New Biomarkers and Diagnostic Tools for the Management of Fever in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Overview of the Challenges

by Camille Escadafal, Christian Nsanzabana, Julie Archer, Violet Chihota, William Rodriguez, Sabine Dittrich
Published 2017-07-01

"To speak or not to speak": A qualitative analysis on the attitude and willingness of women to start conversations about voluntary medical male circumcision with their partners in...

by Candice M Chetty-Makkan, Jonathan M Grund, Reuben Munyai, Vuyokazi Gadla, Violet Chihota, Mpho Maraisane, Salome Charalambous
Published 2019-01-01

Patient costs incurred by people living with HIV/AIDS prior to ART initiation in primary healthcare facilities in Gauteng, South Africa.

by Natasha Pillai, Nicola Foster, Yasmeen Hanifa, Nontobeko Ndlovu, Katherine Fielding, Gavin Churchyard, Violet Chihota, Alison D Grant, Anna Vassall
Published 2019-01-01

Cost-Effectiveness of Automated Digital Microscopy for Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis.

by Swati Jha, Nazir Ismail, David Clark, James J Lewis, Shaheed Omar, Andries Dreyer, Violet Chihota, Gavin Churchyard, David W Dowdy
Published 2016-01-01

Pathways to care and outcomes among hospitalised HIV-seropositive persons with cryptococcal meningitis in South Africa.

by Vanessa Quan, Sandra Toro-Silva, Charlotte Sriruttan, Verushka Chetty, Violet Chihota, Sophie Candfield, Anna Vassall, Alison D Grant, Nelesh P Govender, for GERMS-SA
Published 2019-01-01

Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people living with HIV diagnosed using Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum-smear microscopy in Botswana: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial

by Tefera Agizew, Violet Chihota, Sambayawo Nyirenda, Zegabriel Tedla, Andrew F. Auld, Unami Mathebula, Anikie Mathoma, Rosanna Boyd, Anand Date, Sherri L. Pals, Phenyo Lekone, Alyssa Finlay
Published 2019-12-01

Outcomes of HIV-positive patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria positive culture who received anti-tuberculous treatment in Botswana: Implications of using diagnostic algorithm...

by Tefera Agizew, Rosanna Boyd, Unami Mathebula, Anikie Mathoma, Joyce Basotli, Christipher Serumola, Sherri Pals, Alyssa Finlay, Phenyo Lekone, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Thato Tlhakanelo, Violet Chihota, Andrew F Auld
Published 2020-01-01

Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF

by Dr. Gavin J Churchyard, PhD, Wendy S Stevens, FCPath, Lerole D Mametja, MPH, Kerrigan M McCarthy, FCPath, Violet Chihota, PhD, Mark P Nicol, FCPath, Linda K Erasmus, MMed, Norbert O Ndjeka, MMed, Lindiwe Mvusi, MBBCh, Anna Vassall, PhD, Edina Sinanovic, PhD, Helen S Cox, PhD, Christopher Dye, DPhil, Alison D Grant, PhD, Katherine L Fielding, PhD
Published 2015-08-01