Category Archives: Epidemiology

Effect of social support interventions on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the effects of social support interventions (SSIs) on adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV. We systematically searched Web of Science,...

First line antiretroviral treatment failure and its association with drug substitution and sex among children in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) has significantly decreased HIV-related morbidity and mortality among children despite the issue of drug resistance and subsequent treatment failure appearing as a challenge. Different studies have been...

Peer education interventions for HIV prevention and sexual health with young people in Mekong Region countries: A scoping review and conceptual framework

2022

WHO-recommended rights-based approaches to sexual health emphasise participatory and youth-centred processes. Among these, peer education (PE) interventions are commonly used to promote HIV prevention and sexual health for young people,...

Effectiveness and safety of statins on outcomes in patients with HIV infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Statins are hypolipidaemic in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals. However, their effect on all-cause mortality and rate of discontinuation is unclear. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the...

Differentiating the incidence and burden of HIV by age among women who sell sex: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Introduction: Young women who sell sex (YWSS) are at heightened risk of HIV acquisition and transmission and are among the least engaged in HIV services. There is insufficient epidemiologic evidence characterizing...

Underestimated prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis D virus (HDV) triple infection globally: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a satellite RNA virus that relies on hepatitis B virus (HBV) for transmission. HIV/HBV/HDV coinfection or triple infection is common and has a worse...

Prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis among people with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection expressing different clinical phenotypes. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is considered an opportunistic infection among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The objective of this review was...

Tuberculosis in household contacts of tuberculosis patients in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

Background: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex causes tuberculosis, a severe public health problem. Close contacts of someone who has active pulmonary tuberculosis were at a greater risk of contracting the disease. Despite the large...

The social capital effect on HIV/AIDS preventive efforts: A meta-analysis

2022

HIV/AIDS is one of the sexually transmitted diseases that cause death worldwide. Its prevalence increases due to low prevention behaviour. The study aimed to estimate the effect of social capital...

Global prevalence and associated clinical markers of thrombocytopenia in people living with HIV: Evidence from meta-analysis

2022

Thrombocytopenia is one of the complications in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. To improve the health outcomes of patients living with HIV, it is important to understand the prevalence and...

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis in people living with HIV

2023

Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for tuberculosis (TB) in people with HIV (PWH). Design: A systematic review...

A systematic review of four decades of prevalence of oral soft tissue infections and conditions among adult HIV patients in India

2022

Oral lesions are a cue for decreased immunity among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients. There is no cumulative data available related to the prevalence of oral soft tissue lesions...

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