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1. Trends and Determinants of Operative Vaginal Delivery at Two Academic Hospitals in Johannesburg, South Africa 2005–2019
Afikile Dutywa, Gbenga Olorunfemi, Langanani Mbodi
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  vol: 19  issue: 23  first page: 16182  year: 2022  
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316182

2. The impact of COVID-19 variant 501Y.V2 on maternal and perinatal mortality among pregnant South African women
Jayati Kusari Basu, Lawrence Chauke, Terrance Magoro
African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health  vol: 17  issue: 1  first page: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.12968/ajmw.2022.0009

3. Peripartum mobility and maternal/child separation among women living with HIV in South Africa
Kate Clouse, Sandisiwe Noholoza, Sindiswa Madwayi, Megan Mrubata, Natalie N. Robbins, Carol S. Camlin, Landon Myer, Tamsin K. Phillips
AIDS Care  vol: 36  issue: 7  first page: 946  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2299745

4. The Landscape of Pediatric Hydrocephalus in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal: A Comparative Analysis of the Referral Pattern, Etiology, and Management Outcomes in 4 Distinct 5-Year Periods
Basil Enicker, Colleen Aldous
World Neurosurgery  vol: 189  first page: e498  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.06.103

5. Premature skewing of T cell receptor clonality and delayed memory expansion in HIV-exposed infants
Sonwabile Dzanibe, Aaron J. Wilk, Susan Canny, Thanmayi Ranganath, Berenice Alinde, Florian Rubelt, Huang Huang, Mark M. Davis, Susan P. Holmes, Heather B. Jaspan, Catherine A. Blish, Clive M. Gray
Nature Communications  vol: 15  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47955-5

6. Editorial
David C. Spencer
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 21  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1199

7. Immunoexpression of placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) in the placental bed of preeclamptic women of African ancestry living with HIV infection
Zinhle P. Mlambo, Motshedisi Sebitloane, Thajasvarie Naicker
Histochemistry and Cell Biology  vol: 163  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1007/s00418-024-02341-6

8. Parvovirus B19-associated pure red cell aplasia in the setting of HIV and competing health risks
Anne-Cecilia van Marle, Etienne Erasmus, Liezl du Plessis, Quintin Andre van Staden
BMJ Case Reports  vol: 18  issue: 4  first page: e264966  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2025-264966

9. Midwives’ views regarding implementation on prevention of vertical transmission HIV programme at Tshwane antenatal clinics
Reamogetswe Lisbeth Aphane, Kwanele Mazibuko, Yandiswa Dlamini, Thobeka Mndebele, Angela Beza, Maurine Rofhiwa Musie
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences  vol: 22  first page: 100846  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.ijans.2025.100846

10. Prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) program outcomes in South Africa in the pre-COVID and COVID eras
Keshena Naidoo, Monjurul Hoque, Somaya Buckus, Maariyah Hoque, Kathleen Jagernath
BMC Public Health  vol: 23  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16214-5

11. Dolutegravir resistance in three pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa
Ninke Fourie, Kate Rees, Denis Mali, Bridget Mugisa, Cara O’Connor, Natasha Davies
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 24  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v24i1.1531

12. “We did more than survive”: lessons learned from studies of risk and resilience of young people growing up with HIV and mental health needs
Ohemaa B. Poku, Afifa Ahmed, Lucy Liotta, Luke Kluisza, Reuben N. Robbins, Elaine J. Abrams, Claude A. Mellins
AIDS Care  vol: 36  issue: sup1  first page: 24  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2308745

13. Can routine antenatal data be used to assess HIV antiretroviral therapy coverage among pregnant women? Evaluating the validity of different data sources in the Western Cape, South Africa
Nisha Jacob, Brian Rice, Alexa Heekes, Leigh F. Johnson, Samantha Brinkmann, Tendesayi Kufa, Andrew Boulle, Muhammad Osman
PLOS ONE  vol: 19  issue: 4  first page: e0291844  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291844

14. Intrapartum human immunodeficiency virus transmission rate in a central hospital in the Western Cape province after universal antiretroviral therapy roll-out
Tian A. van der Merwe, Gert U. van Zyl, Carl J. Lombard, Gerhard B. Theron
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases  vol: 35  issue: 1  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4102/sajid.v35i1.192

