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Medical Research

Medical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.

MSF research articles on Rwanda

February 25, 2009

Dried blood spots are a useful tool for quality assurance of rapid HIV testing in Kigali, Rwanda

P Chaillet, R Zachariah, K Harries, E Rusanganwa, AD Harries
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;103(6):634-7. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.023)

HIV/AIDS, Rwanda

October 2, 2008

Weight evolution in HIV-1 infected women in Rwanda after stavudine substitution due to lipoatrophy: Comparison of zidovudine with tenofovir/abacavir

Johan van Griensven, Rony Zachariah, Freya Rasschaert, Edi F. Atté, Tony Reid
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2009;103(6):613-9. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.015)

HIV/AIDS, Rwanda

October 2, 2008

Success with antiretroviral treatment for children in Kigali, Rwanda: Experience with health center/nurse-based care

Johan van Griensven, Ludwig De Naeyer, Jeanine Uwera, Anita Asiimwe, Claire Gazille, Tony Reid
BMC Pediatrics 2008;8:39. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-39)

HIV/AIDS, Rwanda

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
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;46:320-322. (doi: 10.1086/524085)

Diagnostics, HIV/AIDS, Rwanda

April 30, 2007

High prevalence of lipoatrophy among patients on stavudine-containing first-line antiretroviral therapy regimens in Rwanda

Johan van Griensven, Ludwig De Naeyer, Thomas Mushi, Sowaf Ubarijoro, Diane Gashumba, Claire Gazille, Rony Zachariah
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007;101:793-798. (doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.020)

HIV/AIDS, Rwanda

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