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PublicationsMSF Medical Research ArticlesMedical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in peer-reviewed journals and other periodicals. Listed below are recently published MSF medical research articles. 
October 14, 2008 Conflict in the Indian Kashmir Valley II: Psychosocial impactKaz de Jong, Saskia van de Kam, Nathan Ford, Kamalini Lokuge, Silke Fromm, Renate van Galen, Brigg Reilley, Rolf Kleber
October 14, 2008 Conflict in the Indian Kashmir Valley I: Exposure to violenceKaz de Jong, Nathan Ford, Saskia van de Kam, Kamalini Lokuge, Silke Fromm, Renate van Galen, Brigg Reilley, Rolf Kleber
October 5, 2008 Decreased peripheral health service utilisation during an outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Uíge, Angola, 2005P Roddy, A Marchiol, B Jeffs, PP Palma, O Bernal, O de la Rosa, M Borchert
October 2, 2008 Weight evolution in HIV-1 infected women in Rwanda after stavudine substitution due to lipoatrophy: Comparison of zidovudine with tenofovir/abacavirJohan van Griensven, Rony Zachariah, Freya Rasschaert, Edi F. Atté, Tony Reid
October 2, 2008 Success with antiretroviral treatment for children in Kigali, Rwanda: Experience with health center/nurse-based careJohan van Griensven, Ludwig De Naeyer, Jeanine Uwera, Anita Asiimwe, Claire Gazille, Tony Reid
September 17, 2008 Viraemia and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations among patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in MozambiqueF Maldonado, M Biot, F Roman, C Masquelier, M Anapenge, R Bastos, HC Chuquela, V Arendt, JC Schmit, R Zachariah
September 1, 2008 Evaluation of a systematic substitution of zidovudine for stavudine-based HAART in a program setting in rural CambodiaPetros Isaakidis, Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Thong Phe, Sam Khim, Sokhan Kuoch, Sopheap Khem, Tony Reid, Line Arnould
August 6, 2008 Outcomes of nevirapine- and efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy when coadministered with rifampicin-based antitubercular therapyAndrew Boulle, Gilles Van Cutsem, Karen Cohen, Katherine Hilderbrand, Shaheed Mathee, Musaed Abrahams, Eric Goemaere, David Coetzee, Gary Maartens
August 5, 2008 Assessing antimalarial efficacy in a time of change to artemisinin-based combination therapies: The role of Médecins Sans FrontièresJean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi, Ingrid van den Broek, Suna Balkan, Michel van Herp, Eric Comte, Oscar Bernal, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Sarah Venis, Dominique Legros, Philippe J. Guerin
July 11, 2008 Second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: The experience of Médecins Sans FrontièresMar Pujades-Rodríguez, Daniel O'Brien, Pierre Humblet, Alexandra Calmy
July 8, 2008 Substandard medicines in resource-poor settings: A problem that can no longer be ignoredJ-M Caudron, N Ford, M Henkens, C Macé, R Kiddle-Monroe, J Pinel
June 10, 2008 Adapting the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control to the management of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan AfricaAnthony D. Harries, Andreas Jahn, Rony Zachariah, Donald Enarson
June 1, 2008 International meeting: New diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas diseaseCampaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Médecins Sans Frontières
June 1, 2008 Bleach sedimentation: An opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIVMaryline Bonnet, Andrew Ramsay, Willie Githui, Laramie Gagnidze, Francis Varaine, Philippe J. Guerin
June 1, 2008 Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for Trypanosoma cruzi infection using whole blood in Sucre, BoliviaPaul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, Pedro Albajar-Viñas
May 16, 2008 Reasons for loss to follow-up among mothers registered in a prevention-of-mother-to-child transmission program in rural MalawiLD Bwirire, M Fitzgerald, R Zachariah, V Chikafa, M Massaquoi, M Moens, K Kamoto, EJ Schouten
April 17, 2008 Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: The influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcomeRachel ter Horst, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Adey Bogale, Robert N. Davidson
April 15, 2008 Research in complex humanitarian emergencies: The Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre experienceVincent Brown, Philippe J. Guerin, Dominique Legros, Christophe Paquet, Bernard Pécoul, Alain Moren
April 1, 2008 Hepatitis E, Central African Republic [letter]Josep M. Escribà et al.
