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Jim Todd is a researcher affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their work spans several main topics, including:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Jim Todd has contributed to numerous scientific papers with noteworthy recent publications such as:

  • Age patterns of HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa: a modelling analysis of observational population-based cohort studies, 2021, The Lancet HIV
  • Personal protection with PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets after 2 years of household use against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles in Tanzania, 2021, Parasites & Vectors
  • Prevalence and incidence rate of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients enrolled in HIV care, treatment, and support program in mainland Tanzania, 2020, Tropical Medicine and Health
  • Effect of tuberculosis infection on mortality of HIV-infected patients in Northern Tanzania, 2020, Tropical Medicine and Health
  • Effectiveness of Lifelong ART (Option B+) in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Programme in Zambia: Observations Based on Routinely Collected Health Data, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jim Todd include:

  • Michael Johnson Mahande
  • Milly Marston
  • Sia E. Msuya
  • Jay Greenfield
  • Mark Urassa

Their work has been published consistently in a range of scientific journals, among the most frequent venues are:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • AAS Open Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Impact of improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases on HIV infection in rural Tanzania: randomised controlled trial

    H. Grosskurth;J. Todd;E. Mwijarubi;P. Mayaud

  • Toxic-shock syndrome associated with phage-group-I Staphylococci.

    James Todd;Mark Fishaut;Frank Kapral;Thomas Welch

  • Defining the Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: Rationale and Consensus Definition

    Robert F. Breiman;Jeffrey P. Davis;Richard R. Facklam;Barry M. Gray

  • Improved outcome of clindamycin compared with beta-lactam antibiotic treatment for invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection.

    Julie Zimbelman;April Palmer;James Todd

  • Absolute levels and ratios of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine production in vitro predict clinical immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

    D. Dodoo;F. M. Omer;J. Todd;B. D. Akanmori

  • Syphilis in Pregnancy in Tanzania. I. Impact of Maternal Syphilis on Outcome of Pregnancy

    Deborah Watson-Jones;Deborah Watson-Jones;John Changalucha;Balthazar Gumodoka;Helen Weiss

  • Single-Dose Azithromycin versus Penicillin G Benzathine for the Treatment of Early Syphilis

    Gabriele Riedner;Mary Rusizoka;Jim Todd;Leonard Maboko

  • Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial.

    David A. Ross;John Changalucha;Angela I. N. Obasi;Jim Todd

  • Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Critical Review of Published Original Data

    Sarah K Parker;Benjamin Schwartz;James Todd;Larry K Pickering

  • “A bit more truthful”: the validity of adolescent sexual behaviour data collected in rural northern Tanzania using five methods

    M L Plummer;D A Ross;D Wight;J Changalucha

  • Overlap in the clinical features of pneumonia and malaria in African children

    T. J. D. O'Dempsey;T. F. McArdle;B. E. Laurence;A. C. Lamont

  • Cost-effectiveness of improved treatment services for sexually transmitted diseases in preventing HIV-1 infection in Mwanza region Tanzania.

    Lucy Gilson;Rashid Mkanje;Heiner Grosskurth;Heiner Grosskurth;Frank Mosha

  • Association of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates with clinical components of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

    D F Talkington;B Schwartz;C M Black;J K Todd

  • Antenatal microbiologic and maternal risk factors associated with prematurity

    J.A. McGregor;J.I. French;R. Richter;A. Franco-Buff

  • Implementation of Rapid Molecular Infectious Disease Diagnostics: the Role of Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardship.

    Kevin Messacar;Sarah K Parker;James K Todd;Samuel R Dominguez

  • Incidence of HIV infection in stable sexual partnerships: a retrospective cohort study of 1802 couples in Mwanza Region, Tanzania.

    Stephane Hugonnet;Frank Mosha;James Todd;Kokugonza. Mugeye

  • Cause-specific mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh.

    Martin Adjuik;Tom Smith;Sam Clark;Jim Todd

  • A community trial of the impact of improved sexually transmitted disease treatment on the HIV epidemic in rural Tanzania: 2. Baseline survey results.

    Grosskurth H;Mosha F;Todd J;Senkoro K

  • Neonatal Outcomes After Elective Cesarean Delivery

    B.D. Kamath;J.K. Todd;J.E. Glazner;D. Lezotte

  • A community trial of the impact of improved sexually transmitted disease treatment on the HIV epidemic in rural Tanzania: 1. Design.

    Richard Hayes;Frank Mosha;Angus Nicoll;Heiner Grosskurth

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Urassa
Mark Urassa Medical Research Council
Heiner Grosskurth
Heiner Grosskurth University of London
Richard J. Hayes
Richard J. Hayes London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mike English
Mike English Wellcome Trust
Brian Greenwood
Brian Greenwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Helen A. Weiss
Helen A. Weiss London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Matthew Price
Matthew Price University of Vermont
Sylvia Kaaya
Sylvia Kaaya Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Abdisalan M. Noor
Abdisalan M. Noor World Health Organization

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