Annual Publication Report 2014-2015
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Annual Publication Report 2014-2015
SAMRC ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT APRIL 2014 - MARCH 2015 0 ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Bowers Y, Rendall-Mkosi K, Davids A, Nel E, Jacobs N, London L. Liquor outlet density, deprivation and implications for foetal alcohol syndrome prevention in the Bergriver municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal. 2014 Apr; 96 (2) : 153-65. DOI:10.1080/03736245.2014.901186 Impact Factor: 0.462 2. Gossage JP, Snell CL, Parry CD, Marais AS, Barnard R, de Vries M, Blankenship J, Seedat S, Hasken JM, May PA. Alcohol use, working conditions, job benefits, and the legacy of the "Dop" system among farm workers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: hope despite high levels of risky drinking. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014; 11(7): 7406-24. Epub 2014 Jul 21. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707406 Impact Factor: 2.063 3. Kekwaletswe CT, Morojele NK. Patterns and predictors of antiretroviral therapy use among alcohol drinkers at HIV clinics in Tshwane, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2014; 26 Suppl 1: S7882. Epub 2014 Apr 14. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.906558 Impact Factor: 2.095 4. Meade CS, Towe SL, Watt MH, Hobkirk AL, Skinner D, Myers B, Kimani SM, Pieterse D. HIV testing behaviors and attitudes among community recruited methamphetamine users in a South African township. AIDS and Behavior. 2015 Jan; 19 (1): 186-91. Epub 2014 May 24. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0795-y Impact Factor: 3.728 5. Morojele NK, Kitleli N, Ngako K, Kekwaletswe CT, Nkosi S, Fritz K, Parry CD. Feasibility and acceptability of a bar-based sexual risk reduction intervention for bar patrons in Tshwane, South Africa. SAHARA Journal. 2014 Apr 22. 11: 1-9. DOI:10.1080/17290376.2014.890123 Impact Factor: 1.109 6. Myers B, Jones H, Doherty I, Kline T, Key M, Johnson K, Wechsberg W. Correlates of lifetime trauma exposure among pregnant women from Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2015; 13 (3): 307-21. Epub 2015 Feb 24. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-015-9544-3 Impact Factor: 0.992 7. Myers B, Kline TL, Doherty IA, Carney T, Wechsberg WM. Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Apr 4; 14(1): 100. DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-100 Impact Factor: 2.210 1 8. Myers B, McLaughlin KA, Wang S, Blanco C, Stein DJ. Associations between childhood adversity, adult stressful life events, and past-year drug use disorders in the National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2014 Dec; 28 (4): 1117-26. Epub 2014 Aug 18. DOI: 10.1037/a0037459 Impact Factor: 2.747 9. Neuman MG, Cohen L, Zakhari S, Nanau RM, Mueller S, Schneider M, Parry C, Isip R, Seitz HK. Alcoholic liver disease: A synopsis of the Charles Lieber's memorial symposia 2009-2012. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014 Jul; 49 (4): 373-80. DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu021 Impact Factor: 2.889 10. Nkosi S, Rich EP, Morojele NK. Alcohol use, sexual relationship power, and unprotected sex among patrons in bars and taverns in rural areas of North West Province, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 2014 Nov; 18 (11): 2230-9. Epub 2014 Apr 4. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0764-5 Impact Factor: 3.728 11. Nkosi S, Sikweyiya Y, Kekwaletswe CT, Morojele NK. Male circumcision, alcohol use and unprotected sex among patrons of bars and taverns in rural areas of North-West Province, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2015;27 (5): 612-7. Epub 2014 Nov 26. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.983040 Impact Factor: 2.095 12. Parry C, London L, Myers B. Delays in South Africa's plans to ban alcohol advertising. The Lancet. 2014 Jun 7; 383 (9933): 1972. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60954-5 Impact Factor: 45.217 13. Parry C, Pienaar D, Ataguba J, Volmink J, Kredo T, Jere M, Siegfried N. Implications of Cochrane Review on restricting or banning alcohol advertising in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. Feb 2015; 105 (2): 80-1. Epub 2015 Jan 15. [Letter] DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.9260 Impact Factor: 1.632 14. Parry C. African experience supports view that the global alcohol industry should have no role in the formulation of public health policies. Addiction. 2014 Jul; 109 (7): 1211-2. Epub 2014 Jun 06. DOI: 10.1111/add.12582 Impact Factor: 4.829 15. Parry CD, Morojele NK, Myers BJ, Kekwaletswe CT, Manda SO, Sorsdahl K, Ramjee G, Hahn JA, Rehm J, Shuper PA. Efficacy of an alcohol-focused intervention for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV treatment outcomes - a randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014; 14 (1): 500. Epub 2014 Sep 12. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-500 Impact Factor: 2.613 2 16. Pasche S, Kleintjes S, Wilson D, Stein DJ, Myers B. Improving addiction care in South Africa: development and challenges to implementing training in addictions care at the University of Cape Town. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2015 Jun; 13 (3): 322-32. Epub 2014 Nov 22. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-014-9537-7 Impact Factor: 0.992 17. Reed E, Myers B, Novak SP, Browne FA, Wechsberg WM. Experiences of violence and association with decreased drug abstinence among women in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Behavior. 2015 Jan; 19 (1): 192-8. Epub 2014 Jun 17. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0820-1 Impact Factor: 3.728 18. Skaal L, Sinclair H, Stein DJ, Myers B. Problem Gambling Among Urban and Rural Gamblers in Limpopo Province, South Africa: Associations with Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Use and Psychological Distress. