Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Key take-home messages In many Canadian studies, issues related to access to HAART are not addressed because it is assumed that everyone in the universal health care system has the...

Key take-home messages Minority groups, including newcomers, are disproportionately affected by HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) due to social and economic factors that increase their vulnerability to infection. Newcomers living...

Key take-home messages Among people living with HIV, alcohol consumption can have an impact on viral load and CD4 counts and affect adherence to antiretroviral regimens. Many studies have found...

Key take-home messages We were unable to locate any research evidence assessing sport and/or social gay networks as HIV prevention strategies. The studies we did identify assess social networks as...

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are the major public health problems in many parts of the world particularly in resource limited countries like Ethiopia. Although studies have been conducted on the...

BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most important opportunistic pathogens in HIV+ patients, resulting in considerable morbidity and mortality. METHODS: The MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and EMBASE...

Previous review studies explored factors related to the process of HIV disclosure. However, none of these review studies specifically focused on the effects of stigma on HIV disclosure to sex...

Key take-home messages HIV-positive individuals are already at increased risk for experiencing stressful and traumatic events, including AIDS-related losses and grief, which increase their risk of substance use and abuse....

Key take-home messages There is a controversial belief held by PHAs about the efficacy of HAART to reduce or prevent HIV transmission and/or an understanding of having an undetectable viral...

Key take-home messages A high proportion of men and women with HIV have experienced psychological trauma. Although there are no estimates of the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in...

Key take-home messages There are few studies that examine the effectiveness of community-based interventions on HIV testing among Black women. HIV testing interventions in high-income settings are usually conducted in...

OBJECTIVES: To compare outcomes with single tablet regimens (STR) versus multi-tablet regimens (MTR) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment using published data. DESIGN: Systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis of literature...