Strengthening health systems through HIV monitoring and evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this paper is to assess the contribution of antiretroviral therapy to cardiovascular disease, by evaluating relevant clinical and surrogate outcome studies. RECENT FINDINGS:A large proportion of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy develop insulin resistance and dyslipidemia, particul...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Friis-Møller N,Smieja M,Klein D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Outcomes among young people living with HIV (YPLWH) remain disturbingly poor. We summarize recent research on youth-friendly services (YFS) and adolescent-specific differentiated care models, which may improve outcomes across the HIV care continuum for this vulnerable population. We further emphasize ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Reif LK,McNairy ML,Lamb MR,Fayorsey R,Elul B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Measuring the burden of HIV among key populations is subject to many challenges. Sufficient quantities of valid HIV prevalence and programme coverage data are required to effectively respond to the epidemic. RECENT FINDINGS:Ability to validate exposure to unprotected sex through the innovative use of...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Sabin KM,Johnston LG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:With the progressive aging of populations of people with HIV (PWH), multimorbidity is increasing. Multimorbidity patterns, that is groups of comorbidities that are likely to co-occur, may suggest shared causes or common risk factors. We review the literature regarding multimorbidity patterns identifie...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： De Francesco D,Sabin CA,Reiss P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review current knowledge and the role of integrase inhibitors in the setting of HIV salvage therapy. We will discuss results from recent studies and literature and comment on the potential for integrase inhibitors in defined clinical settings. RECENT FINDINGS:Raltegravir has been studied most inte...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Koelsch KK,Cooper DA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review current data on HIV-1 resistance arising from the use of fixed dose combination tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV-1 infection. RECENT FINDINGS:Resistance to tenofovir (TNV) or FTC is infrequently selected by TDF/FTC PrEP ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Parikh UM,Mellors JW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to summarize data in the last 18 months on the sexual and reproductive health of perinatally and horizontally infected adolescents and young people living with HIV (age 13-25 years) and to highlight some key issues faced by this group of adolescents as they reach puberty and sexual de...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Hamzah L,Hamlyn E

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite significant technical advances that have permitted an increasingly more quantitative and detailed study of virus-specific cellular immunity over the past few years, our understanding of the nature of immunological control in rare cases of non-progressive HIV infection and diminished control in...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Migueles SA,Tilton JC,Connors M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the clinical features, pathogenesis and therapeutic options for the dyslipidaemia commonly seen in HIV-infected patients on combination antiretroviral therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:Dyslipidaemia associated with antiretroviral therapy is characterized by elevations in total and low-density lipo...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Mallon PW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to summarize the current standards of care for both HIV treatment and HIV prevention in 2019. RECENT FINDINGS:Current HIV treatment is started as soon as feasible in a person with HIV infection and consists of a three-drug oral daily antiretroviral regimen, consisting of...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Phanuphak N,Gulick RM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The detrimental synergy of colliding HIV and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics is most devastating among children and adolescents living with HIV (CALWH) who shoulder a disproportionate burden of all child TB mortality. RECENT FINDINGS:CALWH benefit less from Bacille-Calmette Guerin vaccination than HIV-un...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kay A,Garcia-Prats AJ,Mandalakas AM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to review recent advances in the clinical care of HIV-infected children. RECENT FINDINGS:Obstacles to diagnosing HIV in children and providing clinical care to those HIV infected relate to a number of technical and operational factors. Most countries now have antiretroviral...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Crowley S,Kekitiinwa A,Vaz P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review discusses the use of the inhibitory quotient in light of therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretroviral drugs. The inhibitory quotient is a parameter that combines viral resistance data with drug exposure data, and has its main role in therapeutic drug monitoring of protease inhibitors in e...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： la Porte C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The achievement of significant reductions in the price of antiretroviral drugs constitutes one of the main economic pillars of antiretroviral treatment scale-up in developing countries. Today this economic pillar is threatened. RECENT FINDINGS:The prohibitive prices of newer first-line and second-lin...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Orsi F,d'almeida C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine the literature in search of data supporting (stopping highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) temporarily in the absence of virus rebound) to expand HIV treatment options. RECENT FINDINGS:We proposed investigating HAART interruptions after the 'Berlin patient' had discontinued HAART w...