2018
Shifting the HIV Paradigm from Care to Cure: Proceedings from the Caribbean Expert Summit in Barbados, August 2017
Landis R, Abayomi E, Bain B, Greene E, Janossy G, Joseph P, Kerrigan D, McCoy JP, Nunez C, O'Gorman M, Pastoors A, Parekh B, Quimby K, Quinn TC, Robertson K, Thomas R, van Gorp E, Vermund SH, Wilson V. Shifting the HIV Paradigm from Care to Cure: Proceedings from the Caribbean Expert Summit in Barbados, August 2017. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2018, 34: 561-569. PMID: 29732897, PMCID: PMC6053839, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2017.0310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJoint United Nations ProgrammePublic health benefitsHIV/AIDSPublic health messagingNew medical treatmentsAntiretroviral therapyHIV diseaseUNAIDS 90United Nations ProgrammeMedical treatmentHealth messagingHealth benefitsNations ProgrammeDiseaseInternational expertsCareHealthcare professionsCritical appraisalTreatmentPersistent fearSpirit of optimismStigmaHIVTherapyCommunity level
2010
Rethinking Prevention of HIV Type 1 Infection
Burns DN, Dieffenbach CW, Vermund SH. Rethinking Prevention of HIV Type 1 Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010, 51: 725-731. PMID: 20707698, PMCID: PMC3071685, DOI: 10.1086/655889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-HIV AgentsChemopreventionCommunicable Disease ControlHIV InfectionsHIV-1HumansIncidenceModels, TheoreticalPandemics
2009
Predictors of Rapid HIV Testing Acceptance and Successful Nevirapine Administration in Zambian Labor Wards
Megazzini KM, Chintu N, Vermund SH, Redden DT, Krebs DW, Simwenda M, Tambatamba B, Sinkala M, Stringer JS. Predictors of Rapid HIV Testing Acceptance and Successful Nevirapine Administration in Zambian Labor Wards. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2009, 52: 273-279. PMID: 19568175, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181ab6e7c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNevirapine administrationHIV testingHIV statusHIV testing acceptanceChild transmission servicesTime of admissionProvision of HIVResource-limited settingsSusceptible womenEligible womenPrimigravida womenHIV counselingCervical dilationLabour wardTesting acceptanceEligibility criteriaTesting ratesInert tabletsWomenHIVAdministrationCounselingPredictorsHoursStatus