{"id":1439,"date":"2020-10-16T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T19:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/?page_id=1439"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:51:30","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/co-infections-related-work-on-tuberculosis-hepatitis-c-and-other-conditions\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

BU investigators are working with colleagues in South Africa to assist the South African Government to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and collaborating on COVID-19 research in the U.S. and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Integration of point-of-care screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension into the COVID-19 vaccine programme in Johannesburg, South Africa<\/a>. Brennan AT, Vetter B, Masuku SD, Mtshazo B, Mashabane N, Sokhela S, Venter WD, Kao K, Meyer-Rath G.\u00a0<\/span>BMC Public Health. 2023 Nov 20;23(1):2291. doi: 10.1186\/s12889-023-17190-6. PMID: 37986070; PMCID: PMC10662646.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Integration of point-of-care screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension with COVID-19 rapid antigen screening in Johannesburg, South Africa<\/a>.\u00a0 Brennan AT, Vetter B, Majam M, T Msolomba V, Venter F, Carmona S, Kao K, Gordon A^, Meyer-Rath G.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>PLoS One. 2023 Jul 7;18(7):e0287794. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0287794. PMID: 37418394; PMCID: PMC10328308.<\/p>\n

Differential in-hospital mortality and intensive care treatment over time: Informing hospital pathways for modelling COVID-19 in South Africa<\/a>. Jamieson L, Van Schalkwyk C, Nichols BE, Meyer-Rath G, Silal S, Pulliam J, Blumberg L, Cohen C, Moultrie H, Jassat W.\u00a0(2023). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 May 17;3(5):e0001073. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0001073. PMID: 37195977; PMCID: PMC10191304.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Quasi-experimental evaluation of a financial incentive for first-dose COVID-19 vaccination among adults aged \u226560 years in South Africa<\/a>. CChetty-Makkan CM, Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Bokolo S, Day C, Wapenaar K, Werner J, Long L, Maughan-Brown B, Miot J, Pascoe SJS, Buttenheim AM.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Dec;7(12):e009625. doi: 10.1136\/bmjgh-2022-009625. PMID: 36543383; PMCID: PMC9772119.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reduction in initiations of tuberculosis treatment in South Africa during the COVID pandemic<\/a>. Benade M, Long LC, Meyer-Rath G, Miot J, Evans D, Tucker JM, Moultrie H, Rosen S. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Oct 11;2(10):e0000559. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0000559. PMID: 36962535; PMCID: PMC10021649.<\/span><\/p>\n

Optimal use of COVID-19 Ag-RDT screening at border crossings to prevent community transmission: A modeling analysis.<\/a> Chevalier JM, Sy KTL, Girdwood SJ, Khan S, Albert H, Toporowski A, Hannay E, Carmona S, Nichols BE.PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 May 16;2(5):e0000086. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0000086. PMID: 36962136; PMCID: PMC10021421.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reduction in initiations of HIV treatment in South Africa during the COVID pandemic<\/a>. Benade M, Long L, Rosen S, Meyer-Rath G, Tucker JM, Miot J. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 31;22(1):428. doi: 10.1186\/s12913-022-07714-y. PMID: 35361209; PMCID: PMC8970413.<\/span><\/p>\n

Population density and basic reproductive number of COVID-19 across United States counties<\/a>. Sy KTL, White LF, Nichols BE. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 21;16(4):e0249271. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0249271. PMID: 33882054; PMCID: PMC8059825.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inpatient Care Costs of COVID-19 in South Africa’s Public Healthcare System.<\/a> Edoka I, Fraser H, Jamieson L, Meyer-Rath G, Mdewa W. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022 Aug 1;11(8):1354-1361. doi: 10.34172\/ijhpm.2021.24. Epub 2021 Apr 25. PMID: 33949817; PMCID: PMC9808349.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Role of Remdesivir in South Africa: Preventing COVID-19 Deaths Through Increasing Intensive Care Unit Capacity<\/a>. Nichols BE, Jamieson L, Zhang SRC, Rao GA, Silal S, Pulliam JRC, Sanne I, Meyer-Rath G. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 4;72(9):1642-1644. doi: 10.1093\/cid\/ciaa937. PMID: 32628744; PMCID: PMC7454458.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cost-effectiveness of remdesivir and dexamethasone for COVID-19 treatment in South Africa<\/a>. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Sep 27:2020.09.24.20200196. doi: 10.1101\/2020.09.24.20200196. Update in: Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 29;8(3):ofab040. doi: 10.1093\/ofid\/ofab040. PMID: 32995824; PMCID: PMC7523165.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cost of adding rapid screening for diabetes, hypertension, and COVID-19 to COVID-19 vaccination queues in Johannesburg, South Africa<\/a>. Masuku SD,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Brennan AT<\/span><\/span>, Vetter B, Venter F, Mtshazo B, Sokhela S, Mashabane N, Kao K, Meyer-Rath G.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>BBMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 16;24(1):1900. doi: 10.1186\/s12889-024-19253-8. PMID: 39014354; PMCID: PMC11251297.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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