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Check out the current issue of URBAN ARCH News<\/em>, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The PERC Study<\/a><\/h3>\n

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In this edition of the URBAN ARCH Newsletter, we highlight the recently funded Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Results Communication (PERC) Study.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Updates from 2nd Generation URBAN ARCH HIV\/Alcohol P01s<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

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International URBAN ARCH Center Updates<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Click on the buttons below to see what the International URBAN ARCH Center Cores and Projects have been working on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Spotlight on…\u00a0Yona Mbalibulha<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>In this issue, we learn more about Yona Mbalibulha, laboratory manager for the TALC and TRAC studies and Principal Medical Laboratory Technologist at the Mbarara University Clinical and Research Laboratory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Article Spotlight<\/span><\/h3>\n

Alcohol Biomarker More Likely to Identify Liver Fibrosis Risk than Self-reported Alcohol Use Measures <\/strong><\/p>\n

URBAN ARCH researchers examined whether blood concentrations of the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) were associated with liver fibrosis risk (assessed via FIB-4 measurements), compared with self-reported alcohol use (assessed via AUDIT-C), among 4644 adults with and without HIV. Individual-level data were extracted from 12 studies in the US, Russia, Uganda, and South Africa.<\/p>\n