Defeating AIDS—advancing global health

P Piot, SSA Karim, R Hecht, H Legido-Quigley, K Buse… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Executive summary After more than a decade of major achievements, the AIDS response is
at a crucial juncture, both in terms of its immediate trajectory and its sustainability, as well as …

Resurgence of syphilis in the United States: an assessment of contributing factors

R Schmidt, PJ Carson… - … Diseases: Research and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In the last decade, there has been a marked resurgence of syphilis in the United States
despite the availability of effective treatments and previously reliable prevention strategies …

Understanding the HIV disparities between black and white men who have sex with men in the USA using the HIV care continuum: a modelling study

ES Rosenberg, GA Millett, PS Sullivan, C Del Rio… - The lancet HIV, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Disparities in HIV incidence and prevalence between black and white men who
have sex with men (MSM) in the USA remain largely unexplained. We assessed the effect of …

HIV treatment as prevention among injection drug users

E Wood, MJ Milloy, JSG Montaner - Current Opinion in HIV and …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
HAART prevents HIV transmission because it dramatically decreases HIV-1 RNA levels in
biological fluids. This is relevant to vertical and sexual HIV transmission and also to blood …

Hepatitis C reinfection following treatment induced viral clearance among people who have injected drugs

A Weir, A McLeod, H Innes, H Valerio… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Although people who inject drugs (PWID) are an important group to receive
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antiviral therapy, initiation onto treatment remains low. Concerns …

HIV testing among immigrant sexual and gender minority Latinos in a US region with little historical Latino presence

PA Gilbert, SD Rhodes - AIDS patient care and STDs, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Immigrant sexual and gender minority Latinos constitute a vulnerable subgroup about which
little is known. We examined HIV testing among 190 such Latinos recruited via respondent …

Can combination prevention strategies reduce HIV transmission in generalized epidemic settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) study plan in South Africa and …

SH Vermund, SJ Fidler, H Ayles… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) is conducting the HPTN 071 (PopART) study in
21 communities in Zambia and South Africa with support from a consortium of funders …

Estimating HIV protective effects of method adherence with combinations of preexposure prophylaxis and condom use among African American men who have sex …

DK Smith, JH Herbst, CE Rose - Sexually transmitted diseases, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background Prevention of sexually acquired HIV infection now includes both consistent
condom use and daily use of oral antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Persons at …

A longitudinal analysis of treatment optimism and HIV acquisition and transmission risk behaviors among black men who have sex with men in HPTN 061

ME Levy, G Phillips, M Magnus, I Kuo, G Beauchamp… - AIDS and Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Little is known about HIV treatment optimism and risk behaviors among Black men who have
sex with men (BMSM). Using longitudinal data from BMSM in the HPTN 061 study, we …

Birth cohort variations across functional knowledge of HIV prevention strategies, perceived risk, and HIV-associated behaviors among gay, bisexual, and other men …

A Sharma, EM Kahle, SP Sullivan… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the United States remain
heavily impacted by HIV. The purpose of this study was to describe intergenerational …