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Lori F,Foli A,Lisziewicz J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize recent trends in knowledge of HIV status, care and viral suppression, and the status of implementation of relevant contextual requirements for the United States to achieve the 90-90-90 goals. Recently, the US government announced a plan to decrease HIV incidence by over 90% by 2030. Reach...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Hall HI,Brooks JT,Mermin J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To determine whether current evidence and expert opinion support the routine use of anal cytology and high-resolution anoscopy in men who have sex with men. RECENT FINDINGS:Most recently published guidelines do not recommend routine anal cytology, but anal cancer is undoubtedly a serious and growing ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Fox P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We reviewed recent literature on the role of family planning in eliminating new pediatric HIV infections. RECENT FINDINGS:Global commitments to eliminate new pediatric HIV infections recognize that preventing unintended pregnancies among women with HIV is essential to achieving this goal. However, su...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Wilcher R,Petruney T,Cates W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although there has been a significant increase in mHealth interventions addressing the HIV prevention and care continuum, interventions using game mechanics have been less explored. Digital games are rapidly becoming an important tool for improving health behaviors and supporting the delivery of care ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Hightow-Weidman LB,Muessig KE,Bauermeister JA,LeGrand S,Fiellin LE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:HIV functional cure requires the elimination or a major reduction of HIV reservoir pool including male and female genital HIV reservoirs. A comprehensive understanding of HIV dynamics in these compartments is mandatory. RECENT FINDINGS:Data from chronically HIV-infected therapy-naïve individuals or f...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Gantner P,Ghosn J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Small molecule inhibitors targeting the CCR5 coreceptor represent a new class of drugs for treating HIV-1 infection. Maraviroc has received regulatory approvals, and vicriviroc is in phase 3 trials. Understanding how resistance to these drugs develops and is diagnosed is essential to guide clinical pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Moore JP,Kuritzkes DR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:For the first time in decades, there are multiple new drugs in the pipeline for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). In addition, existing drugs are being repurposed or optimized for TB with the goal of shortened treatment duration for drug-sensitive TB and safer, shorter treatments for multidrug-resis...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Dooley KE,Nuermberger EL,Diacon AH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Dendritic cells and their subsets are among the very first immune cells to tackle incoming pathogens and initiate innate and adaptive immune responses. During the past year, some studies investigating the early events occurring at mucosal sites, upon HIV infection, reinforced our view that the virus h...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Blanchet F,Moris A,Mitchell JP,Piguet V

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is growing debate on how nonhuman primate models of AIDS can best guide and facilitate clinical development of HIV vaccines. This review covers the simian/human immunodeficiency virus primate model and its strategic use in guiding the development and selection of HIV-1-envelope-based vaccine can...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Heeney JL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines evidence regarding the differential effects of high dead-space syringes (HDSS) and low dead-space syringes (LDSS) on HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID). It also identifies areas for additional research and examines potential barriers to interventions that promot...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Zule WA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose is to review recent insights into the impact of HIV-associated immune activation on AIDS and non-AIDS morbidity and mortality. RECENT FINDINGS:Immune activation has long been recognized as an important consequence of untreated HIV infection and predictor of AIDS progression, which decline...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Utay NS,Hunt PW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It has been demonstrated that extensive virus diversification and antibody coevolution are necessary to give rise to broadly neutralizing antibodies targeting the envelope protein of HIV-1. Here, we discuss recent progress of vaccine design approaches aiming on strategies to initiate and guide B-cell ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Peterhoff D,Wagner R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Given the lack of evidence on how to best design and implement antiretroviral therapy (ART) scaling-up policies, operational research has seen a surge in interest. There is, however, little published information on the contribution of operational research in ART programs' implementation or in improvem...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Boyer S,Koulla-Shiro S,Abé C,Spire B,Moatti JP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Approximately 150-175 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Until very recently, the complexity, cost and poor efficacy and tolerability of pegylated interferon and ribavirin (PEG-RBV) treatment have hindered scale up in low-income and middle-income countries (L&MICs). Similarly, t...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Cohn J,Roberts T,Amorosa V,Lemoine M,Hill A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the recent literature (2008-2010) on antiretroviral (ARV) drug disposition into the male and female genital tract. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have confirmed that penetration of antiretroviral agents into the male and female genital tracts are both drug and sex specific. Concentration...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Taylor S,Davies S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00