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  • Moore, David P; Baillie, Vicky L; Mudau, Azwifarwi; Wadula, Jeannette; Adams, Tanja; Mangera, Shafeeka; Verwey, Charl; Sipambo, Nosisa; Liberty, Afaaf; Prosperi, Christine; ,The etiology of pneumonia in HIV-1-infected South African children in the era of antiretroviral treatment: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study,The Pediatric infectious disease journal,40,9S,S69-S78,2021,LWW
  • Archary, Moherndran; van Zyl, Riana; Sipambo, Nosisa; Sorour, Gillian; ,Optimised paediatric antiretroviral treatment to achieve the 95-95-95 goals,Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine,22,1,1-4,2021,AOSIS Publishing
  • Nyakato, Patience; Schomaker, Michael; Sipambo, Nosisa; Technau, Karl-Günter; Fatti, Geoffrey; Rabie, Helena; Tanser, Frank; Eley, Brian; Euvrard, Jonathan; Wood, Robin; ,Virologic response of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in the period of early adolescence (10–14 years) in South Africa,AIDS,35,6,971-978,2021,LWW
  • Nyakato, Patience; Schomaker, Michael; Fatti, Geoffrey; Tanser, Frank; Euvrard, Jonathan; Sipambo, Nosisa; Fox, Matthew P; Haas, Andreas D; Yiannoutsos, Constantin T; Davies, Mary‐Ann; ,Virologic non‐suppression and early loss to follow up among pregnant and non‐pregnant adolescents aged 15–19 years initiating antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study,Journal of the International AIDS Society,25,1,e25870,2022
  • Sorour, Gillian; Sipambo, Nosisa; Archary, Moherndran; ,Paediatric antiretroviral update,Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine,24,1,1-2,2023,AOSIS Publishing
  • Brazier, Ellen; Ajeh, Rogers; Maruri, Fernanda; Musick, Beverly; Freeman, Aimee; Wester, C William; Lee, Man‐Po; Shamu, Tinei; Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; d'Almeida, Marcelline; ,Service delivery challenges in HIV care during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: results from a site assessment survey across the global IeDEA consortium,Journal of the International AIDS Society,25,12,e26036,2022,
  • Zaniewski, Elizabeth; Skrivankova, Veronika Whitesell; Brazier, Ellen; Avihingsanon, Anchalee; Cardoso, Sandra Wagner; Cesar, Carina; Chenal, Henri; Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda E; Ditangco, Rossana A; Ebasone, Peter Vanes; ,Transition to dolutegravir-based ART in 35 low-and middle-income countries: a global survey of HIV care clinics,Aids,38,15,2073-2085,2024,LWW
  • Dawood, Halima; Richards, Lauren; Lutchminarain, Keeren; Parker, Arifa; Wattrus, Camilla; Sipambo, Nosisa; Nel, Jeremy; Manzini, Thandekile; Naidoo, Kogieleum; ,Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline on the management of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in people with HIV,Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine,25,1,1657,2024,AOSIS
  • Kegode, E., et al. (2024). "Chronic non-infectious lung conditions in adolescents living with HIV." East Af
  • Patten, G., et al. (2025). "Global Trends in CD4 Measurement and Immunosuppression at ART Initiation Among Children With HIV." Pediatr Infect Dis J 44(9): 873-875.
  • Sipambo N, Treatment of invasive candidiasis in neonates, Infectious Diseases Update, Vol 13, No 2, 2024
  • Sipambo N, The paediatric HIV diagnostic challenge, HIV Focus. 2023
  • Mabena FC, Olwagen CP, Phosa M, Ngwenya IK, Van der Merwe L, Khan A, Mwamba TM, Mpembe R, Magobo RE, Govender NP, Velaphi SC. (2023). Bacterial and Candida Colonization of Neonates in a Regional Hospital in South Africa. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2023:10-97.
  • Mabena, F. C., Baillie, V. L., Hale, M. J., Thwala, B. N., Mthembu, N., Els, T., ... & Madhi, S. A. (2021). Clinical Characteristics and Histopathology of Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Deaths in African Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal,40(9),2021 e323-e332.
  • Olwagen, C. P., Izu, A., Khan, S., Van der Merwe, L., Dean, N. J., Mabena, F. C., ... & Madhi, S. A. (2025). Genomic relatedness of colonizing and invasive disease Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in South African infants. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 8043.
  • Shongwe NS, Mabena FC, Wadula J, Petersen K. (2024). The clinical Spectrum of Viridans Group Streptococci infections in paediatric patients at a tertiary hospital. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Apr 29;39(1):6.
