AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.24000011
Jos柩 L Blanco-Arévalo, Miguel García-Deltoro, Miguel Torralba, Manuel Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés, Antonio Castro, Darío Rubio-Rodríguez, Carlos Rubio-Terrés
{"title":"HIV-1 resistance and virological failure to treatment with the integrase inhibitors bictegravir, cabotegravir, and dolutegravir: a systematic literature review.","authors":"Jos柩 L Blanco-Arévalo, Miguel García-Deltoro, Miguel Torralba, Manuel Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés, Antonio Castro, Darío Rubio-Rodríguez, Carlos Rubio-Terrés","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.24000011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/AIDSRev.24000011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe and analyze resistance-associated mutations (RM) and virological failures (VF) on antiretroviral therapy using the latest approved integrase inhibitors (INIs) dolutegravir (DTG), bictegravir (BIC), and cabotegravir (CAB), together with their companion drugs in fixed-dose formulations: BIC/emtricitabine/tenofovir; CAB/rilpivirine; DTG/abacavir/lamivudine; DTG/emtricitabine/tenofovir; and DTG/lamivudine. Systematic literature searches were conducted in PubMed and other electronic databases for clinical studies published between January 2010 and May 2023, according to preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines (PRISMA), which analyzed VFs and RMs of INIs. Fifty clinical studies were included in the synthesis. VF in antiretroviral treatment (ART)-naïve patients occurred in 0.7-4.0%, 0.6-1.4%, and 0.6-9.0% of patients treated with DTG, BIC, and CAB, respectively. VF was reported in patients with previous ART in 0-8.1%, 0-2.0%, and 0.4-2.3% of those treated with DTG, BIC, and CAB, respectively. RMs were detected in ART-naïve patients in only one study with DTG (0.3%), none of the studies with BIC, and three of the studies with CAB (0.1-5.4%). In ART-experienced patients, RMs were detected in 0-1.9% of DTG-treated patients. No cases of RM were detected in the 11 BIC studies reviewed. In the case of CAB, RMs were detected in eight studies, ranging from 0.3% to 1.9% of patients. In conclusion, RM rates in the studies reviewed were generally low using the latest INIs. This review identified BIC as the INI with the lowest number of observed VF and lack of RM.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141970437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000066
Vicente Soriano, Víctor Moreno-Torres, Carmen de Mendoza, José V Fernández-Montero, Ana Treviño, Octavio Corral, Fernando de Jesús, Pablo Barreiro
{"title":"Pre-exposure prophylaxis of non-HIV viral infections and the role of long-acting antivirals.","authors":"Vicente Soriano, Víctor Moreno-Torres, Carmen de Mendoza, José V Fernández-Montero, Ana Treviño, Octavio Corral, Fernando de Jesús, Pablo Barreiro","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000066","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Viruses cause a large burden of human infectious diseases. During the past 50 years, antivirals have been developed to treat many pathogenic viruses, including herpesviruses, retroviruses, hepatitis viruses, and influenza. Besides being used as treatment, antivirals have shown efficacy for preventing certain viral infections. Following the success in the HIV field, a renewed interest has emerged on the use of antivirals as prophylaxis for other viruses. The development of formulations with extended half-life has pushed further this consideration in persons at risk for a wide range of viral infections. In this way, long-acting antivirals might behave as \"chemovaccines\" when classical vaccines do not exist, cannot be recommended, immune responses are suboptimal, escape mutants emerge, and/or immunity wanes. Five main caveats would temper its use, namely, selection of drug resistance, drug interactions, short- and long-term side effects, potential teratogenicity in women of child-bearing age, and high cost. Herein, we discuss the prospects for long-acting antivirals as prophylaxis of human viral infections other than HIV.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138796864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-10-26DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000064
Carmen de Mendoza, Ana Treviño, Vicente Soriano
{"title":"HTLV European Research Network 2023: the silent pandemic of HTLV-1 infection.","authors":"Carmen de Mendoza, Ana Treviño, Vicente Soriano","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000064","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54227425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-07-31DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000062
Vicente Soriano, Joaquín González-Cabrera
{"title":"Mental health crisis in the youth and rebound in sexually transmitted infections.","authors":"Vicente Soriano, Joaquín González-Cabrera","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10510962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.23000008
Mina Ebrahimi, Nayer Mehdizad, Fatemeh Yeganeh-Sefidan, Hanie Safarpour, Abdol S Pagheh, Amir Pouremamali, Somayeh Shiralizadeh, Ali Ghodrati, Sana Jafari, Firooz Shahrivar, Siamak Heidarzadeh, Mahboobeh Montazeri, Mohammad Yousef-Memar, Sonia M Rodrigues-Oliveira, Maria de-Lourdes-Pereira, Apostolos Beloukas, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi, Aleksandra Barac, Milad Shirvaliloo, Ehsan Ahmadpour
