Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are central to modern virology diagnostics. However, evidence supporting alternative specimen types remains uneven across viral families, especially for emerging viruses. This limits diagnostic flexibility...

Advances in antiretroviral therapy have transformed infection with HIV into a manageable chronic disease, increasing the survival of people living with HIV, who are also undergoing a demographic aging process...

Background Transgender women and transfeminine people face a disproportionate burden of mental health conditions driven by stigma, discrimination, and structural inequities, with additional psychosocial challenges related to HIV diagnosis and...

Background: Lifelong daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively suppresses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication but does not eradicate the virus, underscoring the urgent need for long-acting antivirals and functional cure...

Dolutegravir underpins modern first- and second-line HIV treatment regimens; however, interindividual variability in its disposition and tolerability presents challenges for optimal use. This scoping review mapped current evidence on the...

BACKGROUND: People living with HIV (PLWH) have increased cardiovascular risk, but the contribution of HIV-related factors to all-cause cardiovascular events remains unclear. We assessed the prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular...

Introduction Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are both major public health concerns in sub-Saharan Africa. Co-infection with these virus accelerates liver disease progression, increases hepatotoxicity,...

A substantial proportion of mpox cases occur in people with HIV, but how HIV coinfection and immune status affect clinical outcomes remains unclear. We systematically searched major databases up to...

Several studies have established that women living with HIV frequently encounter mistreatment when accessing maternal healthcare. Previous reviews on obstetric mistreatment have largely focused on the general population, leaving an...

Introduction Pregnant women with HIV are at risk of reduced engagement in HIV care during pregnancy and postpartum. Retention in care, defined as continuous engagement in HIV-related treatment and follow-up,...

During early HIV‐1 infection, robust Cytotoxic T‐lymphocyte (CTL) responses are mostly targeted at immunodominant Gag p24 epitopes to reduce HIV‐1 viraemia to a set‐point. The aim of this study was...

Introduction The burden of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) is rising in people with HIV (PWH). While extensive data exist on CMD prevalence in PWH receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), comprehensive data on...