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Joelle Brown
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 55
Citations - 2723
Joelle Brown is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2403 citations. Previous affiliations of Joelle Brown include FHI 360 & University of London.
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Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of HIV Acquisition: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
Charles S. Morrison,Pai Lien Chen,Cynthia Kwok,Jared M. Baeten,Joelle Brown,Angela M. Crook,Lut Van Damme,Sinead Delany-Moretlwe,Suzanna C. Francis,Barbara Friedland,Richard J. Hayes,Renee Heffron,Saidi Kapiga,Quarraisha Abdool Karim,Stephanie Karpoff,Rupert Kaul,R. Scott McClelland,Sheena McCormack,Nuala McGrath,Landon Myer,Helen Rees,Ariane van der Straten,Deborah Watson-Jones,Janneke van de Wijgert,Randy M. Stalter,Nicola Low +25 more
TL;DR: In a meta-analysis of individual participant data, Charles Morrison and colleagues explore the association between hormonal contraception use and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Intravaginal Practices, Bacterial Vaginosis, and HIV Infection in Women: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
Nicola Low,Matthew Chersich,Matthew Chersich,Kurt Schmidlin,Matthias Egger,Suzanna C. Francis,Janneke van de Wijgert,Richard J. Hayes,Jared M. Baeten,Joelle Brown,Joelle Brown,Sinead Delany-Moretlwe,Rupert Kaul,Nuala McGrath,Nuala McGrath,Charles S. Morrison,Landon Myer,Landon Myer,Marleen Temmerman,Ariane van der Straten,Deborah Watson-Jones,Marcel Zwahlen,Adriane Martin Hilber +22 more
TL;DR: Pooling of data from 14,874 women in an individual participant data meta-analysis by Nicola Low and colleagues reveals that some intravaginal practices increase the risk of HIV acquisition.
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Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition.
Charles S. Morrison,Charles S. Morrison,Barbra A. Richardson,Francis Mmiro,Tsungai Chipato,David D. Celentano,Joanne Luoto,Roy D. Mugerwa,Nancy Padian,Sungwal Rugpao,Joelle Brown,Peter G A Cornelisse,Robert A. Salata +12 more
TL;DR: No association was found between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition overall, which is reassuring for women needing effective contraception in settings of high HIV prevalence, however, hormonal contraceptive users who were HSV-2 seronegative had an increased risk of HIV acquisition.
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Disentangling Contributions of Reproductive Tract Infections to HIV Acquisition in African Women.
Janneke van de Wijgert,Charles S. Morrison,Joelle Brown,Cynthia Kwok,Barbara Van Der Pol,T Chipato,Josaphat Byamugisha,Nancy Padian,Robert A. Salata +8 more
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of new HIV infections in Zimbabwean and Ugandan women are attributable to RTIs, particularly HSV-2 and altered vaginal flora, and population attributable risk percent (PAR%) calculations show.
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HIV incidence determination in the United States: a multiassay approach.
Oliver Laeyendecker,Ron Brookmeyer,Matthew M. Cousins,Caroline E. Mullis,Jacob Konikoff,Deborah Donnell,Connie Celum,Susan Buchbinder,George R. Seage,Gregory D. Kirk,Shruti H. Mehta,Jacquie Astemborski,Lisa P. Jacobson,Joseph B. Margolick,Joelle Brown,Thomas C. Quinn,Susan H. Eshleman +16 more
TL;DR: A multiassay algorithm for HIV incidence that includes the BED capture enzyme immunoassay, an antibody avidity assay, HIV load, and CD4(+) T-cell count is developed and provides a powerful tool for cross-sectional HIV incidence determination.