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COVID-19 outcomes in HIV patients: A review

2022

The effect of COVID-19 is enormous, and high-risk COVID-19 case arises when underlying infections like diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathy are present, and...

Risk of mortality in HIV-infected COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Background The relationship between HIV infection and COVID-19 clinical outcomes remains a significant public health research problem. We aimed to determine the association of HIV comorbidity with COVID-19 mortality. Methods...

A review of sexual transmitted infection rates among sexually assaulted patients that present for care

2022

BACKGROUND: Patients who experience sexual assault are at risk of adverse health outcomes including sexually transmitted infections (STI) and often present to various healthcare centers for post-assault care. Unfortunately, there...

Echinococcosis in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review

2022

BACKGROUND: Human echinococcoses are the infection caused by the larval stages of different species of the genus Echinococcus, mostly E. granulosus and E. multilocularis. There is no aggregated information on...

The effect of HIV/AIDS infection on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19: A meta-analysis

2022

PURPOSE: Patients with HIV may be more likely to become severely ill from COVID-19. The present meta-analysis aims to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS infection on the clinical outcomes of...

Systematic review and meta-analyses of the interaction between HIV infection and COVID-19: Two years’ evidence summary

2022

Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with HIV (PLWH) were considered to be at risk of worse COVID-19 outcomes once infected. However, the existing evidence is inconsistent. This systematic...

Genital cytokines in HIV/human papillomavirus co-infection: A systematic review

2022

Cervical cancer is the fourth cancer in incidence and the third in mortality among women worldwide. Women living with HIV have a significantly increased risk of cervical cancer. The immune...

COVID-19 clinical presentation among HIV-infected persons in China: A systematic review

2022

Purpose of review: The impact of HIV infection on the natural history of COVID-19 is unknown, given the recency of the human spread of SARS-CoV-2 (CoV). We reviewed published case series/reports...

Meta-synthesis and science mapping analysis of HIV/HPV co-infection: A global perspective with emphasis on Africa

2022

BACKGROUND: Viral infections are emerging with diverse clinical relevance both in endemic environments and non-endemic regions of the world. Some of the viruses cause co-infections that are of public health...

Global and regional prevalence and outcomes of COVID-19 in people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

BACKGROUND: The relationship between HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and COVID-19 clinical outcome is uncertain, with conflicting data and hypotheses. We aimed to assess the prevalence of people living with HIV...

Comparative efficacy and safety of antifungal agents in the prophylaxis of oropharyngeal candidiasis among HIV-infected adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

2022

The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of antifungal agents used in the prevention of oropharyngeal candidiasis among HIV-infected adults. A systematic search was conducted...

Review of human papillomavirus (HPV) burden and HPV vaccination for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women in the United States

2022

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women, particularly those who are living with HIV, are disproportionately affected by human papillomavirus (HPV). For this...

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