Category Archives: General HIV+ population

Reviews on HIV+ people where the population is not specified

Poor sleep quality and its associated factors among HIV/ADIS patients living in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Good-quality sleep is defined by its ability to minimize disturbances, provide adequate duration, and maintain a balanced progression through sleep stages. Sleep disturbance is a common complaint in people living...

Prevalence of common mental disorder and its association with perceived stigma and social support among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background When common mental disorders (CMD) co-occur with HIV/AIDS, they can complicate patient diagnosis, help-seeking behaviors, quality of life, treatment outcomes, and drug adherence. Thus, estimating the pooled prevalence of...

Lower prevalence countries outside of south-eastern Africa now have the fastest growing HIV epidemic

2024

The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) targets aim to reduce new HIV infections below 370 000 annually by 2025. However, there were 1.3 million new HIV infections worldwide in...

Anti-retroviral therapy adherence in India (2012–18): A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background: India has 2.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). The objective of this study was to ascertain the extent of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence and reasons for nonadherence among...

Disengagement from care among people co-infected with HIV and HCV: A scoping review

2024

Disengagement from care among people with HIV (PWH) and hepatitis C (HCV) increases the risks of adverse health outcomes and poses significant barriers to achieving global HIV and HCV elimination...

The spectrum of health conditions in community-based cross-sectional surveys in Southeast Asia 2010–21: A scoping review

2024

Background Southeast Asia is undergoing an epidemiological transition with non-communicable illnesses becoming increasingly important, yet infectious diseases (tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B, malaria) remain widely prevalent in some populations, while emerging...

Seropositivity of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background: Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a food- and water-borne zoonotic protozoan parasite that is able to infect almost all warm-blooded vertebrates. It has a major effect...

Acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis syndrome in HIV-infected patients: A systematic review

2024

Congenital epidermodysplasia verruciformis (CEV) is a Genodermatosis linked to different inheritance patterns and mutations of the EVER1/TMC6 and EVER2/TMC8 genes. There is an acquired form (AEV) associated with immunodeficiency states,...

Antiviral potential of spirulina in individuals with human immunodeficiency virus or Hepatis C virus infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Abstract Background: Spirulina, a cyanobacterium or blue-green algae that contains phycocyanin, nutritional supplementation has been evaluated in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to...

Willingness to receive mpox vaccine among men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024

Background Since May 2022, mpox outbreaks have been occurring in non-mpox endemic areas, with the main population affected being men who have sex with men (MSM). Outbreak prevention and control...

Cognitive impairment in children and adolescents living with perinatal HIV disease in the ART era: A meta-analysis

2024

Background Despite improved survival and overall health outcomes from modern antiretroviral therapy (ART), children and adolescents living with HIV are facing pervasive impairments in neurodevelopment including cognitive impairment, but there...

Diagnostic prediction model for tuberculous meningitis: An individual participant data meta-analysis

2024

No accurate and rapid diagnostic test exists for tuberculous meningitis (TBM), leading to delayed diagnosis. We leveraged data from multiple studies to improve the predictive performance of diagnostic models across...

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