2011
Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations Among Treated and Treatment-Naive Patients in Pakistan: Diversity of the HIV Type 1 pol Gene in Pakistan
Shah S, Xing H, Altaf A, Chen B, Liao L, Jia Y, Vermund SH, Shao Y. Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations Among Treated and Treatment-Naive Patients in Pakistan: Diversity of the HIV Type 1 pol Gene in Pakistan. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2011, 27: 1277-1282. PMID: 21591988, PMCID: PMC3227241, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersAntiretroviral drugsDrug resistanceAntiretroviral drug resistance mutationsCalibrated Population Resistance toolHIV-1 subtype A1HIV-1-infected participantsPartial reverse transcriptase regionsARV drug resistanceARV-naive patientsPopulation Resistance toolSpouses of HIVTreatment-naive patientsPrimary drug resistanceHIV-1 subtypesDrug resistance mutationsFemale sex workersReverse transcriptase regionBlood spot cardsNaive patientsHIV patientsDrug adherenceSubtype DARV resistancePredominant subtype
2010
Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
Audet CM, Burlison J, Moon TD, Sidat M, Vergara AE, Vermund SH. Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique. BMC Public Health 2010, 10: 15. PMID: 20529358, PMCID: PMC2891693, DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-10-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV/AIDSHealth care infrastructureHIV incidenceHIV epidemicSevere health worker shortagesHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemicAntenatal clinic sitesChronic disease servicesAIDS mortality ratesHealth system strengtheningHealth worker shortagesHealth care systemTerms HIVDrug adherenceImmunodeficiency syndromeMost HIVHeterosexual infectionHIV prevalenceDisease servicesClinic sitesEpidemiological aspectsGeneral populationMortality ratePrevalence estimatesHIV
2008
Simple Adherence Assessments to Predict Virologic Failure among HIV-Infected Adults with Discordant Immunologic and Clinical Responses to Antiretroviral Therapy
Goldman JD, Cantrell RA, Mulenga LB, Tambatamba BC, Reid SE, Levy JW, Limbada M, Taylor A, Saag MS, Vermund SH, Stringer JS, Chi BH. Simple Adherence Assessments to Predict Virologic Failure among HIV-Infected Adults with Discordant Immunologic and Clinical Responses to Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2008, 24: 1031-1035. PMID: 18724803, PMCID: PMC2747786, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication possession ratioVirologic failureOptimal adherenceSuboptimal adherenceTreatment failurePoor adherenceLow medication possession ratioDetectable HIV viremiaProportion of patientsSubset of patientsViral load measurementsART initiationHIV viremiaAntiretroviral therapyDetectable viremiaClinical responseDrug adherencePossession ratioMedian timeMissed doseImmunologic responseTreatment courseAdherence assessmentCopies/Patients