Category Archives: Engagement and Care Cascade

Combinatorial strategies for long-term control of HIV infection

2021

AIDS is a disease caused by a chronic infection of HIV. Recently, long-term control of HIV infection has been demonstrated through the bone marrow transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC),...

Cost-effectiveness of HIV retention and re-engagement interventions in high-income countries: A systematic literature review

2022

Engagement in lifelong HIV care is critical for both patient and public health, yet there are limited resources to invest in improving HIV outcomes. We systematically reviewed evidence on the...

Risk of vertical transmission of chronic viral infections after invasive prenatal procedures

2022

OBJECTIVES: Invasive prenatal procedures including amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS) can be prenatally indicated for diagnostic purposes. Chronic viral infections with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis...

Potential immune modulatory effect of vitamin D in HIV infection: A review

2021

Vitamin D is a fat soluble hormone that is majorly involved in the classical function of calcium and phosphorus hemostasis and bone mineralization as well non classical functions of immune...

SARS-CoV-2 infection and coronavirus disease 2019 severity in persons with HIV on antiretroviral treatment

2021

The relative susceptibility of people with HIV (PWH) to Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is debated. Numerous studies have been published with apparently contradictory findings, but comparisons...

Safety of antiretroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV/AIDS in children: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

The safety of using different antiretroviral therapies (ART) in pediatric HIV/AIDS patients is not well-established. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the safety of ART in children. A systematic review...

Identifying and managing infectious disease syndemics in patients with HIV

2020

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We will present recent articles focusing on HIV synergistic interactions with other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and hepatitis, as well as recent advances in the study of...

Shared immunotherapeutic approaches in HIV and hepatitis B virus: Combine and conquer

2020

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study was to identify similarities, differences and lessons to be shared from recent progress in HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunotherapeutic approaches....

Challenges and opportunities for hepatitis B cure in the setting of HIV–Hepatitis B virus co-infection

2020

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To examine issues specific to HIV–HBV co-infection that are relevant to the search for and achieving hepatitis B cure in this the setting RECENT FINDINGS: In HIV–HBV...

1,2,3-Triazole hybrids with anti-HIV-1 activity

2021

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the major etiological agent responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is a serious infectious disease and remains one of the...

Differences in outcomes of chemoradiation in women with invasive cervical cancer by human immunodeficiency virus status: A systematic review

2021

PURPOSE: Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women worldwide, and women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carry the highest burden of disease. Chemoradiation...

A review of potential microbiome-gut-brain axis mediated neurocognitive conditions in persons living with HIV

2020

The microbiome-gut-brain axis, or the various interactions between the gut microbiome and the brain, has been of recent interest in the context of precision medicine research for a variety of...

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