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2015 Jan 29. DOI: 10.1007/s10899-015-9522-5 Impact Factor: 2.290 19. Sorsdahl K, Myers B, Ward CL, Matzopoulos R, Mtukushe B, Nicol A, Cuijpers P, Stein DJ. Adapting a blended motivational interviewing and problem-solving intervention to address risky substance use amongst South Africans. Psychotherapy research. 2015; 25 (4): 435-44. Epub 2014 Apr 8. DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.897770 Impact Factor: 1.723 20. Sorsdahl K, Petersen Williams P, Everett-Murphy K, Vythilingum B, de Villiers P, Myers B, Stein DJ. Feasibility and preliminary responses to a screening and brief intervention program for maternal mental disorders within the context of primary care. Community Mental Health Journal. 2015 Nov; 51 (8): 962-9. Epub 2015 Mar 6. DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9853-9 Impact Factor: 1.111 21. Wechsberg WM, El-Bassel N, Carney T, Browne FA, Myers B, Zule WA. Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2015; 10: 6. Epub 2015 Feb 24. DOI: 10.1186/s13011-015-0005-6 Impact Factor: 1.230 22. Zule W, Myers B, Carney T, Novak SP, McCormick K, Wechsberg WM. Alcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp. AIDS care. 2014; 26 (12): 1494-9. Epub 2014 Jul 12. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.933769 Impact Factor: 2.095 23. Schneider M, Chersich M, Temmerman M, Degomme O, Parry CD. 2014. The impact of alcohol on HIV prevention and treatment for South Africans in primary healthcare’, Curationis. 2014 Aug 1; 37 (1) :1137. Epub 2014 Aug 1. DOI: 10.4102/curationis. v37i1.1137 Impact Factor: None 3 24. Siegfried N, Pienaar DC, Ataguba JE, Volmink J, Kredo T, Jere M, Parry CD. Restricting or banning alcohol advertising to reduce alcohol consumption in adults and adolescents. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews. 2014 Nov 4; 11:CD010704. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010704.pub2 Impact Factor: 6.035 25. Sorsdahl K, Stein DJ, Williams DR, Anthony J, Myers B. Childhood punishment and risk for alcohol use disorders: Data from South Africa. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2015 Feb; 13 (1): 103-14. Epub 2014 Sep 12. Impact Factor: 0.992 26. Stein DJ, Koen N, Donald KA, Adnams CM, Koopowitz S, Lund C, Marais A, Myers B, Roos A, Sorsdahl K, Stern M, Tomlinson M, van der Westhuizen C, Vythilingum B, Myer L, Barnett W, Brittain K, Zar HJ. Investigating the psychosocial determinants of child health in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2015 Aug 30; 252: 27-35. Epub 2015 Mar 19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.03.016 Impact Factor: 2.025 27. Sorsdahl K, Myers B. Addressing substance use within primary health care settings in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Addicta: The Turkish journal of Addictions. 2014, 1 (2): 80-94. Epub 2015 Jan 15. Impact Factor: None 4 ANXIETY AND STRESS DISORDERS JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Stein DJ, Koen N, Donald KA, Adnams CM, Koopowitz S, Lund C, Marais A, Myers B, Roos A, Sorsdahl K, Stern M, Tomlinson M, van der Westhuizen C, Vythilingum B, Myer L, Barnett W, Brittain K, Zar HJ. Investigating the psychosocial determinants of child health in Africa: The Drakenstein Child Health Study. Journal of neuroscience methods. 2015 Aug 30; 252: 27-35. Epub 2015 Mar 19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.03.016 Impact Factor: 2.025 2. Sorsdahl K, Myers B, Ward CL, Matzopoulos R, Mtukushe B, Nicol A, Cuijpers P, Stein DJ. Adapting a blended motivational interviewing and problem-solving intervention to address risky substance use amongst South Africans. Psychotherapy Research. 2015;25 (4): 435-44. Epub 2014 Apr 8. DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.897770 Impact Factor: 1.723 3. Myers B, McLaughlin KA, Wang S, Blanco C, Stein DJ. Associations between childhood adversity, adult stressful life events, and past-year drug use disorders in the National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2014 Dec; 28 (4): 1117-26. Epub 2014 Aug 18. DOI: 10.1037/a0037459 Impact Factor: 2.747 4. Skaal L, Sinclair H, Stein DJ, Myers B. Problem gambling among urban and rural gamblers in Limpopo Province, South Africa: associations with hazardous and harmful alcohol use and psychological distress. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2015 Jan 29. DOI: 10.1007/s10899-015-9522-5 Impact Factor: 2.290 5. Sorsdahl K, Petersen Williams P, Everett-Murphy K, Vythilingum B, de Villiers P, Myers B, Stein DJ. Feasibility and preliminary responses to a screening and brief intervention program for maternal mental disorders within the context of primary care. Community Mental Health Journal. 2015 Nov; 51 (8): 962-9. Epub 2015 Mar 6. DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9853-9 Impact Factor: 1.111 6. Campbell MM, Stein DJ. Sexual health in the South African context. South African Medical Journal. 2014 Jun; 104 (6): 439. Epub 2014 May 13. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8391 Impact Factor: 1.632 7. Koen N, Wyatt GE, Williams JK, Zhang M, Myer L, Zar HJ, Stein DJ. Intimate partner violence: associations with low infant birthweight in a South African birth cohort. Metabolic Brain Disease. 2014 Jun; 29 (2): 281-99. Epub 2014 Apr 12. DOI: 10.1007/s11011-014-9525-4 Impact Factor: 2.638 5 8. Amos T, Stein DJ, Ipser JC. Pharmacological interventions for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2014 Jul 8; 7: CD006239. