Category Archives: Epidemiology
HIV and Mexican migrant workers in the United States: A review applying the vulnerable populations conceptual model
Mexican migrant workers residing in the United States are a vulnerable population at high risk for HIV infection. This article critically appraises the published data surrounding HIV prevalence in this...
A systematic review and meta-regression of temporal trends in adult CD4(+) cell count at presentation to HIV care, 1992-2011
Background. The clinical status of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive persons at the time of presentation to medical care has important individual- and population-level implications. Methods. We synthesized the literature on...
Running in place: Implications of HIV incidence estimates among urban men who have sex with men in the United States and other industrialized countries
Attempts to document changing HIV incidence rates among MSM are compromised by issues of generalizability and statistical power. To address these issues, this paper reports annualized mean HIV incidence rates...
Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa
Two-thirds of the world’s HIV-infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 1.5 million of them die annually. As access to antiretroviral treatment has expanded within the region; early...
The association between lymphogranuloma venereum and HIV among men who have sex with men: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an important re-emerging sexually transmitted infection which is reported to affect particularly HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). The aim of this study is...
HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Iran: A systematic review of studies conducted during the decade 1998-2007
Background and objectives: Iran is a country with low HIV prevalence in the general population and concentrated prevalence amongst injecting drug users (IDUs). Various studies have been carried out on...
The HIV Modes of Transmission model: A systematic review of its findings and adherence to guidelines
INTRODUCTION: The HIV Modes of Transmission (MOT) model estimates the annual fraction of new HIV infections (FNI) acquired by different risk groups. It was designed to guide country-specific HIV prevention...
A systematic review of HIV/AIDS survival and delayed diagnosis among Hispanics in the United States
HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects Hispanics. Our objective was to determine the risk of late diagnosis and rate of survival after HIV/AIDS diagnosis among Hispanics compared to other racial/ethnic groups. We performed...
Effect of cotrimoxazole on mortality in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cotrimoxazole reduces mortality in adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in low- and middle-income countries through a systematic review and meta-analysis....
Does genetic diversity of HIV-1 non-B subtypes differentially impact disease progression in treatment-naive HIV-1-infected individuals? A systematic review of evidence: 1996–2010
With 88% of HIV-1-infected individuals living in areas of high prevalence of non-B subtypes and with expanded global access to antiretroviral treatment (ART), studying disease progression amongst non-B subtypes gains...
Anal human papillomavirus infection and associated neoplastic lesions in men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greatly increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal cancer. Screening for the presumed cancer precursor, high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN),...
