2021
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Incident Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies
Chen Y, Gao Y, Zhou Y, Li X, Wang H, Polonsky TS, Vermund SH, Qian HZ, Qian F. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Incident Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2021, 87: 741-749. PMID: 33492019, PMCID: PMC10768809, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident heart failureLow CD4 countHeart failureHIV infectionRandom-effects modelCD4 countSubgroup analysisRisk of HFHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionLaird random-effects modelYoung adultsAvailable prospective evidenceImmunodeficiency virus infectionPooled relative riskFull-text assessmentWeb of ScienceFixed-effects modelProspective studyIncident casesProspective evidenceRelative riskVirus infectionFunnel plotMeta-AnalysisSimilar association
2010
A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia
Megazzini KM, Sinkala M, Vermund SH, Redden DT, Krebs DW, Acosta EP, Mwanza J, Goldenberg RL, Chintu N, Bulterys M, Stringer JS. A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2010, 24: 447-455. PMID: 19926959, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328334b285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen/infant pairsCluster-randomized trialNevirapine coverageInfant pairsLabour wardClinic coverageProbability of HIVProportion of HIVPrevention of motherStandard of carePMTCT programmePMTCT servicesChild transmissionHIV testingUnknown serostatusSurveillance periodIntervention periodControl clinicsRelative riskTreatment clinicsUmbilical cordHIVClinicGEE modelOdds of coverage
1992
The Effects on Survival of Early Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Graham N, Zeger S, Park L, Vermund S, Detels R, Rinaldo C, Phair J. The Effects on Survival of Early Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. New England Journal Of Medicine 1992, 326: 1037-1042. PMID: 1347907, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199204163261601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionDevelopment of AIDSPneumocystis carinii pneumoniaPCP prophylaxisProlong survivalEarly treatmentRelative riskVirus infectionCell countUse of zidovudineUse of prophylaxisDiagnosis of AIDSHIV Type 1HIV-1 infectionBasis of CD4High-risk menInitial disease stateProbability of deathZidovudine usersZidovudine therapyImmunodeficiency syndromeCarinii pneumoniaClinical symptomsProphylaxis