2021
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating the Effect of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder on Infectious Disease Outcomes
McNamara KF, Biondi BE, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Taweh N, Grimshaw AA, Springer SA. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating the Effect of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder on Infectious Disease Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: ofab289. PMID: 34430670, PMCID: PMC8378589, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid use disorderHepatitis C virusInfectious disease outcomesViral suppressionUse disordersVirologic responseDisease outcomeHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral suppressionNew hepatitis B virus (HBV) infectionsHepatitis B virus infectionGreater ART adherenceTreatment of OUDB virus infectionHIV viral suppressionAntiretroviral therapy adherenceImpact of medicationHCV reinfectionART adherenceMedication treatmentTherapy adherenceHIV treatmentInfectious disease epidemicsC virusOpioid epidemicTreatment outcomes
2016
Prevalence of non-HIV cancer risk factors in persons living with HIV/AIDS
Park LS, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Silverberg MJ, Crothers K, Dubrow R. Prevalence of non-HIV cancer risk factors in persons living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS 2016, 30: 273-291. PMID: 26691548, PMCID: PMC4689318, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000000922.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHigh-risk HPV infectionCancer risk factorsHepatitis B virusHepatitis C virusUS adultsHPV infectionRisk factorsHIV/AIDSPrevalence estimatesHuman papillomavirusAnal high-risk HPV infectionCervical high-risk HPV infectionOral high-risk HPV infectionModifiable cancer risk factorsOverweight/obesity prevalenceConsiderable study heterogeneityChronic HCV infectionOverweight/obesityPrevalence of smokingSummary prevalence estimatesBurden of cancerOncogenic virus infectionWestern high-income countriesAdult PLWHAAlcohol consumption prevalence