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View article: Projected Increases in Older People With HIV in the United States Through 2040
Projected Increases in Older People With HIV in the United States Through 2040 Open
Background People with diagnosed HIV (PWDH) live longer but have increased co-morbidities than peers without HIV and premature ageing. In 2021, 54% of United States PWDH were aged ≥50 years. PWDH age distribution projections beyond 2030 ar…
View article: Incidence of AIDS-Defining Conditions Among Adults With Perinatally Acquired HIV After Transition to Adult HIV Care in the United States and Canada, 2000–2022
Incidence of AIDS-Defining Conditions Among Adults With Perinatally Acquired HIV After Transition to Adult HIV Care in the United States and Canada, 2000–2022 Open
Background Little is known about the incidence of AIDS-defining conditions (ADCs) among people with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PHIV) who transitioned to adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care in the United St…
View article: P-494. The Silver Tsunami Is Upon Us: Over Half of Persons with HIV in the United States Are Aged ≥ 50 Years and Almost Half Have Been Living with Diagnosed HIV for ≥ 15 Years
P-494. The Silver Tsunami Is Upon Us: Over Half of Persons with HIV in the United States Are Aged ≥ 50 Years and Almost Half Have Been Living with Diagnosed HIV for ≥ 15 Years Open
Background On average, persons with diagnosed HIV (PWH) are living longer, and PWH who are engaged in effective care can expect lifespans comparable to persons without HIV. Understanding changes in the age structure of PWH can help plan wh…
View article: Development and Pilot of an Mpox Severity Scoring System
Development and Pilot of an Mpox Severity Scoring System Open
Clinical severity scores facilitate comparisons to understand risk factors for severe illness. For the 2022 multinational monkeypox clade IIb virus outbreak, we developed a 7-item Mpox Severity Scoring System (MPOX-SSS) with initial variab…
View article: HIV and mpox: a rapid review
HIV and mpox: a rapid review Open
In this review, we discuss the history and epidemiology of mpox, prevention strategies, clinical characteristics and management, severity of mpox among persons with advanced HIV, and areas for future research relevant to persons with HIV.
View article: How the Orthodox Features of Orthopoxviruses Led to an Unorthodox Mpox Outbreak: What We’ve Learned, and What We Still Need to Understand
How the Orthodox Features of Orthopoxviruses Led to an Unorthodox Mpox Outbreak: What We’ve Learned, and What We Still Need to Understand Open
Orthopoxviruses have repeatedly confounded expectations in terms of the clinical illness they cause and their patterns of spread. Monkeypox virus (MPXV), originally characterized in the late 1950s during outbreaks among captive primates, h…
View article: Techniques for storing data to enhance recovery and detection of data corruption errors
Techniques for storing data to enhance recovery and detection of data corruption errors Open
Often there are errors when reading data from computer memory. To detect and correct these errors, there are multiple types of error correction codes. Disclosed is an error correction architecture that creates a codeword having a data port…
View article: Hospital Readmissions Among Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States and Canada, 2005–2018: A Collaboration of Cohort Studies
Hospital Readmissions Among Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States and Canada, 2005–2018: A Collaboration of Cohort Studies Open
Background Hospital readmission trends for persons with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) in North America in the context of policy changes, improved antiretroviral therapy (ART), and aging are not well-known. We examined readmissions dur…
View article: Low CD4 Count or Being Out of Care Increases the Risk for Mpox Hospitalization Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Mpox
Low CD4 Count or Being Out of Care Increases the Risk for Mpox Hospitalization Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Mpox Open
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated immunosuppression may increase the risk of hospitalization with mpox. Among persons diagnosed with mpox in the state of Georgia, we characterized the association between hospitalization with mp…
View article: OP0079 OMICRON VARIANT INFECTION IN INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - OUTCOMES FROM A COVID-19 NAIVE POPULATION IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
OP0079 OMICRON VARIANT INFECTION IN INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - OUTCOMES FROM A COVID-19 NAIVE POPULATION IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Open
Background Due to geographic isolation and border controls, Aotearoa New Zealand attained high levels of population coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vaccination before widespread community transmission of Omicron variant COVID-19 in early…
View article: The Future of Pharmacist-Delivered Status-Neutral HIV Prevention and Care
The Future of Pharmacist-Delivered Status-Neutral HIV Prevention and Care Open
The Future of Pharmacist-Delivered Status-Neutral HIV Prevention and Care Paul J. Weidle PharmD, MPH, John T. Brooks MD, Sheila Salvant Valentine JD, and Demetre Daskalakis MD, MPH Affiliation Paul J. Weidle, John T. Brooks, Sheila Salvant…
View article: E-Cigarette Use Among Persons With Diagnosed HIV in the U.S.
