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Mashup Score: 1Analysis of HIV transmission characteristics and... : AIDS - 4 day(s) ago
ere analyzed. Molecular networks were constructed using nested PCR amplification and sequencing of the pol region, and multivariable logistic regression identified factors associated with clustering and high-degree nodes. Results: A total of 4227 valid sequences (73.12% inclusion rate) were analyzed. Demographic changes included an increasing proportion of individuals aged at least 50 years (49.66%), with lower education (50.51%), peasants (76.82%), and heterosexual transmission (90.29%). The overall clustering rate was 86.89%, with higher clustering among individuals aged at least 50 years (92.57%), those with primary school or below (89.09%), peasants (88.11%), and CRF08_BC infections (91.48%). Annual declines in cluster growth rate and clustering rates were observed, particularly among individuals aged less than 30 years, college graduates, MSM, and people who inject drugs (PWID). Key transmission hotspots were identified in Lingshan, particularly among older, less-educated individu
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Mashup Score: 0Cervical dysplasia in women with HIV in the modern... : AIDS - 6 day(s) ago
cohort study in Botswana. Methods: From February 2021 to July 2022, baseline HPV self-sampling was offered to women with and without HIV. Those HPV+ underwent biopsy for histopathological diagnosis. Using women without HIV as reference, risk ratios were calculated for HPV, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or worse (CIN2+), and CIN3+, stratified by ART duration and CD4+ cell counts. Results: Of 3000 women enrolled, 2953(98.4%) underwent HPV testing, which was positive in 823(55.7%) WWH and in 654(44.3%) women without HIV. Histopathology was available for analysis in 1291(87.4%) women (709 WWH, 582 women without HIV). Over 99% of WWH had an undetectable HIV viral load and 94.4% were on a dolutegravir-based ART regimen. WWH had a higher risk of HPV [risk ratio 1.27, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.18–1.37], CIN2+ (risk ratio 1.52, 95% CI: 1.16–1.98), and CIN3+ (risk ratio 1.75, 95% CI: 1.25–2.45) compared to women without HIV. There was attenuation of risk for CIN2+ with hig
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ween 2021 and 2022, examining psychosocial, sexual and reproductive health in people with HIV (PWH), and compared to data from people without HIV (PWOH) in the nationally representative Project SEXUS cohort study. Health outcomes were assessed using validated patient-reported outcome measures, with sex-stratified logistic regression models adjusting for sociodemographic and other confounding factors. Results: The study included 322 men and 67 women with HIV and 15 548 men and 13 926 women without HIV. PWH were more likely to report being single and having non-Danish parentage. HIV was associated with higher odds of liver disease in both men and women, cardiovascular and lung diseases in men, and osteoporosis and hypertension in women. Compared with PWOH, men with HIV more often reported depressive symptoms or a history of treatment for anxiety, while women with HIV more often reported loneliness, suicidal thoughts and domestic abuse. Sexually, PWH more often reported reduced sexual des
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Mashup Score: 2Could reduced dosing maintain more people on... : AIDS - 11 day(s) ago
. For countries with urgent drug shortages, this evidence supports intermittent dosing 4–5 days-per-week to extend antiretroviral supplies, with clinical benefits for people living with HIV and continued population benefits of minimizing HIV transmission….