15. Mitochondrial DNA Instability Is Common in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Newborns
Audrey Monnin, Valérie Desquiret-Dumas, Nicolas Méda, David Goudenège, Céline Bris, Chipepo Kankasa, Mandisa Singata-Madliki, Thorkild Tylleskar, Vincent Procaccio, Nicolas Nagot, Philippe Van de Perre, Pascal Reynier, Jean-Pierre Molès
Journal of Clinical Medicine  vol: 10  issue: 11  first page: 2399  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3390/jcm10112399

16. Metabolic Alterations in Mothers Living with HIV and Their HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Infants
Louise D. V. du Toit, Shayne Mason, Mari van Reenen, Theresa M. Rossouw, Roan Louw
Viruses  vol: 16  issue: 2  first page: 313  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/v16020313

17. ‘I was in between wars’ – Perspectives of mothers about consequences of HIV exposure for their uninfected children during early childhood – Qualitative insights from Worcester, South Africa
Himani Pandya, Xanthe Hunt, Peter S. Nyasulu, Amy L. Slogrove
Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services  first page: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/15381501.2025.2582087

18. Induction of labour in low-resource settings
Nnabuike Chibuoke Ngene, Jagidesa Moodley
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology  vol: 77  first page: 90  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.08.004

19. A Capacity Audit of Medical Geneticists and Genetic Counsellors in South Africa, 2024: A National Crisis
Marianne C. M. Gomes, Byron J. Gomes, Arnold L. Christianson, Claude Bailly, Neil McKerrow, Helen L. Malherbe
Genes  vol: 15  issue: 9  first page: 1173  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/genes15091173

20. Perceptions of HIV-positive mothers towards 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding in Duncan Village
Nontando P. Mkhencele, Mygirl P. Lowane, Martha Chadyiwa, Deliwe R. Phetlhu, Dini Mawela, Olanrewaju Oladimeji
South African Family Practice  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/SAFP.v67i1.6162

21. Data protection, data management, and data sharing: Stakeholder perspectives on the protection of personal health information in South Africa
Ciara Staunton, Kathrina Tschigg, Gayle Sherman, Manuel Corpas
PLOS ONE  vol: 16  issue: 12  first page: e0260341  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260341

22. A prospective, multicentre, observational, cross-sectional study of the prevalence of blood transfusion associated with caesarean section in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
VB Ramtohul, L Cronjé, CL Chellan, JM Tomlinson, N Hendricks, R Rodseth
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia  vol: 28  issue: 6  first page: 227  year: 2022  
doi: 10.36303/SAJAA.2022.28.6.2844

23. Newborn screening in South Africa: the past, present, and plans for the future
Helen L. Malherbe, Jim Bonham, Michelle Carrihill, Karmani Chetty, Engela H. Conradie, Marli Dercksen, Hilary Goeiman, Marianne C. M. Gomes, Brenda Klopper, Neil McKerrow, Carmencita Padilla, Tahir S. Pillay, Bronwyn Roussot, Tumelo M. Satekge, Michael Urban, George van der Watt, Helena Vreede, Dianne Webster, Marco Zampoli, Barend C. Vorster
Rare Disease and Orphan Drugs Journal  vol: 3  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.20517/rdodj.2023.49

24. The impact of expanded access to antiretroviral treatment on engagement in HIV care and viral suppression among pregnant women living with HIV in South Africa
Cornelius Nattey, Mhairi Maskew, Nelly Jinga, Laura Rossouw, Amy Wise, Nicola van Dongen, Thalia Ferreira Brizido, Maanda Mudau, Karl-Günter Technau, Kate Clouse, Gbolahan Ajibola
PLOS One  vol: 21  issue: 1  first page: e0314182  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314182

25. Retrospective analysis of CD4 count trends in South Africa
Naseem Cassim, Lindi-Marie Coetzee, Manuel P. Da Silva, Deborah K. Glencross, Wendy S. Stevens
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v25i1.1651

26. A randomized controlled, trial on effects of mobile phone text messaging in combination with motivational interviewing versus standard infant feeding counselling on breastfeeding and child health outcomes, among women living with HIV
Moleen Zunza, Lehana Thabane, Louise Kuhn, Christine Els, Carl Lombard, Mark F. Cotton, Taryn Young
International Breastfeeding Journal  vol: 20  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s13006-024-00693-2

27. HIV exposure and its association with paediatric ICU outcomes in children admitted with severe pneumonia at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa
KH Keeling, J Price, KD Naidoo
South African Journal of Child Health  first page: 130  year: 2022  
doi: 10.7196/SAJCH.2022.v16i3.1890