  • Nunes, M. C., Hale, M. J., Mahtab, S., Mabena, F. C., Dludlu, N., Baillie, V. L., ... & Madhi, S. A. (2022). Clinical characteristics and histopathology of COVID-19 deaths in South African adults. PloS one, 17(1),2022 e0262179.
  • Whitehead K, Ballot DE. A Retrospective Observational Study of the Impact of HIV Status on the Outcome of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa (2015-2019). Pediatr Rep. 2023 Nov 8;15(4):679-690. doi: 10.3390/pediatric15040061.
  • Mathebula R, Kuonza L, Musekiwa A, Kularatne R, Puren A, Reubenson G, Sherman G, Kufa T. Trends in RPR Seropositivity among Children Younger than 2 Years in South Africa, 2010-2019. J Trop Pediatr. 2021 Jan 29;67(1):fmab017. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmab017  
  • Tempia S, Walaza S, Bhiman JN, McMorrow ML, Moyes J, Mkhencele T, Meiring S, Quan V, Bishop K, McAnerney JM, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Du Plessis M, Treurnicht FK, Hellferscee O, Dawood H, Naby F, Variava E, Siwele C, Baute N, Nel J, Reubenson G, Zar HJ, Cohen C. Decline of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus detection in facility-based surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa, January to October 2020. Euro Surveill. 2021;26(29):pii=2001600.  
  • Hellferscee, O, Treurnicht, F, Gaelejwe, L, Moerdyk A, Reubenson G, McMorrow M, Tempia S, McAnerney J, Walaza S, Wolter N, von Gottberg A, Cohen C. Detection of Victoria lineage influenza B viruses with K162 and N163 deletions in the hemagglutinin gene, South Africa, 2018. Health Sci Rep. 2021; 4:e367. doi:10.1002/hsr2.367
  • Meiring S, Cohen C, de Gouveia L, Plessis MD, Quan V, Kleynhans J, Menezes C, Reubenson G, Dawood H, Nchabeleng M, Said M, Mvelase N, Mahabeer P, Chomba R, Lekalakala R, Nana T, Chibabhai V, Black M, Gottberg AV; for GERMS-SA. Case-fatality and sequelae following acute bacterial meningitis in South Africa, 2016 through 2020. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 4:S1201-9712(22)00463-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.068. Online ahead of print.
  • Marti M, Zürcher K, Enane LA, Diero L, Marcy O, Tiendrebeogo T, Yotebieng M, Twizere C, Khusuwan S, Yunihastuti E, Reubenson G, Shah NS, Egger M, Ballif M, Fenner L, the IeDEA global consortium. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services at ART programmes in low- and middle-income countries: a multi-cohort survey. Journal of the International AIDS Society. First published: 26 October 2022  
  • Nunes MC, Walaza S, Meiring S, Zar HJ, Reubenson G, McMorrow M, Tempia S, Rossi L, Itzikowitz R, Bishop K, Mathunjwa A, Wise A, Treurnicht FK, Hellferscee O, Laubscher M, Serafin N, Cutland CL, Madhi SA, Cohen C. Effectiveness of influenza vaccination of pregnant women for prevention of maternal and early infant influenza-associated hospitalizations in South Africa: a prospective test negative study, Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 19;9(11):ofac552. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac552. eCollection 2022 Nov.
  • Walaza S, Tempia S, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Bhiman JN, Buys A, Amoako D, Moosa F, du Plessis M, Moyes J, McMorrow ML, Dawood H, Variava E, Reubenson G, Nel J, Zar HJ, Makhasi M, Meiring S, Quan V, Cohen C. Risk Factors for Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected and -Uninfected Individuals in South Africa, April 2020-March 2022: Data From Sentinel Surveillance. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 2;9(12):ofac578. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac578. eCollection 2022 Dec.
  • Zürcher K, Cox SR, Ballif M, Enane LA, Marcy O, Yotebieng M, Reubenson G, Imsanguan W, Otero L, Suryavanshi N, Duda SN, Egger M, Tornheim JA, Fenner L; International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA). Integrating services for HIV and
  • multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A global cross-sectional survey among ART clinics in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(3):e0000180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000180. Epub 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 36778080; PMCID: PMC9910322.
  • Chiwandire N, Jassat W, Groome M, Kufa T, Walaza S, Wolter N, von Gottberg A, Zar HJ, Reubenson G, Tempia S, Ebonwu J, Govender N, Ntshoe G, Shonhiwa AM, Blumberg L, Cohen C. Changing epidemiology of COVID-19 in children and adolescents over four successive epidemic waves in South Africa, 2020-2022. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Jan 17:piad002. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36648247.
