1999
Prevalence of Lower Genital Tract Infections Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)—Seropositive and High-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women
Cu-Uvin S, Hogan J, Warren D, Klein R, Peipert J, Schuman P, Holmberg S, Anderson J, Schoenbaum E, Vlahov D, Mayer K, Group F. Prevalence of Lower Genital Tract Infections Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)—Seropositive and High-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1999, 29: 1145-1150. PMID: 10524955, DOI: 10.1086/313434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-seronegative womenGenital tract infectionLower genital tract infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusTract infectionsBacterial vaginosisImmunodeficiency virusHigh-risk HIV-seronegative womenLower Genital Tract InfectionsRisk HIV-seronegative womenHuman papilloma virus infectionHIV-seropositive womenPapilloma virus infectionHigh-risk womenNeisseria gonorrhoeae infectionChlamydia trachomatis infectionHIV Epidemiology Research StudySimilar HIVSeropositive womenGonorrhoeae infectionBaseline visitTrachomatis infectionCandidal vaginitisVirus infectionInfection
1998
Sex differences in HIV-1 viral load and progression to AIDS
Farzadegan H, Hoover D, Astemborski J, Lyles C, Margolick J, Markham R, Quinn T, Vlahov D. Sex differences in HIV-1 viral load and progression to AIDS. The Lancet 1998, 352: 1510-1514. PMID: 9820299, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)02372-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersCD4 cell countProportional hazards modelBranched-chain DNAViral loadQuantitative microcultureReverse transcriptase-PCRPlasma HIV-1 RNA measurementsCell countHIV-1 RNA measurementsUnivariate proportional hazard modelHIV-1 viral loadSame viral loadViral load associationsVisit 3 yearsHIV-1 loadViral load measurementsAntiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral treatmentBaseline visitCommunity clinicsObservational studyHIV-1Current recommendationsHigh risk