[HTML][HTML] HIV infection and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: current status, challenges and opportunities

ABM Kharsany, QA Karim - The open AIDS journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Global trends in HIV infection demonstrate an overall increase in HIV prevalence and
substantial declines in AIDS related deaths largely attributable to the survival benefits of …

GRADE Guidelines 30: the GRADE approach to assessing the certainty of modeled evidence—An overview in the context of health decision-making

JL Brozek, C Canelo-Aybar, EA Akl, JM Bowen… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of the study is to present the Grading of Recommendations
Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) conceptual approach to the …

Effect of universal testing and treatment on HIV incidence—HPTN 071 (PopART)

RJ Hayes, D Donnell, S Floyd, N Mandla… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background A universal testing and treatment strategy is a potential approach to reduce the
incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, yet previous trial results are …

Human immunodeficiency virus transmission at each step of the care continuum in the United States

J Skarbinski, E Rosenberg, G Paz-Bailey… - JAMA internal …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission risk is primarily dependent
on behavior (sexual and injection drug use) and HIV viral load. National goals emphasize …

Trends in knowledge of HIV status and efficiency of HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–20: a modelling study using survey and HIV testing programme …

K Giguère, JW Eaton, K Marsh, LF Johnson… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Monitoring knowledge of HIV status among people living with HIV is essential
for an effective national HIV response. This study estimates progress and gaps in reaching …

High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

F Tanser, T Bärnighausen, E Grapsa, J Zaidi… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 trial in HIV-discordant couples
demonstrated unequivocally that treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially …

Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment

J Bor, AJ Herbst, ML Newell, T Bärnighausen - Science, 2013 - science.org
The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expected to raise adult life expectancy in
populations with high HIV prevalence. Using data from a population cohort of over 101,000 …

Geographic and temporal trends in the molecular epidemiology and genetic mechanisms of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance: an individual-patient-and sequence …

SY Rhee, JL Blanco, MR Jordan, J Taylor… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Regional and subtype-specific mutational patterns of HIV-1 transmitted drug
resistance (TDR) are essential for informing first-line antiretroviral (ARV) therapy guidelines …

HIV prevention efforts and incidence of HIV in Uganda

MK Grabowski, DM Serwadda, RH Gray… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background To assess the effect of a combination strategy for prevention of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on the incidence of HIV infection, we analyzed the association …

Antiretroviral treatment of HIV-1 prevents transmission of HIV-1: where do we go from here?

MS Cohen, MK Smith, KE Muessig, TB Hallett… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Antiretroviral drugs that inhibit viral replication were expected to reduce transmission of HIV
by lowering the concentration of HIV in the genital tract. In 11 of 13 observational studies …