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HIV treatment as prevention: models, data, and questions--towards evidence-based decision-making. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2012
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for those infected with HIV can prevent onward transmission of infection, but biological efficacy alone is not enough to guide policy decisions about the role of ART in reducing HIV incidence.
HIV Modelling Consortium Treatment as Prevention Editorial Writing Group
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HIV Prevention in Care and Treatment Settings: Baseline Risk Behaviors among HIV Patients in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
HIV care and treatment settings provide an opportunity to reach people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) with prevention messages and services. Population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa have identified HIV risk behaviors among PLHIV, yet data are limited
A Palepu, Amy Medley, Andrea Howard, AP Hardon, CA Mellins, CMBP Obermeyer, D Donnell, DA Gust, Daniel P. Kidder, DK Ekouevi, DM Tuller, Frieda Katuta, Geoffrey Somi, Gilly Arthur, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, HCI Chemaitelly, IM Kigozi, J Homsy, JA Hahn, JC Fisher, JH Samet, JL Richardson, JS Mukherjee, Julius Atashili, KL Dunkle, Lancet, M Battegay, M Charurat, M Cornell, MA Chesney, Marta Ackers, ME Coldiron, MS Cohen, Muhsin Sheriff, NF Crum, Nick DeLuca, NR Reynolds, NT Do, P Braitstein, PA Shuper, Pam Bachanas, Peter Cherutich, R Bunnell, R King, Redempta Mbatia, S Attia, SD Lawn, SE Cohn, Sherri Pals, TC Quinn, VG Bhat, Y Abaynew, Z Mulissa   +52 more
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The time has come to make cervical cancer prevention an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for HIV-positive women in low-income countries. [PDF]

, 2015
IntroductionHIV and cervical cancer are intersecting epidemics that disproportionately affect one of the most vulnerable populations in the world: women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Cohen, Craig R, Huchko, Megan J, Maloba, May, Nakalembe, Miriam   +3 more
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Long-term immunological responses to treatment among HIV-2 patients in Côte d’Ivoire

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Studies indicate that responses to HIV-2 treatment regimens are worse than responses to HIV-1 regimens during the first 12 months of treatment, but longer-term treatment responses are poorly described.
Peter A. Minchella, Christiane Adjé-Touré, Guoqing Zhang, Andre Tehe, Judith Hedje, Erin R. Rottinghaus, Natacha Kohemun, Micheline Aka, Karidia Diallo, G. Laissa Ouedraogo, Kevin M. De Cock, John N Nkengasong   +11 more
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Prevention Strategies for HIV in Youth: a Concept Analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose: To provide nurse educators how to address the problem of HIV/AIDS in the youth through the concept of prevention strategiesMethods: Review articles published during 2005 until 2014 that focused on HIV/AIDS prevention strategies.
Sianturi, S. R. (Sondang)
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Drug resistance emergence in macaques administered cabotegravir long-acting for pre-exposure prophylaxis during acute SHIV infection

Nature Communications, 2019
Long-acting formulation of the integrase inhibitor cabotegravir (CAB LA) is in clinical development for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Here, using a SHIV macaque model, the authors show emergence of integrase mutations associated to CAB LA PrEP ...
Jessica Radzio-Basu, Olivia Council, Mian-er Cong, Susan Ruone, Alicia Newton, Xierong Wei, James Mitchell, Shanon Ellis, Christos J. Petropoulos, Wei Huang, William Spreen, Walid Heneine, J. Gerardo García-Lerma   +12 more
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Racism, African American Women, and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Evidence and Implications for Health Equity

Health Equity, 2018
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of African American women has been compromised due to multiple experiences of racism, including discriminatory healthcare practices from slavery through the post-Civil Rights era.
Cynthia Prather, Taleria R. Fuller, William L. Jeffries, Khiya J. Marshall, A. Vyann Howell, Angela Belyue-Umole, Winifred King   +6 more
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Single oral dose for HIV pre or post-exposure prophylaxis: user desirability and biological efficacy in macaques

EBioMedicine, 2020
Background: Daily oral pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP or PEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV infection. However, many people find it challenging to adhere to a daily oral regimen.
Ivana Massud, Susan Ruone, Maria Zlotorzynska, Richard Haaland, Patrick Mills, Mian-er Cong, Kristen Kelley, Ryan Johnson, Angela Holder, Chuong Dinh, George Khalil, Yi Pan, Colleen F. Kelley, Travis Sanchez, Walid Heneine, J. Gerardo García-Lerma   +15 more
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Factors associated with the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students with casual heterosexual sex in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Young students infected with HIV have become a significant public health issue in China, this study aimed to understand the factors influencing the choice of having multiple sexual partners among male college students who had casual ...
Zhongrong Yang, Weiyong Chen, Qiaoqin Ma, Wanjun Chen, Xin Zhou, Hui Wang, Tingting Jiang   +6 more
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Uptake of home-based voluntary HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Improving access to HIV testing is a key priority in scaling up HIV treatment and prevention services. Home-based voluntary counselling and testing (HBT) as an approach to delivering wide-scale HIV testing is explored ...
AM Molesworth, AT Choko, B Wolff, C Michelo, DF Stroup, E Lugada, E Tumwesigye, EJ Mills, EL Corbett, F Nuwaha, F Obare, FG Felley, G Rucker, H Maheswaran, I Ganguli, J Negin, J Wachira, JK Matovu, JK Matovu, JK Matovu, JM Turan, JN Sekandi, K Kranzer, Kalpana Sabapathy, KL Grabbe, KM De Cock, M Freeman, M May, M Sweat, N Angotti, N Menzies, Nathan Ford, O Shisana, P Braitstein, P Cherutich, P Macpherson, R Hayes, Rafael Van den Bergh, RC Vreeman, Richard Hayes, RM Granich, RP Walensky, S Helleringer, S Kimaiyo, Sarah Fidler, Stephanie L. Sansom, T Welz, V Ochieng-Ooko, W Mutale, W Were, WA Were   +50 more
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