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No changes in weight, body composition or metabolic parameters after the switch to dolutegravir and lamivudine compared to continued treatment with dolutegravir, abacavir and lamivudine for virologically suppressed HIV infection (The AVERTAS trial)
Virus 4 min.
Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be associated with weight gain in people living with HIV (PWH) (1–3). Initially, weight gain is a return-to-health phenomenon after HIV wasting. However, weight gain may continue and exceed the return-to-health level and may be associated with specific...
Impact of artificial liver plasma perfusion combined with plasma exchange therapy on clinical efficacy and short-term prognosis of hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure with or without HIV infection
Virus 6 min.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the common causes of liver failure, and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a frequent type of liver failure. With the widespread application of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the prognosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has significantly...
Efficacy and safety of B/F/TAF in treatment-naïve and virologically suppressed people with HIV ≥ 50 years of age: integrated analysis from six phase 3 clinical trials
Virus 6 min.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has greatly improved the life expectancy of people with HIV; PWH), changing the demographic characteristics of the epidemic [1, 2]. Presently, an estimated 24% of the global HIV-positive population is ≥ 50 years of age [3]. As the global population of PWH ≥ 50...
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of secondary attack rates in Moroccan households
Virus 7 min.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, and subsequently a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, as the virus spread rapidly across countries and continents [1]. SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs mainly through respiratory...
