ALLMedicine™ HIV Infection Center

Mar 28th, 2023 - The goal of this review is to highlight and interpret recent trends and developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV vertical transmission from a clinical perspective. Universal third-trimester retesting and partner testing may ...

Mar 28th, 2023 - The tuberculin skin test is commonly used to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in resource-limited settings, but its specificity is limited by factors including cross-reactivity with BCG vaccine and environmental mycobacteria. Interfer...

Mar 28th, 2023 - Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, may be considered a neglected tropical disease which remains underdiagnosed in many geographical areas. Travelers can act as sentinels of disease activity and data from imported cases may help comp...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Comparative data on clinical presentation, laboratory characteristics, treatment, and outcome of neurosyphilis (NS) in people living with HIV (PLWH) and NS patients without HIV are scarce. Nationwide, population-based, prospective cohort study on ...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Evaluate the accuracy and agreement of two-dimensional shear-wave elastography (2D-SWE) LOGIQ-S8 with transient elastography in patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This retrospective study compared liver stiffness measurements (LSMs) using trans...

Oct 15th, 2020 - Data on the use of antiretroviral drugs, including new drugs and formulations, for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection continue to guide optimal practices. To evaluate new data and incorporate them into current recommendations for initia...

Apr 10th, 2020 - "U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use" (U.S. MEC) 2016 provides evidence-based guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among U.S. women with certain characteristics or medical conditions (1). The U.S. MEC is adapted f...

Jun 12th, 2019 - An estimated 1.1 million individuals in the United States are currently living with HIV, and more than 700 000 persons have died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981. In 2017, there were 38 281 new diagnoses of HIV infection reporte...

Jun 12th, 2019 - Approximately 1.1 million persons in the United States are currently living with HIV, and more than 700 000 persons have died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981. There were approximately 38 300 new diagnoses of HIV infection in 20...

Jan 4th, 2019 - Life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) is reaching similar length as in the general population. Accordingly, age-related comorbidities, including osteoporosis, are increasing. Fracture risk is higher and increases approximately 10 years ...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - With the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-infected persons can now survive for decades, but this success has been accompanied by an increased risk of developing metabolic disease compared HIV-negative persons. In the Mul...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Initial Study: THREE ARM (INTERVENTIONAL) STUDY This randomized, controlled phase III protocol, initiated in 1988, was the first study to examine intervention with antiretroviral therapy and alpha interferon in patients with HIV infection. It eval...

Mar 21st, 2023 - The objective of this study is to examine the risk factors and natural course of JCV infection and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). PML is a devastating, demyelinating neurological disease affecting the brain of patients with a co...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection damages body defence mainly by affecting two important white blood cells called cluster of differentiation (CD4) T cells and monocytes. This immune dysfunction leads to persistent inflammation, which is...

Mar 17th, 2023 - This protocol is designed for the screening and baseline assessment of and collection of research sample from patients with abnormalities of immune function as manifested by recurrent or unusual infections, recurrent or chronic inflammation, or pr...

Rapid disease progression and associated opportunistic infections contribute to high mortality rates among children aged <15 years with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (1). Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has decreased childhood HIV-asso...

Jan 11th, 2023 - Overall survival has improved in patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but those with HIV infection can expect to live shorter lives than their uninfected counterparts, based on the first such analy.

Dec 9th, 2022 - One or two doses of the Jynneos vaccine offered strong protection against infection from monkeypox, or mpox, compared with no vaccination at all, new data from the CDC showed. Among vaccine-eligible men in 43 U.S. jurisdictions, mpox infection rat...

Dec 1st, 2022 - LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Europe with undiagnosed HIV has risen as testing rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening a global goal of ending the disease by 2030, a report said. The joint World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Nov 24th, 2022 - People living with HIV (PLWH) had a "mistimed circadian phase" and a shorter night's sleep compared with HIV-negative individuals with a similar lifestyle, according to findings that suggest both a possible mechanism for increased comorbidities in...