Melissa A. Elafros, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2014 Epidemiology - Doctor of Philosophy Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 
Area:
Epidemiology, Medicine and Surgery, Sub Saharan Africa Studies

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2024 Birbeck GL, Mwenechanya M, Ume-Ezeoke I, Mathews M, Bositis CM, Kalungwana L, Bearden D, Elafros M, Gelbard HA, Theodore WH, Koralnik IJ, Okulicz JF, Johnson BA, Musonda N, Siddiqi OK, et al. Long-term outcomes after new onset seizure in children living with HIV: A cohort study. Epilepsia Open. PMID 38366961 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12921  0.35
2023 Bearden DR, Mwanza-Kabaghe S, Bositis CM, Dallah I, Johnson BA, Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Gelbard HA, Okulicz JF, Kalungwana L, Musonda N, Theodore WH, Mwenechanya M, Mathews M, Sikazwe IT, et al. Early Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy is Protective Against Seizures in Children with HIV in Zambia: A Prospective Case-Control Study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). PMID 38032746 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003357  0.351
2022 Ravishankar M, Dallah I, Mathews M, Bositis CM, Mwenechanya M, Kalungwana-Mambwe L, Bearden D, Navis A, Elafros MA, Gelbard H, Theodore WH, Koralnik IJ, Okulicz JF, Johnson BA, Belessiotis C, et al. Clinical characteristics and outcomes after new-onset seizure among Zambian children with HIV during the antiretroviral therapy era. Epilepsia Open. PMID 35305291 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12595  0.364
2019 Kane JC, Elafros MA, Murray SM, Mitchell EMH, Augustinavicius JL, Causevic S, Baral SD. A scoping review of health-related stigma outcomes for high-burden diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Bmc Medicine. 17: 17. PMID 30764819 DOI: 10.1186/S12916-019-1250-8  0.304
2018 Elafros MA, Gardiner JC, Sikazwe I, Okulicz JF, Paneth N, Chomba E, Birbeck GL. Evaluating layered stigma from comorbid HIV and epilepsy among Zambian adults. Eneurologicalsci. 13: 56-62. PMID 30547105 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ensci.2017.12.001  0.503
2018 Elafros MA, Johnson BA, Siddiqi OK, Okulicz JF, Sikazwe I, Bositis CM, Potchen MJ, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Kalungwana L, Birbeck GL. Mortality & recurrent seizure risk after new-onset seizure in HIV-positive Zambian adults. Bmc Neurology. 18: 201. PMID 30522451 DOI: 10.1186/S12883-018-1205-2  0.461
2017 Elafros MA, Birbeck GL, Gardiner JC, Siddiqi OK, Sikazwe I, Paneth N, Bositis CM, Okulicz JF. Patient-Reported Adverse Effects Associated with Combination Antiretroviral Therapy and Coadministered Enzyme-Inducing Antiepileptic Drugs. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 96: 1505-1511. PMID 28719255 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.16-0107  0.465
2016 Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Bositis CM, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Kalungwana L, Potchen MJ, Sikazwe I, Birbeck GL. New-onset seizure in HIV-infected adult Zambians: A search for causes and consequences. Neurology. PMID 28003499 DOI: 10.1212/Wnl.0000000000003538  0.437
2015 Sikazwe I, Elafros MA, Bositis CM, Siddiqi OK, Koralnik IJ, Kalungwana L, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Potchen MJ, Birbeck GL. HIV and new onset seizures: slipping through the cracks in HIV care and treatment. Hiv Medicine. PMID 26200721 DOI: 10.1111/Hiv.12283  0.453
2015 Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Sikazwe I, Birbeck GL, Kalungwana L, Potchen MJ, Bositis CM, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH. Acute EEG findings in HIV-infected Zambian adults with new-onset seizure. Neurology. 84: 1317-22. PMID 25740861 DOI: 10.1212/Wnl.0000000000001411  0.426
2015 Elafros MA, Bowles RP, Atadzhanov M, Mbewe E, Haworth A, Chomba E, Birbeck GL. Reexamining epilepsy-associated stigma: validation of the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy in Zambia. Quality of Life Research : An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation. 24: 1483-9. PMID 25416086 DOI: 10.1007/S11136-014-0868-4  0.351
2015 Sikazwe I, Elafros MA, Bositis CM, Siddiqi OK, Koralnik IJ, Kalungwana L, Theodore WH, Okulicz JF, Potchen MJ, Birbeck GL. HIV and new onset seizures: Slipping through the cracks in HIV care and treatment Hiv Medicine. DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12283  0.323
2014 Potchen MJ, Siddiqi OK, Elafros MA, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Sikazwe I, Kalungwana L, Bositis CM, Birbeck GL. Neuroimaging abnormalities and seizure recurrence in a prospective cohort study of zambians with human immunodeficiency virus and first seizure. Neurology International. 6: 5547. PMID 25568738 DOI: 10.4081/Ni.2014.5547  0.422
2014 Kalungwana L, Elafros MA, Siddiqi OK, Bositis CM, Sikazwe I, Koralnik IJ, Theodore WH, Birbeck GL. Cognitive impairment and psychiatric morbidity in HIV+ Zambians with new-onset seizure. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91: 1254-8. PMID 25311691 DOI: 10.4269/Ajtmh.13-0758  0.405
2014 Elafros MA, Bui E, Birbeck GL. Medication side effects among people with epilepsy taking phenobarbital in Zambia. Epilepsy Research. 108: 1680-4. PMID 25219354 DOI: 10.1016/J.Eplepsyres.2014.08.005  0.349
2013 Elafros MA, Sakubita-Simasiku C, Atadzhanov M, Haworth A, Chomba E, Birbeck GL. Stigma and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children with epilepsy in Zambia. International Health. 5: 288-94. PMID 24214528 DOI: 10.1093/Inthealth/Iht028  0.353
2013 Elafros MA, Mulenga J, Mbewe E, Haworth A, Chomba E, Atadzhanov M, Birbeck GL. Peer support groups as an intervention to decrease epilepsy-associated stigma. Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B. 27: 188-92. PMID 23454914 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yebeh.2013.01.005  0.316
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