There is no known resistance to the individual components of the HIV medication bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF). The effectiveness of B/F/TAF has been demonstrated ...
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety results for AMBER and EMERALD patients with and without baseline neurological and/or psychiatric comorbidities (NPCs). Both t...
ViiV Healthcare and Janssen backed a single-patient request program where doctors could seek compassionate use of oral and long-acting (LA) cabotegravir + rilpivirine for persons living with...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV's) effect on how one age is controversial and poorly understood. Researchers compared the occurrence of 4 age-related non-communicable diseases in those wit...
Obesity and the diseases caused by being overweight are common among those with the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Researcher’s study's overarching objective was to identify and asses...
Blood-borne viruses (BBVs) cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. For populations at high risk of BBVs but less inclined to seek out primary care, Emergency departments (EDs) p...
Providers should not continue prescribing opioids to patients with HIV when risks outweigh benefits, but they need to factor the risks of stopping opioids into the equation. “There ...
BACKGROUND Recent reports have shown an increased incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) in patients treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. T...
In 2020 the number of displaced people worldwide reached 41.3 million (IOM, 2020). Among them, are many migrants and refugees at risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Healthcare p...
A study published in AIDS and Behavior identified social and structural factors that impacted PrEP uptake, but also found that women facing barriers to PrEP still initiated it. “Nea...
There is stark global inequity in health research in terms of where studies happen, who leads the research and the ultimate beneficiaries of the results generated. Despite significant effort...
Microglia are implicated in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pathogenesis. In a middle-aged cohort enriched for neuroinflammation, we asked whether microgliosis was related to neocortical amyloid be...
SLC2A1 mediates glucose cellular uptake; key to appropriate immune function. Our previous work has shown efavirenz and lopinavir exposure inhibits T cell and macrophage responses, to known a...
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is endemic in several countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, relatively rare worldwide but a leading cancer among people living with HIV. KS has always been more commo...
While antiretroviral therapy has changed the paradigm for patients with HIV, these individuals still experience an increased risk for comorbid conditions, including kidney disease. �...
Ameloblastoma is a benign but highly infiltrative tumour, a behaviour that is lacking in adenomatoid odontogenic tumour but partly shared by the odontogenic keratocyst which possesses a uniq...
HIV-1 RNA quantification is a key component of treatment monitoring.To assess the performance of a redesigned HIV-1 RNA quantitative assay that uses a dual-target approach: Xpert® HIV-1 Vir...
In this work, a new chlorophyll dye-sensitiser derived from mitragyna speciosa (MS) leaves, also known as Kratom, was employed for dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs). The influence of magnes...
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection causes loss and anergy of CD4 and CD8 T cells, leading to opportunistic infections, including tuberculosis (TB). QuantiFERON®-TB (QFT) is us...
Health in All Policies (HiAP) encompasses collaboration across government and the consideration of health in various governmental sector's policies and decisions. Despite increasing advocacy...
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