Journal Publications


2025 Publications

    HIV
    • de Vos L, Mussa A, Rousseau E, Strauss M, George G, Vundhla P, Gebengu A, Tsuaneng M, Tamuthiba L, Tumagole A, Moshashane N, Morroni C, Peters RPH, Babalola CM, Klausner JD, Joseph Davey D. Preference for Service Delivery for Long-Acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection Among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in South Africa and Botswana. AIDS Behav. 2025 May 21.
    • Babalola CM, Peters RPH, Muzny CA, Davey DJ, Taylor CM, Mdingi MM, Mukomana F, de Vos L, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. From pregnancy to beyond: renewed emphasis on comprehensive HIV prevention in South Africa. AIDS. 2025 Mar 15;39(4):470-474.
    • Dlamini WW, Mirembe BG, Krows ML, Peacock S, Kotze PL, Selepe P, Smit J, Mandona N, Louw C, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Omollo VO, Zwane Z, Panchia R, Mwelase N, Senne M, Naidoo L, Chihana R, Delany-Moretlwe S, Gill K, MacDonald P, van Heerden A, Bosman S, Peters RPH, du Preez P, Ward A, Celum C, Heffron R, Velloza J; INSIGHT Study Team. Preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis formulations and delivery among young African women: results of a discrete choice experiment. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025 Feb;28(2):e26422.

    STIs
    • de Vos L, Mdingi MMM, Gigi RMS, Gebengu A, Peters RPH. Spectrum of sexual partner types among adults screened for sexually transmitted infections in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. PLoS One. 2025 May 7;20(5):e0323414.
    • Gigi RMS, Mdingi MM, Bütikofer L, Babalola CM, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A, Muzny CA, Taylor CM, van de Wijgert JHHM, Peters RPH, Low N. Does a waiting room increase same-day treatment for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women? A quality improvement study at South African primary healthcare facilities. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr 04;25(1):501.
    • Martin K, Dauya E, Dziva Chikwari C, Mackworth-Young CRS, Simms V, Bandason T, Makamure B, Martin J, Makoga F, Machiha A, Peters RPH, Mazzola LT, Blumel B, Gleeson B, Marks M, Kranzer K, Ferrand RA, Ferreyra C. Evaluation of a novel point-of-care lateral flow assay screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among pregnant women in Zimbabwe. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Feb 11;5(2):e0003839.

    Mental Health
    • Stockton MA, Mazinyo EW, Mlanjeni L, Ngcelwane N, Nogemane K, Nobatyi P, Sweetland AC, Basaraba C, Greene MC, Bezuidenhout C, Grobler C, Wall MM, Medina-Marino A, Wainberg ML. Validation of screening instruments for alcohol and substance use disorders among men and women in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Mar 1;268:112559.

2024 Publications

    HIV
    • Bokolo S, Mabaso S, Kruger W, Mistri P, Schmucker L, Chetty-Makkan C, Pascoe SJS, Buttenheim A, Thirumurthy H, Long L. Applying behavioural economics principles to increase demand for free HIV testing services at private doctor-led clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa: A randomised controlled trial. PLOS Glob Public Health 4(8): e0003465.
    • Gati Mirembe B, Donnell D, Krows M, Zwane Z, Bukusi E, Panchia R, Louw C, Mwelase N, Selepe P, Senne M, Naidoo L, Chihana R, Kasaro M, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Kotze P, Gill K, MacDonald P, vanHeerden A, Bosman S, Jaggernath M, du Preez P, Ward A, Peters RPH, Delany-Moretlwe S, Peacock S, Johnson R, Caucutt J, Morrison S, Wang G, Gandhi M, Velloza J, Heffron R, Celum C, INSIGHT Study Team. High recent PrEP adherence with point-of-care urine tenofovir testing and adherence counselling among young African women: results from the INSIGHT cohort. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2024 Dec;27(12):e26389.
    • Barry MP, Peters RPH, Portle S, Bongo C, Nel D, Struthers HE, Daniels J. Healthcare worker perspectives on HIV status sharing intervention components for partnered, Black sexual minority men in South Africa. HIV Research & Clinical Practice. 2024 Dec 31;25(1):2424040.
    • Mukui I, Peacock S, Heffron R, Krows M, Gati B, Delany-Moretlwe S, Gill K, Macdonald P, du Preez P, Ward A, Kotze P, van Heerden A, Bosman S, Peters, RPH, , Jaggernath M, Zwane Z, Panchia R, Mwelase N, Selepe P, Senne M, Louw C, Naidoo L, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Bukusi E, Dadabhai S, Kasaro M, Wallis C, Morrison S, Celum C, Donnell, D, for the INSIGHT Study Team. Estimation of Background HIV Incidence Using the Recent Infection Testing Algorithm (Rita): Experiences from the Insight HIV Prevention Study in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries. The Lancet. 2024
    • Bekker LG, Das M, Abdool Karim Q, Ahmed K, Batting J, Brumskine W, Gill K, for the PURPOSE 1 Study Team*. Twice-yearly lenacapavir or daily F/TAF for HIV prevention in cisgender women. New England Journal of Medicine. 2024 Oct 3; 391(13):1179-92.
    • Mudzingwa EK, de Vos L, Fynn L, Atujuna M, Katz IT, Hosek,S, Celum C, Daniels J, Bekker LG, Medina-Marino A. Youth-friendly services was the magic: Experiences of adolescent girls and young women in the community PrEP study, South Africa. Glob Public Health. 2024 Jan;19(1):2349918.

