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Irving F. Hoffman
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 288
Citations - 20382
Irving F. Hoffman is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 270 publications receiving 18634 citations. Previous affiliations of Irving F. Hoffman include Kamuzu Central Hospital & FHI 360.
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Policy to practice: impact of GeneXpert MTB/RIF implementation on the TB spectrum of care in Lilongwe, Malawi
Kashmira S. Chawla,Cecilia Kanyama,Abineli Mbewe,Mitch Matoga,Irving F. Hoffman,Jonathan Ngoma,Mina C. Hosseinipour +6 more
TL;DR: GeneXpert contributed minimally to overall TB diagnosis and the cascade of care due to implementation challenges of sputum collection, empiric treatment, and weak linkage to care between inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Effects of community-level bed net coverage on malaria morbidity in Lilongwe, Malawi
Veronica Escamilla,Alisa P. Alker,Leonard Dandalo,Jonathan J. Juliano,William C. Miller,Portia Kamthuza,Tapiwa Tembo,Gerald Tegha,Francis Martinson,Michael Emch,Irving F. Hoffman +10 more
TL;DR: Investigating the effect of community-level bed net use against malaria transmission outside of a bed net clinical trial setting in Lilongwe, Malawi found efforts to scale-up ownership of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets are effective in increasing reported use.
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RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine Efficacy is Not Modified by Seasonal Precipitation: Results from a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi.
Larry Han,Michael G. Hudgens,Michael Emch,Jonathan J. Juliano,Corinna Keeler,Francis Martinson,Portia Kamthunzi,Gerald Tegha,Marc Lievens,Irving F. Hoffman +9 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that administering the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine to children in the months prior to malaria season could maximize impact of the vaccine.
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Adherence to extended postpartum antiretrovirals is associated with decreased breast milk HIV-1 transmission
Nicole L. Davis,William C. Miller,Michael G. Hudgens,Charles Chasela,Charles Chasela,Dorothy Sichali,Dumbani Kayira,Julie A. E. Nelson,Jeffrey S. A. Stringer,Sascha R. Ellington,Sascha R. Ellington,Athena P. Kourtis,Athena P. Kourtis,Denise J. Jamieson,Denise J. Jamieson,Charles van der Horst,Linda S. Adair,Yusuf Ahmed,Mounir Ait-Khaled,Sandra S. Albrecht,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Ronald Bayer,Margaret E. Bentley,Brian Bramson,Emily A. Bobrow,Nicola Boyle,Sal Butera,Charity Chavula,Joseph Chimerang'ambe,Maggie Chigwenembe,Maria Chikasema,Norah Chikhungu,David Chilongozi,Grace Chiudzu,Lenesi Chome,Anne S Cole,Amanda H Corbett,Amy Corneli,Anna Dow,Ann Duerr,Henry Eliya,Joseph J. Eron,Sherry L. Farr,Yvonne Owens Ferguson,Susan A. Fiscus,Valerie L. Flax,Ali Fokar,Shannon Galvin,Laura Guay,Chad Heilig,Irving F. Hoffman,Elizabeth Gerken Hooten,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Stacy Hurst,Lisa Hyde,George Joaki,David R. Jones,Elizabeth Jordan-Bell,Zebrone Kacheche,Esmie Kamanga,Gift Kamanga,Coxcilly Kampani,Portia Kamthunzi,Deborah Kamwendo,Cecilia Kanyama,Angela D. M. Kashuba,Damson Kathyola,Peter N. Kazembe,Caroline C. King,Rodney J. Knight,Robert Krysiak,Jacob Kumwenda,Hana Lee,Edde Loeliger,Dustin M. Long,Misheck Luhanga,Victor Madhlopa,Maganizo Majawa,Alice Maida,Cheryl Marcus,Francis Martinson,Navdeep Thoofer,Chrissie Matiki,Douglas Mayers,Isabel Mayuni,Marita McDonough,Joyce Meme,Ceppie Merry,Khama Mita,Chimwemwe Mkomawanthu,Gertrude Mndala,Ibrahim Mndala,Agnes Moses,Albans Msika,Wezi Msungama,Beatrice Mtimuni,Jane Muita,Noel Mumba,Bonface Musis,Charles Mwansambo,Gerald Mwapasa,Jacqueline Nkhoma,Megan Parker,Richard Pendame,Ellen G. Piwoz,Byron Raines,Zane Ramdas,John C Rublein,Mairin Ryan,Ian Sanne,Christopher J. Sellers,Diane C. Shugars,Wendy Snowden,Alice Soko,Allison Spensley,Jean Marc Steens,Gerald Tegha,Martin Tembo,Roshan Thomas,Hsiao Chuan Tien,Beth C. Tohill,Esther Waalberg,Elizabeth M. Widen,Jeffrey Wiener,Cathy Wilfert,Patricia Wiyo,Innocent Zgambo,Chifundo Zimba +127 more
TL;DR: Nonadherence to extended postpartum antiretroviral regimens in ‘real world’ settings is likely to be higher than that seen in BAN, and identifying mothers with difficulty adhering to antireTrovirals, and developing effective adherence interventions, will help maximize benefits of antire troviral provision throughout breastfeeding.
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A randomized clinical trial on the effects of progestin contraception in the genital tract of HIV-infected and uninfected women in Lilongwe, Malawi: Addressing evolving research priorities.
Athena P. Kourtis,Lisa B. Haddad,Jennifer H. Tang,Lameck Chinula,Stacey Hurst,Jeffrey Wiener,Sascha R. Ellington,Julie A. E. Nelson,Amanda H Corbett,Kristina De Paris,Caroline C. King,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Irving F. Hoffman,Denise J. Jamieson +13 more
TL;DR: A pilot clinical trial in which HIV-infected and uninfected women were randomized to either depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable or levonorgestrel (LNG) implant in Lilongwe, Malawi to assess the effect and compare the impact of type of progestin contraception (injectable versus implant) on HIV genital shedding among HIV- infected women.