  • Zhu Y, Almeida FJ, Baillie JK, Bowen AC, Britton PN, Brizuela ME, Buonsenso D, Burgner D, Chew KY, Chokephaibulkit K, Cohen C, Cormier SA, Crawford N, Curtis N, Farias CGA, Gilks CF, von Gottberg A, Hamer D, Jarovsky D, Jassat W, Jesus AR, Kemp LS, Khumcha B, McCallum G, Miller JE, Morello R, Munro APS, Openshaw PJM, Padmanabhan S, Phongsamart W, Reubenson G, Ritz N, Rodrigues F, Rungmaitree S, Russell F, Sáfadi MAP, Saner C, Semple MG, Prado da Silva DGB, de Sousa LMM, Diogo Moço Souza M, Spann K, Walaza S, Wolter N, Xia Y, Yeoh DK, Zar HJ, Zimmermann P, Short KR; International Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Consortium (ISARIC4C) group, Pediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) Network group. International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity Over the Course of the Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Aug 21. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3117. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37603343.
  • Chibabhai, V, Bekker, A, Black, M, Demopoulos, D, Dramowski, A, du Plessis, N, Pillay-Fuentes Lorente, V, Nana, T, Rabie, H, Reubenson, G, Thomas, R. Appropriate use of colistin in neonates, infants and children: Interim guidance. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 38(1), 14 pages. doi:   
  • Moosa F, du Plessis M, Weigand MR, Peng Y, Mogale D, de Gouveia L, Nunes MC, Madhi SA, Zar HJ, Reubenson G, Ismail A, Tondella ML, Cohen C, Walaza S, von Gottberg A, Wolter N. Genomic characterization of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa, 2015-2019. Microb Genom. 2023 Dec;9(12). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001162. PMID: 38117675.
  • Bishop K, Meiring S, Tempia S, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Kleynhans J, Moosa F, du Plessis M, Moyes J, Makhasi M, Chuene B, Samuels AM, Dawood H, Reubenson G, Zar
  • HJ, Quan V, Cohen C, Walaza S. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents Enrolled in Acute Respiratory Infection Sentinel Surveillance in South Africa, 2020-2022. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 May;18(5):e13300. doi: 10.1111/irv.13300. PMID: 38666359; PMCID: PMC11046310.
  • Lala SG, Ealand C, Dangor Z, Hlongwane K, Milovanovic M, Car K, van der Nest A, Cleak T, Jacobs O, Sewcharran A, Keenan S, Reubenson G, Abraham P, Mudau M, Golub JE, Martinson N, Kana B. Performance of Tongue Swabs for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Hospitalized Children Under 5 Years of Age. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 20;12(9):ofaf474. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf474. PMID: 40896248; PMCID: PMC12396590.
  • Pillay-Fuentes Lorente V, Nana T, Black M, Reubenson G, Thomas R, Dramowski A, Bekker A, du Plessis N, Demopoulos D, Chibabhai V. Paediatric colistin prescribing practices in South Africa: A clinician survey. S Afr J Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 5;40(1):730. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v40i1.730. PMID: 40936586; PMCID: PMC12421566.
  • Bishop K, Moosa F, Makhasi M, Kleynhans J, Naby F, du Plessis M, Reubenson G, Dawood H, Zar HJ, Meiring S, Quan V, Wolter N, von Gottberg A, Cohen C, de Voux A, Walaza S. Comparing respiratory illness surveillance case definitions to detect Bordetella pertussis in children aged <5 years with respiratory illness in South Africa, 2017-2023. J Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 6:jiaf501. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf501. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41052289.
  • Hussain J, Hlabangana LT, Mahomed N, Reubenson G, Gounden SK, Ranchod AI. SARS-CoV-2 paediatric chest X-ray findings during the Omicron variant wave. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. Vol 40, No 1; a768 DOI:  
  • Walaza S, Moyes J, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Buys A, Moosa F, du Plessis M, Reubenson G, Nel J, Zar HJ, Dawood H, Variava E, Makhasi M, Mekgoe O, Nabby F, Baute N, Kleynhans J, Meiring S, Quan V, Cohen C. Changes in the Epidemiology of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus During 2020-2022 Relative to the Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic Period (2017-2020) From Systematic Sentinel Syndromic Surveillance in South Africa. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2026 Jan;20(1):e70207. doi: 10.1111/irv.70207. PMID: 41521151.
