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Second assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa

Kevin Robertson Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Kathy Kopnisky Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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James Hakim Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Concepta Merry Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre, S J H, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Noeline Nakasujja Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda
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Colin Hall Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Moussa Traore Department of Neurology, University of Bamako Medical School, Point G Hospital, Bamako, Mali
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Ned Sacktor Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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David Clifford Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Charles Newton Neurosciences Department, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Annelies Van Rie Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Penny Holding Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast, Kemri, Kenya; University of Oxford, UK
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Janice Clements Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Christine Zink Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jens Mielke Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Mina Hosseinipour Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Umesh Lalloo Enhancing Care Initiative KZN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Farida Amod Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban ACTG-ICTU, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Christina Marra Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Scott Evans Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jeff Liner Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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on behalf of the second Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference Participants Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe; Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre, S J H, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Neurology, University of Bamako Medical School, Point G Hospital, Bamako, Mali; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Neurosciences Department, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom; Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Coast, Kemri, Kenya; Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe, Malawi; Enhancing Care Initiative KZN, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban ACTG-ICTU, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya; University of Oxford, UK
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Pages 89-101 | Received 27 Aug 2007, Accepted 26 Nov 2007, Published online: 10 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

In July of 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (CMHRA) sponsored the second conference on the Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa, which was held in Arusha, Tanzania. The conference mission was to address the regional variations in epidemiology of HIV-related neurological disorders as well as the assessment and diagnosis of these disorders. Participants discussed and presented data regarding the relevance and translation of neuroAIDS assessment measures developed in resource intensive settings and the challenges of neuro-assessment in Africa, including the applicability of current tools, higher prevalence of confounding diseases, and the complexity of diverse cultural settings. The conference presentations summarized here highlight the need for further research on neuroAIDS in Africa and methods for assessing HIV-related neurological disorders.

This article is based on the Second Assessment of NeuroAIDS in Africa Conference, Arusha, Tanzania July 17–19, 2006.

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