Journal of AIDS and HIV Treatment

2023

Volume 5, Issue 1, p1-53

Articles published in this issue are Open Access and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY NC) where the readers can reuse, download, distribute the article in whole or part by mentioning proper credits to the authors.

Research Article Open Access

Plasma Levels of Secretory Calreticulin among HIV Infected Patients in Bauchi State

Ahmed Musab, Ibrahim Yazid Gobir, LAWAL ROGO, Auwal Idris Kabuga, Yahaya Zakari

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The objective was to evaluate plasma levels of Calreticulin (CALR) in HIV positive and negative individuals.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p1-8 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.040

Review Article Open Access

Mental Health and Cognitive Care for Successful Aging with HIV

Paroma Mitra

Globally, an estimated 4.2 million people above the age of 50 now have diagnosis of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection. Patients with HIV can now survive well into old age. Aging with HIV has been associated with medical illness however neuropsychiatric symptoms including cognitive decline and behavioral dysregulation has been directly associated with aging and having HIV.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p9-12 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.041

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Detection of Undiagnosed Elevated Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers among HIV-Positive Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Kigali-City, Rwanda

Marcus Bushaku, Caleb Nyamwange, Arthur Kwena, Marc Twagirumukiza, Jean Nepo Utumatwishima, Regine Mugeni, Victor Davila-Roman, Aurore Nishimwe, Kenneth Schectman, W Todd Cade, Dominic Reeds, Eugene Mutimura

Similar to other African countries, life expectancy of people living with HIV infection has improved due to access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Rwanda. However, both HIV infection and use of ART are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks, due to adverse changes in some biomarkers, causing dyslipidemia and other metabolic imbalances. Biomarkers for CVD risk in HIV-infected individuals taking ART, has not been well characterized in Rwanda.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.042

Research Article Open Access

Death and Transferred Out as Competing Event for Lost to Follow-up among HIV-positive Adults on ART, in Eastern Ethiopia Governmental Hospitals from January 2015 to December 2021; (Multicenter Competing Risk Regression Analysis)

Girum Shibeshi Argaw, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Ayenew Molla Lakew, Yazachew Moges Chekol, Fantu Mamo Aragaw

Lost to follow-up (LTFU) among patients on antiretroviral therapy accounts for the most of all attrition. In Sub-Saharan Africa,there is a concern regarding high rates of LTFU and early mortality in antiretroviral therapy programs. Mortality and transferred out are the potential competing events for LTFU. Ignoring these events may give an invalid estimate by overestimating the probability of the occurrence of LTFU.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p22-33 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.043

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A Longitudinal Assessment of Interruptions in HIV Clinic Visits and Virologic Failure among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the Kabeho Study

Eric W. Nawar, Katherine M Andrinopoulos, Rhoderick N Machekano, Thomas W Carton, Emily A Bobrow, Placidie Mugwaneza, Dieudonne Ndatimana

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for women with HIV is recommended for life, yet most studies measure retention in HIV care and treatment as a binary outcome rather than patterns of intermittent clinic attendance. Pregnancy and the post-partum period are critical times to study interruptions in care, as retention among these women is particularly challenging and can affect the outcomes of both the mother and her child.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p34-40 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.044

Brief Report Open Access

STI Characterization in Two U.S. Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Facilities During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

Omar Harfouch, Emily Comstock, Katherine Sittig, Rohit Talwani, Roman Kaplan, Debra Benator, Heather Rivasplata, Eleanor Wilson

This retrospective chart review of Veterans at the Maryland and Washington, D.C. VA Medical Centers showed that STI positivity ratios increased in 2020 (2018-2020). The disparity in STI risk between Black and White Veterans widened in 2020, highlighting the need for targeted evidence-based STI prevention following the COVID-19 pandemic.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p41-45 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.045

Research Article Open Access

Painful to Discuss: The Intersection of Chronic Pain, Mental Health, and Analgesic Use among People with HIV

Sara D. Pullen, Maria Anjanette Nuñez, Sydney Bennett, Wellsley Brown, Catherine Cronin, Maya Fleischer, Abigail Malcolm, Vijay Ramesh, Kayla Spencer

This retrospective chart review study aims to identify patients in an HIV clinical setting in an area of high HIV prevalence in Atlanta, Georgia, USA who have chronic pain, analgesic prescriptions, and/or mental health diagnoses.

J AIDS HIV Treat, 2023, Volume 5, Issue 1, p46-53 | DOI: 10.33696/AIDS.5.046

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2023

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