Category Archives: Other
Reviews that are lab-based (e.g. genes, pharmaceuticals) or on unique groups of people (e.g. fishermen, nurses)
Geographic distribution and temporal trends of HIV-1 subtypes through heterosexual transmission in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Heterosexual transmission (HST) has become the current predominant transmission pathways of the HIV-1 epidemic in China. The aim of this study was to explore the geographic and dynamic change...
The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries: A scoping study of studies published in English
BACKGROUND: Although approximately 80% of the global population of people with disabilities reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), very little is known about their sexual lives due to a...
Can the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target be achieved? A systematic analysis of national HIV treatment cascades
BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and partners set the ’90-90-90 targets’; aiming to diagnose 90% of all HIV positive people, provide antiretroviral...
Status and methodology of publicly available national HIV care continua and 90-90-90 targets: A systematic review
BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) issued treatment goals for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The 90-90-90 target specifies that by 2020, 90% of individuals living...
Association between systemic diseases and endodontic outcome: A systematic review
INTRODUCTION: To date, the relationships between systemic diseases and endodontic treatment outcomes remain poorly studied. Thus, the purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the relationship between host-modifying factors...
The dynamic role of the IL-33/ST2 axis in chronic viral-infections: Alarming and adjuvanting the immune response
UNLABELLED: Interleukin 33 (IL-33), a member of the IL-1 family, is constitutively expressed in epithelial and in endothelial cells at barrier sites, acting as a danger signal and adjuvanting the...