    TB
    • Nyazema KB, Shey BA, Sei CJ, Peters RPH, Maningi NE, Fischer GW, Fourie PB. In vitro evaluation of the binding activity of novel mouse IgG1 opsonic monoclonal antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other selected mycobacterial species. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2024 Apr 1;35:100435.

    STIs
    • Gottlieb SL, Spielman E, Abu-Raddad L, Aderoba AK, Bachmann LH, Blondeel K, Chen XS, Crucitti T, Garcia Camacho G, Godbole S, Gómez Ponce de Leon R, Gupta S, Hermez J, Ishikawa N, Klausner JD, Kurbonov F, Maatouk I, Mandil A, Mello MB, Espinosa Miranda A, Shakiwa Mosha F, Chukwudi Okeibunor J, Ong JJ, Peters RPH, Pérez F, Seguy N, Seib KL, Sharma M, Sladden T, Van Der Pol B, White PJ, Wi T, Broutet N. WHO global research priorities for sexually transmitted infections. The Lancet Global Health. 2024 Sep 1;12(9):e1544-51.
    • Pascual F, Au C, Chikwari CD, Daram P, Deal C, Miranda AE, Grad YH, Hook EW, Kittiyaowamarn R, Luckey A, Low N, Maseko V, Peters RPH, Roberts T, Unemo M, Srinivasan S. Recommendations for the optimal introduction of novel antibiotics to treat uncomplicated gonorrhoea in the face of increasing antimicrobial resistance: a case study with zoliflodacin. BMC global and public health. 2024 Sep 3;2(1):58.
    • Peters RPH, Nel JS., Sadiq E, Kufa T, Smit DP, Sorour G, Garrett N, Gill K, Makhakhe L, Chandiwana NC, Moran NF. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Guideline for the clinical management of syphilis. South Afr J HIV Med. 2024 Apr 30;25(1):1577.
    • Peters RPH, Mdingi MM, Gigi RM, Lim L, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD, Muzny CA. Performing Trichomonas vaginalis culture in research studies in low-resource settings. Sex Transm Infect. 2024 Apr 18;100(3):195-196.
    • Dunaiski CM, Kock MM, Chan WY, Ismail A, Peters RPH. Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of vaginal Candida glabrata isolates in Namibia. Med Mycol. 2024 Jan 27;62(2):myae009
    • Peters RPH, Klausner JD, Mazzola L, Mdingi MM, Jung H, Gigi RM, Piton J, Daniels J, de Vos, Adamson PC, Gleeson B. Novel lateral flow assay for point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in syndromic management settings: a cross-sectional performance evaluation. Lancet. 2024 Feb 17;403(10427):657-664.
    • de Vos L, Daniels J, Gebengu A, Mazzola L, Gleeson B, Blümel B, Piton J, Mdingi M, Gigi RM, Ferreyra C, Klausner JD. Implementation considerations for a point-of-care Neisseria gonorrhoeae rapid diagnostic test at primary healthcare level in South Africa: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 9;24(1):43.
    • Dunaiski CM, Kock MM, Jung H, Peters RPH. Prospective Cohort Study of Treatment Outcomes of Vaginal Discharge Syndrome in Women in Windhoek, Namibia. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Jul 1;51(7):460-465.