March 5, 2008 Safety and effectiveness of first line eflornithine for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness in Sudan: Cohort studyGerardo Priotto, Loretxu Pinoges, Isaac Badi Fursa, Barbara Burke, Nathalie Nicolay, Guillaume Grillet, Cathy Hewison, Manica Balasegaram
February 26, 2008 Treatment of Marburg and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers: A strategy for testing new drugs and vaccines under outbreak conditionsDaniel G. Bausch, A.G. Sprecher, Benjamin Jeffs, Paul Boumandouki
February 14, 2008 Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) to estimate vaccination coverage helps guide future vaccination effortsKP Alberti, JP Guthmann, F Fermon, KD Nargaye, RF Grais
February 8, 2008 Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sicknessFrancesco Checchi, Joao A.N. Filipe, Daniel T. Haydon, Daniel Chandramohan, Francois Chappuis
February 7, 2008 The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan AfricaMatthew J. Ferrari, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Lara J. Wolfson, Philippe J. Guerin, Ali Djibo, Bryan T. Grenfell
February 6, 2008 Payment for antiretroviral drugs is associated with a higher rate of patients lost to follow-up than those offered free-of-charge therapy in Nairobi, KenyaR Zachariah, I Van Engelgem, M Massaquoi, L Kocholla, M Manzi, A Suleh, M Phillips, M Borgdorff
February 1, 2008 Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, AngolaJ Robays, ME Raguenaud, T Josenando, M Boelaert
January 15, 2008 Symptomatic hyperlactatemia: Lessons learned using a point-of-care device in a health care center- and nurse-based antiretroviral program in Rwanda [letter]Johan van Griensven, Edi F. Atté, Tony Reid
January 9, 2008 Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and UgandaJan H Kolaczinski, Richard Reithinger, Dagemlidet T Worku, Andrew Ocheng, John Kasimiro, Narcis Kabatereine, Simon Brooker
January 7, 2008 Population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine after two different treatment regimens of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in ThailandJ Tarning, EA Ashley, N Lindegardh, K Stepniewska, L Phaiphun, NPJ Day, R McGready, M Ashton, F Nosten, NJ White
January 6, 2008 Time is of the essence: Exploring a measles outbreak response vaccination in Niamey, NigerRF Grais, AJK Conlan, MJ Ferrari, A Djibo, A Le Menach, ON Bjørnstad, BT Grenfell
January 1, 2008 Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in Dawei, southern MyanmarJean-Paul Guthmann, Anne Pittet, Alexandre Lesage, Mallika Imwong, Niklas Lindegardh, Myo Min Lwin, Than Zaw, Anna Annerberg, Xavier de Radiguès, François Nosten
January 1, 2008 Risk associated with asymptomatic parasitaemia occurring post-antimalarial treatmentPiero Olliaro, Loretxu Pinoges, Francesco Checchi, Michel Vaillant, Jean-Paul Guthmann
January 1, 2008 Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural MalawiL Buhendwa, R Zachariah, R Teck, M Massaquoi, J Kazima, P Firmenich, AD Harries
January 1, 2008 Outcomes of patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma who start antiretroviral therapy under routine programme conditions in MalawiSimon D Makombe et al.