  • Goga A, Ramraj T, Cloete J, Mawela D, Waggie Z, Archary M, Chinniah K, Jeena P, Tabane NE, Van Zyl R, Reubenson G, Strehlau R, Feucht U, Reddy T, Mchunu N, Cawood S, Zühlke L, Webb K, Zar HJ, Donald KA, Scott C, Morrow BM, Aldersley T, du Plessis NM, Chetty T, Velaphi S, Dangor Z, Moore DP. Severe, primary, and incidental COVID-19 in hospitalised children, South Africa: 2020-2023. J Glob Health. 2026 Jan 30;16:04009. doi: 10.7189/jogh.16.04009. PMID: 41614559; PMCID: PMC12856961.
  • van Dongen N, Technau KG, Jaguga F, Murenzi G, Machado DM, Amorissani-Folquet M, et al. Under the Influence: Alcohol, Substance Use and Treatment Adherence in Youth Living with HIV in the Global Adolescent and Young Adult Network of IeDEA (AYANI) Cohort. AIDS Behav. 2026.
  • Pather N, Fouch'e J, Mundia S, Technau K-G, Malaba TR, Welte A, et al., editors. From Handwriting to Structured Data: Benchmarking AI Digitisation of Handwritten Forms2026.
  • Nattey C, Maskew M, Jinga N, Rossouw L, Wise A, van Dongen N, et al. 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. PLoS One. 2026;21(1):e0314182.
  • Lauren E, Technau KG, Clouse K, van Dongen N, Wise A, Ferreira T, et al. Postpartum continuity of care for women with HIV: Option B+ policy impact and limitations in South Africa. BMJ Glob Health. 2026;11(4).
  • Jinga N, Technau KG, Clouse K, Ngcobo NB, Nattey C, Hwang C, et al. Uptake and Timing of Viral Load Testing and Frequency of Viraemic Episodes During Pregnancy in South Africa. HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2026;18:560792.
  • Solarin I, Lakhoo D, Mc Alpine K, Brennan M, Chikandiwa A, Brink N, et al. Study protocol for the Bio-HEAT study: Investigating the Biological pathways from HEAT exposure to preterm birth and other adverse maternal and child health outcomes in South Africa [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Research. 2025;10(121).
  • Rossouw L, Ngcobo N, Clouse K, Nattey C, Technau K-G, Maskew M. Augmenting maternal clinical cohort data with administrative laboratory dataset linkages: a validation study. Discover Health Systems. 2025;4(1):115.
  • Laycock K, Technau KG, Lelo P, Jantarabenjakul W, Yonaba C, Pinto J, et al. Tuberculosis diagnosis, treatment, and prevention services for children living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a multiregional site survey. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025.
  • Keal J, van Dongen N, Ferreria T, Sorour G, Technau KG. Care for the Caregiver: How Caregiver Mortality Affects Treatment Outcomes-An Observational Cohort Study. AIDS Behav. 2025.
  • Jinga N, Technau KG, Clouse K, Ngcobo N, Nattey C, Hwang C, et al. Uptake and timing of viral load testing and frequency of viraemic episodes during pregnancy in South Africa. medRxiv. 2025.
  • Zaniewski E, Skrivankova VW, Brazier E, Avihingsanon A, Wagner Cardoso S, Cesar C, et al. Transition to dolutegravir-based ART in 35 low- and middle-income countries: a global survey of HIV care clinics. AIDS. 2024;38(15):2073–85.
  • Tsondai PR, Davies MA, Singtoroj T, Maxwell N, Technau KG, Chokephaibulkit K, et al. Creating a data collection and management platform to support measurement of adolescent HIV care transition processes within low- and middle-income countries: The GRADUATE project. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4(8):e0002705.
  • Technau KG, Maskew M, Nattey C, Hwang C, van Dongen N, Ferreira Brizido T, et al. Cohort profile: Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital maternal HIV cohort, Johannesburg, South Africa. BMJ Open. 2024;14(9):e085082.
  • Rossouw L, Ngcobo N, Clouse K, Nattey C, Technau KG, Maskew M. Augmenting maternal clinical cohort data with administrative laboratory dataset linkages: a validation study. medRxiv. 2024.
  • Davidovic M, Asangbeh SL, Taghavi K, Dhokotera T, Jaquet A, Musick B, et al. Facility-Based Indicators to Manage and Scale Up Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care Services for Women Living With HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Three-Round Online Delphi Consensus Method. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;95(2):170–8.
