2024
Care interruptions and mortality among adults in Europe and North America
Trickey A, Zhang L, Rentsch C, Pantazis N, Izquierdo R, Antinori A, Leierer G, Burkholder G, Cavassini M, Palacio-Vieira J, Gill M, Teira R, Stephan C, Obel N, Vehreschild J, Sterling T, Van Der Valk M, Bonnet F, Crane H, Silverberg M, Ingle S, Sterne J. Care interruptions and mortality among adults in Europe and North America. AIDS 2024, 38: 1533-1542. PMID: 38742863, PMCID: PMC11239093, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare interruptionsMortality riskCohort studyHazard ratioAnalysis of cohort studiesAntiretroviral therapyCare of peopleRobust to sensitivity analysesMortality hazard ratioCrude mortality rateHazard of mortalityAntiretroviral therapy initiationObservational cohort studyAntiretroviral therapy startUninterrupted careFollow-up groupCareAssociated with adverse outcomesPWHCox regressionAdverse outcomesFollow-up timeMortality rateCompare hazardsComposite outcome
2019
Improved discrimination of mortality with Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 in HIV-positive individuals
Tate JP, Sterne JAC, Justice AC. Improved discrimination of mortality with Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 in HIV-positive individuals. AIDS 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30649058, PMCID: PMC6749990, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood countC-statisticBlood countVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) IndexAntiretroviral Therapy Cohort CollaborationDiscrimination of mortalityVACS Index 2.0Antiretroviral therapy initiationCD4 cell countHIV-positive populationHarrell's C-statisticHIV-1 RNAHIV-positive individualsKaplan-Meier plotsCohort CollaborationNadir CD4VAC patientsAntiretroviral therapyCause mortalityCD8 ratioTherapy initiationViral suppressionGeneral healthExcess mortalityLaboratory values
2018
Linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation by testing modality among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in Tanzania, 2014–2017
Rentsch CT, Wringe A, Machemba R, Michael D, Urassa M, Todd J, Reniers G, Zaba B. Linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation by testing modality among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in Tanzania, 2014–2017. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2018, 23: 1384-1393. PMID: 30282113, PMCID: PMC6334504, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacility-based VCTAntiretroviral therapy initiationTherapy initiationAntenatal clinicFacility-based HIV testingInitial CD4 cell countART initiation ratesCommunity-based HTCFacility-based HTCHIV serological testingCD4 cell countInitial CD4 countNew HIV diagnosesHIV-positive individualsRural Tanzanian communityCD4 countHIV diagnosisHIV testingSerological testingEarly diagnosisCell countLinkage rateRural wardsCells/HIV