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Leigh F Johnson

Cape Town
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Epidemiologist and actuary, working at the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town
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What will it take to achieve the End TB targets in South Africa? A mathematical modelling analysis

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By Leigh F Johnson, Mmamapudi Kubjane, Jeffrey W Imai-Eaton
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. This work was supported by the Gates Foundation INV-063625. The conclusions and opinions expressed in this work are those of the authors alone and shall not be attributed to the Foundation. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study

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By Leigh F Johnson, Cape Town, Lise Jamieson
| PLOS Medicine Verified
Citation: Johnson LF, Jamieson L, Kubjane M, Meyer-Rath G (2025) Evaluation of economic strengthening in South Africa and its impact on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teenage births: A modelling study. PLoS Med 22(12): e1004826. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004826 Academic Editor: Aaloke Mody, Washington University School of Medicine, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Received: May 27, 2025; Accepted: November 11, 2025; Published: December 18, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Johnson et al.
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Estimating the burden of mpox among MSM in South Africa

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By Ruth McCabe, Leigh F Johnson, Lilith K. Whittles
| BMJ Global Health
22 cases of MPXV Clade IIb among men-who-have-sex-with-men, including three deaths, in South Africa across May–July 2024 sparked widespread concern about undetected community transmission, given the low fatality ratio observed during the 2022–2023 global outbreak (0.15%–0.24%).
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