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General Reports
 

Internet Documents


 
FULL TEXT PDF DOCUMENT
 December 2007 Global Summary of the AIDS Epidemic
WHO
December 01, 2007
 Report
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
The AIDS Epidemic @ 25: Between Memory and Activism
Murphy, TF
 Bioethics Forum  April 26, 2005
 Commentary
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
Recommendations for Non-HIV-Specialized Providers Caring for Displaced HIV-Infected
Residents from the Hurricane Disasters
The Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection (Adult and Adolescent HIV
Treatment Guidelines Panel), The Perinatal HIV Guidelines Working Group, The Working Group
on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children; and  USPHS/IDSA
Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Working Groups
 September 23, 2005
PDF Guidelines
 
FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
The Relationship Between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
 NIAID
September 2005
Guidelines

FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
Recommendations for the Triage of HIV+ Patients
 The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the HIV Medicine Associations
Updated: 9/13/05
Guidelines
 

Books

  FULL-TEXT BOOK
HIV Medicine-2003
 Hoffmann C, Kamps BS (editors)
 Published by the Amedeo Group 2
On-Line Book
 
FULL-TEXT  BOOK
 The 2002 Abbreviated Guide to Medical Management of HIV Infection
Bartlett JG
Published by the Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Diseases
 On-Line PDF Book
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL TEXT  ARTICLE
25 years of HIV.
Fauci, AS 
Nature 453, 289-290 (15 May 2008)
 Paper
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Complications of HIV Disease and Therapy.
Currier JS, Havlir DV.
Top HIV Med. 2008 Mar-Apr;16(1):23-30.
Paper
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
The spread, treatment, and prevention of HIV-1: evolution of a global pandemic.
Cohen MS, Hellmann N, Levy JA, et al
J Clin Invest. 2008 Apr;118(4):1244-54.
Paper
 
Practice makes perfect: a volume-outcome study of hospital patients with HIV disease.
Hellinger F.
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Feb 1;47(2):226-33
 Abstract
 
Early diagnosis and prevention of comorbidities among HIV-infected patients: the Orchestra
Saint-Antoine Program.
Fonquernie L, Clozel S, Vincensini JP, et al
Med Mal Infect. 2007 Nov 6;
 Abstract
 
Interactions of HIV and methamphetamine: cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxicity
potentiation.
Cadet JL, Krasnova IN.
 Neurotox Res. 2007 Oct;12(3):181-204.
 Abstract
 
Are HIV+ patients resistant to statin therapy?
Johns KW, Bennett MT, Bondy GP.
Lipids Health Dis. 2007 Oct 24;6(1):27
Abstract
 
Chronic cigarette smoking and heavy drinking in human immunodeficiency virus: consequences for
neurocognition and brain morphology.
Durazzo TC, Rothlind JC, Cardenas VA, et al
 Alcohol. 2007 Oct 6;
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 The HIV RNA setpoint theory revisited
Geskus RB, Prins M,  Hubert J-B, et al
 Retrovirology 2007, 4:65 (21 Sepr 2007)
Paper
 
HIV Disease Progression: Immune Activation, Microbes, and a Leaky Gut.
Douek D.
 Top HIV Med. 2007 Aug-Sep;15(4):114-7.
Abstract
 
HIV Denial in the Internet Era.
Smith TC, Novella SP.
PLoS Med. 2007 Aug 21;4(8):e256
Paper
 
Rate of AIDS diseases or death in HIV-infected antiretroviral therapy-naive individuals with
high CD4 cell count.
The UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (CHIC) Study Steering Committee.
AIDS. 2007 Aug 20;21(13):1717-1721.
Abstract
 
Alcohol Consumption and HIV Disease Progression.
Samet JH, Cheng DM, Libman H
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Jul 19
 Abstract
 
PDF ARTICLE
 Early prediction of median survival among a large AIDS surveillance cohort.
Enanoria WT, Hubbard AE, van der Laan MJ, et al
 BMC Public Health. 2007 Jun 27;7(1):127
Paper
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Post-infection immunodeficiency virus control by neutralizing antibodies.
Yamamoto H, Kawada M, Takeda A, et al
PLoS ONE. 2007 Jun 20;2:e540.
 Paper
 
Correlates of late HIV diagnosis: implications for testing policy.
Delpierre C, Dray-Spira R, Cuzin L, Marchou B, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 May;18(5):312-7.
 Abstract

 A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 The Relation Between Symptoms, Viral Load, and Viral Load Set Point in Primary HIV Infection.
Kelley CF, Barbour JD, Hecht FM.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 May 17;
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Complications of HIV Disease and Therapy.
 Currier JS, Havlir DV.
Top HIV Med. 2007 Apr-May;15(2):40-7.
 Paper
 
