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A TB-HIV/AIDS coinfection model and optimal control treatment [PDF]

Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. 35 (2015), no. 9, 4639--4663, 2015
We propose a population model for TB-HIV/AIDS coinfection transmission dynamics, which considers antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection and treatments for latent and active tuberculosis. The HIV-only and TB-only sub-models are analyzed separately, as well as the TB-HIV/AIDS full model.
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HIV Infection

Neurologic Clinics, 1993
Drug use will soon become the major risk for transmission of HIV infection in the United States, which will result in near equal incidence of the disease in men and women and more affected children. This has serious implications for the health care community and for the community at large.
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HIV infection in the elderly

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2008
In the US, an estimated 1 million people are infected with HIV, although one-third of this population are unaware of their diagnosis. While HIV infection is commonly thought to affect younger adults, there are an increasing number of patients over 50 years of age living with the condition.
Nancy N. Nguyen, Mark Holodniy
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Mathematical modeling of escape of HIV from cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses [PDF]

, 2012
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1 or simply HIV) induces a persistent infection, which in the absence of treatment leads to AIDS and death in almost all infected individuals. HIV infection elicits a vigorous immune response starting about 2-3 weeks post infection that can lower the amount of virus in the body, but which cannot eradicate the virus ...
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A scoping review of media campaign strategies used to reach populations living with or at high risk for Hepatitis C in high income countries to inform future national campaigns in the United Kingdom

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background With the advent of direct acting antivirals, the World Health Organisation proposed eliminating Hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. To achieve this, countries need to diagnose, engage in care and treat their undiagnosed populations.
David Etoori, Monica Desai, Sema Mandal, William Rosenberg, Caroline A Sabin   +4 more
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The Prevalence of HIV by Ethnic Group Is Correlated with HSV-2 and Syphilis Prevalence in Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2014
Background. This paper investigates two issues: do ethnic/racial groups with high HIV prevalences also have higher prevalences of other STIs? and is HIV prevalence by ethnic group correlated with the prevalence of circumcision, concurrency, or having ...
Chris Richard Kenyon, Kara Osbak, Jozefien Buyze   +2 more
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Client preferences for HIV Care Coordination Program features in New York City: latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2023
Introduction The PROMISE study, launched in 2018, evaluates the implementation of revisions to the HIV Care Coordination Program (CCP) designed to minimize persistent disparities in HIV outcomes among high‐need persons living with HIV in New York City ...
Madellena Conte, Rebecca Zimba, Chunki Fong, Jennifer Carmona, Gina Gambone, McKaylee Robertson, Sarah Kozlowski, Faisal Abdelqader, Denis Nash, Mary Irvine   +9 more
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Acceptability and performance of dual HIV/syphilis testing in male circumcision clients, 2021

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Background: Dual HIV/syphilis testing may be an acceptable intervention to identify men with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and at risk of HIV acquisition.
Tendesayi Kufa, Ocean Tobaiwa, Ewaldé Cutler, Beverley Singh, Zinhle Brukwe, Venessa Maseko, Erushka Pillay, Philip Dorrell, Khumbulani Moyo, Lindokuhle Zondi, Yogan Pillay, Sean Patrick, Adrian Puren   +12 more
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Evidence synthesis evaluating body weight gain among people treating HIV with antiretroviral therapy - a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: This systematic review aimed to compare body weight gain associated outcomes over time between dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral (ART) regimens to other ART regimens, to compare tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)-based regimens, and ...
Steve Kanters, Francoise Renaud, Ajay Rangaraj, Kenneth Zhang, Eve Limbrick-Oldfield, Monica Hughes, Nathan Ford, Marco Vitoria   +7 more
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COVID-19 infection and vaccination uptake in men and gender-diverse people who have sex with men in the UK: analyses of a large, online community cross-sectional survey (RiiSH-COVID) undertaken November–December 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Men and gender-diverse people who have sex with men are disproportionately affected by health conditions associated with increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19 infection.
Dana Ogaz, Hester Allen, David Reid, Jack R. G. Brown, Alison R. Howarth, Caisey V. Pulford, Catherine H. Mercer, John Saunders, Gwenda Hughes, Hamish Mohammed   +9 more
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