HIV, Tuberculosis, Second-line ART, Competing risks, IndiaBackgroundProgrammatic data on the baseline risk of tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV) are needed to evaluate long-term effectiveness of the ongoing isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) roll-out in India....
IntroductionThere are limited data on young people who inject drugs (PWID) from low‐ and middle‐income countries where injection drug use remains a key driver of new HIV infections. India has a diverse injection drug use epidemic and estimates suggest that at least half of PWID are ≤30 ...
Cross-sectional studies have shown that intimate partner violence and gender inequity in relationships are associated with increased prevalence of HIV in women. Yet temporal sequence and causality have been questioned, and few HIV prevention programmes address these issues. We assessed whether intimate pa...
The principal route of HIV infection in children is vertical transmission. Thus, this study aimed to assess the incidence of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and predictors of positivity among HIV-exposed infants. Institutions-based retrospective foll
With over 30 combinations addressing nearly 40%* of the global HIV/AIDS population, we take immense pride in the positive impact our efforts have made so far. We will further bring quick access to lenacapa...
The result of the multivariate cox regression analysis showed that SSI [AHR (95% CI) = 7(3.16–15.72)], and incision site [AHR (95% CI) = 2.5(1.14–5.42)] had statistically significant association with re-operation Conclusion The incidence of surgical site infection was high in the study...
However, HIV is a chronic infection, and recently reported cases may include patients who were infected before the notification. During the past few years, there have been increasing concerns regarding the worldwide resurgence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). In Chongqing...
Although lung cancer is the most frequent cancer type worldwide and in China, female breast cancer is the most common form of incidence at each level of HDI and in India. Colorectal cancer is among the top five leading cancers for both incidence and mortality across HDI levels (also in ...
BMC Cancer (2017) 17:270 DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3229-1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Overview of cancer incidence and mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for HAART use and NADM development Connie G. Chiu1, Danielle Smith2,3, Kate A. Salters...
With over 30 combinations addressing nearly 40%* of the global HIV/AIDS population, we take immense pride in the positive impact our efforts have made so far. We will further bring quick access to lenac...