• Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Ledesma, Jorge R; Ma, Jianing; Vongpradith, Avina; Maddison, Emilie R.; Biehl, Molly H; LeGrand, Kate E.; Kisa, Adnan; Ross, Jennifer M.; Jahagirdar, Deepa; Kisa, Sezer; Bryazka, Dana; Feldman, Rachel; Murray, Christopher J L; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Tuberculosis Collaborators, GBD 2019 (The Lancet Infectious Diseases;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-23)
      Background: Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. Given an emphasis on equity in access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in global health ...
    • Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019 

      Jahagirdar, Deepa; Walters, Magdalene K; Novotney, Amanda; Brewer, Edmond D; Frank, Tahvi D; Kisa, Adnan; Carter, Austin; Biehl, Molly H.; Hay, Simon I.; Kisa, Sezer; Murray, Christopher J L; Kyu, Hmwe H.; HIV Collaborators, GBD 2019 (The Lancet HIV;Volume 8, Issue 10, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-27)
      Background: The sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Understanding the current state of the HIV epidemic and its change over time is essential to this effort. This ...
    • Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018 

      Haeuse, Emily; Serfes, Audrey L; Cork, Michael A.; Kisa, Adnan; Yang, Mingyou; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Hay, Simon I.; Kisa, Sezer; Ayanore, Martin Amogre; Didarloo, Alireza; Olakunde, Babayemi Oluwaseun; Subsaharan Africa HIV Prev. Co, Local Burden of Disease (BMC Medicine;20, Article number: 488 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Human immunodefciency virus and acquired immune defciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to meet ...
    • Self-collected and clinician-collected anal swabs show modest agreement for HPV genotyping 

      Mandishora, Racheal S. Dube; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Fitzpatrick, Megan; Christiansen, Hanne Irene Kraus; Ambur, Ole Herman; Lagström, Sonja; Stray-Pedersen, Babill; Tommasino, Massimo; Palefsky, Joel; Chirenje, Zvavahera M. (PLOS ONE;16 (4): e0250426, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-26)
      Background & aim: Women with HIV/HPV coinfection and cervical lesions are at increased risk of developing HPV related anal cancer. Self-collection of anal swabs may facilitate HPV molecular testing in anal cancer screening, ...