  • Carlucci JG, Huntington T, Technau KG, Yotebieng M, Leroy V, Anderson K, et al. High Prevalence of Unconfirmed Positive HIV Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Results Among African Infants With HIV Exposure in the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS Consortium. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2024;79(6):1475–8.
  • Asangbeh-Kerman SL, Davidovic M, Taghavi K, Dhokotera T, Manasyan A, Sharma A, et al. Cervical cancer prevention and care in HIV clinics across sub-Saharan Africa: results of a facility-based survey. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024;27(7):e26303.
  • Skrivankova VW, Hossmann S, Cornell M, Ballif M, Dupont C, Huwa J, et al. Authorship inequalities in global health research: the IeDEA Southern Africa collaboration. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(12).
  • Patten G, Sipambo N, Technau KG, Euvrard J, Ford N, Davies MA. Ongoing High Prevalence of Severe Immune Suppression Among Children in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023;92(4):273–80.
  • de Waal R, Rabie H, Technau KG, Eley B, Sipambo N, Cotton M, et al. Abacavir safety and effectiveness in young infants with HIV in South African observational cohorts. Antivir Ther. 2023;28(2):13596535231168480.
  • Technau KG, Mazanderani AH. Point-of-care HIV diagnosis for infants: the outcomes we need to achieve. Lancet. 2022;400(10356):864–5.
  • Steegen K, Levin L, Evans D, Technau KG, Hans L. Minimal Cross-resistance to Tenofovir in Children and Adolescents Failing ART Makes Them Eligible for Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir Treatment. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2022;41(10):827–34.
  • Maskew M, Technau K, Davies MA, Vreeman R, Fox MP. Adolescent retention in HIV care within differentiated service-delivery models in sub-Saharan Africa. The lancet HIV. 2022;9(10):e726–e34.
  • Kuhn L, Paximadis M, Da Costa Dias B, Shen Y, Mncube S, Strehlau R, et al. Predictors of Cell-Associated Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 DNA Over 1 Year in Very Early Treated Infants. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2022;74(6):1047–54.
  • Davies C, Johnson L, Sawry S, Chimbetete C, Eley B, Vinikoor M, et al. Effect of antiretroviral therapy care interruptions on mortality in children living with HIV. AIDS. 2022;36(5):729–37.
  • Zaniewski E, Brazier E, Ostinelli CHD, Wood R, Osler M, Technau KG, et al. Regression discontinuity analysis demonstrated varied effect of Treat-All on CD4 testing among Southern African countries. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021.
  • Tsondai PR, Davies MA, Singtoroj T, Maxwell N, McGowan CC, Songtaweesin WN, et al. Improving Methods to Classify Perinatal versus Nonperinatal HIV Acquisition in Young Adolescents 10-14 Years of Age. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2021;40(5):453–6.
  • Patel F, Shiau S, Strehlau R, Shen Y, Burke M, Paximadis M, et al. Low Pretreatment Viral Loads in Infants With HIV in an Era of High-maternal Antiretroviral Therapy Coverage. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2021;40(1):55–9.
  • Nyakato P, Schomaker M, Sipambo N, Technau KG, Fatti G, Rabie H, et al. Virologic response of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in the period of early adolescence (10-14 years) in South Africa. AIDS. 2021;35(6):971–8.
  • Mukendi A, Kufa T, Sherman GG, Technau KG, Tiemessen CT, Mazanderani AH. Evaluation of the Aptima HIV-1 Quant Dx assay for HIV diagnosis at birth in South Africa. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 2021;101(3):115467.
  • Keal J, Mazanderani AH, van Dongen N, Sorour G, Technau KG. False-positive rapid diagnostic tests in paediatric and obstetric patients in South Africa. Southern African journal of HIV medicine. 2021;22(1):1186.
  • Iyun V, Technau KG, Vinikoor M, Yotebieng M, Vreeman R, Abuogi L, et al. Variations in the characteristics and outcomes of children living with HIV following universal ART in sub-Saharan Africa (2006-17): a retrospective cohort study. The lancet HIV. 2021;8(6):e353–e62.
  • Iyun V, Technau K-G, Vinikoor M, Yotebieng M, Vreeman R, Abuogi L, et al. Variations in the characteristics and outcomes of children living with HIV following universal ART in sub-Saharan Africa (2006–17): a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet HIV. 2021.
  • Anderson K, Mutemaringa T, Technau KG, Johnson LF, Braithwaite K, Mokotoane E, et al. The next generation: Pregnancy in adolescents and women living with perinatally acquired HIV in South Africa. South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 2021;111(3):260–4.