January 1, 2008 Safety and effectiveness of amphotericin B deoxycholate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in UgandaY Mueller, A Nguimfack, P Cavailler, S Couffignal, JB Rwakimari, L Loutan, F Chappuis
December 19, 2007 Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy on nevirapine plasma concentrations in South African adults with HIV-associated tuberculosisKaren Cohen, Gilles van Cutsem, Andrew Boulle, Helen McIlleron, Eric Goemaere, Peter J. Smith, Gary Maartens
December 1, 2007 Implementing antiretroviral therapy in rural communities: The Lusikisiki model of decentralized HIV/AIDS careMartha Bedelu, Nathan Ford, Katherine Hilderbrand, Hermann Reuter
December 1, 2007 Cytomegalovirus retinitis: The neglected disease of the AIDS pandemicDavid Heiden, Nathan Ford, David Wilson, William R. Rodriguez, Todd Margolis, Bart Janssens, Martha Bedelu, Nini Tun, Eric Goemaere, Peter Saranchuk, Kalpana Sabapathy, Frank Smithuis, Emmanuel Luyirika, W. Lawrence Drew
November 26, 2007 Assessment of three new parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pan-pLDH) tests for diagnosis of uncomplicated malariaCarole Fogg, Rogers Twesigye, Vincent Batwala, Patrice Piola, Carolyn Nabasumba, James Kiguli, Frederick Mutebi, Christa Hook, Martine Guillerm, Anthony Moody, Jean-Paul Guthmann
November 15, 2007 Outbreaks of filovirus hemorrhagic fever: Time to refocus on the patientDaniel G. Bausch, Heinz Feldmann, Thomas W. Geisbert, Mike Bray, AG Sprecher, Paul Boumandouki, Pierre E. Rollin, Cathy Roth, the Winnipeg Filovirus Clinical Working Group
November 15, 2007 The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. I. Lessons learned in the hospitalBenjamin Jeffs et al.
November 15, 2007 The Médecins Sans Frontières intervention in the Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemic, Uige, Angola, 2005. II. Lessons learned in the communityPaul Roddy et al.
November 12, 2007 Positive outcomes of HAART at 24 months in HIV-infected patients in CambodiaLaurent Ferradini, Didier Laureillard, Narom Prak, Chanchhaya Ngeth, Marcelo Fernandez, Loretxu Pinoges, Gloria Puertas, Anne-Marie Taburet, Nary Ly, Christine Rouzioux, Suna Balkan, Catherine Quillet, Jean-Francois Delfraissy
November 7, 2007 Nifurtimox plus eflornithine for late-stage sleeping sickness in Uganda: A case seriesFrancesco Checchi, Patrice Piola, Harriet Ayikoru, Florence Thomas, Dominique Legros, Gerardo Priotto
November 7, 2007 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: Treatment complexity and XDR-TB among treatment failuresHelen S. Cox, Stobdan Kalon, Sholpan Allamuratova, Vinciane Sizaire, Zinaida N. Tigay, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Hamraev A. Karimovich, Yared Kebede, Clair Mills
November 6, 2007 New approaches to filling the gap in tuberculosis drug discoveryMartina Casenghi, Stewart T. Cole, Carl F. Nathan
November 6, 2007 Building clinical trials capacity for tuberculosis drugs in high-burden countriesNeil Schluger, Unni Karunakara, Christian Lienhardt, Thomas Nyirenda, Richard Chaisson
November 6, 2007 Randomized trials to optimize treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: The time for action is nowCarole D. Mitnick, Kenneth G. Castro, Mark Harrington, Leonard V. Sacks, William Burman
November 1, 2007 The role of community-based organizations in household ability to pay for health care in Kilifi District, KenyaCatherine Molyneux, Beryl Hutchison, Jane Chuma, Lucy Gilson
November 1, 2007 Offering integrated care for HIV/AIDS, diabetes and hypertension within chronic disease clinics in CambodiaB Janssens, W Van Damme, B Raleigh, J Gupta, S Khem, K Soy Ty, MC Vun, N Ford, R Zachariah
October 31, 2007 Epidemiology and clinical features of patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated by an MSF clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006Marie-Eve Raguenaud et al.
October 22, 2007 Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness: A randomized clinical trial in CongoGerardo Priotto et al.
