SARS-CoV-2 infection and coronavirus disease 2019 severity in persons with HIV on antiretroviral treatment
2021
The relative susceptibility of people with HIV (PWH) to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is debated. Numerous studies have been published with apparently contradictory findings, but comparisons...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality in anal cancer patients by HIV status
2021
Advances in HIV treatments have resulted in life expectancies among people with HIV (PWH) that are similar to people without HIV (non-PWH), provided that PWH have access to these treatments....
Frailty in people living with HIV: An update
2022
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The HIV population is ageing with rising rates of frailty though strategies of how best to manage it remain ill-defined. It also remains unclear what the prevalence...
Care of sexual and gender minorities in the emergency department: A scoping review
2022
STUDY OBJECTIVE: This scoping review was conducted to collate and summarize the published research literature addressing sexual and gender minority care in the emergency department (ED). METHODS: Using PRISMA-ScR criteria,...
Identifying and managing infectious disease syndemics in patients with HIV
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We will present recent articles focusing on HIV synergistic interactions with other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and hepatitis, as well as recent advances in the study of...
Characterizing the role of intersecting stigmas and sustained inequities in driving HIV syndemics across low-to-middle-income settings
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In 2020, key populations around the world still have disproportionate risks for HIV acquisition and experiencing HIV-related syndemics. This review presents current data around HIV-related syndemics among...
Syndemics of HIV with mental illness and other noncommunicable diseases: A research agenda to address the gap between syndemic theory and current research practice
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to summarize the status of syndemic research on HIV and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify opportunities for improving research to benefit...
Shared immunotherapeutic approaches in HIV and hepatitis B virus: Combine and conquer
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study was to identify similarities, differences and lessons to be shared from recent progress in HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunotherapeutic approaches....
Challenges and opportunities for hepatitis B cure in the setting of HIV–Hepatitis B virus co-infection
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To examine issues specific to HIV–HBV co-infection that are relevant to the search for and achieving hepatitis B cure in this the setting RECENT FINDINGS: In HIV–HBV...
Psychosocial needs and vulnerabilities of older gay and bisexual men
2021
Key take-home messages Health outcomes related to the intersectionality of aging and sexual minority status is an emerging area of research. It is important to consider the context of lived...
The OATH syndemic: Opioids and other substances, aging, alcohol, tobacco, and HIV
2020
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Persons living with HIV (PLWH) are aging, continue to use alcohol and other substances, and experience age-associated adverse effects. We explore a new syndemic: OATH (opioids and...
Enhancing care for people living with HIV: Current and future monitoring approaches
2021
INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the most significant advance in the medical management of HIV-1 infection. Given the fact that HIV cannot be eradicated from the body, ART has to...
