The causal effect of opioid substitution treatment on HAART medication refill adherence

B Nosyk, JE Min, G Colley, VD Lima, B Yip, MJS Milloy… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) account for roughly 13% of the prevalent
HIV/AIDS population outside of sub-Saharan Africa, and access to opioid substitution …

Mortality in HIV-seropositive versus-seronegative persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: implications for when to initiate therapy

C Wang, D Vlahov, N Galai, J Bareta… - The Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background. The optimal time to initiate highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remains
unclear. Methods. Five hundred eighty-three human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Factors associated with use of HIV primary care among persons recently diagnosed with HIV: examination of variables from the behavioural model of health-care …

MN Anthony, L Gardner, G Marks… - AIDS care, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The delay between testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and entering
medical care can be better understood by identifying variables associated with use of HIV …

Setting and organization of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS

C Handford, AM Tynan, JM Rackal… - Cochrane database of …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Treating the world's 40.3 million persons currently infected with HIV/AIDS is an
international responsibility that involves unprecedented organizational challenges. Key …

Alcohol use and incarceration adversely affect HIV-1 RNA suppression among injection drug users starting antiretroviral therapy

A Palepu, MW Tyndall, K Li, B Yip… - Journal of Urban …, 2003 - Springer
We conducted this study among HIV-infected injection drug users to determine the effect of
self-reported alcohol use and prior incarceration at the time of initiating antiretroviral therapy …

Factors associated with antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-positive adults accessing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in British Columbia …

CR O'Neil, AK Palmer, S Coulter… - Journal of the …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Among those accessing treatment, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
has transformed HIV into a chronic and manageable condition. However, high levels of …

Patterns of transmitted HIV drug resistance in Europe vary by risk group

D Frentz, D van de Vijver, A Abecasis, J Albert… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background In Europe, a continuous programme (SPREAD) has been in place for ten years
to study transmission of drug resistant HIV. We analysed time trends of transmitted drug …

The risk of HIV transmission at each step of the HIV care continuum among people who inject drugs: a modeling study

DJ Escudero, MN Lurie, KH Mayer, M King, S Galea… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at continued risk for HIV in the US, and
experience disparities across the HIV care continuum compared to other high-risk groups …

Antiretroviral use among active injection-drug users: the role of patient–provider engagement and structural factors

AR Knowlton, JH Arnsten, LJ Eldred… - AIDS patient care and …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
HIV-seropositive, active injection-drug users (IDUs), compared with other HIV populations,
continue to have low rates of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) use, contributing to …

Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in an Indonesian prison: prevalence, risk factors and implications of HIV screening

EJ Nelwan, R Van Crevel, B Alisjahbana… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the prevalence and behavioural correlates of HIV, HBV and HCV
infections among Indonesian prisoners and to examine the impact of voluntary counselling …