Tuberculosis: evidence review for newly arriving immigrants and refugees

…, A Sandoe, B Vissandjee, I Kitai, D Gruner, W Wobeser… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The foreign-born population bears a disproportionate health burden from
tuberculosis, with a rate of active tuberculosis 20 times that of the non-Aboriginal Canadian-born …

Causes of death among people in custody in Ontario, 1990–1999

WL Wobeser, J Datema, B Bechard, P Ford - Cmaj, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
Wobeser contributed to the study design and data analysis and drafted the article. Mr. Datema
designed the data abstraction form and performed data abstraction and analysis; he also …

Envisioning women-centered HIV care: perspectives from women living with HIV in Canada

…, T Tigere, W Tharao, S Walmsley, W Wobeser… - Women's Health …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Women comprise nearly one-quarter of people living with human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) in Canada. Compared with men, women living with HIV experience …

Challenges in diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in patients treated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists

EC Keystone, KA Papp, W Wobeser - The Journal of rheumatology, 2011 - jrheum.org
Reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is well recognized as an adverse event
associated with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α) therapy. The strengths and …

Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via the Canadian fur trade

…, R Long, D Nguyen, W Wobeser… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Patterns of gene flow can have marked effects on the evolution of populations. To better
understand the migration dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we studied genetic data from …

HIV viral suppression results in higher antibody responses in HIV-positive women vaccinated with the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine

…, MH Yudin, M Klein, M Harris, J Cohen, W Wobeser… - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccine
in HIV-positive women over 24 months. Design Between November 2008 and December …

Mortality over 12 years of follow-up in people admitted to provincial custody in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

FG Kouyoumdjian, L Kiefer, W Wobeser… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: We aimed to define rates and causes of death in custody and after release in
people admitted to provincial custody in Ontario, and to compare these data with data for the …

Cohort profile: the Ontario HIV treatment network cohort study (OCS)

…, D Taylor, T DiPede, W Wobeser… - International journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study (OCS) is an observational, open dynamic
cohort of people who are receiving medical care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

The efficacy of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in girls and women living with human immunodeficiency virus

…, J Cohen, MH Yudin, W Wobeser… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is safe and efficacious in women
without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although good immunogenicity has been …

A longitudinal study of associations between HIV‐related stigma, recent violence and depression among women living with HIV in a Canadian cohort study

…, W Tharao, S Walmsley, W Wobeser… - African Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Women living with HIV (WLHIV) experience stigma and elevated exposure to
violence in comparison with HIV-negative women. We examined the mediating role of …