{"title":"Systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in people living with HIV and associated risk factors.","authors":"Mina Ebrahimi, Nayer Mehdizad, Fatemeh Yeganeh-Sefidan, Hanie Safarpour, Abdol S Pagheh, Amir Pouremamali, Somayeh Shiralizadeh, Ali Ghodrati, Sana Jafari, Firooz Shahrivar, Siamak Heidarzadeh, Mahboobeh Montazeri, Mohammad Yousef-Memar, Sonia M Rodrigues-Oliveira, Maria de-Lourdes-Pereira, Apostolos Beloukas, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi, Aleksandra Barac, Milad Shirvaliloo, Ehsan Ahmadpour","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000008","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People living with HIV (PLWH) constitute a vulnerable population for acquiring additional sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study was conducted to provide a summary of the evidence on the global prevalence of STIs in PLWH with an emphasis on infectious agents, diagnostic methods, and related risk factors. PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically searched to include records published from January 01, 1990, to January 31, 2022, and the Google Scholar search engine was used to check the search strategy. In total, 132 eligible studies reporting STIs in PLWH were included, enrolling subjects from 35 countries across five continents. The pooled proportion of STIs was estimated to be 30.23% (95% CI, 26.1-34.45%) in PLWH and 20.01% (95% CI, 17.17-23.01%) in HIV-negative patients. Our meta-analysis indicated that in PLWH, the pooled OR of STIs compared to HIV-negatives was 1.77 (95% CI: 1.58-1.98) (p < 0.0001). The pooled OR of STIs by viral infectious agents was highest in PLWH (52.19% [95% CI: 43.88-60.43]) compared with fungal (22.19% [95% CI: 15.64-29.53]), bacterial (19.07% [95% CI: 13.59-26.63]), and parasitic (14.05% [95% CI: 11.88-16.38]) infections. Our findings show that there is a rather significant frequency of STIs among PLWH. This study highlights the need for new programs for the detection, treatment, and prevention of STIs in this at-risk population.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.M22000057
Antoni Pla Rodríguez, Isabel Serrano Lillo, Cristina Sánchez González, María J Galindo
{"title":"Weight gain in HIV-infected patients.","authors":"Antoni Pla Rodríguez, Isabel Serrano Lillo, Cristina Sánchez González, María J Galindo","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M22000057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/AIDSRev.M22000057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since its emergence, HIV has been linked to metabolic alterations with an impact on the distribution of fat and the weight of people living with HIV. While extreme weight loss and processes such as lipodystrophy were of concern at first, in recent years, and with the appearance of increasingly effective and better tolerated drugs, an abnormal weight gain is paradoxically taking place among people living with HIV. Although this weight gain is a multifactorial process in which lifestyle habits, physical exercise or diet have a great impact, antiretroviral treatment has been recently considered as one of the key causes of this increase according to different clinical trials and real-life cohorts. The use of integrase inhibitors, specifically dolutegravir or bictegravir, and being female and/or from African/American origin appear to contribute to weight gain. In contrast, drugs such as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate would be protective factors. Even though different mechanisms of action have been proposed by which these agents would cause weight gain, the exact processes remain unclarified. Efforts are currently focused on knowing not only these mechanisms, but, more importantly, on finding the clinical relevance that this abnormal weight gain could have in other pathologies such as diabetes or cardiovascular events.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9175708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.23000015
Vicente Soriano, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Lucía Gallego, José V Fernández-Montero, Carmen de Mendoza, Pablo Barreiro
{"title":"Rebound in sexually transmitted infections after the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Vicente Soriano, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Lucía Gallego, José V Fernández-Montero, Carmen de Mendoza, Pablo Barreiro","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000015","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have become the second in the global rating of infectious diseases after respiratory infections. Globally, over 1 million, new STI is diagnosed every day. Although four conditions are the most representative and of obligatory declaration (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]), there are many other prevalent STI, including trichomona, herpes simplex, papillomavirus, and viral hepatitis. Herein, we perform a narrative and retrospective review, analyzing information from public databases from distinct Spanish government institutions. STI significantly declined in Spain during 2020 as a result of lockdown and social isolation measures dictated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. After releasing restrictions, a major STI rebound occurred in 2021. Increases were 49% for gonorrhea, 45% for HIV, 39% for chlamydia, and 32% for syphilis. Based on nationwide statistics, we build a narrative review of the recent STI surge after COVID-19. In summary, we propose a holistic approach to confront the current re-emergence of STI. On one hand, new innovative medical advances must be implemented, including new rapid tests, novel vaccines, pre-exposure prophylaxis beyond HIV, and long-acting antivirals. On the other hand, information to citizens needs to be reformulated with interventions aimed to build a healthier society, alike it has been undertaken with tobacco, alcohol, diet, and lifestyle. STI determines important sexual, reproductive, and maternal-child health consequences. To promote human well-being or flourishing, the education of adolescents and young adults should be aligned with human ecology. Therefore, it is urgent to address new approaches in sexual health that represent a clear benefit for individual persons and society. In this way, favoring a cultural evolution aimed to delay the age of first sexual intercourse and the avoidance of multiple sex partners should be prioritized.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000063
