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Elvin Geng
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 254
Citations - 7259
Elvin Geng is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 200 publications receiving 5433 citations. Previous affiliations of Elvin Geng include University of California, San Francisco & University of California.
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Understanding Reasons for and Outcomes of Patients Lost to Follow-Up in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs in Africa Through a Sampling-Based Approach
Elvin Geng,David R. Bangsberg,Nicolas Musinguzi,Nneka Emenyonu,Mwebesa Bwana,Constantin T. Yiannoutsos,David V. Glidden,Steven G. Deeks,Jeffrey N. Martin +8 more
TL;DR: Sociostructural factors are the primary reasons for loss to follow-up among HIV-infected adults initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda and both deaths and transfers to other clinics were common.
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Retention in Care among HIV-Infected Patients in Resource-Limited Settings: Emerging Insights and New Directions
Elvin Geng,Denis Nash,Andrew Kambugu,Yao Zhang,Paula Braitstein,Katerina A. Christopoulos,Winnie Muyindike,Mwebesa Bwana,Constantin T. Yiannoutsos,Maya L. Petersen,Jeffrey N. Martin +10 more
TL;DR: Research to assess and improve retention in care for HIV-infected patients can be strengthened by incorporating novel methods such as sampling-based approaches and a causal analytic framework.
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Changes in the Transmission of Tuberculosis in New York City from 1990 to 1999
Elvin Geng,Barry N. Kreiswirth,Cynthia R. Driver,Jiehui Li,Joseph Burzynski,Phyllis Della-Latta,Angel LaPaz,Neil W. Schluger +7 more
TL;DR: Findings from northern Manhattan suggest that among foreign-born persons, tuberculosis is largely caused by reactivation of latent infection, whereas among U.S. born persons, many cases result from recent transmission.
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Toward an understanding of disengagement from HIV treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study.
Norma C. Ware,Monique A. Wyatt,Elvin Geng,Sylvia Kaaya,Oche Agbaji,Winnie Muyindike,Guerino Chalamilla,Patricia A. Agaba +7 more
TL;DR: A large qualitative study among patients in HIV treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa to investigate reasons for missed visits and provide an explanation for disengagement from care finds no cause for concern.
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Sampling-based approach to determining outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral therapy scale-up programs in Africa.
TL;DR: A sampling-based strategy to address the challenges of accurately assessing survival outcomes among HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in settings with limited resources is presented.