2019
Interventions to improve the HIV continuum of care in China
Zhang X, Wang N, Vermund SH, Zou H, Li X, Zhang F, Qian HZ. Interventions to improve the HIV continuum of care in China. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2019, 16: 448-457. PMID: 31776975, PMCID: PMC10767704, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-019-00469-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyHIV continuumHIV epidemicPublic health intervention programsFree ART programHIV sexual transmissionHIV testing campaignsFormer plasma donorsPurpose of ReviewToHealth intervention programsTwo-thirdsViral suppressionHeterosexual transmissionPediatric mortalitySexual transmissionRisk groupsMore infectionsPlasma donorsRecent FindingsTheIntervention programsYoung menCareHIVHeterosexual menLower rates
2012
The HIV Epidemic: High-Income Countries
Vermund SH, Leigh-Brown AJ. The HIV Epidemic: High-Income Countries. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine 2012, 2: a007195. PMID: 22553497, PMCID: PMC3331688, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a007195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug useHIV epidemicDrug useNeedle/syringe sharingReceptive anal intercourseDifferent risk groupsRecent explosive epidemicsAntiretroviral therapyChild transmissionSyringe sharingAffected subgroupRisk groupsAnal intercourseVaginal intercourseHIV vulnerabilityExplosive epidemicsDiagnostic screeningEpidemicIncome countriesIntercourseUnited StatesSpecific strainsHigh-income nationsHIVTherapy
2005
Risk of HIV/AIDS in China: subpopulations of special importance
Qian Z, Vermund SH, Wang N. Risk of HIV/AIDS in China: subpopulations of special importance. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2005, 81: 442. PMID: 16326842, PMCID: PMC1745065, DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.014258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/AIDS epidemicHIV/AIDSDrug usersAIDS epidemicFormidable treatment challengeInjection drug useSex workersMajor risk factorLow condom useCommercial plasma donationCommercial sex workersNew drug usersHigh-risk behaviorsRed blood cellsHIV infectionNeedle sharingRisk factorsRisk groupsTreatment challengesFuture HIVGeneral populationHomosexual menDrug useUnprotected sexCondom use
1999
HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: a national surveillance
Islam M, Mitra AK, Mian AH, Vermund SH. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: a national surveillance. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 1999, 10: 471-474. PMID: 10454184, PMCID: PMC2743103, DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommercial sex workersHIV/AIDSProfessional blood donorsCent of patientsLong-distance truck driversAntenatal clinicHIV casesPregnant womenNational surveillanceBlood donorsNationwide surveillanceRisk groupsHIV ratesPrevalence ratesHIVPatientsSex workersAIDSEpidemic spreadMale heterosexualsSurveillanceEarly stagesTruck driversClinicTuberculosis