Pub Date : 2023-02-01Epub Date: 2022-11-23DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00642-w
Samuel S Bailin, John R Koethe
Purpose of review: The burden of metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is rising among persons with HIV (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART). This increase coincides with an aging population and a greater proportion who are overweight/obese. This review summarizes the changing epidemic of T2DM on contemporary ART, the role of weight gain, and therapeutic options.
Recent findings: Recent studies confirm that PWH face an epidemic of obesity and T2DM, similar to the general population. Contemporary ART is associated with greater weight gain and may contribute to the risk of T2DM. Recent advances in medical weight loss therapy offer a way forward in the prevention and treatment of weight-associated T2DM. Weight gain is one of the biggest contributors to T2DM in PWH. Future studies on the role of adipose tissue distribution, adipose tissue function and clinical use of effective weight loss medications may change the paradigm of care for PWH.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00644-8
Kawango Agot, Jacob Onyango, Marylyn Ochillo, Elijah Odoyo-June
Purpose of review: The Nyanza region of western Kenya is lauded for impressive coverage of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) and remains the bedrock of the VMMC program in Kenya. We conducted literature review on programmatic successes and challenges of implementing VMMC program in the region.
Recent findings: Responsive stakeholders' engagement, robust policy environment, effective technical working groups, prompt capacity building of health facilities, government support, flexible implementation strategies, and sustained donor funding contributed to the successes of the program that saw circumcision prevalence in Nyanza reach between 75.6 and 85.3% among 15-29-year-olds by 2019. However, the lack of support for early infant circumcision, inadequate domestic financing, and slow pace of service integration into government health facilities continue to undermine the progress towards sustainability. While local ownership of the VMMC program has been demonstrated through its inclusion in county annual health workplans and progressive integration into routine health care, continued dependence on declining external funding threatens its sustainability. Furthermore, Kenya is experiencing a youth bulge with a projected high demand for VMMC which calls for increased resource inputs into the program. Strategies are therefore needed to increase domestic resource inflows into VMMC.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00636-8
Todd Lucas, Caroline Cooney, Amber Prainito, Catherine Godfrey, Valerian Kiggundu, Anne Goldzier Thomas, Renee Ridzon, Carlos Toledo
Purpose of review: Through December 2020, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supported more than 25 million voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMC) as part of the combined HIV prevention strategy in 15 African countries. PEPFAR monitors defined adverse events (AEs) occurring within 30 days of VMMC through its notifiable adverse event reporting system (NAERS). All NAERS reports through December 2020 were reviewed to quantify AE type, severity, and relation to the VMMC procedure. Interventions to improve client safety based on NAERS findings are described.
Recent findings: Fourteen countries reported 446 clients with notifiable adverse events (NAEs); 394/446 (88%) were determined VMMC-related, representing approximately 18 NAE reports per million circumcisions. Fatalities comprised 56/446 (13%) with 24/56 (43%) of fatalities determined VMMC-related, representing 0.96 VMMC-related fatalities per million circumcisions. The remaining 390 NAEs were non-fatal with 370/390 (95%) VMMC-related. Multiple programmatic changes have been made based on NAERS data to improve client safety. Client safety is paramount in this surgical program designed for individual and population-level benefit. Surveillance of rare but severe complications following circumcision has identified pre-existing or new safety concerns and guided continuous programmatic improvement.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-10-29DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00634-w
Jessica L Prodger, Ronald M Galiwango, Aaron A R Tobian, Daniel Park, Cindy M Liu, Rupert Kaul
Purpose of review: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a surgical procedure that reduces HIV acquisition risk by almost two-thirds. However, global implementation is lagging, in part due to VMMC hesitancy. A better understanding of the mechanism(s) by which this procedure protects against HIV may increase acceptance of VMMC as an HIV risk reduction approach among health care providers and their clients.
Recent findings: HIV acquisition in the uncircumcised penis occurs preferentially across the inner foreskin tissues, due to increased susceptibility that is linked to elevated inflammatory cytokine levels in the sub-preputial space and an increased tissue density of HIV-susceptible CD4 + T cells. Inflammation can be caused by sexually transmitted infections, but is more commonly induced by specific anaerobic components of the penile microbiome. Circumcision protects by both directly removing the susceptible tissues of the inner foreskin, and by inducing a less inflammatory residual penile microbiome. VMMC reduces HIV susceptibility by removing susceptible penile tissues, and also through impacts on the penile immune and microbial milieu. Understanding these mechanisms may not only increase VMMC acceptability and reinvigorate global VMMC programs, but may also lead to non-surgical HIV prevention approaches focused on penile immunology and/or microbiota.