  • Heath PT, Zuma-Gwala N, Helmig RB, Horne E, Kjærbye-Thygesen A, Crusell MK, Nchabeleng M, Strehlau R, Khalil MR, Jones CE, Biccler J. Immunogenicity and safety of a group B Streptococcus vaccine (GBS-AlpN) in pregnant women and their infants: a phase 2, multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2025 Dec 9. doi:  
  • Locher JA, Wise A, Strehlau R. Intimate hygiene practices during pregnancy with demographic and preterm birth associations: a large cohort study. AJOG Glob Rep. 2026;6(1):100592.  
  • Goga A, Ramraj T, Cloete J, Mawela D, Waggie Z, Archary M, Chinniah K, Jeena P, Tabane NE, Van Zyl R, Reubenson G, Strehlau R, Feucht U, Reddy T, Mchunu N, Cawood S, Zühlke L, Webb K, Zar HJ, Donald KA, Scott C, Morrow BM, Aldersley T, du Plessis NM, Chetty T, Velaphi S, Dangor Z, Moore DP. Severe, primary, and incidental COVID-19 in
  • hospitalised children, South Africa: 2020–2023. J Glob Health. 2026;16.  
  • Zar HJ, Simões EA, Madhi SA, Ramilo O, Senders SD, Shepard JS, Laoprasopwattana K, Piedrahita J, Novoa JM, Vargas SL, Dionne M, for the CLEVER (MK-1654-004) Study Group. Clesrovimab for prevention of RSV disease in healthy infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 2025 Oct 2;393(13):1292-303.
  • Heath PT, Zuma-Gwala N, Helmig RB, Horne E, Kjærbye-Thygesen A, Crusell MKW, Nchabeleng M, Strehlau R, Khalil MR, Jones CE, Biccler J, Dimsits J, Johansson-Lindbom B, Fischer PB, Oostvogels L, Madhi SA, Schmidt LMS, Malberg-Pedersen DG, Karlsen CL, Morais B, Greening V, Eccleston E, Khalil A, Le Doare K, Galiza E, Paulson S, Hampton R, Raney K, Martin N, Walbridge F, Corcoles Fernandez M, Cornish E, Sparks L, Durham R, Kwedza PF, Makaba S, Dlamini G, Soma-Kasiram H, Mathebula M, Noko D, Ramboho I, Moeketsi N, Khoie MJ, Koen A, Machimana C, Jose L, Tamblyn A, Taoushanis C. Immunogenicity and safety of a group B Streptococcus vaccine (GBS-AlpN) in pregnant women and their infants: a phase 2, multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025;.  
  • Natukunda E, Gaur AH, Deville JG, Kosalaraksa P, Strehlau R, Castaño E, Liberty A, Crowe S, Palaparthy R, Vieira VA, Kersey K, Rakhmanina N, Gordon CM. Longitudinal evaluation of bone safety in children and adolescents with HIV-1 starting TAF therapy. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025;.  
  • Barrios-Tascon A, Wang T, Strehlau R, Tobin NH, Violari A, Li F, Patel F, Liberty A, Shiau S, Wadhwa S, Yin MT, Wang S, Tiemessen CT, Aldrovandi GM, Kuhn L. Oral health and behavioral problems in children living with and without HIV in South Africa. AIDS Care. 2025.  
  • Solarin I, Lakhoo DP, McAlpine K, Brennan MM, Chikandiwa A, Brink NB, Radebe L, Landsberg M, Gray C, Hofmeyr GJ, Chang H, Hetem R, Makhanya S, Mpangase PT, Norris S, Urban M, Vannevel V, Wise A, Chersich MF, Technau KG, Strehlau R. Study protocol for the Bio-HEAT study. Wellcome Open Res. 2025;10:121.  
  • Olwagen CP, Izu A, Khan S, Jones S, Briner C, Kwatra G, Van der Merwe L Dean NJ, Baillie VL, Mahtab S, Storath K, Dunn I, Andrew L, Rajyaguru U, Nakwa FL, Velaphi SC, Wadula J, Strehlau R, van Niekerk AM, Naidoo N, Ramsamy Y, Said M, Donald RGK, Simon R, Dangor Z, Madhi SA. Genomic Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in South African Infants: Observational Studies Between 2018 and 2023, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2026;13(1)  
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  • Lakhoo DP, Brink N, Radebe L, Craig MH, Pham MD, Haghighi MM, Wise A, Solarin I, Luchters S, Maimela G, Chersich MF, Heat-Health & HIGH Horizons Study Groups. A systematic review of heat exposure impacts on maternal, fetal and neonatal health. Nat Med. 2025.  