Differences in HIV Care Between Patients With and Without Severe Mental Illness.
Fremont AM, Young AS, Chinman M, et al
 Psychiatr Serv. 2007 May;58(5):681-8
 Abstract
 
Estimating the impact of alcohol consumption on survival for HIV+ individuals.
Braithwaite RS, Conigliaro J, Roberts MS, et al
 AIDS Care. 2007 Apr;19(4):459-66.
 Abstract
 
An Evaluation of Neurocognitive Status and Markers of Immune Activation as Predictors of
Time to Death in Advanced HIV Infection.
Sevigny JJ, Albert SM, McDermott MP, et al
Arch Neurol. 2007 Jan;64(1):97-102.
 Abstract
 
Surgical outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in the era of highly active
antiretroviral therapy.
Horberg MA, Hurley LB, Klein DB, et al
 Arch Surg. 2006 Dec;141(12):1238-45.
Abstract

Risk of Non-AIDS-Related Mortality May Exceed Risk of AIDS-Related Mortality Among
Individuals Enrolling Into Care With CD4+ Counts Greater Than 200 Cells/mm3.
 Lau B, Gange SJ, Moore RD.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Oct 30;
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Origins of HIV and the evolution of resistance to AIDS.
Heeney JL,  Dalgleish AG, Weiss RA.
Science. 2006 Jul 28;313(5786):462-6.
 Abstract
 
Setting and organization of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Handford C, Tynan A, Rackal J, Glazier R.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jul 19
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
The developing world in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Lown BB, Banerjee AA.
 Global Health. 2006 Mar 16;2(1):3
 Paper
 
Current issues in critical care of the human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient.
 Morris A, Masur H, Huang L.
 Crit Care Med. 2006 Jan;34(1):42-49.
 Abstract
 
Acute human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Huang ST, Lee HC, Liu KH, Lee NY, Ko WC.
 J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2005 Feb;38(1):65-8.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Acute HIV revisited: new opportunities for treatment and prevention.
 Pilcher CD, Eron JJ Jr, Galvin S, et al
 J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(7):937-45
Paper
Multidrug Resistant HIV
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  What is the risk of mortality following diagnosis of multidrug-resistant HIV-1?
Grover D, Copas A, Green H, et al
 J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Jan 25
Abstract
Quality of Life
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Prolongation and quality of life for HIV-infected adults treated with highly active antiretroviral
therapy (HAART): a balancing act.
Burgoyne RW, Tan DH.
 J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Jan 3
Abstract
 
A further investigation of health-related quality of life over time among men with HIV infection
in the HAART era.
 Jia H, Uphold CR, Zheng Y, et al
 Qual Life Res. 2007 Apr 28;
 Abstract

Predictors for Lower Quality of Life in the HAART Era Among HIV-Infected Men.
Liu C, Johnson L, Ostrow D, et l
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Jun 26;
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 The impact of HIV/AIDS on the quality of life: a cross sectional study in north India.
 7 Wig N, Lekshmi R, Pal H, Ahuja V,  et al
 Indian J Med Sci. 2006 Jan;60(1):3-12.
 Paper
 
Is the quality of the patient-provider relationship associated with better adherence and health
outcomes for patients with HIV?
Beach MC, Keruly J, Moore RD.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006
Abstract
 
Predictors of Quality of Life in HIV-infected Rural Women: Psychometric Test of the Chronic Illness
Quality of Life Ladder.
Murdaugh C, Moneyham L, Jackson K, et al
 Qual Life Res. 2006 Jun;15(5):777-89.
 Abstract
 
To take or not to take: decision-making about antiretroviral treatment in people living with HIV/AIDS.
 Kremer H, Ironson G, Schneiderman N, Hautzinger M.
 AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2006 May;20(5):335-49.
 Abstract
 
Changes in sleep quality and brain wave patterns following initiation of an efavirenz-containing
triple antiretroviral regimen.
 Moyle G, Fletcher C, Brown H,
HIV Med. 2006 May;7(4):243-7
Abstract
 
Variations in self-rated health among patients with HIV infection.
 Mrus JM, Schackman BR, Wu AW, et al
Qual Life Res. 2006 Apr;15(3):503-14.
 Abstract
 
ISSQoL: a new questionnaire for evaluating the quality of life of people living with HIV in the
HAART era.
 Bucciardini R, Murri R, Guarinieri M, et al
Qual Life Res. 2006 Apr;15(3):377-90.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Better quality of life with neuropsychological improvement on HAART.
 Parsons TD, Braaten AJ, Hall CD, Robertson KR.
 Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Feb 24;4:11
 Paper
 