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agnoses nationally and by region (South, non-South), race/ethnicity (White, Hispanic/Latino, Black/African American), and transmission type (Injection-Drug Use, Male-to-Male Sexual Contact (MMSC), and Heterosexual Contact (HSC)). We employed weighted (W) and unweighted (UW) n-sub-epidemic ensemble models, calibrated using 12 years of historical data (2008–2019), and forecasted trends for 2020–2030. We compared results to identify persistent, concerning trends across models. Results: We projected substantial decreases in incident HIV diagnoses nationally (W: 27.9%, UW: 21.9%), and in the South (W:18.0%, UW: 9.2%) and non-South (W: 21.2%, UW: 19.5%) from 2019 to 2030. However, concerning nondecreasing trends were observed nationally in key sub-populations during this period: Hispanic/Latino persons (W: 1.4%, UW: 2.6%), Hispanic/Latino MMSC (W: 9.0%, UW: 9.9%), people who inject drugs (PWID) (W: 25.6%, UW: 9.2%), and White PWID (W: 3.5%, UW: 44.9%). The rising trends among Hispanic/Latino
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Despite forecasted declines in HIV diagnoses, this study finds the US is unlikely to achieve 90% reduction by 2030, partly due to projected rises in key demographics e.g. Hispanic/Latino MSM & PWID, highlighting the need for equitable prevention access. https://t.co/vHQIxTMMWk https://t.co/sdWailW6Pc
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Mashup Score: 0‘Suffer the little children …’ Lessons from the EPPICC... : AIDS - 2 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 6Long-term non-progression in children with HIV: estimates... : AIDS - 2 month(s) ago
16) collected through a collaboration of cohorts of children in routine HIV care across Europe and Thailand. Methods: LTNP was defined as reaching age 8 years without disease progression (defined as an AIDS diagnosis or immunosuppression based on WHO immunosuppression-for-age thresholds, age-adjusted CD4+z-scores or CD4+ counts). ART initiation was treated as a competing risk (children initiating ART before age 8 were not considered to have LTNP). We included children born domestically in six national HIV cohorts (n = 2481). Additional analyses included domestic-born children enrolled in national cohorts in infancy (aged <12 months, n = 1144, six cohorts), or all domestic-born children in national and nonnational cohorts (n = 4542, 18 cohorts). Results were stratified by birth year. Results: Among children born domestically in national cohorts in 2004–2007, the probability [95% confidence interval (CI)] of LTNP at age 8 years was 10% (6–15%) based on WHO immunosuppression-for-age crite
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Mashup Score: 0Posttraumatic stress disorder and its associations with... : AIDS - 2 month(s) ago
tions, and failure; measure effect modification by number of deployments and combat exposure; and examine how these associations vary over time. Design: In this prospective cohort study of all VWH on ART who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and receive care in the VA (n = 3206), patients entered at ART initiation and were censored in December 2022, totaling 22 261 person-years of follow-up. Methods: Marginal structural log-binomial and Poisson models were fitted with a time-dependent exposure, adjusted for time-independent and time-dependent confounding and informative censoring, to estimate the associations between PTSD and ART nonadherence, modifications, and failure. Marginal structural shared frailty models were fitted to examine time-varying associations. Results: PTSD increased the risk [adjusted risk ratio, 95% confidence interval (CI)] of ART nonadherence by 6% (1.06 [1.00, 1.13]) and the rate (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 95% CI) of ART modifications by 38% (1.38 [1.19, 1.58
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Mashup Score: 4Association between substance use disorders and sustained... : AIDS - 2 month(s) ago
electronic health records from the South Carolina Department of Health, we conducted a retrospective study of adults with HIV who were diagnosed between January 2006 and December 2019. Methods: The impact of SUDs on SVS was assessed using generalized linear mixed model. Potential confounders included age, sex, chronic diseases history, etc. Stepwise selection was performed to decide the confounders included in the final model, and the optimal correlation structure was determined by Akaike information criterion. Results: Of the 9412 eligible participants, 7481 (79.48%) had reached SVS status during their follow-up periods. SUDs related to alcohol [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.70, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.46–1.98], cannabis (AOR = 1.62, 95% CI: 1.35–1.95), cocaine (AOR = 1.95, 95% CI: 1.60–2.37), opioid (AOR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.13–3.23), and tobacco (AOR = 1.80, 95% CI: 1.69–1.92) were negatively associated with SVS. Individuals with chronic conditions such as cardiovascular diseas
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Mashup Score: 2Global health solidarity in the HIV and hypertension... : AIDS - 4 month(s) ago
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Comparing molecular networks in newly diagnosed PWH in Guangxi (China) 2014-2020, HIV transmission was reduced in younger populations but older less educated heterosexuals remained at high risk, indicating a need for better interventions among this group. https://t.co/VlBgEOPd6P https://t.co/yJGpCeY7Lx