000 species to safeguard biodiversity. 
  • Africa: still the "dark continent". 
  • African elephants and contraception. 
  • African heads of state promise action against malaria. 
  • African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. 
  • Alkaloids of some African, Asian, Polynesian and Australian species of Erythrina. 
  • Antiretroviral therapy enrollment characteristics and outcomes among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults compared with older adults--seven African countries, 2004-2013. 
  • Apes in Africa: The cultured chimpanzees. 
  • Aridity weakens population-level effects of multiple species interactions on Hibiscus meyeri . 
  • Assessing priorities for combination HIV prevention research for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa. 
  • Assessment of cardiovascular reactivity: a methodological overview. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests. 
  • Atractiella rhizophila, sp. nov., an endorrhizal fungus isolated from the Populus root microbiome. 
  • Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Burden, pathology, and costs of malaria in pregnancy: new developments for an old problem. 
  • CCL3L1 and HIV/AIDS susceptibility. 
  • Cancer registration needs assessment at a tertiary medical centre in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. 
  • Cataract surgery programmes in Africa. 
  • Changes in Malaria Epidemiology in Africa and New Challenges for Elimination. 
  • Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Africa: a multicountry observational study from the Africa Liver Cancer Consortium. 
  • Chinese People's Liberation Army on Action of Fighting against Ebola in Africa: Implications and Challenges. 
  • Chinese medical teams in Africa: a flagship program facing formidable challenges. 
  • Climate change, disease range shifts, and the future of the Africa lion. 
  • Clinical practice patterns on the use of magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a multi-country survey. 
  • Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus. 
  • Cohort-specific rural-urban migration in Africa. 
  • Commentary: Sir Arthur Mitchell--pioneer of psychiatric epidemiology and of community care. 
  • Commentary: economic crisis or structural adjustment--which is worse for child health in African countries? 
  • Comments on the adaptive strategy of the first African anthropoids. 
  • Comparative analysis of the genome sequences and replication profiles of chikungunya virus isolates within the East, Central and South African (ECSA) lineage. 
  • Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women. 
  • Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa. 
  • Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation to Physical Activity in Adult Humans. 
  • Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe. 
  • Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex as an Opportunistic Pathogen: Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with the Infection. 
  • Daily rifapentine for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A randomized, dose-ranging trial. 
  • Differences between HIV-Infected men and women in antiretroviral therapy outcomes - six African countries, 2004-2012. 
  • Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry. 
  • Disparities in cardiovascular research output and citations from 52 African countries: a time-trend, bibliometric analysis (1999-2008). 
  • Distribution of transferrin saturations in the African-American population. 
  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome. 
  • Effect of Plasmodium falciparum sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance on the effectiveness of intermittent preventive therapy for malaria in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Effect of community-based voluntary counselling and testing on HIV incidence and social and behavioural outcomes (NIMH Project Accept; HPTN 043): a cluster-randomised trial. 
  • Elevated risk for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries 2000-2006: a systematic review. 
  • Engaging men in prevention and care for HIV/AIDS in Africa. 
  • Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review. 
  • Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for 'One Health' in Africa. 
  • Estimating Chinese bilateral aid for health: an analysis of AidData's Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset Version 2.0. 
  • Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. 
  • Expression and trans-specific polymorphism of self-incompatibility RNases in coffea (Rubiaceae). 
  • Factors affecting compliance with clinical practice guidelines for pap smear screening among healthcare providers in africa: systematic review and meta-summary of 2045 individuals. 
  • Female and male life tables for seven wild primate species. 
  • Female genital schistosomiasis. 
  • Fulfilling the specialist neurosurgical workforce needs in Africa: a systematic review and projection toward 2030. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Genetic structure of typical and atypical populations of Candida albicans from Africa. 
  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. 
  • Genetic variation in yellow fever virus: duplication in the 3' noncoding region of strains from Africa. 
  • Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations. 
  • Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-analysis From 1990 to 2010. 
  • Great ape genetic diversity and population history. 
  • HIV attitudes, awareness and testing among older adults in Africa. 
  • HIV testing and engagement with the HIV treatment cascade among men who have sex with men in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Hemoglobinopathies: slicing the Gordian knot of Plasmodium falciparum malaria pathogenesis. 
  • IAEA survey of paediatric computed tomography practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa: procedures and protocols. 
  • IAEA survey of pediatric CT practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa: Part 1, frequency and appropriateness. 
  • INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care: Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study. 
  • Image quality and dose in mammography in 17 countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe: results from IAEA projects. 
  • Implementation of Tuberculosis Intensive Case Finding, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy, and Infection Control ("Three I's") and HIV-Tuberculosis Service Integration in Lower Income Countries. 
  • Implementation science research for the scale-up of evidence-based interventions for sickle cell disease in africa: a commentary. 
  • Implications of Black Immigrant Health for U.S. Racial Disparities in Health 
  • Increased mortality and AIDS-like immunopathology in wild chimpanzees infected with SIVcpz. 
  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes. 
  • LGBT Africa: a social justice movement emerges in the era of HIV. 
  • Leave no one behind: response to new evidence and guidelines for the management of cryptococcal meningitis in low-income and middle-income countries. 
  • Leprosy: biblical opprobrium? 
  • Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impacts. 
  • Letter: Allometry and early hominids. 
  • Lopinavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings: Week 104 Analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230. 
  • Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy after virologic failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. 
  • Lower Levels of Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment Among Men with HIV Compared with Women - 12 Countries, 2002-2013. 
  • Many globally isolated AD hybrid strains of Cryptococcus neoformans originated in Africa. 