    Mental Health
    • Mumbauer AE, Stein DJ, Wolvaardt GG. Targeting youth mental health in a demographically young country: a scoping review focused on South Africa. International Review of Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 29:1-3.
    • Mootz JJ, de Vos L, Stockton M, Sweetland AC, Kann B, Seijo C, Bezuidenhout C, Suleman A, Feliciano P, Dos Santos PF, Shelton R, Palinkas LA, Wainberg ML. Providers’ perspectives of barriers and facilitators to scale-up of mental health care in the public health delivery system of Mozambique: a qualitative inquiry. BMC Health Services Research. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):1138.
    • Stockton MA, Mazinyo EW, Mlanjeni L, Sweetland AC, Scharf JY, Nogemane K, Ngcelwane N, Basaraba C, Bezuidenhout C, Sansbury G., Olivier D. Validation of screening instruments for common mental disorders and suicide risk in south African primary care settings. J Affect Disord. 2024 Oct 1;362:161-168.
    • Shisana O, Stein DJ, Zungu NP, Wolvaardt G. The rationale for South Africa to prioritise mental health care as a critical aspect of overall health care. Compr Psychiatry. 2024 Apr;130:152458.
    • Stockton MA, Webb Mazinyo E, Mlanjeni L, Nogemane K, Ngcelwane N, Sweetland AC, Basaraba C, Bezuidenhout C, Sansbury G, Lovero KL, Gouveia ML, Fortunato dos Santos P, Feliciano P, Fumo W, Suleman A, Oquendo MA, Grobler C, Wall MM, Nobatyi P, Medina-Marino A, Wainberg ML. Ultra-Brief Proxy Measure for Early Mental and Substance Use Disorders and Suicide Risk Case Detection at the Community and Household Level: An Efficient and Feasible Clinical and Population-level Service Needs Screening Tool. Med Res Arch. 2024 Jan 11;11(10):10.18103/mra.v11i10.4381.
    • Stockton MA, Mazinyo E, Sweetland A, Medina-Marino A, Nobatyi P, Wainberg ML. Validation of a Brief Screener for Broad-Spectrum Mental and Substance Use Disorders in South Africa. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 11, e4, 1–9.

    COVID-19
    • George G, Strauss M, Lansdell E, Nota P, Peters RPH, Brysiewicz P, Nadesan-Reddy N, Wassenaar. Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among South African health care workers. Vaccine. 2024 Aug 30;42(21):126181.

    Other
    • Rogers BM, Gooding K, Appleford G, Bennett M, Webb Mazinyo E. Strengthening district health management and planning: an evaluation of a multi-country initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa. Gates Open Research. 2024
    • Chandiwana N, Venter W, 2, anne-Goehler J, Wade A, Le Roux C, Mbalati N, Grimbeek A, Kruger P, Montsho E, Zimela Z, Yawa A, Tshabalala S, Rambau N, Mpofu N, Stevenson S, McNulty B, Ntusi N, Pillay Y, Dave J, Murphy A, Goldstein S, Hfman K, Mahomedy S, Thomas E, Mrara B, Wing J, Lubbe, J, Koto Z, Conradie-Smit M, Wharton S, May W, Marr I, Kaplan H, Forgan M, Aexander G, Turner J, Fourie VR, Hellig J, Banks M, Ragsdale K, Noeth M, Mohamed F, Myer L, Lebina L, Maswime S, Moosa Y, homas S, Mbelle M, Sinxadi P, Bekker LG, Bhana S, Fabian J, Decloedt E, Bayat Z, Daya R, Bobat B, Storie F, Goedecke J, Kahn K, Tollman S, Mansfield B, Siedner M, Marconi V, Mody A, Mtshali N, Geng E, Srinivasa S, Ali M, Lalla-Edwards S, Bentley A, Wolvaardt G, Hill A, Nel J. Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic. South African Medical Journal. 2024 Mar 1;114(3):1-4.

