Category Archives: General HIV- population

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

The effectiveness of interventions using electronic reminders to improve adherence to chronic medication: A systematic review of the literature

2012

BACKGROUND: Many patients experience difficulties in adhering to long-term treatment. Although patients’ reasons for not being adherent are diverse, one of the most commonly reported barriers is forgetfulness. Reminding patients...

Association of Mycoplasma genitalium and HIV infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2009

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review studies of Mycoplasma genitalium and the association with HIV infection in adults and to summarize the findings in a meta-analysis. DESIGN: A systematic review and meta-analysis....

Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: Systematic review

2007

Objective To examine the effectiveness of methods to improve partner notification by patient referral (index patient has responsibility for informing sex partners of their exposure to a sexually transmitted infection)....

Couples-focused behavioral interventions for prevention of HIV: Systematic review of the state of evidence

2010

HIV is frequently transmitted in the context of partners in a committed relationship, thus couples-focused HIV prevention interventions are a potentially promising modality for reducing infection. We conducted a systematic...

Partner notification uptake for sexually transmitted infections in China: A systematic literature review

2012

Objective: China’s sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic requires comprehensive control programmes. Partner services are traditional pillars of STI control but have not been widely implemented in China. This study was...

Performance of commercial herpes simplex virus type-2 antibody tests using serum samples from Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2011

BACKGROUND: Several commercial type-specific serologic tests are available for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Poor specificity of some tests has been reported on samples from sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: To...

Mass media interventions for promoting HIV testing

2005

BACKGROUND: Use of the mass media is one of the important strategies in communicating behavioral change in relation to HIV/AIDS prevention. Mass media are used to promote voluntary HIV counseling...

Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission

2002

BACKGROUND: The amount of protection that condoms provide for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases is unknown. Cohort studies of sexually active HIV serodiscordant couples with follow-up of the seronegative...

The other genome: A systematic review of studies of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and outcomes of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy

2013

Mitochondrial toxicity is implicated in some treatment-limiting antiretroviral therapy complications, and reports of mitochondrial dysfunction in untreated HIV infection suggest antiretroviral therapy independent effects of HIV. Several studies have explored...

The determinants of screening uptake and interventions for increasing uptake: A systematic review

2000

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Helping our patients take HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): A systematic review of adherence interventions

2014

OBJECTIVES: Adherence is critical for maximizing the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV infection. Strategies for promoting adherence to HIV treatment, and their potential application to PrEP adherence,...

Systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV prevalence among men in militaries in low income and middle income countries

2014

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the current HIV prevalence in militaries of low-income and middle-income countries is higher, the same, or lower than the HIV prevalence in the adult male population...

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