2021
Association of HIV infection and cognitive impairment in older adults: A meta-analysis
Deng L, Zhang X, Gao Y, Turner D, Qian F, Lu H, Vermund SH, Zhang Y, Qian HZ. Association of HIV infection and cognitive impairment in older adults: A meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews 2021, 68: 101310. PMID: 33640473, PMCID: PMC10767715, DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2021.101310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionCognitive impairmentOlder adultsOdds ratioHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionMean differenceMotor/psychomotorImmunodeficiency virus infectionMajor cognitive domainsNewcastle-Ottawa ScaleConfidence intervalsRisk of biasPooled odds ratioCross-sectional studyRandom-effects modelIncome countriesCognitive domainsGlobal cognitive impairmentExecutive functionOlder PLWHVirus infectionHigh-income countriesHIVPLWHUpper middle-income countries
2008
Do Targeted HIV Programs Improve Overall Care for Pregnant Women?
Potter D, Goldenberg RL, Chao A, Sinkala M, Degroot A, Stringer JS, Bulterys M, Vermund SH. Do Targeted HIV Programs Improve Overall Care for Pregnant Women? JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 47: 79-85. PMID: 17984757, PMCID: PMC2745056, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31815d2f71.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence odds ratiosHIV programsPMTCT programme implementationChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherConfidence intervalsRoutine clinical servicesDisease-specific researchHealth policy makersAntenatal clinicSyphilis treatmentHIV transmissionPregnant womenOverall careOdds ratioFirst visitCare impactClinical servicesService programsImplementation of researchScreeningProgram implementationClinicVisitsCare
1983
Survival of Schistosoma mansoni in the human host: estimates from a community-based prospective study in Puerto Rico.
Vermund S, Bradley D, Ruiz-Tiben E. Survival of Schistosoma mansoni in the human host: estimates from a community-based prospective study in Puerto Rico. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1983, 32: 1040-8. PMID: 6625059, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.1040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProspective studyConsecutive stoolsCommunity-based prospective studyGeometric mean egg countQuantitative stool examinationsRitchie concentration techniquesSchistosoma mansoni infectionMean egg countAdult S. mansoniStool countsStool examinationChemotherapy campaignsMansoni infectionStool specimensUntreated individualsRate of declineS. mansoniComplete interruptionCohortSchistosoma mansoniConfidence intervalsHuman hostEgg countsStoolSnail control