2023 Publications

    HIV
    • Krogstad Mudzingwa E, de Vos L, Atujuna M, Fynn L, Mugore M, Mabandla S, Hosek S, Celum C, Bekker LG, Daniels J, Medina-Marino A. High study participation but diverging adherence levels: qualitatively unpacking PrEP use among adolescent girls and young women over two years in Eastern Cape, South Africa. J Behav Med. 2023 Dec 11; Epub.
    • Daniels J, Peters RPH, Portle S, Mashabela N, Struthers H, Radebe O, Nel D, Medina-Marino A, Bongo C, Stephenson R. Developing the Speaking Out and Allying Relationships Intervention on Videoconference for HIV-Positive GBMSM in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Am J Mens Health. 2023 Sep-Oct;17(5):15579883231197355.
    • e Vos L, Mudzingwa EK, Fynn L, Atujuna M, Mugore M, Gandhi M, Celum C, Hosek S, Bekker LG, Daniels J, Medina-Marino A. Factors that influence adolescent girls and young women's reinitiation or complete discontinuation from daily oral PrEP use: a qualitative study from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2023 Sep;26(9): e26175.
    • Daniels J, De Vos L, Bezuidenhout D, Atujuna M, Celum C, Hosek S, Bekker LG, Medina-Marino A. "I know why I am taking this pill": Young women navigation of disclosure and support for PrEP uptake and adherence in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Jan 20;3(1): e0000636.
    • Smith PJ, Daniels J, Bekker LG, Medina-Marino A. What motivated men to start PrEP? A cross-section of men starting PrEP in Buffalo city municipality, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2023 Mar 2;23(1):418.
    • Felker-Kantor E, Greener LR, Mabaso S, Kruger W, Hasen N, Khosla A, Malone S. Understanding Oral PrEP Interest, Uptake, Persistence, and Experience of Use Among Heterosexual Men in Johannesburg, South Africa: An Exploratory Pilot Study. AIDS Behav. 2023 Dec.

    TB
    • Ismail N, Dippenaar A, Warren RM, Peters RPH, Omar SV. Emergence of Canonical and Noncanonical Genomic Variants following In Vitro Exposure of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains to Bedaquiline or Clofazimine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 Apr 18;67(4):e0136822.
      STIs
    • Peters RPH, Jung H, Mitchev N, Mdingi MM, Gigi R, Shroufi A, Martinez FP, Bamford C. Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Dec 1;50(12):821-826.
    • Gigi RMS, Mdingi MM, Jung H, Claassen-Weitz S, Bütikofer L, Klausner JD, Muzny CA, Taylor CM, van de Wijgert JHHM, Peters RPH, Low N. Genital tract infections, the vaginal microbiome and gestational age at birth among pregnant women in South Africa: a cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2023 Dec 28;13(12):e081562.
    • Peters RPH, McIntyre JA, Garrett N, Brink AJ, Celum CL, Bekker LG. Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections in South Africa. South Afr J HIV Med. 2023 Sep 28;24(1):1510.
    • Mensah E, Fourie PB, Peters RPH. Antimicrobial effects of Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box compounds on strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 Nov 15;67(11):e0034823.
    • Peters RPH, Mdingi M, Jung H, Mukomana F, Gigi RMS, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. Low prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection in pregnant women in Buffalo City district. S Afr J Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 15;38(1):521.
    • de Vos L, Daniels J, Gebengu A, Mazzola L, Gleeson B, Piton J, Mdingi M, Gigi R, Ferreyra C, Klausner JD, Peters RPH. Usability of a novel lateral flow assay for the point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A qualitative time-series assessment among healthcare workers in South Africa. PLoS One. 2023 Jun 2;18(6):e0286666.
    • Babalola CM, Peters RPH, Mukomana F, Mdingi M, Gigi RMS, Muzny CA, Taylor CM, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. A Call to Standardize the Definition and Method of Assessing Women for Vaginal Discharge Syndrome in Pregnancy. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 22;10(4):ofad157.
    • Gigi RMS, Buitrago-Garcia D, Taghavi K, Dunaiski CM, van de Wijgert JHHM, Peters RPH, Low N. Vulvovaginal yeast infections during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Womens Health. 2023 Mar 21;23(1):116.
    • Dorrell P, Pillay Y, Maithufi R, Pinini Z, Chidarikire T, Stamper N, Frank D, Peters RP. Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on male urethritis syndrome services in South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2023 May 1;99(3):200-2.
    • Mdingi MM, Peters RP, Gigi R, Babalola C, Taylor CM, Muzny CA, Low N, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. Same-day treatment following point-of-care sexually transmitted infection testing in different healthcare settings in South Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023 May 1;76(9):1699-700.

