Primary Manuscripts
Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women
Marrazzo JM, Ramjee G, Richardson BA, Gomez K, Mgodi N, Nair G, Palanee T, Nakabiito C, van der Straten A, Noguchi L, et al. Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women. N Engl J Med 2015 Feb 5;372(6):509-18. PMCID: PMC4341965
Preventing HIV in Women - Still Trying to Find Their VOICE
Saag MS. Preventing HIV in Women - Still Trying to Find Their VOICE. N Engl J Med 2015 Feb 5;372(6):564-6.
Other Key Manuscripts
Vaginal Bacteria and Proinflammatory Host Immune Mediators as Biomarkers of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition Risk Among African Women
Srinivasan S, Richardson BA, Wallis JM, Fiedler TL, Strenk SM, Hoffman NG, Proll S, Chirenje ZM, Livant EW, Fredricks DN, Hillier SL, Marrazzo JM. Vaginal Bacteria and Proinflammatory Host Immune Mediators as Biomarkers of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition Risk Among African Women. J Infect Dis 2024 Sep 9:jiae406. Epub ahead of print
The Association Between Heterosexual anal Intercourse and HIV Acquisition in Three Prospective Cohorts of Women
Silhol R, Nordsletten A, Maheu-Giroux M, Elmes J, Staunton R, Owen B, Shacklett B, McGowan I, Feliciano KG, van der Straten A, Eller LA, Robb M, Marrazzo J, Dimitrov D, Boily MC. The Association Between Heterosexual anal Intercourse and HIV Acquisition in Three Prospective Cohorts of Women. AIDS Behav 2023 Dec;27(12):4010-4021. PMCID: PMC10598156
Population-level correlation between incidence of curable sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 among African women participating in HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis trials
Hunidzarira P, Brown ER, Chirenje ZM, Hillier SL, Marrazzo JM, Palanee-Phillips T, Kiweewa FM, Baeten JM; MTN-003/VOICE and MTN-020/ASPIRE Study Teams. Population-level correlation between incidence of curable sexually transmitted infections and HIV-1 among African women participating in HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis trials. J Infect Dis 2022 Sep 21;226(6):1069-1074. PMCID: PMC10233491
Prevalent human papillomavirus infection increases the risk of HIV acquisition in African women: advancing the argument for human papillomavirus immunization
Liu G, Mugo NR, Brown ER, Mgodi NM, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Winer RL, Mansoor L, Palanee-Phillips T, Siva SS, Naidoo L, Jeenarain N, Gaffoor Z, Nair GL, Selepe P, Nakabiito C, Mkhize B, Mirembe BG, Taljaard M, Panchia R, Baeten JM, Balkus JE, Hladik F, Celum CL, Barnabas RV. Prevalent human papillomavirus infection increases the risk of HIV acquisition in African women: advancing the argument for human papillomavirus immunization. AIDS 2022 Feb 1;36(2):257-265. PMCID: PMC8702475
Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infection in Injectable Progestin Contraception Users in South Africa
Noguchi LM, Marrazzo JM, Richardson B, Hillier SL, Balkus JE, Palanee-Phillips T, Nair G, Panchia R, Piper J, Gomez K, Ramjee G, Chirenje ZM. Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infection in Injectable Progestin Contraception Users in South Africa. Front Reprod Health 2021 Jul;3:668685. PMCID: PMC9165437
The Impact of Male Partner Circumcision on Women's Health Outcomes
Moodley J, Naidoo S, Kelly C, Reddy T, Ramjee G. The Impact of Male Partner Circumcision on Women's Health Outcomes. AIDS Educ Prev. 2020;32(4):356-366. PMCID: PMC7585933
Use of the dapivirine vaginal ring and effect on cervical cytology abnormalities
Reddy K, Kelly C, Brown ER, Jeenarain N, Naidoo L, Siva S, Bekker LG, Nair G, Makanani B, Chinula L, Mgodi N, Chirenje Z, Kiweewa FM, Marrazzo J, Bunge K, Soto-Torres L, Piper J, Baeten JM, Palanee-Phillips T; MTN-020/ASPIRE and MTN-003/VOICE Study Teams. Use of the dapivirine vaginal ring and effect on cervical cytology abnormalities. AIDS 2020 Mar 15;34(4):559-567. PMCID: PMC7262458
Marrazzo JM, Rabe L, Kelly C, Richardson B, Deal C, Schwartz JL, Chirenje ZM, Piper J, Morrow RA, Hendrix CW, Marzinke MA, Hillier SL; VOICE Study Team. Tenofovir gel for prevention of herpes simplex virus type-2 acquisition: findings from the VOICE Trial. J Infect Dis 2019 May 24;219(12):1940-1947. PMCID: PMC6534189
Wynne J, Muwawu R, Mubiru MC, Kamira B, Kemigisha D, Nakyanzi T, Kabwigu S, Nakabiito C, Kiweewa Matovu F. Maximizing participant retention in a phase 2B HIV prevention trial in Kampala, Uganda: The MTN-003 (VOICE) Study. HIV Clin Trials 2018 Oct;19(5):165-171. PMCID: PMC6614555
Abbai NS, Nyirenda M, Naidoo S, Ramjee G. Prevalent Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Increases the Risk of Incident Bacterial Vaginosis in Women from South Africa. AIDS Behav 2018 Jul;22(7):2172-2180. PMCID:PMC5871553