October 22, 2007 Clinic entrance interviews: A new method to assess needs after a sudden impact disasterJohan von Schreeb, Niklas Karlsson, Hans Rosling
October 22, 2007 Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children: Evaluation at 12 months in a routine program in CambodiaBart Janssens, Brian Raleigh, Seithaboth Soeung, Kazumi Akaob, Vantha Te, Jitendra Gupta, Mean Chhy Vun, Nathan Ford, Janin Nouhinf, Eric Nerrienet
October 1, 2007 Population differences in death rates in HIV-positive patients with tuberculosisI Ciglenecki, JR Glynn, A Mwinga, B Ngwira, A Zumla, PEM Fine, A Nunn
September 24, 2007 Forecasting malaria incidence based on monthly case reports and environmental factors in Karuzi, Burundi, 1997-2003Alberto Gomez-Elipe, Angel Otero, Michel van Herp, Armando Aguirre-Jaime
September 1, 2007 Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrheae strains in three regions of ArmeniaGayane Hovhannisyan, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Karen Babayan, Olivier Fenichiu, Valerie Gaboulaud
September 1, 2007 Whole blood NAD and NADP concentrations are not depressed in subjects with clinical pellagraPaul I. Creeke, Filippo Dibari, Edith Cheung, Tina van den Briel, Eustace Kyroussis, Andrew J. Seal
September 1, 2007 Reducing the number of sputum samples examined and thresholds for positivity: An opportunity to optimise smear microscopyM Bonnet, A Ramsay, L Gagnidze, W Githui, PJ Guerin, F Varaine
September 1, 2007 Management of moderate acute malnutrition with RUTF in Niger
Isabelle Defourny, Gwenola Seroux, Issaley Abdelkader, Géza Harczi
August 15, 2007 Prevalence, determinants of positivity, and clinical utility of cryptococcal antigenemia in Cambodian HIV-infected patientsR Micol, O Lortholary, B Sar, D Laureillard, C Ngeth, JP Dousset, H Chanroeun, L Ferradini, PJ Guerin, F Dromer, A Fontanet
August 1, 2007 Does antiretroviral treatment reduce case fatality among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis in Malawi?R Zachariah, M Fitzgerald, M Massaquoi, A Acabu, D Chilomo, FM Salaniponi, AD Harries
July 18, 2007 Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introductionSibylle Gerstl, Sandra Cohuet, Kodjo Edoh, Christopher Brasher, Alexandre Lesage, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi
July 16, 2007 Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: A case studyNatacha Protopopoff, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Tony Reid, Dismas Baza, et al.
July 1, 2007 Médecins Sans Frontières: Mental health care in post-tsunami Aceh Province, a field reportBenoît de Gryse, Barbara Laumont
July 1, 2007 Treatment of kala-azar in southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: A retrospective comparison with 30-day sodium stibogluconate monotherapyYosef Melaku, Simon M. Collin, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Koert Ritmeijer, Robert N. Davidson
July 1, 2007 Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults
P Saranchuk, A Boulle, K Hilderbrand, D Coetzee, M Bedelu, G van Cutsem, G Meintjes
June 27, 2007 Mental health status of vulnerable tsunami-affected communities: A survey in Aceh Province, IndonesiaRenato Souza, Sasha Bernatsky, Rosalie Reyes, Kaz de Jong
June 26, 2007 HIV prevention, care, and treatment in two prisons in ThailandDavid Wilson, Nathan Ford, Verapun Ngammee, Arlene Chua, Moe Kyaw Kyaw
June 1, 2007 Serogroup X in meningococcal disease, Western KenyaSadiki Materu, Helen S. Cox, Petros Isaakidis, Bienvenu Baruani, Thomas Ogaro, Dominique A. Caugant
June 1, 2007 Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002Nicolas Nathan, Angela M.C. Rose, Dominique Legros, Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo, Catherine Bachy, Egil Bjørløw, Peter Firmenich, Philippe J. Guerin, Dominique A. Caugant
May 29, 2007 HIV treatment in a conflict setting: Outcomes and experiences from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the CongoHeather Culbert, David Tu, Daniel P. O'Brien, Tom Ellman, Clair Mills, Nathan Ford, Tina Amisi, Keith Chan, Sarah Venis