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006239.pub2 Impact Factor: 6.035 9. Bauer M, Glenn T, Alda M, Andreassen OA, Angelopoulos E, Ardau R, Baethge C, Bauer R, Bellivier F, Belmaker RH, Berk M, Bjella TD, Bossini L, Bersudsky Y,Cheung EY, Conell J, 4Zompo MD, Dodd S, Etain B, Fagiolini A, Frye MA, Fountoulakis KN, Garneau-Fournier J, González-Pinto A, Harima H, Hassel S, Henry C, Iacovides A, Isometsä ET, Kapczinski F, Kliwicki S, König B, Krogh R, Kunz M, Lafer B, Larsen ER, Lewitzka U, Lopez-Jaramillo C, MacQueen G, Manchia M, Marsh W, Martinez-Cengotitabengoa M, Melle I, Monteith S, Morken G, Munoz R, Nery FG, O'Donovan C, Osher Y, Pfennig A, Quiroz D, Ramesar R, Rasgon N, Reif A, Ritter P, Rybakowski JK, Sagduyu K, Scippa AM, Severus E, Simhandl C, Stein DJ, Strejilevich S, Hatim Sulaiman A, Suominen K, Tagata H, Tatebayashi Y, Torrent C, Vieta E, Viswanath B, Wanchoo MJ, Zetin M, Whybrow PC. Relationship between sunlight and the age of onset of bipolar disorder: An international multisite study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2014; 167: 104-11. Epub 2014 May 29. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.032 Impact Factor: 3.383 10. Bauer M, Glenn T, Alda M, Andreassen OA, Angelopoulos E, Ardau R, Baethge C, Bauer R, Bellivier F, Belmaker RH, Berk M, Bjella TD, Bossini L, Bersudsky Y, Cheung EY, Conell J, Del Zompo M, Dodd S, Etain B, Fagiolini A, Frye MA, Fountoulakis KN, GarneauFournier J, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Harima H, Hassel S, Henry C, Iacovides A, Isometsa ET, Kapczinski F, Kliwicki S, Konig B, Krogh R, Kunz M, Lafer B, Larsen ER, Lewitzka U, Lopez-Jaramillo C, MacQueen G, Manchia M, Marsh W, Martinez-Cengotitabengoa M, Melle I, Monteith S, Morken G, Munoz R, Nery FG, O'Donovan C, Osher Y, Pfennig A, Quiroz D, Ramesar R, Rasgon N, Reif A, Ritter P, Rybakowski JK, Sagduyu K, Scippa AM, Severus E, Simhandl C, Stein DJ, Strejilevich S, Hatim Sulaiman A, Suominen K, Tagata H, Tatebayashi Y, Torrent C, Vieta E, Viswanath B, Wanchoo MJ, Zetin M, Whybrow PC. Influence of birth cohort on age of onset cluster analysis in bipolar I disorder. European Psychiatry. 2015 Jan; 30 (1): 99-105. Epub 2014 Dec 12. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.10.005 Impact Factor: 3.439 11. Bauer M, Glenn T, Alda M, Andreassen OA, Angelopoulos E, Ardau R, Baethge C, Bauer R, Baune BT, Bellivier F, Belmaker RH, Berk M, Bjella TD, Bossini L, Bersudsky Y, Wo Cheung EY, Conell J, Del Zompo M, Dodd S, Etain B, Fagiolini A, Frye MA, Fountoulakis KN, Garneau-Fournier J, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Gottlieb JF, Harima H, Hassel S, Henry C, Iacovides A, Isometsa ET, Kapczinski F, Kliwicki S, Konig B, Krogh R, Kunz M, Lafer B, Larsen ER, Lewitzka U, Lopez-Jaramillo C, MacQueen G, Manchia M, Marsh W, MartinezCengotitabengoa M, Melle I, Monteith S, Morken G, Munoz R, Nery FG, O'Donovan C, Osher Y, Pfennig A, Quiroz D, Ramesar R, Rasgon N, Reif A, Ritter P, Rybakowski JK, Sagduyu K, Miranda-Scippa A, Severus E, Simhandl C, Stein DJ, Strejilevich S, Sulaiman AH, Suominen K, Tagata H, Tatebayashi Y, Torrent C, Vieta E, Viswanath B, Wanchoo MJ, Zetin M, Whybrow PC. Influence of light exposure during early life on the age of onset of bipolar disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2015 May; 64: 1-8. Epub 2015 Mar 27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.03.013 Impact Factor: 3.957 6 12. Campbell MM, Stein DJ. Hypersexual disorder in general practice. South African Medical Journal. 2014 Jun; 104 (6): 448. Epub 2014 May 14. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8409 Impact Factor: 1.632 13. Campbell MM, Stein DJ. Sexual dysfunction: A systematic review of South African research. South African Medical Journal. 2014 Jun; 104 (6): 440-4. Epub 2014 May 13. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.7827 Impact Factor: 1.632 14. Dalvie S, Stein DJ, Koenen K, Cardenas V, Cuzen NL, Ramesar R, Fein G, Brooks SJ. The effect of the BDNF p. Val66Met polymorphism on differential brain volumes, early life adversity and alcohol abuse in adolescents. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Dec 16; 14 (1): 328. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-014-0328-2 Impact Factor: 2.210 15. Grant JE, Stein DJ. Body-focused repetitive behavior disorders in ICD-11. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria. 2014 Dec; 36 (Suppl 1): 59-64. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1228 Impact Factor: 1.765 16. Stein DJ, Fontenelle LF, Reed GM. Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in ICD-11. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria. 2014 Dec; 36 (Suppl 1): 1-2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2014-1531 Impact Factor: 1.765 17. Stein DJ, Woods DW. Stereotyped movement disorder in ICD-11. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria. 2014 Dec; 36 (Suppl 1): 65-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2014-3606 Impact Factor: 1.765 18. van den Heuvel OA, Veale D, Stein DJ. Hypochondriasis: considerations for ICD-11. Revista Brasileira De Psiquiatria. 2014 Dec; 36 (Suppl 1): 21-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1218 Impact Factor: 1.765 19. Hoare J, Fouche JP, Phillips N, Joska JA, Donald KA, Thomas K, Stein DJ. Clinical associations of white matter damage in cART-treated HIV-positive children in South Africa. Journal of Neurovirology. 2015 Apr; 21 (2): 120-8. Epub 2015 Jan 21. DOI: 10.1007/s13365-014-0311-1 Impact Factor: 2.595 20. Ipser JC, Wilson D, Akindipe TO, Sager C, Stein DJ. Pharmacotherapy for anxiety and comorbid alcohol use disorders. Cochrane Database Systematic Reviews. 2015; 1: CD007505. Epub 2015 Jan 20. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007505.pub2 Impact Factor: 6.035 7 21. Lochner C, Fineberg NA, Zohar J, van Ameringen M, Juven-Wetzler A, Altamura AC, Cuzen NL, Hollander E, Denys D, Nicolini H, Dell'Osso B, Pallanti S, Stein DJ. Comorbidity in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS). Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2014; 55 (7): 1513-9. Epub 2014 Jun 09. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.020 Impact Factor: 2.252 22. Lochner C, Stein DJ. Prevalence of olfactory reference syndrome in obsessive-compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2014; 75 (11): 1266. Epub 2014 Nov. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14l08987 Impact Factor: 5.498 23. Lund C, Schneider M, Davies T, Nyatsanza M, Honikman S, Bhana A, Bass J, Bolton P, Dewey M, Joska J, Kagee A, Myer L, Petersen I, Prince M, Stein DJ, Thornicroft G, Tomlinson M, Alem A, Susser E. Task sharing of a psychological intervention for maternal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Nov 21; 15: 457. DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-457 Impact Factor: 1.731 24. Paul RH, Joska JA, Woods C, Seedat S, Engelbrecht S, Hoare J, Heaps J, Valcour V, Ances B, Baker LM, Salminen LE, Stein DJ. Impact of the HIV Tat C30C31S dicysteine substitution on neuropsychological function in patients with clade C disease. Journal of Neurovirology. 2014; 20 (6) : 627-35. Epub 2014 Nov 1. DOI: 10.1007/S13365-014-0293-Z Impact Factor: 2.595 25. Roos A, Geerts L, Koen N, Faure SC, Vythilingum B, Stein DJ. Psychosocial predictors of fetoplacental blood flow during pregnancy. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 57: 12531. Epub 2014 Nov 14. DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.11.011 Impact Factor: 2.252 26. Roos A, Grant JE, Fouche JP, Stein DJ, Lochner C. A comparison of brain volume and cortical thickness in excoriation (skin picking) disorder and trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) in women. Behavioural Brain Research. 2015; 279: 255-8. Epub 2014 Nov 27. DOI: 10.1016/J.BBR.2014.11.029 Impact Factor: 3.028 27. Roos A, Kwiatkowski MA, Fouche JP, Narr KL, Thomas KG, Stein DJ, Donald KA. White matter integrity and cognitive performance in children with prenatal methamphetamine exposure. Behavioural Brain Research. 2015; 279: 62-7. Epub 2014 Nov 12. DOI: 10.1016/J.BBR.2014.11.005 Impact Factor: 3.028 28. Rothbart R, Stein DJ. Pharmacotherapy of trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder): an updated systematic review. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2014; 15 (18): 2709-19. Epub 2014 Dec 1. DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.972936 Impact Factor: 3.534 8 29. Stein DJ, Craske MA, Friedman MJ, Phillips KA. Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders in DSM-5. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2014 Jun 1; 171 (6): 611-3. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14010003 Impact Factor: 12.295 30. Stein DJ. Etifoxine versus alprazolam for the treatment of adjustment disorder with anxiety: a randomized controlled trial. Advances in Therapy. 2015; 32 (1): 57-68. Epub 2015 Jan 27. DOI: 10.1007/s12325‐015‐0176‐6 Impact Factor: 2.272 31. Suliman S, Stein DJ, Seedat S. Clinical and neuropsychological predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder. Medicine (Baltimore). 2014 Nov; 93 (22): e113. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000113 Impact Factor: 5.723 32. Yu D, Mathews CA, Scharf JM, Neale BM, Davis LK, Gamazon ER, Derks EM, Evans P, Edlund CK, Crane J, Fagerness JA, Osiecki L, Gallagher P, Gerber G, Haddad S, Illmann C, McGrath LM, Mayerfeld C, Arepalli S, Barlassina C, Barr CL, Bellodi L, Benarroch F, Berrio GB, Bienvenu OJ, Black DW, Bloch MH, Brentani H, Bruun RD, Budman CL, Camarena B, Campbell DD, Cappi C, Silgado JC, Cavallini MC, Chavira DA, Chouinard S, Cook EH, Cookson MR, Coric V, Cullen B, Cusi D, Delorme R, Denys D, Dion Y, Eapen V, Egberts K, Falkai P, Fernandez T, Fournier E, Garrido H, Geller D, Gilbert D, Girard SL, Grabe HJ, Grados MA, Greenberg BD, Gross-Tsur V, Grunblatt E, Hardy J, Heiman GA, Hemmings SM, Herrera LD, Hezel DM, Hoekstra PJ, Jankovic J, Kennedy JL, King RA, Konkashbaev AI, Kremeyer B, Kurlan R, Lanzagorta N, Leboyer M, Leckman JF, Lennertz L, Liu C, Lochner C, Lowe TL, Lupoli S, Macciardi F, Maier W, Manunta P, Marconi M, McCracken JT, Mesa Restrepo SC, Moessner R, Moorjani P, Morgan J, Muller H, Murphy DL, Naarden AL, Nurmi E, Ochoa WC, Ophoff RA, Pakstis AJ, Pato MT, Pato CN, Piacentini J, Pittenger C, Pollak Y, Rauch SL, Renner T, Reus VI, Richter MA, Riddle MA, Robertson MM, Romero R, Rosario MC, Rosenberg D, Ruhrmann S, Sabatti C, Salvi E, Sampaio AS, Samuels J, Sandor P, Service SK, Sheppard B, Singer HS, Smit JH, Stein DJ, Strengman E, Tischfield JA, Turiel M, Valencia Duarte AV, Vallada H, Veenstra-Van der Weele J, Walitza S, Wang Y, Weale M, Weiss R, Wendland JR, Westenberg HG, Shugart YY, Hounie AG, Miguel EC, Nicolini H, Wagner M, Ruiz-Linares A, Cath DC, McMahon W, Posthuma D, Oostra BA, Nestadt G, Rouleau GA, Purcell S, Jenike MA, Heutink P, Hanna GL, Conti DV, Arnold PD, Freimer NB, Stewart SE, Knowles JA, Cox NJ, Pauls DL. Cross-disorder genome-wide analyses suggest a complex genetic relationship between Tourette's syndrome and OCD. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2015 Jan; 172 (1): 82-93. Epub 2014 Aug 26. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13101306 Impact Factor: 12.295 9 BIOINFORMATICS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Aksoy S, Attardo G, Berriman M, Christoffels A, Lehane M, Masiga D, Toure Y. Human African trypanosomiasis research gets a boost: unraveling the tsetse genome. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014 Apr 24; 8 (4): e2624. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002624 Impact Factor: 4.446 2. Bosch J, Noubiap JJ, Dandara C, Makubalo N, Wright G, Domelevo Entfellner JB, Tiffin N, Wonkam A. Sequencing of GJB2 in Cameroonians and black South Africans and comparison to 1000 genomes project data support need to revise strategy for discovery of non-syndromic deafness genes in Africans. OMICS: A journal of Integrative Biology. 2014 Nov; 18 (11): 705-10. Epub 2014 Aug 27. 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Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N and Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-43-8. 2. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N and Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Limpopo, 1997–2010. Cape Town South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-42-1. 3. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N and Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Mpumalanga, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-41-4. 4. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N and Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Gauteng, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-40-7. 5. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N and Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for North West, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-39-1. 6. 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Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2014 Sep 13; 384(9947): 957-79. Epub 2014 May 2. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60497-9 Impact Factor: 45.217 10. Nicol A, Knowlton LM, Schuurman N, Matzopoulos R, Zargaran E, Cinnamon J, Fawcett V, Taulu T, Hameed SM. Trauma Surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: An Analysis of 9236 Consecutive Trauma Center Admissions. JAMA Surgery. 2014 Jun; 149(6): 549-56. Epub 2014 April 30. DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5267 Impact Factor: 3.936 30 11. Kabudula C, Joubert J, Tuoane-Nkhasi M, Kahn K, Rao C, Gómez-Olivé F, Mee P, Tollman S, Lopez A, Vos T, Bradshaw D. Evaluation of record linkage of mortality data between a health and demographic surveillance system and national civil registration system in South Africa. Population Health Metrics. 2014 Aug 30; 12(1): 23. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0023-z Impact Factor: 3.347 12. 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Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for North West, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-39-1. 7. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Northern Cape, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-37-7. 8. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Eastern Cape, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-36-0. 32 9. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Western Cape, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-35-3. 10. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for South Africa, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-34-6. 3 11. Msemburi W, Pillay-van Wyk V, Dorrington RE, Neethling I, Nannan N, Groenewald P, Laubscher R, Joubert J, Matzopoulos R, Nicol E, Nojilana B, Prinsloo M, Sithole N, Somdyala N, Bradshaw D. Second national burden of disease study for South Africa: Cause-of-death profile for Free State, 1997–2010. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-920618-38-4. 12. Dorrington RE, Bradshaw D, Laubscher R, Nannan N. Rapid mortality surveillance report 2013. Cape Town: South African Medical Research Council, 2014. ISBN: 978-1- 920618-339. 33 CENTRE FOR TUBERCULOSIS JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Jones CE, Hesseling AC, Tena-Coki NG, Scriba TJ, Chegou NN, Kidd M, Wilkinson RJ, Kampmann B. The impact of HIV exposure and maternal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on infant immune responses to bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination. AIDS. 2015 Jan 14; 29(2): 155-65. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000536 Impact Factor: 5.554 2. Fang Z, Sampson SL, Warren RM, Gey van Pittius NC, Newton-Foot M. 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Epub 2014 Oct 22. DOI: 10.1159/000365124 Impact Factor: 2.618 13. Gitau TM, Micklesfield LK, Pettifor JM, Norris SA. Changes in eating attitudes, body esteem and weight control behaviours during adolescence in a South African cohort. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 13; 9 (10): e109709. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109709 Impact Factor: 3.234 14. Jaff NG, Snyman T, Norris SA, Crowther NJ. Staging reproductive aging using Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop + 10 in black urban African women in the Study of Women Entering and in Endocrine Transition. Menopause. 2014 Nov; 21(11): 1225-33. DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000235 Impact Factor: 3.361 15. van Heerden AC, Norris SA, Tollman SM, Richter LM. Collecting health research data: Comparing mobile phone-assisted personal interviewing to paper-and-pen data collection. Field Methods. 2014 Nov; 26(4): 307-321. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X13518184 Impact Factor: 0.872 42 16. Jan Mohamed HJ, Yap RW, Loy SL, Norris SA, Biesma R, Aagaard-Hansen J. Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults in Malaysia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2015 Mar; 27(2): 123-135. Epub 2014 Dec 18. [Review]. DOI: 10.1177/1010539514562447 Impact Factor: 1.459 17. Kimani-Murage EW, Wekesah F, Wanjohi M, Kyobutungi C, Ezeh AC, Musoke RN, Norris SA, Madise NJ, Griffiths P. Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2014 Dec 17. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12161 Impact Factor: 3.064 18. Gradidge PJ, Crowther NJ, Chirwa ED, Norris SA, Micklesfield LK. Patterns, levels and correlates of self-reported physical activity in urban black Soweto women. BMC Public Health. 2014 Sep 8; 14: 934. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-934 Impact Factor: 2.264 19. Sedibe HM, Kahn K, Edin K, Gitau T, Ivarsson A, Norris SA. Qualitative study exploring healthy eating practices and physical activity among adolescent girls in rural South Africa. 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Norris SA, Anuar H, Matzen P, Cheah JCH, Jensen BB, Hanson M. The life and health challenges of young Malaysian couples: results from a stakeholder consensus and engagement study to support non-communicable disease prevention. BMC Public Health. 2014 June 14(Suppl 2): S6. DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-14-S2-S6. Impact Factor: 2.264 28. Huybrechts I, De Vriendt T, Breidenassel C, Rogiers J, Vanaelst B, Cuenca-Garcia M, Moreno LA, Gonzalez-Gross M, Roccaldo R, Kafatos A, Clays E, Bueno G, Beghin L, Sjostrom M, Manios Y, Molnar D, Pisa PT, De Henauw S. Mechanisms of stress, energy homeostasis and insulin resistance in European adolescents - the HELENA study. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases. 2014 May 6. pii: S0939-4753(14)00159-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.04.014 Impact Factor: 3.323 29. Richter L, Mabaso M, Ramjith J, Norris SA. Early sexual debut: Voluntary or coerced? Evidence from longitudinal data in South Africa – the Birth to Twenty Plus study. South African Medical Journal 2015 Apr; 105(4): 204-307. Epub 2015 Mar 03. DOI:10.7196/samj.8925. Impact Factor: 1.632 30. Lundeen EA, Stein AD, Adair LS, Behrman JR, Bhargava SK, Dearden KA, Gigante D, Norris SA, Richter LM, Fall CH, Martorell R, Sachdev HS, Victora CG; COHORTS Investigators. Height-for-age z scores increase despite increasing height deficits among children in 5 developing countries. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2014 Sep; 100(3): 821-5. Epub 2014 Jul 9. DOI: 10.3945/AJCN.114.084368. Impact Factor: 6.770 44 31. Ibanez-Gonzalez Daniel Lopes, Greenstein R. Chronic Illness and the Urban Healthworld: A Sowetan Case Study. South Africa Review of Sociology. 2014 June 11; 45(2): 97-116. DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2014.917891 Impact Factor: None 32. Geary RS, Gomez-Olive X, Kahn K, Tollman S, Norris SA. Barriers to and facilitators of the provision of a youth-friendly health services programme in rural South Africa. BMC Health Services Research. 2014 Jun 16; 14: 259. 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Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees. Human Genomics. 2014 Aug 21; 8(1): 15. DOI: 10.1186/s40246-014-0015-x Impact Factor: 2.146 44. Feeley AB, Norris SA. Added sugar and dietary sodium intake from purchased fast food, confectionery, sweetened beverages and snacks among urban Sowetan adolescents. South African Journal of Child Health. 2014 Aug 15; 8(3): 88-91. DOI:10.7196/SAJCH.678 Impact Factor: None 45. Koon AD, Goudge J, Norris SA. Considerations for linking South Africa’s youth friendly services to its community health worker program. South Africa Journal of Child Health. 2014 Aug 15; 8(3): 85-87. DOI:10.7196/SAJCH.677 Impact Factor: None 46. Sedibe MH, Feeley AB, Voorend C, Griffiths P, Doak C, Norris SA. Narratives of urban female adolescents in South Africa: dietary and physical activity practices in an obesogenic environment. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2014 Jul. 27(3):114-119. 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Genito-anal injury patterns and associated factors in rape survivors in an urban province of South Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health. 2015 Mar 27; 15(1): 29. DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0187-0 Impact Factor: 1.495 3. Mathews S, Jewkes R, Abrahams N. ‘So now I’m the man’: Intimate partner femicide and its interconnections with expressions of masculinities in South Africa. British Journal of Criminology. 2015; 55(1): 107-124. Epub 2014 Oct 30. DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azu076 Impact Factor: 1.445 4. Gibbs A, Jewkes R, Sikweyiya Y, Willan S. Reconstructing masculinity? A qualitative evaluation of the stepping stones and creating futures interventions in urban informal settlements in South Africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 2015; 17(2):208-22. Epub 2014 Oct 22. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.966150 Impact Factor: 1.784 5. Shamu S, Zarowsky C, Shefer T, Temmerman M, Abrahams N. Intimate partner violence after disclosure of HIV test results among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe. 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Garcia-Moreno C, Zimmerman C, Morris-Gehring A, Heise L, Amin A, Abrahams N, Montoya O, Bhate-Deosthali P, Kilonzo N, Watts C. Addressing violence against women: A call to action. Lancet. 2015 Apr 25; 385(9978): 1685-95. Epub 2014 Nov 21. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61830-4 Impact Factor: 45.217 10. Jewkes R, Gibbs A, Jama-Shai N, Willan S, Misselhorn A, Mushinga M, Washington L, Mbatha N, Sikiweyiya Y. Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention: Shortened interrupted time series evaluation of a behavioural and structural health promotion and violence prevention intervention for young people in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2014;14(1):1325. Epub 2014 Dec 29. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1325 Impact Factor: 2.264 11. Gevers A, Dartnall E. The role of mental health in primary prevention of sexual and genderbased violence. Global Health Action. 2014 Sept 12; 7: 24741. DOI: 10.3402/GHA.V7.24741 Impact Factor: 1.930 12. Christofides NJ, Jewkes RK, Dunkle KL, McCarty FA, Shai NJ, Nduna M, Sterk CE. Perpetration of physical and sexual abuse and subsequent fathering of pregnancies among a cohort of young South African men: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. 2014 Sept 12; 14: 947. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-947 Impact Factor: 2.264 13. Christofides NJ, Jewkes RK, Dunkle KL, McCarty F, Jama Shai N, Nduna M, Sterk C. Risk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of followup among a cohort of young South African women. Global Health Action. 2014 Aug 21; 7: 23719. DOI: 10.3402/gha. v7.23719 Impact Factor: 1.930 14. Jina R, Jewkes R, Christofides N, Loots L. A cross-sectional study on the effect of post-rape training on knowledge and confidence of health professionals in South Africa. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2014 Aug; 126(2): 187-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.02.011 Impact Factor: 1.537 15. Gibbs A, Sikweyiya Y, Jewkes R. 