Riddler SA, Husnik M, Ramjee G, Premrajh A, Tutshana BO, Pather A, Siva S, Jeenarain N, Nair G, Selepe P, Kabwigu S, Palanee-Phillips T, Panchia R, Mhlanga F, Levy L, Livant E, Patterson K, Elharrar V, Balkus J. HIV disease progression among women following seroconversion during a tenofovir-based HIV prevention trial. PLoS One 2017 Jun 28;12(6):e0178594. PMCID: PMC5489164
Livant E, Heaps A, Kelly C, Maharaj R, Samsunder N, Nhlangulela L, Karugaba P, Panchia R, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Parikh UM; VOICE Study Team. The fourth generation AlereTM HIV Combo rapid test improves detection of acute infection in MTN-003 (VOICE) samples. J Clin Virol 2017 Sep;94:15-21. PMCID: PMC5790424
Koss CA, Bacchetti P, Hillier SL, Livant E, Horng H, Mgodi N, Mirembe BG, Gomez Feliciano K, Horn S, Liu AY, Glidden DV, Grant RM, Benet LZ, Louie A, van der Straten A, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Gandhi M. Differences in Cumulative Exposure and Adherence to Tenofovir in the VOICE, iPrEx OLE, and PrEP Demo Studies as Determined via Hair Concentrations. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2017 August 1; 33(8): 778-783. PMCID: PMC5564054
Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Incidence Among Women Participating in an HIV Prevention Trial
Akello CA, Bunge KE, Nakabiito C, Mirembe BG, Fowler MG, Mishra A, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Celum C, Balkus JE. Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Incidence Among Women Participating in an HIV Prevention Trial. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2017 Jun;26(6):670-676. PMCID: PMC5512296
Chirenje ZM, Gundacker HM, Richardson B, Rabe L, Gaffoor Z, Nair GL, Mirembe BG, Piper JM, Hillier S, Marrazzo J. Risk Factors for Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Chemoprevention Trial: VOICE (MTN-003). Sex Transm Dis 2017 Mar;44(3):135-140. PMCID: PMC5535309
Mensch BS, Brown ER, Liu K, Marrazzo J, Chirenje ZM, Gomez K, Piper J, Patterson K, van der Straten A. Reporting of Adherence in the VOICE Trial: Did Disclosure of Product Non-use Increase at the Termination Visit? AIDS Behav 2016 Nov;20(11):2654-2661. PMCID: PMC5354168
Sharing of Investigational Drug Among Participants in the Voice Trial
Moodley J, Naidoo S, Moodley J, Ramjee G. Sharing of Investigational Drug Among Participants in the Voice Trial. AIDS Behav 2016 Nov;20(11):2709-2714. PMCID: PMC5071120.
An Empiric HIV Risk Scoring Tool to Predict HIV-1 Acquisition in African Women
Balkus JE, Brown E, Palanee T, Nair G, Gafoor Z, Zhang J, Richardson BA, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Baeten JM. An Empiric HIV Risk Scoring Tool to Predict HIV-1 Acquisition in African Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2016 Jul 1;72(3):333-43. PMCID: PMC4911322
van der Straten A, Brown ER, Marrazzo JM, Chirenje MZ, Liu K, Gomez K, Marzinke MA, Piper JM, Hendrix CW, MTN-003 VOICE Protocol Team for the Microbicide Trials Network. Divergent adherence estimates with pharmacokinetic and behavioural measures in the MTN-003 (VOICE) study. J Int AIDS Soc 2016 Feb 4;19(1):20642. PMCID: PMC4744323
Balkus JE, Nair G, Montgomery ET, Mishra A, Palanee-Phillips T, Ramjee G, Panchia R, Selepe P, Richardson BA, Chirenje ZM, et al. Age-Disparate Partnerships and Risk of HIV-1 Acquisition among South African Women Participating in the VOICE Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2015 Oct; 70(2): 212-17. PMCID:PMC4573287
Noguchi LM, Richardson BA, Baeten JM, Hillier SL, Balkus JE, Chirenje ZM, Bunge K, Ramjee G, Nair G, Palanee-Phillips T, et al. Risk of HIV-1 acquisition among women who use different types of injectable progestin contraception in South Africa: a prospective cohort study. Lancet HIV 2015 Jul 1;2(7):e279-e287. PMCID:PMC4491329
Noguchi LM, Richardson BA, Balkus JE, Marrazzo JM. Interpretation, communication, and mechanisms of associations between injectable contraception and HIV risk - Authors' reply. Lancet HIV 2015 Sep;2(9):e366-7.
Pharmacological measures of adherence and risk of HIV acquisition in the VOICE study
Dai JY, Hendrix CW, Richardson BA, Kelly C, Marzinke M, Chirenje ZM, Marrazzo JM, Brown ER. Pharmacological measures of adherence and risk of HIV acquisition in the VOICE study. J Infect Dis 2016 Feb 1;213(3):335-342. PMCID:PMC4704663
van der Straten A, Mayo A, Brown ER, Amico KR, Cheng H, Laborde N, Marrazzo J, Torjesen K. Perceptions and Experiences with the VOICE Adherence Strengthening Program (VASP) in the MTN-003 Trial. AIDS Behav 2015 May;19(5):770-83. PMCID:PMC4416998
White R, Chileshe M, Dawson L, Donnell D, Hillier S, Morar N, Noguchi L, Dixon D. Fostering community understanding of sufficient benefit and early stopping for a phase 2B HIV prevention clinical trial in Africa. Clin Trials 2011 Feb;8(1):103-11. PMCID:PMC3478774