1996
The Effect of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease Progression and HIV RNA Load among Injecting Drug Users
Manoff S, Farzadegan H, Muñoz A, Astemborski J, Vlahov D, Rizzo R, Solomon L, Graham N. The Effect of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease Progression and HIV RNA Load among Injecting Drug Users. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1996, 174: 299-308. PMID: 8699059, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progressionLatent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionTuberculosis infectionSkin testingDisease progressionDrug usersLatent M. tuberculosis infectionTuberculin positive casesTuberculin-negative controlsTuberculin-negative personsCD4 cell countCohort of HIVHIV RNA loadCD4 cell declineM. tuberculosis infectionTuberculin skin testingInjecting Drug UsersBaseline immune functionHIV concentrationHIV RNAActive tuberculosisHIV burdenHIV progressionRNA load
1995
Changes in Markers of Disease Progression in HIV-1 Seroconverters
Galai N, Vlahov D, Margolick J, Chen K, Graham N, Munoz A. Changes in Markers of Disease Progression in HIV-1 Seroconverters. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1995, 8: 66-82. PMID: 8548349, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199501000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomosexual menDrug usersDisease progressionRisk groupsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progressionHIV-1 seroconversionHIV-1 seroconvertersT lymphocyte subsetsImmune deficiency syndromeWhite homosexual menCD8 percentagesTotal lymphocytesHIV infectionSimilar CD4HIV seroconvertersDeficiency syndromeInitial courseSeroconversionCD4Long incubation periodSeroconvertersMenCohortInfectionSimilar rates