2021
Reported history and correlates of drug overdose among people who inject drugs in Lebanon
Khoshnood K, Sheb F, Khouri D, Aaraj E, Barbour R, Crawford F, Mokhbat J, Parpia A, Heimer R. Reported history and correlates of drug overdose among people who inject drugs in Lebanon. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2021, 27: 571-579. DOI: 10.26719/2021.27.6.571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use treatmentCorrelates of drugDrug overdoseOpioid overdoseDrug treatmentNon-fatal opioid overdoseUse treatmentOverdose prevention programsInfectious disease test resultsBetter epidemiologic dataDisease test resultsDrug use historySexual risk behaviorsHistory of incarcerationEffective treatment programsRespondent-driven samplingEligible PWIDDrug injectionEpidemiologic dataFirst drugAverage ageLebanese menHistory of arrestPrevention programsRisk behaviors
2015
Causes of Death among AIDS Patients after Introduction of Free Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) in Three Chinese Provinces, 2010–2011
Wang L, Ge L, Wang L, Morano JP, Guo W, Khoshnood K, Qin Q, Ding Z, Sun D, Liu X, Luo H, Tillman J, Cui Y. Causes of Death among AIDS Patients after Introduction of Free Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) in Three Chinese Provinces, 2010–2011. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0139998. PMID: 26506621, PMCID: PMC4624241, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyCause of deathCells/mm3AIDS patientsCD4 countCombination anti-retroviral therapyDeceased AIDS patientsNational HIV RegistryAnti-retroviral therapyInjury-related deathsCross-sectional surveyCause of AIDSCART initiationHIV RegistryAntiretroviral therapyART-naïveHIV diagnosisDisease burdenMedical recordsChi-square analysisAverage agePatientsART statusLogistic regressionAIDS