    Mental Health
    • Stein DJ, Wolvaardt GG, Zungu N, Shisana O. Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa. S Afr J Psychiatr. 2023 Nov 6;29:2180.
    • Wainberg ML, Wolvaardt GG, Gouveia L, Ferenchick E. World Mental Health Day 2023: We must leave no one behind in the response to HIV and mental health. J Int AIDS Soc. 2023 Oct;26(10):e26183.
    • Freeman MC, Wainberg ML, Slabbert JD, Mabela S, Wolvaardt G. Persons with severe mental health conditions should be included as a key population in HIV programmes. AIDS. 2023 Nov 15;37(14):2115-2118.
    • Scharbert J, Reiter T, Sakel S, Ter Horst J, Geukes K, Gosling SD, Harari G, Kroencke L, Matz S, Schoedel R, Shani M. A global experience sampling method study of well-being during times of crisis: The CoCo project. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 2023 Oct;17(10):e12813.
    • Basaraba CN, Stockton MA, Sweetland A, Medina-Marino A, Lovero KL, Oquendo MA, Greene MC, Mocumbi AO, Gouveia L, Mello M, Dos Santos P, Suleman A, Mabunda D, Mandlate F, Xavier A, Fumo W, Massinga L, Khan S, Feliciano P, Kann B, Salem AF, Bezuidenhout C, Mootz JJ, Duarte CS, Cournos F, Wall MM, Wainberg ML. Does It Matter What Screener We Use? A Comparison of Ultra-brief PHQ-4 and E-mwTool-3 Screeners for Anxiety and Depression Among People with and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2023 Apr;27(4):1154-1161.

    COVID-19
    • George G, Nota P, Strauss M, Lansdell E, Peters RPH, Brysiewicz P, Nadesan-Reddy N, Wassenaar D. Examining the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses among healthcare workers in South Africa: A mixed-methods study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Nov 20;3(11):e0002639.
    • George G, Nota PB, Strauss M, Lansdell E, Peters R, Brysiewicz P, Nadesan-Reddy N, Wassenaar D. Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in South Africa. Vaccines. 2023 Feb 10;11(2):414.
    • Zhao M, O'Hara CA, Sahril NB, Liu H, Pei K, Ivanova O, Larsson EC, Shamu S, Kpokiri E, Cleeve A, Tucker JD, Michielsen K, Zhang WH. Associations between the COVID-19 pandemic and women's fertility intentions: a multi-country, cross-sectional (I-SHARE) study. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. Published online first (19 Oct 2023).
    • Campbell L, Tan RKJ, Uhlich M, Francis JM, Mark K, Miall N, Eleuteri S, Gabster A, Shamu S, Plášilová L, Kemigisha E, Olumide A, Kosana P, Hurtado-Murillo F, Larsson EC, Cleeve A, Calvo González S, Perrotta G, Fernández Albamonte V, Blanco L, Schröder J, Adebayo A, Hendriks J, Saltis H, Marks M, Wu D, Morroni C, Esho T, Briken P, Hlatshwako TG, Ryan R, Farid NDN, Gomez Bravo R, Van de Velde S, Tucker JD; the ISHARE research consortium. Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Restrictions: A Study of 30 Countries From the I-SHARE Consortium. J Interpers Violence. 2023 Jun;38(11-12):7115-7142. doi: 10.1177/08862605221141865. Epub 2023 Jan 26.

