Category Archives: Population(s)

A rapid review of disparities in HIV prevention and care outcomes among Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in the United States

2021

In the United States, Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men (HLMSM) are disproportionally affected by HIV. We conducted a rapid review of national surveillance data to examine disparities in...

Treatments for AIDS/HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma: A systematic review of the literature

2022

BACKGROUND: Treatment guidelines are not well established in AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma (KS). OBJECTIVE: We aim to review the evidence on efficacy of treatments for AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. METHODS: We searched...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

2022

It is important to recognize and treat human immunodeficiency virus-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (HIV-PAH) because of the associated morbidity and mortality. With the introduction of antiretroviral therapies (ART), improved survival...

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...

HIV and substance use in Latin America: A scoping review

2022

This scoping review aims to explore the interplay between substance use (SU) and HIV in Latin America (LA). Database searches yielded 3481 references; 196 were included. HIV prevalence among people...

HIV infection and risk of heart failure: A meta-analysis and systematic review

2022

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is commonly seen in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We aimed to evaluate the potential correlations of HIV infection and risk of HF, to...

Incentive-based human immunodeficiency virus screening in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

2022

BACKGROUND: The majority of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections that occur worldwide are in sub-Saharan Africa. While recent gains have been made in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),...

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...

Worldwide occurrence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders and its associated factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2022

BACKGROUND: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders are common in people living with HIV/AIDS and affect the adherence of patients to prescriptions, activities of daily living, and quality of life of patients. However,...

A systematic review of HIV screening programs conducted in pediatric emergency departments in the United States

2022

BACKGROUND: We conducted a systematic review of studies published in peer-reviewed journals on HIV screening programs conducted in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) in the United States (US) with the objective...

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...

Kaposi sarcoma of the larynx: A systematic review

2022

OBJECTIVE: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) of the larynx is a rare disease with few cases reported in the literature. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of laryngeal KS, including...

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