28. Attrition Rates in HIV Viral Load Monitoring and Factors Associated With Overdue Testing Among Children Within South Africa’s Antiretroviral Treatment Program: Retrospective Descriptive Analysis
Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Lebohang Radebe, Gayle G Sherman
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance  vol: 10  first page: e40796  year: 2024  
doi: 10.2196/40796

29. Weight gain in children from birth to 10 years on antiretroviral treatment
Janine Scholtz, Susanna M. Ellis, Herculina S. Kruger
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 23  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1413

30. Safety and implementation of phase I randomized GLA-SE–adjuvanted CH505TF gp120 HIV vaccine trial in newborns
Avy Violari, Kennedy Otwombe, William Hahn, Shiyu Chen, Deirdre Josipovic, Vuyelwa Baba, Asimenia Angelidou, Kinga K. Smolen, Ofer Levy, Nonhlanhla N. Mkhize, Amanda S. Woodward Davis, Troy M. Martin, Barton F. Haynes, Wilton B. Williams, Zachary K. Sagawa, James G. Kublin, Laura Polakowski, Margaret Brewinski Isaacs, Catherine Yen, Georgia Tomaras, Lawrence Corey, Holly Janes, Glenda E. Gray
Journal of Clinical Investigation  vol: 135  issue: 11  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1172/JCI186927

31. Exploring Infant Size and Body Composition at 18 Months: An Ambidirectional Peri‐Urban South African Cohort Study
H. Mulol, S. Nel, F. A. M. Wenhold, U. D. Feucht
Maternal & Child Nutrition  vol: 21  issue: 2  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1111/mcn.13780

32. Experiences of Mothers Living With HIV in a South African Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Linda Velapi, Pat M. Mayers, Jose Frantz
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care  vol: 34  issue: 2  first page: 188  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000372

33. Cohort profile: Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital maternal HIV cohort, Johannesburg, South Africa
Karl-Günter Technau, Mhairi Maskew, Cornelius Nattey, Candice Hwang, Nicola van Dongen, Thalia Ferreira Brizido, Amy Wise
BMJ Open  vol: 14  issue: 9  first page: e085082  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085082

34. Economic Evaluation of Free Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmissions (PMTCT) Services to Non-South African Women Living in South Africa
Micheal Kofi Boachie, Vinayak Bhardwaj, Bontle Mamabolo, Winfrida Mdewa, Susan Goldstein, Karen Hofman, Evelyn Thsehla
Health Services Insights  vol: 18  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1177/11786329251316660

35. Investigative Approaches to Resilient Emotion Regulation Neurodevelopment in a South African Birth Cohort
Tristan Yates, Siphumelele Sigwebela, Soraya Seedat, Michael Milham, Stefan du Plessis, Lior Abramson, Erica Niemiec, Carol Worthman, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Giovanni Salum, Alexandre Franco, Arianna Zuanazzi, Fatima Ahmed, Kelly Gemmell, Joan Christodoulou, Nomandla Mhlaba, Noluncedo Mqhele, Nomfusi Ngalimane, Akhona Sambudla, Nim Tottenham, Mark Tomlinson
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science  vol: 5  issue: 3  first page: 100457  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100457

36. Eliminating Vertical Transmission of HIV in South Africa: Establishing a Baseline for the Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children
Ahmad F. Haeri Mazanderani, Tanya Y. Murray, Leigh F. Johnson, Mathilda Ntloana, Tabisa Silere-Maqetseba, Sufang Guo, Gayle G. Sherman
Diagnostics  vol: 13  issue: 15  first page: 2563  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13152563

37. Indeterminate HIV PCR results within South Africa's early infant diagnosis programme, 2010–2019
Lebohang Radebe, Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Gayle G. Sherman
Clinical Microbiology and Infection  vol: 28  issue: 4  first page: 609.e7  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.08.002

38. Peripartum management of HIV-positive patients
R.D. Toledano, R. Pope, M. Pian-Smith
BJA Education  vol: 23  issue: 10  first page: 382  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2023.05.008

39. Hepatitis B Virus Prevalence and Mother-to-Child Transmission Risk in an HIV Early Intervention Cohort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Jane Millar, Gabriela Z L Cromhout, Noxolo Mchunu, Nomonde Bengu, Thumbi Ndung’u, Philip J Goulder, Philippa C Matthews, Anna L McNaughton
Open Forum Infectious Diseases  vol: 10  issue: 8  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad366

40. Causes of delayed antenatal care at an urban community health centre in Gauteng, South Africa
Siphesihle P. Mlambo, Ozoemena J. Ibeziako
South African Family Practice  vol: 67  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/safp.v67i1.6093