2022 Publications

    HIV
    • Mudzingwa EK, de Vos L, Atujuna M, Fynn L, Mugore M, Hosek S, Celum C, Bekker LG, Daniels J, Medina-Marino A. Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women's uptake of community-based PrEP services following home-based HIV testing in Eastern Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study. AIDS Behav. 2022 Nov;26(11):3726-3739.
    • Medina-Marino A, Bezuidenhout D, Ngwepe P, Bezuidenhout C, Facente SN, Mabandla S, Hosek S, Little F, Celum CL, Bekker LG. Acceptability and feasibility of leveraging community-based HIV counselling and testing platforms for same-day oral PrEP initiation among adolescent girls and young women in Eastern Cape, South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2022 Jul;25(7):e25968.
    • Daniels J, Peters RPH, Medina-Marino A, Bongo C, Stephenson R. A Skills-Based HIV Serostatus Disclosure Intervention for Sexual Minority Men in South Africa: Protocol for Intervention Adaptation and a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 May 16;11(5):e36845.
    • Mudimu E, Sardinia J, Momin S, Medina-Marino A, Bezuidenhout C, Bekker LG, Barnabas RV, Peebles K. Incremental costs of integrated PrEP provision and effective use counselling in community-based platforms for adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2022 Feb;25(2):e25875.
    • Calderwood CJ, Tlali M, Karat AS, Hoffmann CJ, Charalambous S, Johnson S, Grant AD, Fielding KL. Risk Factors for Hospitalization or Death Among Adults With Advanced HIV at Enrollment for Care in South Africa: A Secondary Analysis of the TB Fast Track Trial. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 9;9(7):ofac265.

    TB
    • de Vos L, Mazinyo E, Bezuidenhout D, Ngcelwane N, Mandell DS, Schriger SH, Daniels J, Medina-Marino A. Reasons for missed opportunities to screen and test for TB in healthcare facilities. Public Health Action. 2022 Dec 21;12(4):171-173.
    • Medina-Marino A, Bezuidenhout D, Ngcelwane N, Cornell M, Wainberg M, Beyrer C, Bekker LG, Daniels J. Qualitative Identification of Intervention Preferences to Support Men's Engagement and Retention in TB Care in South Africa. Am J Mens Health. 2022 Sep-Oct;16(5):15579883221129349.

    STIs
    • Mdingi MM, Peters RPH, Gigi R, Babalola C, Taylor CM, Muzny CA, Low N, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. Same-Day Treatment Following Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in Different Healthcare Settings in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 PMID: 36573007
    • Peters RPH, Garrett N, Chandiwana N, Kularatne R, Brink AJ, Cohen K, Gill K, Chidarikire T, Wattrus C, Nel JS, Moosa MYS, Bekker LG. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2022 guideline for the management of sexually transmitted infections: Moving towards best practice. South Afr J HIV Med. 2022 Sep 27;23(1):1450.
    • Verweij SP, Peters RPH, Catsburg A, de Vries HJC, Ouburg S, Morré SA. Genetic Variation in the MBL2 Gene Is Associated with Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Host Humoral Response to Chlamydia trachomatis Infection. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Aug 18;23(16):9292.
    • Dunaiski CM, Kock MM, Jung H, Peters RPH. Importance of Candida infection and fluconazole resistance in women with vaginal discharge syndrome in Namibia. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2022 Aug 15;11(1):104.
    • Peters RPH, Chico RM, Rowley J, Low N. Estimating the global burden of sexually transmitted infections. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1112-1113.
    • Dorrell P, Pillay Y, Maithufi R, Pinini Z, Chidarikire T, Stamper N, Frank D, Peters RP. Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on male urethritis syndrome services in South Africa. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PMID: 35790390.
    • Medina-Marino A, Cleary S, Muzny CA, Taylor C, Tamhane A, Ngwepe P, Bezuidenhout C, Facente SN, Mlisana K, Peters RPH, Klausner JD. Sexually transmitted infection screening to prevent adverse birth and newborn outcomes: study protocol for a randomized-controlled hybrid-effectiveness trial. Trials. 2022 May 24;23(1):441.
    • Nyemba DC, Peters RPH, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD, Ngwepe P, Myer L, Johnson LF, Joseph Davey DL. Impact of aetiological screening of sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in South Africa. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Mar 9;22(1):194.
    • Toller Erausquin J, Tan RKJ, Uhlich M, Francis JM, Kumar N, Campbell L, Zhang WH, Hlatshwako TG, Kosana P, Shah S, Brenner EM, Remmerie L, Mussa A, Klapilova K, Mark K, Perotta G, Gabster A, Wouters E, Burns S, Hendriks J, Hensel DJ, Shamu S, Marie Strizzi J, Esho T, Morroni C, Eleuteri S, Sahril N, Yun Low W, Plasilova L, Lazdane G, Marks M, Olumide A, Abdelhamed A, López Gómez A, Michielsen K, Moreau C, Tucker JD; International Sexual Health And Reproductive Health during COVID-19 Research Consortium. The International Sexual Health and REproductive Health during COVID-19 (I-SHARE) Study: A Multicountry Analysis of Adults from 30 Countries Prior to and During the Initial Coronavirus Disease 2019 Wave. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e991-e999.