  • HEAT-Health study group: Chikandiwa A, Nakstad B, Wright CY, Brimicombe C, Technau K, Harden L, Boeckmann M, Strehlau R, Hetem RS HIGH Horizons Study Groups Luchters S, Maimela G , Radebe L , Chersich M , Lakhoo D, Solarin I, Brink N, Brimicombe C Boyce CL, Sils T, Milne RS, Wallner JJ, Hardy SR, Ko D, Wong-On-Wing A, Mackey M, Higa N, Beck IA, Styrchak SM, DeMarrais P, Tierney C, Fowler MG; PROMISE Study Team. Impact of HIV drug resistance mutations detected in women prior to antiretroviral therapy with efavirenz + TDF + 3TC/FTC. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024;.  
  • van der Net BV, Strehlau R, Bezuidenhout JK. Autism spectrum disorder and head circumference in children under 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. ý J Clin Med. 2024;6(1).  
  • Barrios-Tascon A, Strehlau R, Patel F, Burke M, Shiau S, Shen Y, Arpadi SM, Abrams EJ, Tiemessen CT, Kuhn L. Growth trajectories over the first year of life among early-treated HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected infants. J Pediatr. 2024;270.
  • Shalekoff S, Dias BDC, Loubser S, Strehlau R, Kuhn L, Tiemessen CT. Higher CCR5 density on CD4+ T cells in mothers and infants and in-utero HIV-1 transmission risk. AIDS. 2024;38(7):945-954.
  • Frantzis I, Levasseur S, Huebner J, Mahida M, Larussa P, James W, Abebe W, Ngwenya C, Mupere E, Rosenthal SL, Patterson J, Johnson J, Strehlau R, Lulseged S, Stanberry LR, Saiman L. Infection prevention and control practices in African neonatal units (PANCAS). Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024;259.
  • Rodriguez CA, Natukunda E, Strehlau R, Venter EL, Rungmaitree S, Cunningham CK, Lalloo U, Kosalaraksa P, Hellström E, Liberty A, McGrath EJ, Kaur M, Leisegang R, Hindman JT, Vieira VA, Kersey K, Cotton MF, Rakhmanina N, Gaur AH. PK and safety of BIC/FTC/TAF in children ≥2 years with suppressed HIV. Lancet HIV. 2024;11(5):e300-e308.
  • Muller WJ, Madhi SA, Seoane Nuñez B, Baca Cots M, Bosheva M, Dagan R, Hammitt LL, Llapur CJ, Novoa JM, Saez Llorens X, Grenham A, Kelly EJ; MELODY Study Group. Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV in term and late-preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2023;.  
  • Kuhn L, Wang T, Li F, Strehlau R, Tobin NH, Violari A, Brooker S, Patel F, Liberty A, Shiau S, Arpadi SM, Wadhwa S, Yin MT, Wang S, Tiemessen CT, Aldrovandi GM. Microbiota in the oral cavity of school-age children with HIV who started antiretroviral therapy at young ages in South Africa. AIDS. 2023;37(10):1583-1591.
  • Madhi SA, Anderson AS, Absalon J, Radley D, Simon R, Jongihlati B, Strehlau R, Van Niekerk AM, Izu A, Naidoo N, Kwatra G, Ramsamy Y, Said M, Jones S, Jose L, Fairlie L, Barnabas SL, Newton R, Munson S, Jefferies Z, Pavliakova D, Silmon De Monerri NC,
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  • Nunes MC, Jones S, Strehlau R, Baba V, Ditse Z, da Silva K, Bothma L, Serafin N, Baillie VL, Kwatra G, Burke M, Wise A, Adam M, Mlandu P, Melamu M, Madhi SA. Antepartum SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse birth outcomes in South African women. J Glob Health. 2022;.  
  • Nunes MC, Jones S, Strehlau R, Baba V, Ditse Z, da Silva K, Bothma L, Serafin N, Baillie VL, Kwatra G, Burke M, Wise A, Adam M, Mlandu P, Melamu M, Madhi SA. Active intrapartum SARS-CoV-2 infection and pregnancy outcomes. Am J Perinatol. 2022.  
  • Ebonwu J, Lassaunière R, Paximadis M, Strehlau R, Gray GE, Kuhn L, Tiemessen CT. FCGR3A gene duplication and Fc receptor variants associated with increased risk of vertical HIV-1 acquisition. PLoS One. 2022.  
