Should we fear resistance from tenofovir/emtricitabine preexposure prophylaxis?

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the changes in the presentation of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) comparing the current combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) treatment era to the pre-cART era. RECENT FINDINGS:The frequency of the most severe stage of HAND, HIV-associated dementia (HAD), has decreased...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Sacktor N,Robertson K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Early studies have cast doubt on the utility of animal models for predicting success or failure of HIV-prevention strategies, but results of multiple human phase 3 microbicide trials, and interrogations into the discrepancies between human and animal model trials, indicate that animal models were, and...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Veazey RS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It is generally accepted that a high degree of adherence to the dosing regimens of protease inhibitors is essential to avoid virological failure. It is also believed that once-daily dosing of protease inhibitors, by improving adherence, will lead to better outcomes. This review will discuss the patter...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Blaschke TF

更新日期：2008-11-01 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 introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) led to substantial reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality. However, the regimens in the early cART era were cumbersome and toxic. The introduction of new ART agents, fixed-dose combinations and novel strategies for cART delive...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Boyd MA

更新日期：2009-05-01 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:T follicular helper (Tfh) cells play a critical role as providers of B-cell help and dysfunction in Tfh/B-cell interactions can lead to autoimmunity or immunodeficiency. These observations have generated a great deal of interest in understanding how these cells are affected during HIV infection and ho...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Cubas R,Perreau M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article discusses the interaction between HIV infection, the gut microbiome, inflammation and immune activation, and HIV reservoirs, along with interventions to target the microbiome and their implications for HIV remission and cure. RECENT FINDINGS:Most studies show that HIV-infected adults hav...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Koay WLA,Siems LV,Persaud D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To explore the possible role of current prophylactic vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) in the prevention of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA). RECENT FINDINGS:SCCA incidence is increasing in several developed countries, particularly in HIV-positiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Franceschi S,De Vuyst H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The epidemiology of HIV epidemics provides the roadmap for prioritization of programmes and serves over time to evaluate broadly the successes and challenges in prevention. The purpose of this review was to summarize recent information about the epidemiology of HIV in high-income countries with concen...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Sullivan PS,Jones JS,Baral SD

更新日期：2014-03-01 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:The aim of this article is to review the most recent literature regarding the immunopathogenesis of pathogen-associated immune reconstitution disease and to discuss the role of immune activation and various effector molecules and cells such as macrophages, effector and regulatory T cells, and natural ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kestens L,Seddiki N,Bohjanen PR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The recent findings pertaining to the public health impact of schistosomiasis on the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS are summarized. RECENT FINDINGS:Both empiric data and mathematical models support the hypothesis that schistosome infections lead to increased susceptibility to infection with HIV-1, a more r...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Secor WE

更新日期：2012-05-01 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:Increasing evidence suggests that purging the latent HIV reservoir in virally suppressed individuals will require both the induction of viral replication from its latent state and the elimination of these reactivated HIV-infected cells ('Shock and Kill' strategy). Boosting potent HIV-specific CD8 T ce...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Trautmann L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Rare patients naturally control HIV replication without antiretroviral therapy. Understanding the mechanisms implicated in natural HIV control will inform the development of immunotherapies against HIV. Elite controllers are known for developing efficient antiviral T-cell responses, but recent finding...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Moris A,Pereira M,Chakrabarti L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We discuss two data analysis issues for studies that use binary clinical outcomes (whether or not an event occurred): the choice of an appropriate scale and transformation when biomarkers are evaluated as explanatory factors in logistic regression and assessing the ability of biomarkers to improve pre...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Grund B,Sabin C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To briefly describe some of the replication-competent vectors being investigated for development of candidate HIV vaccines focusing primarily on technologies that have advanced to testing in macaques or have entered clinical trials. RECENT FINDINGS:Replication-competent viral vectors have advanced to...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Parks CL,Picker LJ,King CR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:HIV-1 mucosal transmission plays a critical role in HIV-1 infection and AIDS pathogenesis. This review summarizes the latest advances in biological studies of HIV-1 mucosal transmission, highlighting the implications of these studies in the development of microbicides to prevent HIV-1 transmission. R...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Wu L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the utility of home and community-based HIV testing and counseling (HTC) to increase detection of undiagnosed HIV among female spouses and children of HIV-positive PWID in Punjab province, Pakistan. DESIGN:Between March 2014 and March 2015, home-based HTC was provided by a local NGO to spouses of...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Shahid S,Majeed MF,Awaan AB,Mirza H,Sarfraz N,Veronese V

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although designed to target only the HIV protease, HIV protease inhibitors induce toxicities in patients such as insulin resistance and lipodystrophy that suggest that protease inhibitors have other targets in mammalian cells. Akt controls insulin signaling and is an important target in cancer, but no...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bernstein WB,Dennis PA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine kinetic issues related to the stability of the latent reservoir and the observation of low levels of viremia (< 50 copies/ml) in patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:Once HIV-1 RNA becomes undetectable it is difficult to deduce the events occurring in...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kim H,Perelson AS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Deep sequencing of the V3 region of the HIV envelope gene can detect minority non-R5 variants in patients with high sensitivity and specificity. As next-generation sequencing approaches have matured, the clinical utility of deep sequencing for HIV tropism has entered the clinic. Accurate and sensitive...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Swenson LC,Däumer M,Paredes R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Modern interferon (IFN)-free, and potentially also ribavirin-free, combinations consisting of two or three direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are highly efficacious in treating chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with treatment durations being much shorter and with much more favorable toxicity prof...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Boesecke C,Page E

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Highly active antiretroviral therapy has markedly reduced HIV morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Expanded access to the 6.5 million individuals in immediate need of antiretroviral therapy using a public-health-systems approach is now promulgated as an international policy. An approxi...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bekker LG,Egger M,Wood R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As understanding and integrating the structural and biomedical determinants of HIV infection is essential for the success of prevention efforts, there is a need for biomedical and social scientists to work together. RECENT FINDINGS:A review of the biomedical research literature indicates that the two...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Kippax S

更新日期：2008-07-01 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:The global pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has a male bias in mortality likely driven by both gender and sex-based differences between male and female individuals. This is consistent with sex and gender-based features of HIV infection and overlap betwee...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Scully EP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this review, the roles of Fc-gamma receptor polymorphisms are discussed in regards to HIV-1 vaccine efficacy, HIV acquisition, and disease progression. In addition, the significance of the neonatal immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc receptor and potential effects of the aggregated immunoglobulin A Fc recept...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Cocklin SL,Schmitz JE

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Evidence-based strategies are needed to address the growing complexity of care of those ageing with HIV so that as life expectancy is extended, quality of life is also enhanced. RECENT FINDINGS:Modifiable contributing factors to the quantity and quality of life in adults ageing with HIV include: burd...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Althoff KN,Smit M,Reiss P,Justice AC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00