E-Cigarette Use Among Persons With Diagnosed HIV in the U.S. Open
Overall, findings suggest that a greater proportion of persons with diagnosed HIV used E-cigarettes than the overall U.S. adult population and that higher rates were observed among certain subgroups, including those who currently smoke cig…
View article: SARS-CoV-2 Reduction in Shared Indoor Air—Reply
SARS-CoV-2 Reduction in Shared Indoor Air—Reply Open
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View article: CLIPPERS Responsive to Cladribine as a Durable Steroid-Sparing Agent
CLIPPERS Responsive to Cladribine as a Durable Steroid-Sparing Agent Open
This study provides Class IV evidence that cladribine is a steroid-sparing treatment consideration in CLIPPERS.
View article: Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022
Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022 Open
As of October 21, 2022, a total of 27,884 monkeypox cases (confirmed and probable) have been reported in the United States.§ Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men have constituted a majority of cases, and persons with HIV infe…
View article: Characteristics of JYNNEOS Vaccine Recipients Before and During a Large Multiday LGBTQIA+ Festival — Louisiana, August 9–September 5, 2022
Characteristics of JYNNEOS Vaccine Recipients Before and During a Large Multiday LGBTQIA+ Festival — Louisiana, August 9–September 5, 2022 Open
Since May 2022, 27,558 monkeypox cases have been identified in the United States (1). Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent the most affected demographic group in the current multinational outbreak (2). As of O…
View article: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Persons with Monkeypox — Eight U.S. Jurisdictions, May 17–July 22, 2022
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Persons with Monkeypox — Eight U.S. Jurisdictions, May 17–July 22, 2022 Open
High prevalences of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been reported in the current global monkeypox outbreak, which has affected primarily gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) (1-5). In previous …
View article: Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems — United States, August 2022
Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems — United States, August 2022 Open
As SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to circulate globally, high levels of vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools have substantially reduced the risk fo…
View article: Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection — United States, August 2022
Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection — United States, August 2022 Open
Monkeypox virus, an orthopoxvirus sharing clinical features with smallpox virus, is endemic in several countries in Central and West Africa. The last reported outbreak in the United States, in 2003, was linked to contact with infected prai…
View article: Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for Testing of Transplant Candidates Aged <12 Years for Infection with HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus — United States, 2022
Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for Testing of Transplant Candidates Aged <12 Years for Infection with HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus — United States, 2022 Open
The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) has periodically published recommendations about reducing the risk for transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) through solid organ transplantation (1-4). Updated guidan…
View article: HIV Testing Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2019–2020
HIV Testing Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2019–2020 Open
HIV testing is a core strategy for the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which has the aim of reducing new HIV infections by at least 90% by 2030.* During 2016-2017, jurisdictions with the highest HIV diagnosis rates we…
View article: Reducing SARS-CoV-2 in Shared Indoor Air
Reducing SARS-CoV-2 in Shared Indoor Air Open
Reducing SARS-CoV-2 in Shared Indoor Air SARS-CoV-2 replicates in the respiratory tract and spreads through exhalation of infectious respiratory particles.The chances of transmission increase the longer an uninfected person stays in an enc…
View article: Monkeypox Outbreak — Nine States, May 2022
Monkeypox Outbreak — Nine States, May 2022 Open
On May 17, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Laboratory Response Network (LRN) laboratory confirmed the presence of orthopoxvirus DNA via real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from lesion swabs obtained from a …
View article: Publication and Impact of Preprints Included in the First 100 Editions of the CDC COVID-19 Science Update: Content Analysis
Publication and Impact of Preprints Included in the First 100 Editions of the CDC COVID-19 Science Update: Content Analysis Open
Background Preprints are publicly available manuscripts posted to various servers that have not been peer reviewed. Although preprints have existed since 1961, they have gained increased popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the n…
View article: Publication and Impact of Preprints Included in the First 100 Editions of the CDC COVID-19 Science Update: Content Analysis (Preprint)
Publication and Impact of Preprints Included in the First 100 Editions of the CDC COVID-19 Science Update: Content Analysis (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Preprints are publicly available manuscripts posted to various servers that have not been peer reviewed. Although preprints have existed since 1961, they have gained increased popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the …
View article: Discrimination and Calibration of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index 2.0 for Predicting Mortality Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in North America
Discrimination and Calibration of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index 2.0 for Predicting Mortality Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in North America Open
Background The updated Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 combines general and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–specific biomarkers to generate a continuous score that accurately discriminates risk of mortality in diverse cohor…
View article: Guidance for Implementing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies in the Context of Varying Community Transmission Levels and Vaccination Coverage
Guidance for Implementing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies in the Context of Varying Community Transmission Levels and Vaccination Coverage Open
COVID-19 vaccination remains the most effective means to achieve control of the pandemic. In the United States, COVID-19 cases and deaths have markedly declined since their peak in early January 2021, due in part to increased vaccination c…