  • Masticatory form and function in the African apes. 
  • Mechanics of heel-strike plantigrady in African apes. 
  • Miner and Doctor: A Topography of Injustice. 
  • Multidisciplinary care results in similar maternal and perinatal mortality rates for women with and without SCD in a low-resource setting. 
  • Mutualism or parasitism? Using a phylogenetic approach to characterize the oxpecker-ungulate relationship. 
  • NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043): results from in-depth interviews with a longitudinal cohort of community members. 
  • Nativity and cigarette smoking among lower income blacks: results from the Healthy Directions Study. 
  • Nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Africa: results from the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Study (INCAPS). 
  • Overcoming biological, behavioral, and structural vulnerabilities: new directions in research to decrease HIV transmission in men who have sex with men. 
  • Paediatric CT examinations in 19 developing countries: frequency and radiation dose. 
  • Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED). 
  • Patient doses in radiographic examinations in 12 countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe: initial results from IAEA projects. 
  • Patterns of mandibular variation in Pan and Gorilla and implications for African ape taxonomy. 
  • Population frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in six Ethnicially diverse samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. 
  • Population genetic analyses reveal the African origin and strain variation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii. 
  • Predicting CD4 lymphocyte count <200 cells/mm(3) in an HIV type 1-infected African population. 
  • Prevalence and Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients. 
  • Prevalence and Incidence of Traumatic Experiences Among Orphans in Institutional and Family-Based Settings in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Longitudinal Study. 
  • Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness 
  • Psychological health of orphan bonobos and chimpanzees in African sanctuaries. 
  • QTL Mapping in Three Rice Populations Uncovers Major Genomic Regions Associated with African Rice Gall Midge Resistance. 
  • Racial inequity of access to carotid imaging. 
  • Radiation exposure to patients during interventional procedures in 20 countries: initial IAEA project results. 
  • Radiology Education in Africa: Analysis of Results From 13 African Countries. 
  • Rapid changes in the gut microbiome during human evolution. 
  • Reduced adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected Tanzanians seeking cure from the Loliondo healer. 
  • Relationships among Common Illness Symptoms and the Protective Effect of Breastfeeding in Early Childhood in MAL-ED: An Eight-Country Cohort Study. 
  • Report on the 6th African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) Meeting, March 12-15, 2009, Yaounde, Cameroon. 
  • Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa. 
  • Responses of tropical native and invader C4 grasses to water stress, clipping and increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. 
  • Results of radiation therapy in gastric cancer. 
  • Retention in HIV Care During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in the Option B+ Era: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies in Africa. 
  • Role of autophagy genetic variants for the risk of Candida infections. 
  • Roles of seed and establishment limitation in determining patterns of afrotropical tree recruitment. 
  • Safety and efficacy of the HIV-1 attachment inhibitor prodrug BMS-663068 in treatment-experienced individuals: 24 week results of AI438011, a phase 2b, randomised controlled trial. 
  • Science in Africa: The view from the front line. 
  • Science in Africa: The wheat stalker. 
  • Sickle cell disease and H3Africa: enhancing genomic research on cardiovascular diseases in African patients. 
  • Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor. 
  • Subordinate Effect of -21M HLA-B Dimorphism on NK Cell Repertoire Diversity and Function in HIV-1 Infected Individuals of African Origin. 
  • Success hinges on support for treatment. 
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus and HIV infection: a whimsical relationship. Reports of two cases and review of the literature. 
  • The 1984 Hunter Oration. 
  • The AIDS epidemic: lessons learned? 
  • The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications. 
  • The Boserup theory of agricultural growth: a model for anthropological economics. 
  • The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) multi-site quality assurance program for cryopreserved human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. 
  • The Household Registration System: computer software for the rapid dissemination of demographic surveillance systems. 
  • The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss. 
  • The Three Cs of a Scientific Autobiography: Curiosity, Circumstance, and Colleagues. 
  • The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny. 
  • The heterosexual human immunodeficiency virus type 1 epidemic in Thailand is caused by an intersubtype (A/E) recombinant of African origin. 
  • The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems 
  • Time for a "Third Wave" of malaria activism to tackle the drug stock-out crisis. 
  • Timing the ancestor of the HIV-1 pandemic strains. 
  • Towards Equity in Service Provision for Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Repressive Contexts. 
  • Trends in Prevalence of Advanced HIV Disease at Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment - 10 Countries, 2004-2015. 
  • Tropical heterothermy is "cool": The expression of daily torpor and hibernation in primates. 
  • Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in children initiating Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV infection: A systematic literature review. 
  • Twenty years of AIDS, and no end in sight. A BMJ theme issue will refocus attention on this catastrophic epidemic. 
  • Use of "entertainment" chimpanzees in commercials distorts public perception regarding their conservation status. 
  • Vaccine coverage and adherence to EPI schedules in eight resource poor settings in the MAL-ED cohort study. 
  • Variation in stochastic demography between and within central and peripheral regions in a widespread short-lived herb. 
  • WHO urges Africa to use more effective malaria medicines. 
  • Zoonotic infections: an emerging threat to human health. 
  • [Genetic structure of geographically different populations of candida albicans]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Ferrari, Guido, Professor in Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Pimm, Stuart L., Doris Duke Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Poulsen, John, Associate Professor of Tropical Ecology, Environmental Sciences and Policy
  • Pusey, Anne, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Ukachukwu, Alvan, Research Scholar, Neurosurgery
  • Whetten, Kathryn, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, School of Nursing
  • Zafar, Syed Yousuf, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Duke Science & Society