Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified

Strategies to link people with undiagnosed HIV infection to HIV testing, care, and prevention services

2019

Key take-home messages A variety of strategies have shown promise for identifying individuals with undiagnosed HIV and engaging them with HIV testing using clinical, community-based, network-based, and self-directed approaches. Various...

Behavioral economic insights to improve medication adherence in adults with chronic conditions: A scoping review

2019

Objective: The objective of this review is to map the evidence on the use of behavioral economic insights to improve medication adherence in adults with chronic conditions. Introduction: Medication non-adherence is a...

Recent interventions to improve retention in HIV care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and youth: A systematic review

2019

Adolescents represent a growing proportion of people living with HIV worldwide and the highest risk population group for treatment attrition and AIDS-related mortality. There is an urgent need to design,...

Virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients on TDF-containing regimens significantly benefit from switching to TAF-containing regimens: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2019

BACKGROUND: To investigate whether TDF-containing regimens significantly benefited efficacy, safety, and tolerability in TAF-containing regimens in virologically suppressed HIV-infected patients. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane T

Patho-immune mechanisms of hypertension in HIV: A systematic and thematic review

2019

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To systematically review recent findings on the role of immune cell activation in the pathogenesis of hypertension in people living with HIV (PLWH) and compare studies from...

Which community-based HIV initiatives are effective in achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets? A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence (2007-2018)

2019

BACKGROUND: Reaching the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90-90-90 targets to end the HIV epidemic relies on effective interventions that engage untested HIV+ individuals and retain them in...

Risk factors for prescription drug diversion among people living with HIV: A systematic scoping review

2019

BACKGROUND: In addition to numerous infections and frequent pain constantly affecting people living with HIV (PLWH), various risk factors might contribute to prescription drug diversion. The purpose of the study...

Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C virus co-infections among Iranian high-risk groups: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2019

Co-infection with hepatitis B and C among HIV infected patients are prevalent among high-risk populations. This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of HIV, HCV and HBV co-infections among high-risk...

Community-based interventions for preventing diarrhoea in people living with HIV in sub-Sahara Africa: A systematic review

2019

Background: High prevalence rates of people living with HIV (PLHIV) are more predominant in sub-Saharan Africa compared to any region globally. Nonetheless, many people in the region have little access to...

In utero exposure to HIV and/or antiretroviral therapy: A systematic review of preclinical and clinical evidence of cognitive outcomes

2019

INTRODUCION: With the increasing number of children exposed to HIV or antiretroviral therapy in utero, there are concerns that this population may have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes compared to those who...

Managing pharmacotherapy in people living with HIV and concomitant malignancy

2019

OBJECTIVE: To describe data with selected malignancies in people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV in individuals affected by both conditions and to summarize drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with clinical recommendations...

Association between the UGT1A1*28 allele and hyperbilirubinemia in HIV-positive patients receiving atazanavir: A meta-analysis

2019

OBJECTIVES: The UGT1A1*28 allele in HIV-positive patients receiving atazanavir(ATV) might be associated with the risk of hyperbilirubinemia. Owing to mixed and inconclusive results, a meta-analysis was conducted to systematically summarize...

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