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Paediatric HIV infection [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1997
Globally paediatric HIV infection represents a major setback to child health. The World Health Organisation estimates that over 20 million adults and 1.5 million children have been infected with HIV since the pandemic began 20 years ago. World wide over a thousand children a day are born with HIV.
M, Sharland, D, Gibb, G, Tudor-Williams, S, Walters, V, Novelli   +4 more
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Awareness and Use of Post-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Background: The use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing HIV risk, but it is underused by men who have sex with men (MSM) due to certain psychological and sociostructural factors.
Junyan Jin, Runsong Sun, Tingting Mu, Taiyi Jiang, Lili Dai, Hongyan Lu, Xianlong Ren, Jing Chen, Jingrong Ye, Lijun Sun, Hao Wu, Tong Zhang, Huachun Zou, Bin Su   +13 more
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Exploring the biological function of immune cell-related genes in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection based on weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA)

BMC Medical Genomics, 2022
Background Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic infectious disease characterized by consistent immune dysfunction. The objective of this study is to determine whether immune cell-related genes can be used as biomarkers for the ...
Ruojing Bai, Zhen Li, Shiyun Lv, Wei Hua, Lili Dai, Hao Wu   +5 more
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Durable natural killer cell response after three doses of SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccine in HIV-infected individuals

Chinese Medical Journal, 2023
. Background:. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine can induce a potent cellular and humoral immune response to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Xiaodong Yang, Xiuwen Wang, Xin Zhang, Haifeng Ding, Hu Wang, Tao Huang, Guanghui Zhang, Junyi Duan, Wei Xia, Bin Su, Cong Jin, Hao Wu, Tong Zhang, Sihan Zhou, Xiuyuan Hao   +14 more
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Comparison of Overall and Comorbidity-Free Life Expectancy Between Insured Adults With and Without HIV Infection, 2000-2016

JAMA Network Open, 2020
This cohort study compares overall life expectancy and comorbidity-free life expectancy by HIV status for insured adults with and without HIV infection from 2000 to 2016 in the US.
J. Marcus, W. Leyden, Stacey E. Alexeeff, Alexandra N. Anderson, R. Hechter, Haihong Hu, Jennifer O. Lam, W. Towner, Qing Yuan, M. Horberg, M. Silverberg   +10 more
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HIV infection and COVID-19 death: a population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform

medRxiv, 2020
Background: It is unclear whether HIV infection is associated with risk of COVID-19 death. We aimed to investigate this in a large-scale population-based study in England.
K. Bhaskaran, C. Rentsch, B. Mackenna, Anna Schultze, A. Mehrkar, C. Bates, R. Eggo, C. Morton, S. Bacon, P. Inglesby, I. Douglas, A. Walker, H. Mcdonald, J. Cockburn, E. Williamson, D. Evans, H. Forbes, H. Curtis, W. Hulme, John Parry, F. Hester, S. Harper, Stephen Evans, L. Smeeth, B. Goldacre   +24 more
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PrEP use and unmet PrEP-need among men who have sex with men in London prior to the implementation of a national PrEP programme, a cross-sectional study from June to August 2019

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Access to prevention options, including HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), remains a public health priority for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), especially in London. We describe PrEP use in a London community sample
Dana Ogaz, Louise Logan, Tyrone J. Curtis, Lorraine McDonagh, Luis Guerra, Daniel Bradshaw, Poorvi Patel, Chiara Macri, Gary Murphy, O. Noel Gill, Anne M. Johnson, Anthony Nardone, Fiona Burns   +12 more
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Primary HIV infection [PDF]

BMJ, 2010
Primary HIV infection encompasses the biological and clinical manifestations of the period between initial contact with the virus and the appearance of specific antibodies.1 #### Case scenario A previously healthy 19 year old man was admitted to our medical ward with a history of fever, sore throat, and a maculopapular rash on his trunk.
Gautam, Das, Piero, Baglioni, Onyebuchi, Okosieme   +2 more
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Overview of SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults living with HIV

The Lancet HIV, 2021
Around 2·5 million deaths and more than 110 million COVID-19 cases have been reported globally. Although it initially appeared that HIV infection was not a risk factor for COVID-19 or more severe disease, more recent large studies suggest that people ...
J. Ambrosioni, J. L. Blanco, J. Reyes-Urueña, M. Davies, O. Sued, M. Marcos, E. Martinez, S. Bertagnolio, J. Alcamí, J. Miró, Juan Jose L. Lorena Felipe Ana Alexis Montserrat Lorna Ambrosioni Blanco de la Mora Garcia-Alcaide Gonzál, J. Ambrosioni, J. L. Blanco, Lorena de la Mora, F. García-Alcaide, A. González-Cordón, Alexis Inciarte, M. Laguno, L. Leal, E. Martínez-Chamorro, M. Martínez-Rebollar, J. Miró, J. Rojas, B. Torres, J. Mallolas, Laia Albiac, Daiana L. Agöero, M. Bodro, C. Cardozo, M. Chumbita, N. Garcia, C. García-Vidal, M. Hernández-Meneses, Sabina Herrera, L. Linares, A. Moreno, L. Morata, J. A. Martínez-Martínez, P. Puerta, Verónica Rico, Á. Soriano, Mikel J. Martínez, M. Mosquera, M. Marcos, J. Vila, M. Tuset, D. Soy, A. Vilella, A. Almuedo, M. Pinazo, J. Muñóz   +50 more
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Service evaluation of an educational intervention to improve sexual health services in primary care implemented using a step-wedge design: analysis of chlamydia testing and diagnosis rate changes

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Providing sexual health services in primary care is an essential step towards universal provision. However they are not offered consistently. We conducted a national pilot of an educational intervention to improve staff’s skills and confidence
Katy Town, Cliodna A. M. McNulty, Ellie J. Ricketts, Thomas Hartney, Anthony Nardone, Kate A. Folkard, Andre Charlett, J. Kevin Dunbar   +7 more
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