West African Countries account for almost half of the estimated 20 000 000 international migrants in the continent. In the frame of the scaling up of HAART, our study aims to identify specific features and constraints of access to care for HIV migrant patients returning to Burkina Faso. From January 2007 to August 2011, the Nanoro District Hospital, serving a rural area in the Centre-West of Bu...

What's the Problem, and How Do You Diagnose It? Many HIV+ people develop problems with gas and bloating. Diagnosis is simple: ask yourself if you are experiencing more than the usual gas (flatulence, farting) or feeling an uncomfortable pressure in your abdominal area that comes and goes. Know that it is considered normal for the average person to expel a reasonable amount of gas approximately ...

Methods We developed and validated a sensitive and precise assay to measure HIV integration. Total and integrated HIV DNA were then measured in a cross-sectional series of patients on HAART and in two patients longitudinally. The ratios of total over integrated were then calculated to determine the extent of unintegrated HIV DNA present in patient samples. The errors in the ratios were calculat...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study is to determine the concordance between the PROCAM (Prospective Cardiovascular Münster) and Framingham scales in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted in HIV-positive male population who use HAART in a national reference hospital located in Lima, Peru. To evaluate the concord...

Elite suppressors (ES) are a rare population of HIV-infected individuals that are capable of naturally controlling the infection without the use of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). Patients on HAART often achieve viral control to similar (undetectable) levels. Accurate and sensitive methods to measure viral burden are needed to elucidate important differences between these two pat...

PURPOSE The objective was to evaluate the impact of an intervention for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapies (HAART) in HIV-infected patients. METHOD We designed a prospective, controlled, randomized trial to assess the impact of an educational and counseling intervention in addition to standard of care. At M0, the study enrolled 244 HAART-treated patients who attended a medical co...

Methods In the MONET trial 256 patients with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL on current HAART for over 24 weeks (NNRTI based (43%), or PI based (57%)), switched to DRV/r 800/100 mg once daily, either as monotherapy (n=127) or with 2NRTI (n=129). The Spanish costs per patient with HIV RNA below 50 copies/mL were calculated, using a “switch included” analysis at Week 96, to account for additional antiretro...

Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in the mid-1990s, antiretroviral therapy (ART) options have expanded considerably to include simpler, safer, and more tolerable regimens. This has included new options for initial regimens for treatment-naive patients as well as regimens for treatment-experienced patients with extensive drug resistance. Current regimen options are e...

Methods Review of medical records of self-referred individuals (Group 1) and patients diagnosed through the intervention program (Group 2), and presenting for the first time to Via Libre HIV Clinic. We compared the initial condition of both groups. Cases included in the analysis completed a baseline clinical and laboratory evaluation, and had a decision made by the treating physician regarding ...