Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Key take-home messages HIV self-testing is highly acceptable but could be cost prohibitive, especially for individuals at high risk of acquiring HIV and communities with high rates of poverty, HIV...

Key take-home messages Among reported HIV cases with a known race/ethnicity in Canada in 2017, 6.3% were among individuals from Latin America. In 2018, Latinx persons in the U.S. were...

Key take-home messages There is wide support of take-home naloxone programs as they are associated with decreased mortality, but there is some evidence that take-home naloxone alone may not be...

Cognitive reserve is a potential explanation for the disparity between brain pathology and its clinical manifestations. The main objective of this study was to estimate, based on published studies, the...

INTRODUCTION: The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a major public health problem that has claimed the lives of more than 34 million people worldwide. The health of people...

The aim of this meta-analysis is to summarize the available evidence on the social and demographic determinants of health-related quality of life (QoL) for HIV-infected populations in order to provide...

BACKGROUND: Over 70% of the worlds’ population is infected by Toxoplasma gondii; a pathogen capable of causing cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV patients and neonatal complications like miscarriage, chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, cerebral...

BACKGROUND: Common mental disorders are frequent psychiatric comorbid conditions among people with HIV/AIDS. The presence of such psychiatric disorders negatively affects the treatment adherence, viral load suppression, quality of life,...

Abstract Background Tobacco consumption is more life-threatening in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than within the general population; therefore, people living with HIV (PLWH) should be highly motivated...

INTRODUCTION: Heterogeneity of sociodemographics and risk behaviours across the HIV treatment cascade could influence the public health impact of universal ART in sub-Saharan Africa if those not virologically suppressed are...

A higher incidence of plantar verrucae, commonly known as plantar warts, has been shown in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Several strains of human papillomavirus are associated with...

Background: The effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on the natural history of anal high-risk HPV and anal lesion progression is not well established. We reviewed the association of ART and other...