Global estimates of viral suppression in children and adolescents and adults on antiretroviral therapy adjusted for missing viral load measurements: a multiregional …

WM Han, MG Law, M Egger, K Wools-Kaloustian… - The lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background As countries move towards the UNAIDS's 95-95-95 targets and with strong
evidence that undetectable equals untransmittable, it is increasingly important to assess …

Estimated life expectancy gains with antiretroviral therapy among adults with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: a multisite retrospective cohort study

CL Smiley, PF Rebeiro, C Cesar… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background There are few data on life expectancy gains among people living with HIV in
low-income and middle-income settings where antiretroviral therapy (ART) is increasingly …

Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in Latin America and the Caribbean in people receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection: A systematic …

JO Cano-Torres, A Olmedo-Reneaum… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Histoplasmosis is the most clinically significant mycosis in Latin America; still it has been
neglected in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). There is limited information …

Clinical mycology in Latin America and the Caribbean: A snapshot of diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities

DR Falci, AC Pasqualotto - Mycoses, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the existence of endemic mycoses in Latin America and the Caribbean, in addition
to a large population of patients at risk for invasive mycoses, the capability of medical …

Parasite load evaluation by qPCR and blood culture in Chagas disease and HIV co-infected patients under antiretroviral therapy

GEB Marcon, JJG Ferreira, EA de Almeida… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi
and transmitted by triatominae-contaminated feces. It is considered a neglected tropical …

Evaluation of smartphone APP-based case-management services among antiretroviral treatment-naïve HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a randomized …

X Fan, R She, C Liu, H Zhong, JTF Lau, C Hao, J Li… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionally affected by HIV in
China.'Treatment as Prevention'is a promising strategy for HIV prevention but requires …

The impact of data quality and source data verification on epidemiologic inference: a practical application using HIV observational data

MJ Giganti, BE Shepherd, Y Caro-Vega, PM Luz… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Data audits are often evaluated soon after completion, even though the
identification of systematic issues may lead to additional data quality improvements in the …

Treating loss-to-follow-up as a missing data problem: a case study using a longitudinal cohort of HIV-infected patients in Haiti

DP Jannat-Khah, M Unterbrink, M McNairy, S Pierre… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background HIV programs are often assessed by the proportion of patients who are alive
and retained in care; however some patients are categorized as lost to follow-up (LTF) and …

Gaps in the continuum of care in HIV-positive adults and the need for caution in those returning to care after loss to follow-up

BA Martinez-Guerra, R Valdez-Ventura, Y Caro-Vega… - AIDS care, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Loss to follow-up (LTFU) and interruption of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are associated with
worse outcomes in people with HIV (PWH). Little is known about gaps in the continuum of …

Evolution of late presentation to care and advanced HIV in newly HIV diagnosed subjects in the Republic of Panama: 2012–2017

MA Robles, AY Ortiz, Y Zaldivar… - … journal of STD & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Most of the information on clinical factors related to HIV infection is focused on key
populations and young people. Therefore, there is little information on clinical factors related …