Category Archives: General HIV+ population

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Blood transfusion is essential in healthcare but carries inherent risks of human immunodeficiency virusAÿ(HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), syphilis and malaria transmission. National...

Background Clinical trials have shown the protective efficacy of tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) for averting disease and death from tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). TPT has been recommended...

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is essential for ensuring the health and survival of children, particularly in regions where diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition are common causes of child mortality. In sub-Saharan Africa, over...

Background: Cryptococcal disease is considered a major cause of morbidity in individuals with HIV in resource-limited settings. The long-term effects of COVID-19 and cryptococcal coinfection among people living with HIV (PLWHIV)...

Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and COVID-19 continue to pose significant global public health challenges. Although vaccination is essential for preventing COVID-19 in people with HIV (PWH), evidence on the...

Background C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10) is implicated in HIV-associated neuroinflammation, yet its association with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate cerebrospinal fluid...

Background Antifungal resistance in Candida species in HIV/AIDS patients due to the scarcity of antifungal agents is important particularly in Iran with an estimate of 46,000 individuals living with HIV. This systematic...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality in people living with HIV can be reduced by TB preventive treatment (TPT). However, low levels of screening and uptake, poor adherence, and loss to...

BACKGROUND: Infections may increase the risk of age-related diseases such as dementia. Accelerated immunological ageing, measurable by telomere length (TL), may be a potential mechanism. However, the relationship between different...

BACKGROUND: Venezuela’s recent economic and political instability has severely compromised its healthcare infrastructure, impacting the management of infectious diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This disruption hinders progress towards the...

Neuroimaging studies have identified brain structural and functional alterations in HIV-infected patients; however, the results are inconsistent. This study aimed to characterize the effects of HIV infection on regional gray...

OBJECTIVES: The WHO recommends prioritising people living with HIV (PLHIV) for typhoid vaccination, but evidence for increased typhoid fever risk is inconsistent. We aimed to evaluate whether HIV infection alters...