Category Archives: General HIV- population
Reviews on HIV- people that explore topics including risk, screening, and prevention
The impact of immunosuppression on the mortality and hospitalization of Monkeypox: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the 2022 outbreak
Background: Limited data is available regarding the severity and mortality of Mpox in individuals with immunocompromised conditions. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to understand the impact of HIV- or non-HIV-associated immunosuppression...
Low clinical impact of HIV drug resistance mutations in oral pre-exposure prophylaxis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction Despite the widespread use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, scant information on HIV drug resistance mutations (DRMs) has been gathered over the past...
Magnitude and risk factors of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among HIV-exposed infants after Option B+ implementation in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major public health challenge in Ethiopia. The objective of this review was to assess the pooled magnitude of...
Assessing structural racism and discrimination along the pre-exposure prophylaxis continuum: A systematic review
Structural racism and discrimination (SRD) is deeply embedded across U.S. healthcare institutions, but its impact on health outcomes is challenging to assess. The purpose of this systematic literature review is...
Telehealth models for PrEP delivery: A systematic review of acceptability, implementation, and impact on the PrEP care continuum in the United States
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is pivotal in curbing HIV transmission and is integral to the national plan to end the HIV epidemic in the United States (US). Nonetheless, widespread PrEP adoption...
Polymerase chain reaction on respiratory tract specimens of immunocompromised patients to diagnose pneumocystis pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: This meta-analysis examines the comparative diagnostic performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) on different respiratory tract samples, in both human immunodeficiency virus...
Population percentage and population size of men who have sex with men in the United States, 2017–2021: Meta-analysis of 5 population-based surveys
BACKGROUND: Male-to-male sexual transmission continues to account for the greatest proportion of new HIV diagnoses in the United States. However, calculating population-specific surveillance metrics for HIV and other sexually transmitted...
Prevalence of human toxoplasmosis in Spain throughout the three last decades (1993–2023): A systematic review and meta-analysis
Humans are infected by Toxoplasma gondii worldwide and its consequences may seriously affect an immune deprived population such as HIV and transplanted patients or pregnant women and foetuses. A deep...
Cost-effectiveness of interventions for HIV/AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis in 128 countries: A meta-regression analysis
Background Cost-effectiveness analyses have been conducted for many interventions for HIV/AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis, but they have not been conducted for all interventions that are currently recommended in all...
The risks for HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men who engage in chemsex in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed methods systematic reviewa and meta-analysis
Chemsex, the use of drugs during and/or prior to sex, has been found to increase the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among men who have sex with...
Variation of adverse drug events in different settings in Africa: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent challenges affecting Africa’s healthcare systems owing to the increased healthcare expenditure and negative health outcomes of ADEs. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically review published...
A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to antenatal screening for HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B in Asia: Perspectives of pregnant women, their relatives and health care providers
BACKGROUND: Despite improvements, the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B remains high in Asia. These sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be transmitted from infected mothers to their children. Antenatal...
