Category Archives: Co-morbidities

The safety and efficacy of marijuana in persons living with HIV

2019

The prevalence of the use of marijuana throughout the world is substantial. In light of ongoing increases in accessibility to marijuana, safety and efficacy must be established to guide recommendations...

Prevention of cardiovascular disease for historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups living with HIV: A narrative review of the literature

2020

Despite developments to improve health in the United States, racial and ethnic disparities persist. These disparities have profound impact on the wellbeing of historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups. This...

Sarcopenia in people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

People living with HIV (PLHIV) experience greater loss of muscle mass and function than people without HIV. However, HIV is not routinely recognized as a sarcopenia risk factor outside of...

Nature and extent of hearing loss in HIV-infected children: A scoping review

2020

INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has had a major impact on life expectancy from HIV as many people now live with it as a chronic disease. Chronic HIV has been associated...

Antiretroviral therapy and detection of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) at post-CIN management follow-up among women living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the association of antiretroviral therapy (ART), CD4+ count and HIV plasma viral load (PVL) on high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) detection at follow-up after CIN management among...

Burden of disease: A scoping review of HIV/AIDS and TB in occupational noise-induced hearing loss

2020

BACKGROUND: Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) does not occur in isolation from other influencing factors such as health conditions and illnesses like human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV...

The interplay of HIV and human papillomavirus-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping review

2020

BACKGROUND: People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at a high risk of developing HPV-related cancers. HPV-related malignancies occur frequently and/or are high among PLHIV, with cervical cancer as a designated...

The safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced cancers and pre-existing chronic viral infections (Hepatitis B/C, HIV): A review of the available evidence

2020

The treatment paradigm of several cancers has dramatically changed in recent years with the introduction of immunotherapy. Most oncology trials involving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIPs) have routinely excluded patients with...

Difference in toxicity between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients with squamous-cell cancer of the anal canal treated with concomitant radio-chemotherapy

2020

Background: The incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal has been increasing over the last 30 years. HIV has been found to be a risk factor for the...

Burden of anemia and its association with HAART in HIV infected children in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2019

BACKGROUND: Anemia is a common problem in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infected patients, and is associated with decreased functional capacity and quality of life. Ethiopia is one of the countries...

HBV infection in HIV-driven immune suppression

2019

Worldwide, approximately 10% of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people are also chronically coinfected with hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection has a poor prognosis in HIV-positive people and has...

Management of osteoporosis in patients living with HIV-A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

OBJECTIVE: Osteoporosis is reported as a common comorbidity in patients living with HIV (PLHIV). The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the evidence on fracture risk...

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