Browsing by Subject "antiretroviral therapy"

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    • Comparative studies of two-times-daily versus three-times-daily indinavir in combination with zidovudine and lamivudine 

      Haas, D. W.; Arathoon, E.; Thompson, M. A.; Pedro, R. D.; Gallant, J. E.; Uip, D. E.; Currier, J.; Noriega, L. M.; Lewi, David S. [UNIFESP]; Uribe, P.; Benetucci, J.; Cahn, P.; Paar, D.; White, C. A.; Collier, A. C.; Ramirez-Ronda, C. H.; Harvey, C.; Chung, M.; Mehrotra, D.; Chodakewitz, J.; Nguyen, B. Y.; Protocol 054 069 Study Teams (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000-09-08)
      Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of two-times-daily versus three-times-daily indinavir in combination with zidovudine and lamivudine. Design: Two multicenter, open-label, randomized 24-week studies.Methods: ...

    • Effect of GB virus C on response to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected Brazilians 

      Souza, Inara Espinelli Lemes de [UNIFESP]; Zhang, W.; Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie [UNIFESP]; Chaloner, K.; Klinzman, D.; Stapleton, J. T. (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-01-01)
      ObjectivesGB virus C (GBV-C) infection is associated with delayed mortality in HIV-infected people in most, but not all, studies. Previous investigations of the effect of GBV-C viraemia on response to antiretroviral therapy ...

    • Evaluation of HIV-1 resistance to antiretroviral drugs among 150 patients after six months of therapeutic interruption 

      Kalmar, E. M. N.; Sanabani, S. S. [UNIFESP]; Costa, A. Charlys da [UNIFESP]; Ferreira, S.; Barreto, C. C.; Chen, S.; Sabino, E. C. (Royal Soc Medicine Press Ltd, 2012-02-01)
      Most of the antiretroviral (ARV) studies in Brazil have been reported in treatment-experienced and naive patients rather than in the setting of treatment interruption (TI). in this study, we analysed reasons given for TI ...

    • HIV-1 drug resistance genotypic profiles in children with undetectable plasma viremia during antiretroviral therapy 

      Angelis, Daniela Souza Araújo de; Tateno, Adriana Fumie; Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie [UNIFESP]; Succi, Regina Célia de Menezes [UNIFESP]; Pannuti, Claudio Sergio; Gouvêa, Aida de Fátima Thomé Barbosa [UNIFESP]; Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP] (Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2011-02-01)
      Treatment of HIV-1 infection with highly active antiretroviral therapy has led to sustained viral suppression in the plasma in a large number of children. However, studies have suggested that the integrated provirus in ...

    • HIV-1 viremia during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy is not associated with mother-to-child transmission 

      Senise, J.f. [UNIFESP]; Palacios, R. [UNIFESP]; Tanno, Z.n. [UNIFESP]; Lunardi, L. [UNIFESP]; Waghabi, G.r. [UNIFESP]; Vaz, M.j.r. [UNIFESP]; Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie [UNIFESP]; Castelo Filho, Adauto [UNIFESP] (Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2006-08-01)
      It is currently recommended that antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV be initiated at 14 weeks of gestation. However, the relevance of early-gestation HIV viral load level for ...

    • HIV-1-Infected children on HAART: Immunologic features of three different levels of viral suppression 

      Zaccarelli Filho, Carlos Alberto [UNIFESP]; Ono, Erika [UNIFESP]; Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP]; Brunialti, Milena Karina Coló [UNIFESP]; Succi, Regina Célia de Menezes [UNIFESP]; Salomão, Reinaldo [UNIFESP]; Kallas, Esper Georges [UNIFESP]; De Moraes-Pinto, Maria Isabel [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007-01-15)
      Background: HIV-1-infected children show changes of blood lymphocyte subpopulations. We have, therefore, investigated how highly active anti-retroviral therapy (ART) alter these subsets. Blood samples were taken from 41 ...

    • The impact of facial lipoatrophy treatment with polymethyl methacrylate in AIDS patients as measured by four quality-of-life questionnaires 

      Warde Filho, Mario Jorge [UNIFESP]; Gragnani, A. [UNIFESP]; Gomes, H. [UNIFESP]; Hochman, Bernardo [UNIFESP]; Ferreira, Lydia Masako [UNIFESP] (Royal Soc Medicine Press Ltd, 2011-10-01)
      Life-expectancy increased in patients infected with HIV/AIDS with the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART). Facial lipoatrophy is a common complication in these patients, eventually leading to stigma, ...

    • Insulin Resistance and Glucose and Lipid Concentrations in a Cohort of Perinatally HIV-infected Latin American Children 

      Hazra, Rohan; Hance, Laura Freimanis; Monteiro, Jacqueline Pontes; Ruz, Noris Pavia; Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP]; Saavedra, Mariza; Motta, Fabrizio; Harris, D. Robert; NISDI Pediat Study Grp (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013-07-01)
      We measured glucose, insulin and lipids in 249 perinatally HIV-infected Latin American children. Only 1 subject had impaired fasting glucose; 6.8% had insulin resistance. Abnormalities in total, low-density lipoprotein and ...

    • Interaction between pediatric HIV infection and measles 

      Moraes-Pinto, Maria Isabel de [UNIFESP] (Future Medicine Ltd, 2011-12-01)
      Infections by measles virus and by HIV cause a state of immunodeficiency in the host. While measles virus leads to a transient immunodeficiency with depression of cellular mediated immunity, natural HIV infection leads to ...

    • The management of HIV-infected pregnant women 

      Senise, Jorge [UNIFESP]; Bonafe, Simone [UNIFESP]; Castelo, Adauto [UNIFESP] (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012-12-01)
      Purpose of reviewThe purpose of this article is to update the current practice in the management of HIV-infected pregnant women and present evidence-based recommendations for the reduction of mother-to-child transmission.Recent ...