JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

• An Algorithm to Optimize Viral Load Testing in HIV-Positive Patients With Suspected First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy Failure in Cambodia These researchers have developed an algorithm for assessing patients with suspected first-line ART failure, so that viral load testing can be targeted toward those who need it most.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, September 2009
• Changes in Cognition During Antiretroviral Therapy: Comparison of 2 Different Ranking Systems to Measure Antiretroviral Drug Efficacy on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders In order for HAART regimens to be effective against HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, good CNS penetration is necessary--but is it sufficient?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, September 2009
• Routine Offering of HIV Testing to Hospitalized Pediatric Patients at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: Acceptability and Feasibility Routine counseling and antibody testing of pediatric inpatients can identify large numbers of HIV-seropositive children in high prevalence settings.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, June 2009
• Challenges for Scaling up ART in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Retrospective Study in Kibera, Kenya Antiretroviral treatment programs in limited resource settings provide free drugs and low associated costs but do the dropout and adherence rates reduce the benefits?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 2009
• Relationship Between HIV Coreceptor Tropism and Disease Progression in Persons With Untreated Chronic HIV Infection Do HIV patients with the SI phenotype or D/M tropism have more rapid rates of disease progression and CD4+ cell loss?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, March 2009
• Two-Year Virologic Outcomes of an Alternative AIDS Care Model: Evaluation of a Peer Health Worker and Nurse-staffed Community-based Program in Uganda Antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings is a growing concern, as more patients require AIDS care. A community-based treatment program in Uganda is evaluated for effectiveness.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, March 2009
• Effect of Simultaneous Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Survival of HIV Patients With Tuberculosis Is simultaneous HAART and TB treatment associated with improved survival?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, February 2009
• Short-term and Long-term Effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on the Incidence of Herpes Zoster in HIV-infected Children Although HAART has reduced the incidence rates of herpes zoster, learn why it still remains a frequent complication in HIV-infected children.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, February 2009
• Racial Disparities in HIV Virologic Failure: Do Missed Visits Matter? Learn how appointment nonadherence significantly contributes to racial disparities in HIV virologic failure.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, January 2009
• Cardiovascular Complications in HIV Management: Past, Present, and Future Do the benefits of HAART outweigh any metabolic effects observed in some patients over time?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, January 2009
• CD4+ T-Cell Count Monitoring Does Not Accurately Identify HIV-Infected Adults With Virologic Failure Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy Does CD4 cell count monitoring accurately identify individuals with virologic failure among patients taking ART?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, December 2008
• Endothelial Activation Markers Are Linked to HIV Status and Are Independent of Antiretroviral Therapy and Lipoatrophy Did lipoatrophy affect endothelial activation?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, December 2008
• Antiretroviral Therapy Exposure and Insulin Resistance in the Women's Interagency HIV Study How are HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy use, and other factors related to insulin resistance?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, December 2008
• Improved Measures of Quality of Life, Lipid Profile, and Lipoatrophy After Treatment Interruption in HIV-Infected Patients With Immune Preservation Did quality-of-life change during a prolonged treatment interruption?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, December 2008
• Evolution and Predictors of Change in Total Bone Mineral Density Over Time in HIV-Infected Men and Women in the Nutrition for Healthy Living Study The association of host factors, disease severity, and ART to changes in total body bone mineral density is evaluated.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, November 2008
• Estimating the Lifetime Risk of a Diagnosis of the HIV Infection in 33 States, 2004-2005 The estimated lifetime risk and age-conditional risk of being diagnosed with HIV in 33 states with name-based HIV reporting is assessed.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, November 2008
• Episodic Antiretroviral Therapy Increases HIV Transmission Risk Compared With Continuous Therapy: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Did patients on episodic antiretroviral therapy decrease their high-risk behaviors?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, October 2008
• HIV Serosorting in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Is It Safe? Does serosorting offer men who have sex with men protection from HIV?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, October 2008
• Influence of HAART on the Clinical Course of HIV-1-Infected Patients With Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Results of an Observational Multicenter Study New cases, the survival of HIV-1-infected patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and the characteristics of PML-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome are analyzed.
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, September 2008
• Project Eban: A Giant Step Forward How can the core ideas of this study be adapted to other vulnerable subgroups within the African American and other populations?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, September 2008