The effect of diagnosis with HIV infection on health-related quality of Life.
Honiden S, Sundaram V, Nease RF, et al
Qual Life Res. 2006 Feb;15(1):69-82.
Abstract
Provider Challenges
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Perioperative guidelines for elective surgery in the human immunodeficiency virus-positive
patient.
Davison SP, Reisman NR, Pellegrino ED, et al
 Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May;121(5):1831-40.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Do Hospitalists or Physicians with Greater Inpatient HIV Experience Improve HIV Care
in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy? Results from a Multicenter Trial of
Academic Hospitalists.
Schneider JA, Zhang Q, Auerbach A, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1;46(7):1085-1092.
 Abstract

Prevalence and predictors of deterioration of a trustful patient-provider relationship among
HIV-infected persons treated with antiretroviral therapy.
Préau M, Leport C, Villes V, et al
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Apr 1;47(4):467-71.
 Abstract
 
Substance abuse treatment in human immunodeficiency virus: The role of patient-provider
discussions.
Korthuis PT, Josephs JS, Fleishman JA, et al
 J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Mar 6
Abstract
 
Effects of pharmacists' interventions on patient outcomes in an HIV primary care clinic.
March K, Mak M, Louie SG.
 Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007 Dec 15;64(24):2574-8.
 Abstract
 
Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 from an infected individual to a caregiver.
Brumme CJ, Harrigan PR, Preston EC, et al
Antivir Ther. 2007;12(7):1139-44.
 Abstract
 
Relationship quality among HIV patients and their caregivers.
Miller IW, Bishop DS, Herman DS, Stein MD.
AIDS Care. 2007 Feb;19(2):203-11.
 Abstract

Addressing the need for HIV specialists: the AAHIVM perspective.
Grossman HA.
 AIDS Read. 2006 Sep;16(9):479-86.
 Abstract
PWA Challenges
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Is AIDS chronic or terminal? The perceptions of persons living with AIDS and their informal
support partners.
 Hoy-Ellis CP, Fredriksen-Goldsen KI.
 AIDS Care. 2007 Aug;19(7):835-43.
Abstract
 
f Is Patients' Preferred Involvement in Health Decisions Related to Outcomes for Patients
with HIV?
 Beach MC, Duggan PS, Moore RD, et al
 J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May 19;
 Abstract
 
Is there a special responsibility of HIV-positive people? A discussion paper.
 Staub R.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2007 Mar 27;
 Abstract
 
People Living with HIV: Sources of Information on Antiretroviral Treatment and Preferences
for Involvement in Treatment Decision-Making.
 Kremer H, Ironson G.
 Eur J Med Res. 2007 Jan 31;12(1):34-42.
 Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 Do HIV patients know their treatment?
 Denes E, Rogez JP, Weinbreck P.
 Med Mal Infect. 2006 Jul 10;
 Abstract
Travel
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The HIV-positive traveler.
Bhadelia N, Klotman M, Caplivski D.
 Am J Med. 2007 Jul;120(7):574-80.
 Abstract
 
Sexually transmitted infections and HIV among travellers: a review.
Richens J.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006 May-Jul;4(3-4):184-95.
 Abstract
 
HIV and travel.
Schuhwerk MA, Richens J, Zuckerman JN.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2006 May-Jul;4(3-4):174-83.
Abstract
 
HIV and travel
D'Acremont V, Cavassini ML, Tarr PE, Genton B.
Rev Med Suisse. 2005 May 11;1(19):1268-74.
Abstract
 
HIV travel restrictions: where to find help navigating them.
Subways S.
AIDS Treat News. 2005 Feb 25;(410):2-3.
Abstract
 
Vaccination for HIV positive travelers
Panasiuk A.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2004;58 Suppl 1:97-100.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Travel patterns and risk behaviour of HIV-positive people travelling internationally.
Salit IE, Sano M, Boggild AK, Kain KC.
CMAJ. 2005 Mar 29;172(7):884-8.
 Paper
 
Global: HIV/AIDS-related travel restrictions--UNAIDS/IOM statement and revision of International
Health Regulations.
[No authors listed]
Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2004 Aug;9(2):37
 Abstract
 
International Travel: Recommendations for the HIV-infected Patient.
Spacek LA, Quinn TC
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Oct;6(5):399-403.
 Abstract
 
Pre-travel preparation and outcome of HIV-infected travellers from a UK clinic.
Cathcart S, Boyle J, Sabin C, et al
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2003 May;1(2):114-8.
 Abstract
Community Affiliates
 
  • AIDS Community Care Montreal is a community organization working primarily
    in the English language to enhance the quality of life of people living
    with HIV/AIDS, to prevent HIV transmission, and to promote community
    awareness and action.

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