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Early versus deferred zidovudine monotherapy: impact on AIDS-free time and survival in the multicenter AIDS cohort studyR Detels
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
Antivir Ther 2:21-9. 1997..The analytical technique used is applicable to other observational studies of treatment...
Methods to assess population effectiveness of therapies in human immunodeficiency virus incident and prevalent cohortsP M Tarwater
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 154:675-81. 2001..38), and 0.31 (95% CI: 0.21, 0.45). These results extend the measurement of population effectiveness from incident to prevalent cohorts and demonstrate the ability of cohort studies to complement information provided by clinical trials...
Increase and plateau of CD4 T-cell counts in the 3(1/2) years after initiation of potent antiretroviral therapyP M Tarwater
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 27:168-75. 2001..The single most important predictor of the steady state CD4 cell count that was maintained between 2 and 3(1/2) years after initiation was the change in plasma HIV-RNA in the first year after initiation of potent ART...
Effectiveness of potent antiretroviral therapies on the incidence of opportunistic infections before and after AIDS diagnosisR Detels
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 1772, USA
AIDS 15:347-55. 2001..To determine the effectiveness of potent antiretroviral therapy in reducing opportunistic infections (OI) as both a presenting event and subsequent to an AIDS-defining event...
Longitudinal patterns of HIV type 1 RNA among individuals with late disease progressionS J Gange
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 17:1223-9. 2001..8 years prior to the onset of AIDS. These results provide evidence that an increase in the slope of plasma levels of HIV RNA is a sign of incipient progression of HIV disease...
Determinants of heterogeneous adherence to HIV-antiretroviral therapies in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort StudyC A Kleeberger
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 26:82-92. 2001..Identification of individuals with characteristics associated with lower adherence provides the basis for interventions to enhance adherence and optimize effective therapies...
Thrush and fever as markers of immune competence in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyR L Skolasky
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 17:1311-6. 2001..These results provide evidence that increases in CD4+ T cell count due to HAART represent a reconstitution of immune function...
Identification of inflections in T-cell counts among HIV-1-infected individuals and relationship with progression to clinical AIDSS J Gange
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:10848-53. 1998....
Therapy naivete in the era of potent antiretroviral therapyL P Jacobson
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 54:149-56. 2001..In this era of effective ART, use was not universal. Besides disease markers, these nonclinical determinants need to be considered for promoting population therapy effectiveness...
Protease inhibitors and cardiovascular disease: analysis of the Los Angeles County adult spectrum of disease cohortG Vaughn
UCLA School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 19:492-9. 2007..Clinicians should monitor treatment of HIV-infected patients for adverse CVD events, and consider alternate forms of drug therapy and CVD-preventing drugs, particularly for those with a personal or family history of CVD...
Fraction of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prevented by the interactions of identified restriction gene variantsM J Silverberg
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:232-41. 2004..Additional research is needed to identify AIDS restriction genes with stronger and long-lasting protection to better characterize the genetic epidemiology of HIV-1...
AIDS diagnosis and depression in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study: the ameliorating impact of pet ownershipJ M Siegel
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 11:157-70. 1999..This beneficial effect of pet ownership occurred principally among persons who reported fewer confidants. These results suggest that by enhancing companionship for some HIV-infected persons, pets may buffer the stressful impact of AIDS...
Effectiveness of potent antiretroviral therapy on time to AIDS and death in men with known HIV infection duration. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study InvestigatorsR Detels
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 1772, USA
JAMA 280:1497-503. 1998..Cohort studies following up persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in periods characterized by different therapies offer the opportunity to estimate therapy effectiveness at the population level...
Oral fluids as an alternative to serum for measurement of markers of immune activationP Nishanian
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Immunology and Disease, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 90095 1747, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 5:507-12. 1998....
Evaluation of the effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in persons with human immunodeficiency virus using biomarker-based equivalence of disease progressionL P Jacobson
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:760-70. 2002....
The effects of establishment practices, knowledge and attitudes on condom use among Filipina sex workersD E Morisky
University of California, Los Angeles, USA, School of Public Health, Center for Health Sciences 90095 1772, USA
AIDS Care 10:213-20. 1998..The preliminary findings point to the importance of an intervention that stresses changes in establishment policies and expectations as a means of reducing risk behaviours associated with HIV/STD transmission...
Factors associated with HIV infection among Indian womenP Ghosh
Department of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Int J STD AIDS 22:140-5. 2011..Empowerment of women is fundamental to HIV/AIDS prevention in India...
Stigmatization and shame: consequences of caring for HIV/AIDS patients in ChinaL Li
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
AIDS Care 19:258-63. 2007....
Do STD clinics correctly diagnose STDs? An assessment of STD management in Hefei, ChinaH Liu
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095- 1772, USA
Int J STD AIDS 14:665-71. 2003..Over half of those previously infected had not received education to prevent reinfection. Thus, the quality of clinic laboratory testing was not high and physicians often misdiagnosed STDs...
Chemokine RANTES promoter polymorphism affects risk of both HIV infection and disease progression in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort StudyD H McDermott
Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
AIDS 14:2671-8. 2000..To examine whether polymorphism in the RANTES gene is associated with HIV disease outcome...
Haplotype analysis of the SDF-1 (CXCL12) gene in a longitudinal HIV-1/AIDS cohort studyW S Modi
SAIC Frederick, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
Genes Immun 6:691-8. 2005..63, P=0.01). In the MACS cohort, rs1801157 was associated with AIDS-87 (RH=0.31, P=0.02) and with death (RH=0.18, P=0.02). Significant associations to a single disease outcome were found for two SNPs and one haplotype in AA...
Cross-sectional study of sexual behaviour and knowledge about HIV among urban, rural, and minority residents in Viet NamT D Bui
National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Bull World Health Organ 79:15-21. 2001..If this happens, the potential for HIV to be spread through heterosexual sex will increase...
Prevalence of HIV infection among former commercial plasma donors in rural eastern ChinaZ Wu
National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Health Policy Plan 16:41-6. 2001..Other countries can benefit from the experience of China in reducing the risk of HIV transmission from plasma donating...
HIV-1 IgA specific serum antibodies and disease progression during HIV-1 infectionM Margalith
Virology Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Hum Virol 4:269-77. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: HIV-1 IgA serum antibodies did not predict the progression of the disease. Correlation between HIV-1 IgA antibodies titer, viral load, and CD4 cell counts was not detected...
Risk factors for HIV-1 seropositivity in drug users under 30 years old in Haiphong, VietnamT A Nguyen
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Addiction 96:405-13. 2001..Interventions through public sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics are unlikely to have much impact, as only 16% of IDUs with an STI attended a public STI clinic...
The role of epidemiology in challenging the HIV/AIDS pandemicR Detels
University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, USA
J Epidemiol 11:95-102. 2001..Examples of the application of these epidemiologic strategies are presented...
