Category Archives: General HIV- population

Reviews on HIV- people that explore topics including risk, screening, and prevention

A systematic review of the literature on self-management interventions and discussion of their potential relevance for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

2014

OBJECTIVE: This study systematically reviews the literature on self-management interventions provided by health care teams, community partners, patients and families and discusses the potential relevance of these interventions for people...

Health and medical research in Nepal: A bibliometric review

2010

This study aimed to quantify the following: (1) health research in academic journals covering Nepal, (2) location of authors, and (3) most prevalent specialties. Published health research conducted in Nepal...

Etravirine as a switching option for patients with HIV RNA suppression: A review of recent trials

2014

Unlike other nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, etravirine is only approved for use in treatment-experienced patients. In the DUET 1 and 2 trials, 1203 highly treatment-experienced patients were randomized to etravirine...

Devices for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries caused by needles in healthcare personnel

2014

BACKGROUND: Needlestick injuries from devices used for blood collection or for injections expose healthcare workers to the risk of blood borne infections such as hepatitis B and C, and human...

Comparative efficacy of Lamivudine and emtricitabine: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

2013

INTRODUCTION: Lamivudine and emtricitabine are considered equivalent by several guidelines, but evidence of comparable efficacy is conflicting. METHODS: We searched two databases up to June 30 2013 to identify randomized...

Alcohol and sexual risk reduction interventions among people living in Russia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2014

Russia has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption and is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. Given these co-occurring health problems, we systematically reviewed...

HIV and HPV infections and ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2013

Background:The frequency of ocular surface squamous neoplasias (OSSNs) has been increasing in populations with a high prevalence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and infection with human...

Response rates to pegylated interferon and ribavirin in HCV/HIV coinfection: A research synthesis

2007

Several recent trials have determined varying rates of response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (peg-IFN + RIB) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected patients. We sought to identify a...

HIV voluntary counseling and testing and behavioral risk reduction in developing countries: A meta-analysis, 1990-2005.

2008

The effectiveness of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in reducing HIV risk behaviors in developing countries was assessed using meta-analytic methods. A standardized protocol was used for searching, acquiring,...

Suppression of HBV by tenofovir in HBV/HIV coinfected patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2013

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B coinfection is common in HIV-positive individuals and as antiretroviral therapy has made death due to AIDS less common, hepatitis has become increasingly important. Several drugs are available...

Cost-effectiveness of adherence interventions for highly active antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review

2013

Objectives: The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions aiming to increase the adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-infected patients in developed...

Impact of baseline HIV-1 RNA levels on initial highly active antiretroviral therapy outcome: A meta-analysis of 12,370 patients in 21 clinical trials

2013

BACKGROUND: Individual randomized trials of first-line antiretroviral treatment do not consistently show an association between higher baseline HIV-1 RNA and lower efficacy. METHODS: A MEDLINE search identified 21 HIV clinical...

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