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Frequency of multiple sexual partnerships among women participating in an HIV prevention trial in Durban, South Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2014 Oct;30 Suppl 1: A166-7. Epub 2014 Oct 30. DOI: 10.1089/AID.2014.5348.ABSTRACT Impact Factor: 2.325 74 7. Gafos M, Crook A, Pool R, Mzimela M A, Morar N, Vallely A, Abaasa A, Palanee T, Mweemba O, Ramjee G, Francis S, Kamali A, Rees H, Chisembele M, Mccormack S, and on behalf of the MDP Study Team. Exploring post-coital intravaginal cleansing practices among women enrolled in the microbicides development programme MDP 301 clinical trial. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. October 2014, 30(S1): A10-A10. Epub 2014 Oct 30. DOI: 10.1089/AID.2014.5008.ABSTRACT Impact Factor: 2.325 8. Gounden N, Abbai N, Maharaj R. Operational challenges for the set-up of gram stain analysis for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis in a local laboratory in Durban, South Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2014 Oct; 30 Suppl 1: A220-1. 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Reporting and handling of missing data in predictive research for prevalent undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review. EPMA Journal. 2015 Dec; 6(1): 7. Epub 2015 Mar 11 DOI: 10.1186/s13167-015-0028-0 Impact Factor: None 76. Noubiap JJN, Naidoo J, Kengne AP. Diabetic nephropathy in Africa: A systematic review. World Journal of Diabetes. 2015 Jun 10; 6(5): 759-73. Epub 2015 Mar 18. DOI: 10.4239/wjd. v6. i5.759 Impact Factor: None 107 77. van Stuijvenberg ME, Nel J, Schoeman SE, Lombard CJ, du Plessis LM, Dhansay MA. Low intake of calcium and vitamin D, but not zinc, iron or vitamin A, is associated with stunting in 2- to 5-year-old children. Nutrition. 2015 Jun; 31(6): 841-6. Epub 2014 Dec 31. DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.12.011. Impact Factor: 2.926 BOOK CHAPTER/S 1. Faber M, Laurie SM, Van Jaarsveld PJ. Critical issues to consider in the selection of crops in a food-based approach to improve vitamin A status – based on a South African experience – Chapter 5. 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Otwombe K, Dietrich J, Laher F, Hornschuh S, Nkala B, Chimoyi L, Kaida A, Gray GE, Miller CL. Health-seeking behaviours by gender among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa. Global Health Action. 2015 Feb 2; 8: 25670. DOI: 10.3402/gha. v8.25670 Impact Factor: 1.930 6. Thurston IB, Dietrich J, Bogart LM, Otwombe KN, Sikkema KJ, Nkala B, Gray GE. Correlates of sexual risk among sexual minority and heterosexual South african youths. American Journal of Public Health. 2014 Jul; 104(7): 1265-9. Epub 2014 May 15. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301865 Impact Factor: 4.552 109 7. Delany-Moretlwe S, Smith E, Myer L, Ahmed K, Nkala B, Maboa R, Gama C, Sibiya S, Sebe M, Brumskine W, Bekker LG, Nachabeleng M, Lombard C, Gray G, Rees H. FACTS001: Characteristics of Participants Enrolled in a Phase II Randomised Controlled Trial of Tenofovir Gel Prevention of HIV-1 and HSV-2. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 2014 Oct 30: 30(Suppl 1): A281-2. DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.5637.abstract Impact Factor: 2.325 8. Jewkes R, Dunkle K, Jama-Shai N, Gray G. Impact of exposure to intimate partner violence on CD4+ and CD8+ T cell decay in HIV infected women: Longitudinal study. PLoS ONE. 2015 Mar 27; 10(3): e0122001. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122001 Impact Factor: 3.234 9. Gray GE, Corey L. Reevaluating HIV vaccine clinical trials policy for infants. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015 Feb 15; 211(4): 501-3. Epub 2014 Aug 27. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu445 Impact Factor: 5.997 110 OFFICE OF CANCER JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Stefan DC. Patterns of distribution of childhood cancer in Africa. Journal of tropical pediatrics. 2015 Jun; 61(3): 165-73. Epub 2015 Feb 26. DOI: 10.1093/TROPEJ/FMV005 Impact Factor: 1.256 2. Stefan DC. Why is cancer not a priority in South Africa? South African Medical Journal. 2015 Jan; 105(2): 103-104. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.9301 Impact Factor: 1.632 3. Stones DK, Hadley GP, Wainwright RD, Stefan DC. 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Verma S, Kirigiti MA, Millar RP, Grove KL, Smith MS. endogenous kisspeptin tone is a critical excitatory component of spontaneous GnRH activity and the GnRH response to NPY and CART. Neuroendocrinology. 2014; 99(3-4): 190-203. Epub 2014 Jul 7. DOI: 10.1159/000365419 Impact Factor: 4.373 116 8. Sales KJ, Adefuye A, Nicholson L, Katz AA. CCR5 expression is elevated in cervical cancer cells and is up-regulated by seminal plasma. Molecular Human Reproduction. 2014 Nov; 20(11): 1144-57. Epub 2014 Aug 7. DOI: 10.1093/MOLEHR/GAU063 Impact Factor: 3.747 9. Grachev P, Li XF, Hu MH, Li SY, Millar RP, Lightman SL, O'Byrne KT. Neurokinin B signaling in the female rat: A novel link between stress and reproduction. Endocrinology. 2014 Jul;155(7):2589-601. Epub 2014 Apr 7. DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-2038 Impact Factor: 4.503 10. Francis VA, Abera AB, Matjila M, Millar RP, Katz AA. Kisspeptin regulation of genes involved in cell invasion and angiogenesis in first trimester human trophoblast cells. 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Seminal plasma induces the expression of IL-1α in normal and neoplastic cervical cells via EP2/EGFR/PI3K/AKT pathway. Journal of Molecular Signaling. 2014 Aug 8; 9: 8. DOI: 10.1186/1750-2187-9-8 Impact Factor: None 15. Adefuye A, Katz AA, Sales KJ. The regulation of inflammatory pathways and infectious disease of the cervix by seminal fluid. Pathology Research International. 2014 Aug 11; 2014: 748740. DOI: 10.1155/2014/748740 Impact Factor: None 117 RESPIRATORY AND MENINGEAL PATHOGENS JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Cohen C, Walaza S, Moyes J, Groome M, Tempia S, Pretorius M, Hellferscee O, Dawood H, Haffejee S, Variava E, Kahn K, Tshangela A, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Cohen AL, Kgokong B, Venter M, Madhi SA. Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged >/=5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(2): e0117716. Epub 2015 Feb 23. DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0117716 Impact Factor: 3.234 2. Cohen C, Moyes J, Tempia S, Groome M, Walaza S, Pretorius M, Dawood H, Chhagan M, Haffejee S, Variava E, Kahn K, von Gottberg A, Wolter N, Cohen AL, Malope-Kgokong B, Venter M, Madhi SA. Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(3): e0118884. Epub 2015 Mar 18. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118884 Impact Factor: 3.234 3. Walaza S, Tempia S, Dawood H, Variava E, Moyes J, Cohen AL, Wolter N, Groome M, von Mollendorf C, Kahn K, Pretorius M, Venter M, Madhi SA, Cohen C. Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010-2011. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015 Jan 25; 15(1): 26. DOI: 10.1186/S12879-015-0746-X Impact Factor: 2.613 4. Theodoratou E, McAllister DA, Reed C, Adeloye DO, Rudan I, Muhe LM, Madhi SA, Campbell H, Nair H. Global, regional, and national estimates of pneumonia burden in HIVinfected children in 2010: A meta-analysis and modelling study. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014 Dec; 14(12): 1250-8. Epub 2014 Nov 12. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70990-9 Impact Factor: 22.433 5. von Gottberg A, de Gouveia L, Tempia S, Quan V, Meiring S, von Mollendorf C, Madhi SA, Zell ER, Verani JR, O'Brien KL, Whitney CG, Klugman KP, Cohen C for the GERMS-SA Investigators. Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014; 371(20): 1889-99. Epub 2014 Nov 11. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMOA1401914 Impact Factor: 55.873 6. Groome MJ, Page N, Cortese MM, Moyes J, Zar HJ, Kapongo CN, Mulligan C, Diedericks R, Cohen C, Fleming JA, Seheri M, Mphahlele J, Walaza S, Kahn K, Chhagan M, Steele AD, Parashar UD, Zell ER, Madhi SA. Effectiveness of monovalent human rotavirus vaccine against admission to hospital for acute rotavirus diarrhoea in South African children: A case-control study. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014; 14(11): 1096-104. Epub 2014 Oct 7. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70940-5 Impact Factor: 22.433 118 7. Albrich WC, Madhi SA, Adrian PV, van Niekerk N, Telles JN, Ebrahim N, Messaoudi M, Paranhos-Baccala G, Giersdorf S, Vernet G, Mueller B, Klugman KP. Pneumococcal colonisation density: A new marker for disease severity in HIV-infected adults with pneumonia. BMJ Open. 2014 Aug 11; 4(8): e005953. DOI:10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-005953 Impact Factor: 2.271 8. Nzenze SA, Shiri T, Nunes MC, Klugman KP, Kahn K, Twine R, de Gouveia L, von Gottberg A, Madhi SA. Temporal association of infant immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the ecology of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal colonisation in a rural South African community. 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Madhi SA, Cutland CL, Kuwanda L, Weinberg A, Hugo A, Jones S, Adrian PV, van Niekerk N, Treurnicht F, Ortiz JR, Venter M, Violari A, Neuzil KM, Simoes EA, Klugman KP, Nunes MC, Maternal Flu Trial (Matflu) Team. Influenza vaccination of pregnant women and protection of their infants. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 Sep 4; 371(10): 918-31. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1401480 Impact Factor: 55.873 12. von Mollendorf C, Cohen C, de Gouveia L, Naidoo N, Meiring S, Quan V, Lindani S, Moore DP, Reubenson G, Moshe M, Eley B, Hallbauer UM, Finlayson H, Madhi SA, Conklin L, Zell ER, Klugman KP, Whitney CG, von Gottberg A; for the South African IPD CaseControl Study Group. Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among children less than 5 years of age in a high HIV-prevalence setting, South Africa, 2010 to 2012. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015 Jan; 34(1): 27-34. Epub 2014 Jul 3. DOI:10.1097/INF.0000000000000484 Impact Factor: 2.723 119 13. 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Pre-hospital versus in-hospital thrombolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 Sep 10; 9: CD010191. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010191.pub2 Impact Factor: 6.035 132 9. Gbabe OF, Okwundu CI, Dedicoat M, Freeman EE. Treatment of severe or progressive Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 Aug 13; 8: CD003256. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003256.pub2 Impact Factor: 6.035 10. Naude CE, Schoonees A, Senekal M, Young T, Garner P, Volmink J. Low carbohydrate versus isoenergetic balanced diets for reducing weight and cardiovascular risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 9; 9(7): e100652. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100652 Impact Factor: 3.234 11. Kredo T, Adeniyi FB, Bateganya M, Pienaar ED. Task shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014 Jul 1; 7: CD007331. 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Parry C, Pienaar D, Ataguba J, Volmink J, Kredo T, Jere M, Siegfried N. Implications of Cochrane Review on restricting or banning alcohol advertising in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. Feb 2015; 105(2): 80-1. Epub 2015 Jan 15. [Letter] DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.9260 Impact Factor: 1.632 133 VIOLENCE, INJURY AND PEACE JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Swart LA, Seedat M, Nel J. Alcohol consumption in adolescent homicide victims in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Addiction. 2015 Apr; 110(4): 595-601. Epub 2015 Jan 20. DOI: 10.1111/ADD.12825 Impact Factor: 4.829 2. Jacobs R, Hornsby N. Why aren't women getting safe abortions? SAMJ-South African Medical Journal. 2014 Dec; 104(12): 857-8. Epub 2014 Nov 11. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.9133 Impact Factor: 1.632 3. Ratele K. Gender Equality in the Abstract and Practice. Men and Masculinities. 2014 Dec; 17(5): 510-4. Epub 2014 Nov 5 DOI: 10.1177/1097184X14558236 Impact Factor: 1.451 4. Isaac KN, Van Niekerk A, Van As AB. 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