  • Morris SE, Strehlau R, Shiau S, Abrams EJ, Tiemessen CT, Kuhn L, Yates AJ; EPIICAL Consortium; LEOPARD Study Team. Healthy dynamics of CD4 T cells may drive HIV resurgence in perinatally infected infants on ART. PLoS Pathog. 2022.  
  • Nunes MC Jones S, Ditse Z, da Silva K, Serafin N, Strehlau R Wise A, Burke M, Baba V, Baillie VL, Nzimande A, Jafta N, Adam M, Mlandu P, Melamu M, Phelp J, Feldman C, Adam Y, Madhi SA, Kwatra G. Maternal–foetal transfer of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies among women with and those without HIV infection. AIDS 36(13):p 1777-1782, November 1, 2022.  
  • Hammitt LL, Dagan R, Yuan Y, Baca Cots M, Bosheva M, Madhi SA, Muller WJ, Zar HJ, Brooks D, Grenham A, Wählby Hamrén U, Mankad VS, Ren P, Takas T; MELODY Study Group. Nirsevimab for prevention of RSV in healthy late-preterm and term infants. N Engl J Med. 2022.  
  • Kuhn L, Paximadis M, Da Costa Dias B, Shen Y, Mncube S, Strehlau R, Shiau S, Patel F, Burke M, Technau KG, Sherman G, Loubser S, Abrams EJ, Tiemessen CT. Predictors of cell-associated HIV-1 DNA over 1 year in very early treated infants. Clin Infect Dis. 2022.  
  • Domachowske J, Madhi SA, Simões EAF, Atanasova V, Cabañas F, Furuno K, Garcia-Garcia ML, Grantina I, Nguyen KA, Brooks D, Chang Y, Leach A, Takas T;MEDLEY Study Group. Safety of nirsevimab for RSV in infants with heart or lung disease or prematurity. N Engl J Med. 2022.  
  • Potterton J, Strehlau R, Shiau S, Comley-White N, Kuhn L, Yin M, Arpadi S. Evaluation of submaximal endurance in young children living with HIV. S Afr J Physiother. 2022;78(1).  
  • Morris SE, Strehlau R, Shiau S, Abrams EJ, Tiemessen CT, Kuhn L, Yates AJ. Healthy dynamics of CD4 T cells in perinatally infected infants on ART (preprint). medRxiv. 2022.  
  • Wu M, Shiau S, Strehlau R, Liberty A, Patel F, Burke M, Murnane PM, Violari A, Yin MT, Abrams EJ, Kuhn L, Arpadi S. Disclosure to South African children about their own HIV status over time. AIDS Care. 2021.  
  • Ebonwu J, Lassaunière R, Paximadis M, Goosen M, Strehlau R, Gray GE, Kuhn L, Tiemessen CT. An HIV vaccine protective allele in FCGR2C associates with increased odds of perinatal HIV acquisition. Front Immunol. 2021.  
  • Nunes M, Jones S, Strehlau R, Baba V, Ditse Z, da Silva KD, Bothma L, Serafin N, Baillie V, Kwatra G, Burke M, Wise A, Adam M, Mlandu P, Melamu M, Madhi S. Association of antepartum and intrapartum SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy outcomes in South African women, two observational studies. Authorea Preprint. 2021.  
  • Shen Y, Shiau S, Strehlau R, Burke M, Patel F, Johnson CT, Rizkalla B, Dympna G, Kuhn L, Coovadia A, Yin MT, Arpadi SM. Persistently lower bone mass and bone turnover among South African children living with well-controlled HIV. AIDS. 2021;.  
  • Mukendi A, Kufa T, Murray T, Burke M, Strehlau R, Technau KG, Tiemessen CT, Sherman GG, Mazanderani AH. Evaluating GeneXpert HIV-1 qualitative assay performance for early infant diagnosis algorithm. S Afr Med J. 2021;111(9):857-861.
  • Jassat W, Cohen C, Tempia S, Masha M, Goldstein S, Kufa T, Murangandi P, Savulescu D, Walaza S, Bam JL, Davies MA, Prozesky HW, Naude J, Mnguni AT; DATCOV Author Group. Risk factors for COVID‐19-related in-hospital mortality in a high HIV and TB prevalence setting. Lancet HIV. 2021.  
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  • Shalekoff S, Loubser S, Dias BDC, Strehlau R, Shiau S, Wang S, He Y, Abrams EJ, Kuhn L, Tiemessen CT. Normalization of B-cell subsets but not T follicular helper cells in infants with very early ART. Front Pediatr. 2021.  
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