Ilduara Pintos, Vicente Soriano
{"title":"Mitochondrial damage as cause of long COVID.","authors":"Ilduara Pintos, Vicente Soriano","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000063","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.M23000063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison on treatment outcomes of patients enrolled on anti-retroviral therapy at different levels of the health-care system in a high HIV/AIDS setting.","authors":"Bokwena Moali, Lebapotswe B Tlale, Bornapate Nkomo, Moses Otieno, Nathanael Sirili, Marius Nsoh, Avelina Mgasa, Anissette Ngum-Busi, Ketshepile Taylor, Nokuthula Majingo, Esther Seloilwe, Yohana Mashalla","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000016","DOIUrl":"10.24875/AIDSRev.23000016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HIV/AIDS prevalence in Botswana is amongst the highest in the world and remains a significant public health problem. however, the introduction of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) lead to a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality. Decentralization of anti-retroviral therapy has improved access to treatment for people living with HIV. Treatment outcomes for patient initiated on treatment at different levels of care is unknown and this study seeks to compare treatment outcomes of patients enrolled on ART at different levels of the health care. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study that included review of data from January 2017 to December 2018. The study was conducted in 2 health districts in the country. Nine hundred and sixty (960) patient's record were included in analysis. More than half (63%) of patients were enrolled at primary care level while 37% were at tertiary level. Sixty one percent (n = 587) were female while 39% (n = 373) were males. There were no statistically significant differences in viral load suppression after 12 months of treatment between patients enrolled at tertiary level and primary care level, x2 = 0.75, p value = 0.56. Time to initiation was longer at tertiary (median = 126) compared to primary are level (median = 18), p < 0.001. We reccommend further decentralization of ART services to lower levels of the health care system to initiate PLWHIV early on treatment and improve their health outcomes and reduce transmission through treatment by prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139428893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AIDS reviewsPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.24875/AIDSRev.22000016
Natasha Richmond, Alyssa Steinbaum, Nicholas Tarantino, Nidhi Bhaskar, Laura Whiteley, Jacob J van den Berg
{"title":"The use of the brief symptom inventory among youth living with HIV: a scoping review.","authors":"Natasha Richmond, Alyssa Steinbaum, Nicholas Tarantino, Nidhi Bhaskar, Laura Whiteley, Jacob J van den Berg","doi":"10.24875/AIDSRev.22000016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/AIDSRev.22000016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The brief symptom inventory (BSI), a 53-item measure that assesses psychological distress, is a popular tool for measuring mental health symptoms among youth living with HIV (YLH) in the United States (US); however, it has been used inconsistently with this population. This scoping review summarizes discrepancies in the use of the BSI to identify opportunities to improve systematism and make recommendations for clinicians and researchers, and highlights correlates of psychological distress among YLH as measured by the BSI. Databases searched included PsycINFO, PubMed, and CENTRAL. Eligible studies that assessed psychological distress using the BSI among YLH, were conducted in the US, and were written in English. Of the 237 articles identified, 57 were selected for inclusion. Studies investigated associations between BSI scores and several variables, including pre- versus post-highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) era, ART adherence, sexual risk behavior, substance use, stigma, social support, self-efficacy, mode of HIV infection, and sexual orientation. There was variation in BSI elements used as outcome measures, sample age ranges, and reporting of mean scores and cutoff t-scores. 89.5% (n = 51) of studies did not report which BSI norms were used in their data analysis, and 68.4% of studies (n = 39) did not report the cut-off t-score value used. Variability in study objectives restricted this study to a scoping review rather than a meta-analysis. Generalizability to non-US settings is another limitation. More consistency in how the BSI is used among YLH is needed to accurately identify distress among YLH and provide tailored interventions to address their unique challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":7685,"journal":{"name":"AIDS reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10019097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}