Alwyn Mwinga

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Alwyn Mwinga is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alwyn Mwinga has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Infectious Diseases, 20 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Alwyn Mwinga's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (12 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (11 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers). Alwyn Mwinga is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (12 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (11 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (8 papers). Alwyn Mwinga collaborates with scholars based in Zambia, United Kingdom and United States. Alwyn Mwinga's co-authors include Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, Stewart E. Reid, Ronald A. Cantrell, Michael S. Saag, Elizabeth M. Stringer, Marc Bulterys, H. Benjamin, Isaac Zulu, Jens Levy and Tedd V. Ellerbrock and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alwyn Mwinga

32 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy at primary care sites in Zambia: feasibility and early outcomes.

2006 552 citations Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, Isaac Zulu et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alwyn Mwinga Zambia	16	1.1k	630	355	279	230	33	1.6k
Damalie Nakanjako Uganda	25	1.1k 1.0×	670 1.1×	509 1.4×	398 1.4×	270 1.2×	108	2.1k
Serena P. Koenig United States	20	1.3k 1.2×	660 1.0×	358 1.0×	348 1.2×	113 0.5×	57	1.7k
Agnes Kiragga Uganda	24	1.2k 1.1×	707 1.1×	510 1.4×	315 1.1×	264 1.1×	114	1.9k
Joseph Saba France	20	1.2k 1.1×	786 1.2×	351 1.0×	583 2.1×	129 0.6×	35	1.8k
Vonthanak Saphonn Cambodia	22	829 0.8×	550 0.9×	285 0.8×	241 0.9×	179 0.8×	92	1.4k
Risa M. Hoffman United States	24	1.2k 1.1×	776 1.2×	264 0.7×	591 2.1×	255 1.1×	123	1.8k
Meridith Blevins United States	27	1.1k 1.0×	772 1.2×	239 0.7×	619 2.2×	168 0.7×	93	2.1k
C. William Wester United States	27	1.5k 1.3×	892 1.4×	651 1.8×	449 1.6×	287 1.2×	84	2.1k
Degu Jerene Ethiopia	23	1.3k 1.2×	755 1.2×	207 0.6×	260 0.9×	130 0.6×	104	1.5k
Eugène Messou Ivory Coast	24	1.6k 1.5×	953 1.5×	759 2.1×	216 0.8×	362 1.6×	70	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alwyn Mwinga

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Kumar, Ramya, et al.. (2024). Mortality among persons with tuberculosis in Zambian hospitals: A retrospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). e0003329–e0003329. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Ramya, et al.. (2023). Mortality among persons receiving tuberculosis treatment in Itezhi-Tezhi District of Zambia: A retrospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e0001234–e0001234. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Ramya, et al.. (2023). Losses along the tuberculosis sputum sample referral cascade for Mpongwe District, Zambia. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 15(1). e1–e7.

Neuman, Melissa, Alwyn Mwinga, Miriam Taegtmeyer, et al.. (2022). Sensitivity and specificity of OraQuick® HIV self-test compared to a 4th generation laboratory reference standard algorithm in urban and rural Zambia. BMC Infectious Diseases. 22(S1). 494–494. 14 indexed citations

Éléfant, Élisabeth, et al.. (2020). Inclusion of women susceptible to and becoming pregnant in preregistration clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries: A proposal for neglected tropical diseases. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(6). e0008140–e0008140. 11 indexed citations

Mulubwa, Chama, Bernadette Hensen, Mwelwa Phiri, et al.. (2018). Community based distribution of oral HIV self-testing kits in Zambia: a cluster-randomised trial nested in four HPTN 071 (PopART) intervention communities. The Lancet HIV. 6(2). e81–e92. 80 indexed citations

Musonda, Patrick, Paul Mee, Ab Schaap, et al.. (2017). Underutilisation of routinely collected data in the HIV programme in Zambia: a review of quantitatively analysed peer-reviewed articles. Health Research Policy and Systems. 15(1). 51–51. 8 indexed citations

Mwinga, Alwyn & Keymanthri Moodley. (2015). Engaging with Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in Lusaka Zambia: perspectives from the research team and CAB members. BMC Medical Ethics. 16(1). 39–39. 23 indexed citations

Theo, Andros, et al.. (2012). Influenza Surveillance in Zambia, 2008-2009. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 206(suppl 1). S173–S177. 17 indexed citations

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Heffron, Renee, Ann Chao, Alwyn Mwinga, et al.. (2011). High prevalent and incident HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus 2 infection among male migrant and non-migrant sugar farm workers in Zambia. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 87(4). 283–288. 15 indexed citations

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Banerji, Rukmini, Oona M. R. Campbell, Ephraim Chirwa, et al.. (2010). The Millennium Development Goals: A Cross-Sectoral Analysis and Principles for Goal Setting after 2015. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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H., B., Ronald A. Cantrell, Lloyd Mulenga, et al.. (2009). Adherence to first-line antiretroviral therapy affects non-virologic outcomes among patients on treatment for more than 12 months in Lusaka, Zambia. International Journal of Epidemiology. 38(3). 746–756. 83 indexed citations

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Mulenga, Lloyd, Gina Kruse, Shabir Lakhi, et al.. (2008). Baseline renal insufficiency and risk of death among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS. 22(14). 1821–1827. 94 indexed citations

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Nunn, Andrew, Peter Mwaba, Chifumbe Chintu, et al.. (2008). Role of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in reducing mortality in HIV infected adults being treated for tuberculosis: randomised clinical trial. BMJ. 337(jul10 1). a257–a257. 75 indexed citations

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Stringer, Jeffrey S. A., Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, Albert Mwango, et al.. (2006). Rapid Scale-up of Antiretroviral Therapy at Primary Care Sites in Zambia. JAMA. 296(7). 782–782. 7 indexed citations

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Johnson, Joy L., Andrew Nunn, P. Bernard Fourie, et al.. (2004). Effect of Mycobacterium vaccae (SRL172) immunotherapy on radiographic healing in tuberculosis.. PubMed. 8(11). 1348–54. 15 indexed citations

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Mwinga, Alwyn & P. Bernard Fourie. (2004). Prospects for new tuberculosis treatment in Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 9(7). 827–832. 11 indexed citations

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Mwinga, Alwyn, Andrew Nunn, Bagrey Ngwira, et al.. (2002). Mycobacterium vaccae (SRL172) immunotherapy as an adjunct to standard antituberculosis treatment in HIV-infected adults with pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet. 360(9339). 1050–1055. 58 indexed citations

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Quigley, Maria, Alwyn Mwinga, M Hosp, et al.. (2001). Long-term effect of preventive therapy for tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV-infected Zambian adults. AIDS. 15(2). 215–222. 99 indexed citations

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Chintu, Chifumbe & Alwyn Mwinga. (1999). An African perspective on the threat of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS—can despair be turned to hope?. The Lancet. 353(9157). 997–997. 28 indexed citations

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