ACCEPTABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF MHEALTH AND COMMUNITY-BASED DIRECTLY OBSERVED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY TO PREVENT MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION IN SOUTH AFRICAN PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER OPTION B+: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Acceptability and feasibility of mHealth and community-based directly observed antiretroviral therapy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South African pregnant women under Option B+: an exploratory study

Jean B Nachega,1,2 Donald Skinner,3 Larissa Jennings,4 Jessica F Magidson,5 Frederick L Altice,6 Jessica G Burke,7 Richard T Lester,8 Olalekan A Uthman,9,10 Amy R Knowlton,11 Mark F Cotton,12 Jean R Anderson,13 Gerhard B Theron14 1Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Department

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Comparative Analysis of Clinical Severity and Outcomes in Penetrating Versus Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury Propensity Matched Cohorts

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global health challenge; however, penetrating brain injury (PBI) remains under-represented in evidence-based knowledge and research efforts.This study utilized data from the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) of the National Trauma Data FME Plug to SMA Bank (NTDB) to investigate outcomes of PBI as compared w

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A Rare Case of Carotid Web Presenting with Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman and a Brief Review of the Literature

Carotid web is a radiological description of a shelf-like intraluminal filling defect in the carotid bulb.It is histologically defined LADLE as atypical fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), with abnormal fibrosis and smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in the tunica intima.The spur-like intraluminal protrusion can serve as a nidus for thrombus formation, whic

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