Category Archives: Co-morbidities

Maternal HIV infection is related to several perinatal adverse outcomes. This study is aimed at establishing whether maternal HIV infection is associated with the development of pre-eclampsia (PE) and eclampsia....

AIMS: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) to elucidate the role of HIV infection...

OBJECTIVE: To assess if there is a relationship between use of combined antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women living with HIV and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). DESIGN: Due to the...

In Africa, the HIV prevalence in rural areas has begun to reach levels estimated within urban settings, where women are also more at risk for both malaria and intestinal parasitic...

Background: The incidence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV)-induced anal cancer is increasingly problematic among HIV-positive patients. Anal cancer is preceded by precursor lesions, anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN). AIN detection requires...

In sub-Saharan Africa, cervical cancer is an intersecting epidemic with HIV and it is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Therefore, this study was aimed to...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To systematically review recent findings on the role of immune cell activation in the pathogenesis of hypertension in people living with HIV (PLWH) and compare studies from...

A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the prevalence of PH in adolescents and adults living with HIV at the global level. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and...

BACKGROUND: Impaired glucose metabolism during pregnancy can result in a significant adverse pregnancy-outcomes. Previous studies have reported the contribution of ART to the impaired glucose tolerance and gestational diabetes mellitus...

BACKGROUND: Data on chronic kidney disease development in HIV infection is important towards building a comprehensive knowledge of HIV, ageing and polypharmacy in Africa. Several previous studies on tenofovir-associated kidney...

BACKGROUND: While there is a significant body of literature on cervical cancer in HIV-positive women, little is known about other gynecologic cancers in this population. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this...

OBJECTIVE: To describe data with selected malignancies in people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV in individuals affected by both conditions and to summarize drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with clinical recommendations...