2010
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Alabama Women: Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Reproductive Health Characteristics and Factors Associated With Lack of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Viral Control
Bhatta MP, Hoesley C, Vermund S. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Alabama Women: Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Reproductive Health Characteristics and Factors Associated With Lack of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Viral Control. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2010, 339: 133-140. PMID: 20087169, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e3181c300f9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionBehavioral risk factorsViral controlAlabama womenRisk factorsVirus infectionBlack race/ethnicityT-cell countsCells/microLOutpatient HIV clinicHIV-1 controlReproductive health characteristicsLow viral loadHIV-1 diagnosisBlack womenSelf-administered questionnaireRace/ethnicityAnnual household incomeCervicovaginal lavageAntiretroviral therapyHIV clinicHIV infectionHIV testingSuboptimal access
2007
Complete Blood Cell Count as a Surrogate CD4 Cell Marker for HIV Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings
Chen RY, Westfall AO, Hardin JM, Miller-Hardwick C, Stringer JS, Raper JL, Vermund SH, Gotuzzo E, Allison J, Saag MS. Complete Blood Cell Count as a Surrogate CD4 Cell Marker for HIV Monitoring in Resource-Limited Settings. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2007, 44: 525-530. PMID: 17259910, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318032385e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirmingham Veterans Affairs Medical CenterTotal lymphocyte countCells/microLCD4 countVeterans Affairs Medical CenterComplete blood cell countAntiretroviral treatment statusLow CD4 cellsBody mass indexBlood cell countCells/Receiver operator characteristic curveResource limited settingsObservational databaseResource-limited settingsCD4 cellsLymphocyte count
2005
Does Severity of HIV Disease in HIV-Infected Mothers Affect Mortality and Morbidity among Their Uninfected Infants?
Kuhn L, Kasonde P, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Semrau K, Scott N, Tsai WY, Vermund SH, Aldrovandi GM, Thea DM. Does Severity of HIV Disease in HIV-Infected Mothers Affect Mortality and Morbidity among Their Uninfected Infants? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005, 41: 1654-1661. PMID: 16267740, PMCID: PMC1351118, DOI: 10.1086/498029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonths of ageUninfected infantsHIV diseaseAdvanced diseasePerinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionAdvanced maternal HIV diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionHIV-uninfected infantsLower child weightMaternal HIV diseaseMaternal viral loadT-cell countsCells/microLLow birth weightInfants of mothersHealth of infantsMonths of lifeMaternal diseaseHIV infectionHospital admissionImmune dysfunctionInfant weightMaternal deathsViral loadBirth weight