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Open AccessCorrection to: Change in quality of life over eight years in a nationally representative sample of US adults with heart disease and type 2 diabetes: minority race and toxic stress as key social determinants
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessChange in quality of life over eight years in a nationally representative sample of US adults with heart disease and type 2 diabetes:minority race and toxic stress as keysocial determinants
Toxic stress (TS), minority race and their interaction are evaluated as determinants of change in quality of life (QOL) over 8 years follow-up in a nationally representative sample of United States (US) adults...
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Open AccessPredictors of loss to follow-up among children on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Zambia (2003–2015)
Retention in care is critical for children living with HIV taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). Loss to follow-up (LTFU) is high in HIV treatment programs in resource limited settings. We estimated the cumulat...
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Open AccessLong-term survival outcomes of HIV infected children receiving antiretroviral therapy: an observational study from Zambia (2003–2015)
In 2017, 64% of children living with HIV in Zambia accessed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). Despite expanded ART coverage, there is paucity of information on effectiveness of pediatric ART in reducing mortality....
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Open AccessGaining and sustaining schistosomiasis control: study protocol and baseline data prior to different treatment strategies in five African countries
The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE) was established in 2008 to answer strategic questions about schistosomiasis control. For programme managers, a high-priority quest...
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Indicators of resilience and healthcare outcomes: findings from the 2010 health and retirement survey
To test the hypothesis that higher levels of resilience indicators are associated with lower overall healthcare utilization (HCU) as well as improvements in self-rated health (SRH), we analyzed a representativ...
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Open AccessFour Degrees of Separation: Social Contacts and Health Providers Influence the Steps to Final Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis Patients in Urban Uganda
Delay in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis adversely affects patients’ outcomes and prolongs transmission in the community. The influence of social contacts on steps taken by active pulmonary TB patients to seek a d...
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Open AccessThe effect of standard dose multivitamin supplementation on disease progression in HIV-infected adults initiating HAART: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial in Uganda
Efficacy trials investigating the effect of multivitamin (MV) supplementations among patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) have so far been inconclusive. We conducted a randomized, double bl...
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Open AccessPrevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in an urban African setting
Nearly one third of the world is infected with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and a vast pool of individuals with LTBI persists in develo** countries, posing a major barrier to global TB control. The a...
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Open AccessPrevalence and correlates of cytopenias in HIV-infected adults initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Cytopenias are the most common HIV-associated hematological abnormality. Cytopenias have been associated with several factors including sex, race/ethnicity, geographical location and comorbidities such as tube...
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Open AccessMultivitamin supplementation in HIV infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: the protocol for a randomized double blinded placebo controlled efficacy trial
Use of multivitamin supplements during the pre-HAART era has been found to reduce viral load, enhance immune response, and generally improve clinical outcomes among HIV-infected adults. However, immune reconst...
