Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead
VICONEL offers potential for (1) further digitalisation and automation of results sharing at the client, facility and district/national level, (2) integration of additional clinical and diagnostic data, including comorbidities and drug resistance and (3) embedding randomised trials.
Authors
- Mpho Kao
- Lorena Urda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4122-515X)
- Niklaus Daniel Labhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-1791)
- Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala
- Mathebe Kopo
- Alain Amstutz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1716-993X)
- Josephine Muhairwe
- Irene Ayakaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-5684)
- Jennifer Anne Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1874-6153)
- Anna Klicpera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0036-0084)
- Thomas Klimkait (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-6511)
- Blaise Lukau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5373-4747)
- Frédérique Chammartin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-2724)
- Malebanye Lerotholi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2101-6143)
- Jochen Ehmer
- Lipontso Motaboli
- Nadine Tschumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-9542)
- Tracy R. Glass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7075-9803)
- Moleboheng Mokebe
- Makobefo Chakela
- Kathrin Haenggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7771-8608)
- Moliehi Mokete
- Maurus Kohler
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Ministry of Health (LS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085404
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.50
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Universität Basel
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Fondation Botnar