审查目的:自愿包皮环切术(VMMC)是一种外科手术,可将感染艾滋病毒的风险降低近三分之二。然而,该手术在全球的实施进度缓慢,部分原因是人们对包皮环切术犹豫不决。如果能更好地了解该手术预防艾滋病病毒感染的机制,可能会提高医疗服务提供者及其客户对无包皮环切术作为降低艾滋病病毒感染风险方法的接受度:未实施包皮环切术的阴茎感染艾滋病毒的几率较高,这主要是由于包皮内层组织的易感性增加,而这与包皮下腔炎性细胞因子水平升高以及组织中易感染艾滋病毒的 CD4 + T 细胞密度增加有关。炎症可由性传播感染引起,但更常见的是由阴茎微生物群中的特定厌氧成分诱发。包皮环切术通过直接切除包皮内侧的易感组织和诱导炎症较少的残余阴茎微生物群来保护阴茎。阴茎包皮环切术通过切除易感染的阴茎组织,以及对阴茎免疫和微生物环境的影响,降低对艾滋病毒的易感性。了解这些机制不仅可以提高人们对阴茎包皮环切术的接受度,为全球阴茎包皮环切术项目注入新的活力,还可以开发出以阴茎免疫学和/或微生物群为重点的非手术艾滋病预防方法。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-10-19DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00628-8
Patricia K Riggs, Antoine Chaillon, Guochun Jiang, Scott L Letendre, Yuyang Tang, Jeff Taylor, Andrew Kaytes, Davey M Smith, Karine Dubé, Sara Gianella
Purpose of review: Deep tissue HIV reservoirs, especially within the central nervous system (CNS), are understudied due to the challenges of sampling brain, spinal cord, and other tissues. Understanding the cellular characteristics and viral dynamics in CNS reservoirs is critical so that HIV cure trials can address them and monitor the direct and indirect effects of interventions. The Last Gift program was developed to address these needs by enrolling altruistic people with HIV (PWH) at the end of life who agree to rapid research autopsy.
Recent findings: Recent findings from the Last Gift emphasize significant heterogeneity across CNS reservoirs, CNS compartmentalization including differential sensitivity to broadly neutralizing antibodies, and bidirectional migration of HIV across the blood-brain barrier. Our findings add support for the potential of CNS reservoirs to be a source of rebounding viruses and reseeding of systemic sites if they are not targeted by cure strategies. This review highlights important scientific, practical, and ethical lessons learned from the Last Gift program in the context of recent advances in understanding the CNS reservoirs and key knowledge gaps in current research.
{"title":"Lessons for Understanding Central Nervous System HIV Reservoirs from the Last Gift Program.","authors":"Patricia K Riggs, Antoine Chaillon, Guochun Jiang, Scott L Letendre, Yuyang Tang, Jeff Taylor, Andrew Kaytes, Davey M Smith, Karine Dubé, Sara Gianella","doi":"10.1007/s11904-022-00628-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11904-022-00628-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Deep tissue HIV reservoirs, especially within the central nervous system (CNS), are understudied due to the challenges of sampling brain, spinal cord, and other tissues. Understanding the cellular characteristics and viral dynamics in CNS reservoirs is critical so that HIV cure trials can address them and monitor the direct and indirect effects of interventions. The Last Gift program was developed to address these needs by enrolling altruistic people with HIV (PWH) at the end of life who agree to rapid research autopsy.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Recent findings from the Last Gift emphasize significant heterogeneity across CNS reservoirs, CNS compartmentalization including differential sensitivity to broadly neutralizing antibodies, and bidirectional migration of HIV across the blood-brain barrier. Our findings add support for the potential of CNS reservoirs to be a source of rebounding viruses and reseeding of systemic sites if they are not targeted by cure strategies. This review highlights important scientific, practical, and ethical lessons learned from the Last Gift program in the context of recent advances in understanding the CNS reservoirs and key knowledge gaps in current research.</p>","PeriodicalId":10930,"journal":{"name":"Current HIV/AIDS Reports","volume":"19 6","pages":"566-579"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9701587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-11-11DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00638-6
Supriya D Mehta
Purpose of review: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by 60% among heterosexual men, provides protection against certain sexually transmitted infections (STI), and leads to penile microbiome composition changes associated with reduced risk of HIV infection. Intuitively, the benefits of VMMC for female sex partners in relation to STI are likely and have been evaluated. The purpose of this review is to examine emerging findings of broader sexual and reproductive health (SRH) benefits of VMMC for female sex partners.
Recent findings: Systematic reviews find strong evidence for beneficial effects of VMMC on female sex partners risk of HPV, cervical dysplasia, cervical cancer, and with likely protection against trichomoniasis and certain genital ulcerative infections. Few studies assess the direct impact of VMMC on the vaginal microbiome (VMB), though several studies demonstrate reductions in BV, which is mediated by the VMB. Studies are lacking regarding male circumcision status and outcomes associated with non-optimal VMB, such as female infertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes. VMMC has positive effects on women's perceptions of sexual function and satisfaction, and perceptions of disease risk and hygiene, without evidence of risk compensation. VMMC has consistent association with a broad range of women's SRH outcomes, highlighting the biological and non-biological interdependencies within sexual relationships, and need for couples-level approaches to optimize SRH for men and women. The paucity of information on VMMC and influence on VMB is a barrier to optimizing VMB-associated SRH outcomes in female partners.
