Particle-based delivery of the HIV envelope protein.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In the next 5-10 years, neither antiviral drug treatment nor a preventive vaccine is expected to provide a solution to the HIV epidemic. To achieve a relevant public health benefit, it is time to change focus and develop immune therapies to achieve a beneficial viral load reduction in the absence of d...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Lisziewicz J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:HIV-infected individuals have improved access to antiretroviral therapy. This has resulted in a shift in causes of mortality from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and malignancies. This review will look at the epidemiologica...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Mayne ES,George JA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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: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：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the status of HIV vaccine development RECENT FINDINGS:Since the discovery of HIV-1 in the early 1980s considerable effort has been exerted to develop a prophylactic vaccine, with relatively meagre results. The absence of natural immunity has proven to be a major stumbling block in identifyi...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Girard MP,Plotkin SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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:HIV infection is an established risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fracture. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) increases bone resorption leading to an additional 2-6% bone mineral density (BMD) loss within the first 1-2 years of therapy. Although tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is often blame...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Moran CA,Weitzmann MN,Ofotokun I

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The available vaccine and therapies against hepatitis B virus (HBV) rarely eliminate chronic infection with the virus. High mortality resulting from complicating cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma makes improving anti-HBV therapy an important priority. Recent advances with using gene therapy to co...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Maepa MB,Jacobs R,van den Berg F,Arbuthnot P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article explores new data from recent studies addressing the role of coinfections in immune activation in HIV-1-infected patients, with a focus on immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), an aberrant inflammatory response occurring shortly after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation....

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Boulougoura A,Sereti I

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Alcohol and noninjection drug use has been shown to be associated with increased risk of HIV infection in select populations. In this review, we discuss recent data on the prevalence of alcohol and noninjection drug use and the relationship to HIV acquisition and transmission risk. RECENT FINDINGS:A ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Van Tieu H,Koblin BA

更新日期：2009-07-01 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

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:The body of knowledge regarding antiretroviral drug resistance is rapidly evolving as a result of extensive research and the continuous availability of new antiretroviral drugs. The interpretation of drug resistance tests may be difficult for clinicians not working in highly specialized healthcare env...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Clotet B,Paredes R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Effective therapies have transformed HIV infection into a chronic disease, and new problems are arising related to aging. This article reviews the aging process, age-related deficit accumulation and frailty, and how these might be affected by chronic HIV infection. RECENT FINDINGS:Aging is characteri...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Brothers TD,Rockwood K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Botswana, a small country in southern Africa, has had a very high prevalence of HIV since about 1995. It seems important to analyze the response of this country to help us understand how it became one of the first nations to achieve the 90-90-90 targets. RECENT FINDINGS:Botswana began a national prog...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Essex M,Makhema J,Lockman S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides information on the natural history of end-stage liver disease in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients from diagnosis to liver transplantation or death and summarizes recent developments in the epidemiology, management, and prognosis of end-stage liver disease and orthotopic l...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Agüero F,Laguno M,Moreno A,Rimola A,Miró JM,Hospital Clinic OLT in HIV Working Group.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:RNA interference is a type of nucleic-acid-based immunity used by cells to restrict transposons, transgenes and viruses. The RNA interference machinery targets long double-stranded RNAs to produce short RNAs that arm cellular ribonucleases to degrade foreign RNAs in a sequence-specific manner. Despite...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Bennasser Y,Yeung ML,Benkirane M,Jeang KT

更新日期：2006-05-01 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: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:Many of the almost 2 million HIV infections that occurred globally in the last year occurred among adolescents and young people, particularly those from East and Southern Africa and within key populations. Global HIV epidemic control will require that new infections among these youth populations be cu...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Pettifor A,Stoner M,Pike C,Bekker LG

更新日期：2018-05-01 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:The purpose of this review was to summarize recent studies on the effect of early antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected patients on markers of immune activation/inflammation, viral persistence and serious non-AIDS events. RECENT FINDINGS:Early ART, initiated within days to months of HIV infect...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Rajasuriar R,Wright E,Lewin SR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The interaction between fall and fracture risk factors is an area of increasing clinical relevance, but little information is known about the age-specific issues in bone health unique to HIV-infected adults. The present review will focus on what is known about falls and fall risk factors among HIV-inf...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Erlandson KM,Guaraldi G,Falutz J

更新日期：2016-05-01 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: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:This article examines the dual HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk behaviors engaged in by women who use or inject drugs; the individual, social, and structural drivers of HIV and STI risk; prevention strategies; and the implications for multilevel, combined, sex-specific HIV prevention ...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： El-Bassel N,Wechsberg WM,Shaw SA

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：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:Osteoporosis remains an important focus of contemporary research in HIV, with co-morbidities and mortality from non-AIDS illnesses now a major barrier to normal lifespan in many populations living with HIV. This review outlines the major recent advances in our understanding of osteoporosis and fractur...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Mallon PW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We describe recent mobile health (mHealth) interventions supporting antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication adherence among HIV-positive MSM. RECENT FINDINGS:Keyword searches (1 January 2016-13 May 2017) identified 721 citations. Seven publications reporting on six studies met inclusion criteria. Fiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in HIV and AIDS

authors： Muessig KE,LeGrand S,Horvath KJ,Bauermeister JA,Hightow-Weidman LB

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00