41. Assessment of weight gain in adult patients living with HIV receiving first‐line dolutegravir‐based or efavirenz‐based ART regimens in routine care clinics in Tshwane district, South Africa: An observational study
Shobna Sawry, Kassahun Ayalew, Gloria Maimela, Melissa Briggs‐Hagen, Marelize van Wyk‐Heath, Simangele Mthethwa, Sannie Shai, Nkululeko N. Mngomezulu, Lawrence Tlhowe, Josephine Achere‐Darko, Jason Bedford, Catherine E. Martin, Lee Fairlie, John Imrie
HIV Medicine  vol: 25  issue: 7  first page: 826  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1111/hiv.13638

42. Augmenting maternal clinical cohort data with administrative laboratory dataset linkages: a validation study
Laura Rossouw, Nkosinathi Ngcobo, Kate Clouse, Cornelius Nattey, Karl-Günter Technau, Mhairi Maskew
Discover Health Systems  vol: 4  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1007/s44250-025-00298-4

43. Streamlining Stigma Measurement: Validation and Abridgment of the HIV Stigma Scale for Pregnant Women Living with HIV in South Africa
Yumei O. Chen, Maria M. Llabre, Jennifer A. Smit, Nzwakie Mosery, Norik Kirakosian, Sanelisiwe Mngomezulu, Nothando Mhlaba, C. Andres Bedoya, Amelia M. Stanton, Steven A. Safren, Christina Psaros
AIDS and Behavior  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04891-9

44. Adherence, perceptions and knowledge of an HIV PMTCT programme: A mother-baby pair study
Sthembiso Mabuka, Mygirl P. Lowane, Tintswalo V. Nesengani, Thembi V. Simbeni
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 26  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v26i1.1648

45. Patient Satisfaction with Antiretroviral Therapy Services in Hadiya Zone, Central Ethiopia Using the Donebidean Model: A Time-Motion Study
Abayneh Halili, Belay Lubago, Feleke Agide
Patient Related Outcome Measures  vol: Volume 15  first page: 93  year: 2024  
doi: 10.2147/PROM.S452389

46. Maternal and health worker preferences for paediatric antiretroviral formulations in neonates exposed to HIV
Charlene Purdy, Verah Luke, Samantha du Toit, Marisa Groenewald, Lindee Ganger, Anneke C. Hesseling, Anthony J. Garcia-Prats, Tim R. Cressey, Adrie Bekker, Lario Viljoen
AIDS Care  first page: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2592893

47. Maternal mortality from COVID 19 among South African pregnant women
Jayati Kusari Basu, Lawrence Chauke, Terrance Magoro
The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine  vol: 35  issue: 25  first page: 5932  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1902501

48. An estimation of the effect of finding nurses helpful on early breastfeeding exclusivity mediated via breastfeeding self-efficacy, using a counterfactual approach and G-computation
Alessandra Prioreschi, Shane Anthony Norris, Cindy-Lee Dennis
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth  vol: 25  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-08429-8

49. Gut microbiota of sub-Saharan Africa infants exposed to antiretroviral therapy: Scoping review
Taona E. Mudhluli, Runyararo Mashingaidze-Mano, Inam Chitsike, Justen Manasa, Lindsay J. Hall, Exnevia Gomo, Danai T. Zhou
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine  vol: 17  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/PHCFM.v17i1.4939

50. An adsorbent composed of alginate, polyvinylpyrrolidone and activated carbon (AC@PVP@alginate) for ultrasound-assisted dispersive micro-solid phase extraction of nevirapine and zidovudine in environmental water samples
Mpingana Ndilimeke Akawa, K. Mogolodi Dimpe, Philliswa Nosizo Nomngongo
Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management  vol: 16  first page: 100559  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.enmm.2021.100559

51. Access to HIV services and viral load suppression among children during the 90-90-90 strategy implementation in South Africa: A time series analysis
Juliet C.Y. Nyasulu, Innocent Maposa, Bernard P. Sikhakhane, Himani Pandya
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine  vol: 22  issue: 1  year: 2021  
doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v22i1.1187

52. 95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey
Rindidzani E. Magobo, Musawenkosi Mabaso, Sean Jooste, Lesiba Molopa, Inbarani Naidoo, Leickness Simbayi, Khangelani Zuma, Nompumelelo Zungu, Olive Shisana, Sizulu Moyo
AIDS Research and Therapy  vol: 22  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12981-024-00691-8