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An Automated Literature Review Tool (LiteRev) for Streamlining and Accelerating Research Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning: Descriptive Performance Evaluation Study Open
Background Literature reviews (LRs) identify, evaluate, and synthesize relevant papers to a particular research question to advance understanding and support decision-making. However, LRs, especially traditional systematic reviews, are slo…
LiteRev, an Automation Tool to Support Literature Reviews: A Case Study on Acute and Early HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa Open
Background Literature Reviews (LRs) identify, evaluate, and synthesise relevant papers to a particular research question to advance understanding and support decision making. However, LRs, especially traditional systematic reviews are slow…
An Automated Literature Review Tool (LiteRev) for Streamlining and Accelerating Research Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning: Descriptive Performance Evaluation Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Literature reviews (LRs) identify, evaluate, and synthesize relevant papers to a particular research question to advance understanding and support decision-making. However, LRs, especially traditional systematic reviews, are slo…
Leveraging human resources for outbreak analysis: lessons from an international collaboration to support the sub-Saharan African COVID-19 response Open
Emerging infectious diseases are a growing threat in sub-Saharan African countries, but the human and technical capacity to quickly respond to outbreaks remains limited. Here, we describe the experience and lessons learned from a joint pro…
View article: Factors associated with <scp>HIV</scp> viral suppression among children and adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Malawi in 2021: Evidence from the Laboratory Management Information System
Factors associated with <span>HIV</span> viral suppression among children and adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Malawi in 2021: Evidence from the Laboratory Management Information System Open
Objective To describe the prevalence of HIV viral suppression and assess the factors associated with HIV viral suppression among persons receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi in 2021. Methods Implementation study using routinely…
Prediction of HIV status based on socio-behavioural characteristics in East and Southern Africa Open
Introduction High yield HIV testing strategies are critical to reach epidemic control in high prevalence and low-resource settings such as East and Southern Africa. In this study, we aimed to predict the HIV status of individuals living in…
Factors associated with the risk of HIV infection among HIV-exposed infants in Malawi: 2013–2020 Open
Background Despite the availability of individual-level data of infants accessing HIV DNA-PCR testing service, there has been little in-depth analysis of such data. Therefore, we describe trends in risk of HIV infection among Malawi’s HIV-…
Factors associated with the incidence rate of HIV viral rebound among children and adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Malawi using the Laboratory Management information System: 2011-2020 Open
Objective To describe the trends in the incidence rate of HIV VL rebound and assess the factors associated with the incidence rate of HIV VL rebound among the persons receiving ART in Malawi between 2011 and 2020. Methods We analyzed routi…
Factors Associated with the Risk of HIV Infection among HIV-exposed Infants in Malawi: 2013-2020 Open
Background Despite the high availability of individual-level data of infants accessing HIV DNA polymerase chain reaction (DNA-PCR) testing service, there has been little in-depth analysis of such data. Therefore, we describe spatial and te…
kendavidn/yaounde_serocovpop_shared: Initial release Open
Release of data and code to reproduce all analyses in the paper "SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in an urban district of Cameroon". Under the Creative Commons 4.0 attribution license, users of this data are r…
The COVID-19 pandemic and child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review Open
Background Although the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in lower reported number of cases and deaths within the paediatric population, indirect impacts on the health of children in Sub-Saharan Africa such as malnutrition are evident. Data o…
View article: Tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region: Estimating the burden of disease and return on investment 2020–2030 in four countries
Tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region: Estimating the burden of disease and return on investment 2020–2030 in four countries Open
World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office; Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 163878.
SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in an urban district of Cameroon Open
The extent of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in many African countries remains unclear, underlining the need for antibody sero-surveys to assess the cumulative attack rate. Here, we present the results of a cross-sectional sero-survey of a random …
Future scenarios for the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland: an age-structured model Open
The recent lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions in Switzerland causes uncertainty about the future of the epidemic. We developed a compartmental model for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland and projected the course of the epidemic …
Clusters of sub-Saharan African countries based on sociobehavioural characteristics and associated HIV incidence Open
Introduction HIV incidence varies widely between sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This variation coincides with a substantial sociobehavioural heterogeneity, which complicates the design of effective interventions. In this study, we in…
Analysing the reported incidence of COVID-19 and factors associated in the World Health Organization African region as of 31 December 2020 Open
This study analysed the reported incidence of COVID-19 and associated epidemiological and socio-economic factors in the WHO African region. Data from COVID-19 confirmed cases and SARS-CoV-2 tests reported to the WHO by Member States betwee…
Identifying groups of people with similar sociobehavioural characteristics in Malawi to inform HIV interventions: a latent class analysis Open
Introduction Within many sub‐Saharan African countries including Malawi, HIV prevalence varies widely between regions. This variability may be related to the distribution of population groups with specific sociobehavioural characteristics …
Future scenarios for the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland: an age-structured model Open
The recent lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions in Switzerland causes uncertainty about the future of the epidemic. We developed a compartmental model for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland and projected the course of the epidemic …
Social, Behavioral, and Cultural factors of HIV in Malawi: Semi-Automated Systematic Review Open
Background Demographic and sociobehavioral factors are strong drivers of HIV infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa. These factors are often studied in qualitative research but ignored in quantitative analyses. However, they provide in-dept…
Future scenarios for the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland: an age-structured model Open
The recent lifting of COVID-19 related restrictions in Switzerland causes uncertainty about the future of the epidemic. We developed a compartmental model for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland and projected the course of the epidemic …
COVID-19 stochastic age-structured transmission model for Switzerland Open
This repository contains R scripts implementing an age-structured transmission model similar to the one described in Di Domenico et al. 2020, but adapted to the COVID-19 situation in Switzerland.
Social, Behavioral, and Cultural factors of HIV in Malawi: Semi-Automated Systematic Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Demographic and sociobehavioral factors are strong drivers of HIV infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa. These factors are often studied in qualitative research but ignored in quantitative analyses. However, they provide in-dept…
Social, behavioural, and cultural factors of HIV in Malawi: a semi-automated systematic review Open
Background Demographic and socio-behavioural factors are strong drivers of HIV infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa. These factors are often studied in qualitative research but ignored in quantitative analyses. However, they provide an in…
Machine learning to identify socio-behavioural predictors of HIV positivity in East and Southern Africa Open
Background There is a need for high yield HIV testing strategies to reach epidemic control. We aimed to predict the HIV status of individuals based on socio-behavioural characteristics. Methods We analysed over 3,200 variables from the mos…
Clusters of sub-Saharan African countries based on sociobehavioural characteristics and associated HIV incidence Open
Introduction HIV incidence varies widely between sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This variation coincides with a substantial sociobehavioural heterogeneity, which complicates the design of effective interventions. In this study, we in…