审查目的:男性自愿包皮环切术(VMMC)可将异性恋男性感染 HIV 的风险降低 60%,可预防某些性传播感染(STI),并导致与 HIV 感染风险降低相关的阴茎微生物组构成变化。直觉上,VMMC 对女性性伴侣在性传播感染方面的益处是可能的,并且已经进行了评估。本综述的目的是研究 VMMC 对女性性伴侣更广泛的性健康和生殖健康(SRH)益处的新发现:系统综述发现,有确凿证据表明女性性伴侣感染人类乳头瘤病毒、宫颈发育不良和宫颈癌的风险会因女性子宫内膜异位症而降低,同时还可能预防滴虫病和某些生殖器溃疡感染。很少有研究评估包皮环切术对阴道微生物群(VMB)的直接影响,不过有几项研究表明,阴道微生物群介导的阴道乳头瘤病毒(BV)有所减少。目前还缺乏有关男性包皮环切情况以及与非最佳阴道微生物组相关的结果(如女性不孕和不良妊娠结果)的研究。包皮过长和包茎对女性的性功能和满意度以及疾病风险和卫生观念有积极影响,但没有证据表明存在风险补偿。女性性传播疾病与妇女性健康和生殖健康的广泛结果有着一致的联系,这突出表明了性关系中生物和非生物的相互依存关系,以及需要采取夫妻层面的方法来优化男性和女性的性健康和生殖健康。有关自愿性生育和对自愿性生育的影响的信息很少,这阻碍了优化自愿性生育对女性伴侣性健康和生殖健康影响的工作。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00627-9
George Ransley, Stanley Zimba, Yohane Gadama, Deanna Saylor, Laura Benjamin
Purpose of the review: To describe trends and clinical characteristics of HIV and cerebrovascular disease between 1990 and 2021 in LMICs and identify the gaps in our understanding.
Recent findings: In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV (PLWH) live longer and risk excess cerebrovascular events due to ageing and HIV-driven factors. Despite the highest burden of HIV infection in low-to-middle income countries, there is underreporting in the literature of cerebrovascular events in this population. We systematically reviewed published literature for primary clinical studies in adult PLWH and cerebrovascular disease in LMICs. The clinical phenotype of cerebrovascular disease among PLWH over the last three decades in LMICs has evolved and transitioned to an older group with overlapping cerebrovascular risk factors. There is an important need to increase research in this population and standardise reporting to facilitate understanding, guide development of appropriate interventions, and evaluate their impact.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-09-26DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00630-0
Jessica M Phan, Sangmin Kim, Đoàn Thị Thùy Linh, Lisa A Cosimi, Todd M Pollack
Purpose of review: This review summarizes technology-based interventions for HIV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We highlight potential benefits and challenges to using telehealth in LMICs and propose areas for future study.
Recent findings: We identified several models for using telehealth to expand HIV health care access in LMICs, including telemedicine visits for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) services, telementoring programs for providers, and virtual peer-support groups. Emerging data support the acceptability and feasibility of these strategies. However, further investigations are needed to determine whether these models are scalable and sustainable in the face of barriers related to cost, infrastructure, and regulatory approval. HIV telehealth interventions may be a valuable approach to addressing gaps along the HIV care cascade in LMICs. Future studies should focus on strategies for expanding existing programs to scale and for assessing long-term clinical outcomes.
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Purpose of review: To review the evidence on the effect of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) on reducing HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) and assess the limitations of available evidence.
Recent findings: Individual studies have shown conflicting results, but recent meta-analyses have consistently suggested that VMMC was associated with 7 to 23% reductions in HIV prevalence or incidence in MSM, particularly among a subgroup of men who predominantly practice insertive role in anal sex. Mathematical models have also suggested a moderate population-level impact of VMMC intervention. All original studies have been observational and are subject to confounding and bias. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are needed to provide strong evidence of assessing the efficacy of VMMC on HIV risk among MSM. VMMC is a promising HIV risk reduction tool for MSM. RCTs are needed to evaluate the efficacy of VMMC intervention.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00639-5
Anna Bershteyn, Edinah Mudimu, Ingrida Platais, Samuel Mwalili, James E Zulu, Wiza N Mwanza, Katharine Kripke
Purpose of review: Voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) has been a cornerstone of HIV prevention in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and is credited in part for declines in HIV incidence seen in recent years. However, these HIV incidence declines change VMMC cost-effectiveness and how it varies across populations.
Recent findings: Mathematical models project continued cost-effectiveness of VMMC in much of ESA despite HIV incidence declines. A key data gap is how demand generation cost differs across age groups and over time as VMMC coverage increases. Additionally, VMMC models usually neglect non-HIV effects of VMMC, such as prevention of other sexually transmitted infections and medical adverse events. While small compared to HIV effects in the short term, these could become important as HIV incidence declines. Evidence to date supports prioritizing VMMC in ESA despite falling HIV incidence. Updated modeling methodologies will become necessary if HIV incidence reaches low levels.
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