    Mental Health
    • Basaraba CN, Stockton MA, Sweetland A, Medina-Marino A, Lovero KL, Oquendo MA, Greene MC, Mocumbi AO, Gouveia L, Mello M, Dos Santos P, Suleman A, Mabunda D, Mandlate F, Xavier A, Fumo W, Massinga L, Khan S, Feliciano P, Kann B, Salem AF, Bezuidenhout C, Mootz JJ, Duarte CS, Cournos F, Wall MM, Wainberg ML. Does It Matter What Screener We Use? A Comparison of Ultra-brief PHQ-4 and E-mwTool-3 Screeners for Anxiety and Depression Among People With and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2022 PMID: 36209180
    • Machisa M, Shamu S. Associations between depressive symptoms, socio-economic factors, traumatic exposure and recent intimate partner violence experiences among women in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Womens Health. 2022 Jun 22;22(1):248.

    Other
    • Malepe TC, Havenga Y, Mabusela PD. Barriers to family-centred care of hospitalised children at a hospital in Gauteng. Health SA. 2022 Oct 28;27:1786.

2021 Publications

    HIV
    • Medina-Marino A, Daniels J, Bezuidenhout D, Peters R, Farirai T, Slabbert J, Guloba G, Johnson S, Bekker LG, Nkhwashu N. Outcomes from a multimodal, at scale community-based HIV counselling and testing programme in twelve high HIV burden districts in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Mar;24(3):e25678.
    • Medina-Marino A, Bezuidenhout D, Hosek S, Barnabas RV, Atujuna M, Bezuidenhout C, Ngwepe P, Peters RP, Little F, Celum CL, Daniels J. The Community PrEP Study: a randomized control trial leveraging community-based platforms to improve access and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa—study protocol. Trials. 2021 Jul 26;22(1):489.
    • Shamu S, Shamu P, Khupakonke S, Farirai T, Chidarikire T, Guloba G, Nkhwashu N Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, attitudes, and uptake willingness among young people: gender differences and associated factors in two South African districts. Glob Health Action. 2021 Jan 1;14(1):1886455.
    • Sanga ES, Wyk BV, Maboko LL, Shamu S. A qualitative study on experiences of HIV vaccine trial participants in a phase i/II double blinded, randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial in Tanzania: lessons for COVID-19 vaccine testing. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2021. 13(3), 210-217.

    TB
    • Daniels J, Medina-Marino A, Glockner K, Grew E, Ngcelwane N, Kipp A. Masculinity, resources, and retention in care: South African men's behaviors and experiences while engaged in TB care and treatment. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Feb;270:113639.

    STIs
    • Peters RP, Klausner JD, de Vos L, Feucht UD, Medina-Marino A. Aetiological testing compared with syndromic management for sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa: a non-randomised prospective cohort study. BJOG. 2021 Jul;128(8):1335-1342.
    • Peters RP, Feucht UD, de Vos L, Ngwepe P, McIntyre JA, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A. Mother-to-child transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis in HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa. Int J STD AIDS. 2021 Aug;32(9):799-805.
    • Peters RP, Maduna L, Kock MM, McIntyre JA, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A. Single-dose azithromycin for genital lymphogranuloma venereum biovar Chlamydia trachomatis infection in HIV-infected women in South Africa: an observational study. Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Feb 1;48(2):e15-e17.
    • Peters RP, Joseph Davey DL, Bekker LG, Myer L, Medina-Marino A, Klausner JD. Antiretroviral Therapy, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 2;73(3):e851-e852.
    • Nyemba DC, Medina-Marino A, Peters RPH, Klausner JD, Ngwepe P, Myer L, Johnson LF, Davey DJ. Prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors of STIs during pregnancy in South Africa. Sexually transmitted infections. 2021 Aug 1;97(5):375-81.
    • Peters R, Jung HS, Muller EE, Kock MM, Myer L, Klausner LD, Joseph Davey D. Lack of macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium infections in a cohort of women in South Africa. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Dec;97(8):624-625.
    • Laumen JGE, van Alphen LB, Maduna LD, Hoffman CM, Klausner JD, Medina-Marino A, Kock MM, Peters RPH. Molecular epidemiological analysis of Mycoplasma genitalium shows low prevalence of azithromycin resistance and a well-established epidemic in South Africa. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Mar;97(2):152-156.
    • Michielsen K, Larrson EC, Kågesten A, Erausquin JT, Griffin S, Van de Velde S, Tucker JD on behalf of the I-SHARE Team. International Sexual Health And REproductive health (I-SHARE) survey during COVID-19: study protocol for online national surveys and global comparative analyses. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Mar;97(2):88-92.

