Browsing Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Collections by Author "Quinn, Thomas C."
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The academic alliance for AIDS care and prevention in Africa
Quinn, Thomas C. (The Johns Hopkins University AIDS Service, 2001-11)In the continent of Africa, AIDS is the leading cause of death, responsible for over 20% of all fatalities. To date, over 16 million people in Africa have died from AIDS, and approximately 26 million or 70% of the world’s ... -
Evaluation of Dynabeads and Cytospheres Compared With Flow Cytometry to Enumerate CD41 T Cells in HIV-Infected Ugandans on Antiretroviral Therapy
Lutwama, Fred; Serwadda, Ronnie; Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet; Shihab, Hasan M.; Ronald, Allan; Kamya, Moses R.; Thomas, David; Johnson, Elizabeth; Quinn, Thomas C.; Moore, Richard D.; Spacek, Lisa A. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2008-07-01)Background: Laboratory-based monitoring of antiretroviral therapy is essential but adds a significant cost to HIV care. The World Health Organization 2006 guidelines support the use of CD4 lymphocyte count (CD4) to define ... -
Laboratory medicine in Africa: a barrier to effective health care
Petti, Cathy A; Polage, Christopher R; Quinn, Thomas C.; Ronald, Allan R.; Sande, Merle A. (University of Chicago Press, 2006)Providing health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex problem. Recent reports call for more resources to assist in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases that affect this population, but policy makers, ... -
A new model to monitor the virological efficacy of antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor countries
Colebunders, Robert; Laurence, John; Shihab, Hasan M.; Semitala, Fred; Lutwama, Fred; Bakeera-Kitaka, Sabrina; Lynen, Lut; Spacek, Lisa; Reynolds, Steven J.; Quinn, Thomas C.; Viner, Brant; Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet; Kamya, Moses, R. (Elsevier, 2006)Monitoring the efficacy of antiretroviral treatment in developing countries is difficult because these countries have few laboratory facilities to test viral load and drug resistance. Those that exist are faced with a ... -
Resurrecting the triple threat: academic social responsibility in the context of global health research
Manabe, Yukari C; Jacob, Shevin T; Thomas, David; Quinn, Thomas C.; Ronald, Allan; Coutinho, Alex; Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet; Merry, Concepta (CID, 2009-05-15)As a result of the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection, more academic physicians involved in research are working in resource-limited settings, especially in the field of infectious diseases. These researchers ...