Assistant Professor, Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Infectious Disease
Dr. C W. Wester, MD
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Wester is an expert in the field of Infectious Disease. He graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has a rank of 37 in research and a 29 in primary care Wester is a published doctor. He published 51 publications, including: 'HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey.' He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey.
- End-Stage Renal Disease Among HIV-Infected Adults in North America.
- Body mass index and the risk of incident noncommunicable diseases after starting antiretroviral therapy.
- Mobile clinics for antiretroviral therapy in rural Mozambique.
- Correlates of suboptimal entry into early infant diagnosis in rural north central Nigeria.
- Haemoglobin recovery among HIV-1 infected patients on zidovudine-based antiretroviral therapy and other regimens in north-central Nigeria.
- Male Involvement for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: A Brief Review of Initiatives in East, West, and Central Africa.
- Risk factors for delayed initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy in rural north central Nigeria.
- Overcoming the perceived barriers to health care access among single mothers in coastal Kenya.
- Optimizing PMTCT service delivery in rural North-Central Nigeria: Protocol and design for a cluster randomized study.
- Persistently Elevated Serum Interleukin-6 Predicts Mortality Among Adults Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Botswana: Results from a Clinical Trial.
- Virologic, immunologic and clinical responses in foreign-born versus US-born HIV-1 infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy: an observational cohort study.
- Duodenal histoplasmosis presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in an AIDS patient.
- HIV-Related knowledge, attitudes, and practice among educated young adults in Botswana.
- Risk Factors for Symptomatic Hyperlactatemia and Lactic Acidosis Among Combination Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated Adults in Botswana: Results From a Clinical Trial.
- Characteristics and comprehensiveness of adult HIV care and treatment programmes in Asia-Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas: results of a site assessment con...
- Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes and associated cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in HIV-infected women in Botswana.
- Infant morbidity, mortality, and breast milk immunologic profiles among breast-feeding HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Botswana.
- Response to antiretroviral therapy after a single, peripartum dose of nevirapine.
- Risk factors for early and late transmission of HIV via breast-feeding among infants born to HIV-infected women in a randomized clinical trial in Botswana.
- Breastfeeding plus infant zidovudine prophylaxis for 6 months vs formula feeding plus infant zidovudine for 1 month to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botsw...
- Maternal single-dose nevirapine versus placebo as part of an antiretroviral strategy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botswana.
- Viral load and CD4+ T-cell dynamics in primary HIV-1 subtype C infection.
- Minor resistant variants in nevirapine-exposed infants may predict virologic failure on nevirapine-containing ART.
- Antiretroviral concentrations in breast-feeding infants of women in Botswana receiving antiretroviral treatment.
- Highly active antiretroviral therapy started during pregnancy or postpartum suppresses HIV-1 RNA, but not DNA, in breast milk.
- Low adherence to recommended infant feeding strategies among HIV-infected women: results from the pilot phase of a randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child transmis...
- Hematologic and hepatic toxicities associated with antenatal and postnatal exposure to maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy among infants.
- HIV-1 subtype C-infected individuals maintaining high viral load as potential targets for the "test-and-treat" approach to reduce HIV transmission.
- Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor outcomes among combination antiretroviral therapy-treated adults in Botswana.
- Non-AIDS Defining Events Among HIV-1 Infected Adults Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy In Urban Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.
- Targeted maximum likelihood estimation of effect modification parameters in survival analysis.
- Nutrition and inflammation serum biomarkers are associated with 12-week mortality among malnourished adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Zambia.
- Prevalence of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Botswana: lessons learned from the HIVDR-Threshold Survey conducted among women presenting for routine antenatal care ...
- Early immunologic response and subsequent survival among malnourished adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Urban Zambia.
- Psychosocial factors affecting medication adherence among HIV-1 infected adults receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in Botswana.
- Response to zidovudine/didanosine-containing combination antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1 subtype C-infected adults in Botswana: two-year outcomes from a randomized ...
- Patients with advanced HIV type 1 infection initiating antiretroviral therapy in Botswana: treatment response and mortality.
- Five-year outcomes of initial patients treated in Botswana''s National Antiretroviral Treatment Program.
- Strengthening healthcare capacity through a responsive, country-specific, training standard: the KITSO AIDS training program''s support of Botswana''s national antiret...
- Higher-than-expected rates of lactic acidosis among highly active antiretroviral therapy-treated women in Botswana: preliminary results from a large randomized clinica...
- The reverse transcriptase 67N 70R 215Y genotype is the predominant TAM pathway associated with virologic failure among HIV type 1C-infected adults treated with ZDV/ddI...
- Pregnancy rates and birth outcomes among women on efavirenz-containing highly active antiretroviral therapy in Botswana.
- Serological evidence of HIV-associated infection among HIV-1-infected adults in Botswana.
- Antibiotic resistance: a survey of physician perceptions.
- Possible overestimation of penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization rates due to misidentification of oropharyngeal streptococci.
- Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in urban Botswana.
- Initial response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1C-infected adults in a public sector treatment program in Botswana.
- Establishment of a public antiretroviral treatment clinic for adults in urban Botswana: lessons learned.
- Low CD4+ T-lymphocyte values in human immunodeficiency virus-negative adults in Botswana.
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Rush University Medical Center -
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hospital
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Vanderbilt Hospital and Clinics
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