    Mental Health
    • Kelly F, Uys M, Bezuidenhout D, Mullane SL, Bristol C. Improving healthcare worker resilience and well-being during COVID-19 using a self-directed e-learning intervention. Front Psychol. 2021 Dec 2;12:748133.
    • Slaven FB, Erasmus Y, Uys M, Bruand PE, Magazi B, Wadvalla R. Can a brief training intervention help improve mental health service delivery in South Africa? Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2021 Oct 26;13(1):e1-e6.
    • O' Grady MA, Mootz J, Suleman A, Sweetland A, Teodoro E, Anube A, Feliciano P, Bezuidenhout C, Dos Santos PF, Fumo W, Gouveia L, Pinsky I, Mello M, Kann B, Wainberg ML. Mobile technology and task shifting to improve access to alcohol treatment services in Mozambique. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2021 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021, 134, 1–10.
    • Wainberg ML, Lovero KL, Duarte CS, Fiks Salem A, Mello M, Bezuidenhout C, Mootz J, Feliciano P, Suleman A, Fortunato Dos Santos P, Weissman MM, Cournos F, Marques AH, Fumo W, Mabunda D, Alves-Bradford JE, Mello M, Mari JJ, Ngwepe P, Cidav Z, Mocumbi AO, Medina-Marino A, Wall M, Gouveia L, Oquendo MA. Partnerships in research to implement and disseminate sustainable and scalable evidence-based practices (PRIDE) in Mozambique. Psychiatric Services. 2021 Jul 1;72(7):802-11.
    • Wainberg ML , Gouveia ML, Stockton MA, Feliciano P, Suleman A, Mootz JJ, Mello M, Fiks Salem A, Greene MC, Bezuidenhout C, Ngwepe P, Lovero KL, Fortunato Dos Santos P, Schriger SH, Mandell DS, Mulumba R, Neves Anube A, Mabunda D, Mandlate F, Cournos F, Alves-Bradford JM, Nicholson T, Kann B, Fumo W, Duarte CS, de Jesus Mari J, Mello MF, Mocumbi AO, Oquendo MA, Weissman MM. Technology and implementation science to forge the future of evidence-based psychotherapies: the PRIDE scale-up study. BMJ Ment Health. 2021 Feb 1;24(1):19-24.

    Other
    • Mumbauer A, Strauss M, George G, Ngwepe P, Bezuidenhout C, de Vos L, Medina-Marino A. Employment preferences of healthcare workers in South Africa: Findings from a discrete choice experiment. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 28;16(4):e0250652.
    • Goolam Mahomed T, Peters RPH, Allam M, Ismail A, Mtshali S, Goolam Mahomed A, Ueckermann V, Kock MM, Ehlers MM. Lung microbiome of stable and exacerbated COPD patients in Tshwane, South Africa. Scientific Reports. 2021 Oct 5;11(1):19758.
    • Juliana NCA, Peters RPH, Al-Nasiry S, Budding AE, Morré SA, Ambrosino E, et al. Composition of the vaginal microbiota during pregnancy in women living in sub-Saharan Africa: a PRISMA-compliant review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Sep 3;21(1):596.
    • Singh Y, Jackson D, Gevers A, Mahlangu P, Shamu S, et al. Electronic Data Collection in Health Research: Shared Experiences from the Field, South Africa. J Community Med Public Health 5: 204.