2022
Treatment outcomes of HIV patients with hepatitis B and C virus co-infections in Southwest China: an observational cohort study
Jia J, Zhu Q, Deng L, Lan G, Johnson A, Chen H, Shen Z, Li J, Xing H, Ruan Y, Li J, Lu H, Vermund SH, Zhu J, Qian HZ. Treatment outcomes of HIV patients with hepatitis B and C virus co-infections in Southwest China: an observational cohort study. Infectious Diseases Of Poverty 2022, 11: 7. PMID: 34986877, PMCID: PMC8734096, DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00921-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusAntiretroviral therapyHigh mortalityHCV coinfectionC virusNational Free Antiretroviral Treatment ProgramHBV co-infected patientsHBV/HCV coinfectionRetrospective cohort study analysisEffect of ARTCohort study analysisObservational cohort studyAntiretroviral treatment programOverall mortality rateProportional hazards modelTreatment attrition rateCause deathHCV-coHIV patientsBaseline infectionCohort studyHBV-HCVHepatitis BHepatitis treatment
2012
HIV/AIDS-Related Attitudes and Practices Among Traditional Healers in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Audet CM, Blevins M, Moon TD, Sidat M, Shepherd BE, Pires P, Vergara A, Vermund SH. HIV/AIDS-Related Attitudes and Practices Among Traditional Healers in Zambézia Province, Mozambique. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2012, 18: 1133-1141. PMID: 23171035, PMCID: PMC3513988, DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZambézia ProvinceTraditional healersHuman immunodeficiency virus infection/HIV/AIDS careHealth systemAllopathic providersTreatment practicesAllopathic health systemSymptoms/signsHIV/AIDS-related attitudesPatient's symptoms/signsFormal health providersHIV/AIDS trainingHIV/AIDSHIV patientsHIV diseaseHIV pathogenesisImmunodeficiency syndromeUninfected personsInfection/Late presentationHIV trainingInfectious originHIV knowledgeReferral practices
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