May 16, 2007 Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: Is there a risk of over-diagnosis?Todd D Swarthout, Helen Counihan, Raphael Kabangwa K Senga, Ingrid van den Broek
May 3, 2007 Efficacy of antimalarial treatment in Guinea: In vivo study of two artemisinin combination therapies in Dabola and molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in N'ZérékoréMaryline Bonnet, Cally Roper, Martine Félix, Léonie Coulibaly, Gabriel Mufuta Kankolongo, Jean Paul Guthmann
May 1, 2007 Mental health in HIV-positive pregnant women: Results from AngolaS Bernatsky, R Souza, K de Jong
May 1, 2007 How labour intensive is a doctor-based delivery model for antiretroviral treatment (ART)? Evidence from an observational study in Siem Reap, CambodiaWim Van Damme, Soy Ty Kheang, Bart Janssens, Katharina Kober
May 1, 2007 Emergency conflict-related psychosocial interventions in Sierra Leone and Uganda: Lessons from Médecins Sans FrontièresKaz De Jong, Rolf J. Kleber
April 30, 2007 High prevalence of lipoatrophy among patients on stavudine-containing first-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in RwandaJohan van Griensven, Ludwig De Naeyer, Thomas Mushi, Sowaf Ubarijoro, Diane Gashumba, Claire Gazille, Rony Zachariah
April 13, 2007 The trauma of ongoing conflict and displacement in Chechnya: Quantitative assessment of living conditions, and psychosocial and general health status among war displaced in Chechnya and IngushetiaKaz de Jong, Saskia van der Kam, Nathan Ford, Sally Hargreaves, Richard van Oosten, et al.
April 1, 2007 Utility of lymph node aspiration in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in SudanZahir O. Babiker, Robert Davidson, Charles Mazinda, Sammy Kipngetich, Koert Ritmeijer
April 1, 2007 HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2002Judith M Vandepitte, Faustin Malele, Dieu-Merci Kivuvu, Samuel Edidi, Jeremie Muwonga, Francois Lepira, Said Abdellati, Joelle Kabamba, Catherine Van Overloop, Anne Buve
April 1, 2007 Can height-adjusted cut-offs improve MUAC's utility as an assessment tool?
Michel Van Herp, An Verwulgen, Bérengère Leurquin, Pascale Delchevalerie
March 28, 2007 Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settingsDaniel P. O'Brien, Delphine Sauvageot, David Olson, Myrto Schaeffer, Pierre Humblet, Mar Pujades, Tom Ellman, Rony Zachariah, Elisabeth Szumilin, Line Arnould, Tony Reid
March 1, 2007 Kala-azar control, Uganda [letter]Jan H. Kolaczinski, Dagemlidet Tesfaye Worku, François Chappuis, Richard Reithinger, Narcis Kabatereine, Ambrose Onapa, Simon Brooker
March 1, 2007 Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern SudanKoert Ritmeijer, Clive Davies, Ruth van Zorge, Shr-Jie Wang, Judy Schorscher, Salah Ibrahim Dongu'du, Robert N. Davidson
February 1, 2007 Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004Mark E. Beatty et al.
February 1, 2007 A randomized open study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in CambodiaB Janssens, M van Herp, L Goubert, S Chan, S Uong, S Nong, D Socheat, A Brockman, EA Ashley, W Van Damme
January 30, 2007 Response to highly active antiretroviral therapy among severely immuno-compromised HIV-infected patients in CambodiaYoann Madec, Didier Laureillard, Loretxu Pinoges, Marcelo Fernandez, Narom Prak, Chanchhaya Ngeth, Sumanak Moeung, Sovannara Song, Suna Balkan, Laurent Ferradini, Catherine Quillet, Arnaud Fontanet
January 2, 2007 Unacceptably high mortality related to measles epidemics in Niger, Nigeria, and ChadRebecca F. Grais et al.
January 1, 2007 Clinical screening for HIV in a health centre setting in urban Kenya: An entry point for voluntary counselling, HIV testing and early diagnosis of HIV infection?V Arendt, J Mossong, R Zachariah, C Inwani, B Farah, I Robert, A Waelbrouck, K Fonck
January 1, 2007 Low and deficient niacin status and pellagra are endemic in postwar AngolaAndrew J Seal, Paul I Creeke, Filippo Dibari, Edith Cheung, Eustace Kyroussis, Paulina Semedo, Tina van den Briel
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