2005
The relationship between non‐injection drug use behaviors on progression to AIDS and death in a cohort of HIV seropositive women in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy use
Kapadia F, Cook J, Cohen M, Sohler N, Kovacs A, Greenblatt R, Choudhary I, Vlahov D. The relationship between non‐injection drug use behaviors on progression to AIDS and death in a cohort of HIV seropositive women in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy use. Addiction 2005, 100: 990-1002. PMID: 15955015, PMCID: PMC3128378, DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01098.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-injection drug useWomen's Interagency HIV StudyHIV progressionMultivariate analysisActive antiretroviral therapy (HAART) eraActive antiretroviral therapy (HAART) useMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsAntiretroviral therapy eraAntiretroviral therapy useFormer usersHIV-seropositive womenProspective cohort studyCells/Cox proportional hazardsDrug use behaviorsUse of stimulantsCause deathHAART initiationHAART utilizationTherapy eraCause mortalityHAART useSeropositive womenAIDS eventsCohort study
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 infectionInfectionThe effect of immunodeficiency on cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity testing in HIV-infected women without anergy: implications for tuberculin testing. HER Study Group. HIV Epidemiology Research.
Klein R, Flanigan T, Schuman P, Smith D, Vlahov D. The effect of immunodeficiency on cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity testing in HIV-infected women without anergy: implications for tuberculin testing. HER Study Group. HIV Epidemiology Research. The International Journal Of Tuberculosis And Lung Disease 1999, 3: 681-8. PMID: 10460100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell countSeronegative womenHigh-risk seronegative womenHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionDelayed-type hypersensitivity testingDegree of immunodeficiencyHIV antibody testingImmunodeficiency virus infectionType hypersensitivity responseEffects of immunodeficiencyUrban medical centerDTH antigensDTH testingHIV seropositivesHIV-seronegativesPPD sizeSeropositive womenLymphocyte countHIV infectionAntibody testingHypersensitivity responseTuberculin antigenCutaneous responseHypersensitivity testingTetanus toxoidCriteria for assessing cutaneous anergy in women with or at risk for HIV infection
Klein R, Flanigan T, Schuman P, Smith D, Vlahov D, Group* F. Criteria for assessing cutaneous anergy in women with or at risk for HIV infection. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 1999, 103: 93-98. PMID: 9893191, DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70531-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV statusCutaneous anergyHIV infectionTetanus antigensTuberculin reactionLevel of immunodeficiencyHIV-seronegative womenPositive tuberculin reactionAcademic medical centerAnergy testingLow CD4Seronegative subjectsHIV-seronegativeMumps antigenSeropositive subjectsSeropositive womenHIV-seropositiveLymphocyte levelsRisk womenTuberculin antigenTetanus toxoidCutaneous testingMedical CenterClinical utilityAntigen combinations