Pub Date : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00622-7
Stella Emmanuel Mushy, Expeditho Mtisi, Simon Mkawe, Eric Mboggo, John Ndega, Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Denice Kamugunya, Edwin Samuel Kilimba, Boniface S Mlay, Aisa Muya, Frida Ngalesoni
Background: Despite the decreased incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Tanzania, the number of adolescents living with HIV is increasing. This study aimed to describe factors independently associated with viral load non-suppression among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) on ART in the Tanga region.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of routinely collected data from ALHIV on ART from October 2018 to April 2022. We extracted data from the Care and Treatment Clinics form number 2 (CTC2) database that included age, sex, BMI, World Health Organization HIV clinical disease stage, marital status, ART duration, viral load suppression, facility level, and Dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimen. We did descriptive analysis using frequencies to describe the study participants' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. The Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to identify factors associated with viral load non-suppression (VLS). Viral load non-suppression was defined as viral load ≥ 1000 copies/ml. A total of 4735 ALHIV on ART were extracted from CTC2, then 2485 were excluded (2186 missed viral load results, 246 were lost to follow-up, and 53 deaths).
Results: 2250 ALHIV on ART were tested for viral load, of whom 2216 (98.62%) adolescents were on first-line ART, and 2024 (89.96%) participants were virally suppressed, while 226 (10.04%) were virally non-suppressed. In addition, 2131 (94.71%) of participants were using a DTG-based regimen; of them, 1969 (92.40%) were virally suppressed. Not using a DTG-based regimen (HR: 9.36, 95% CI 3.41-15.31) and dispensary facility level (HR: 3.61, 95% CI 1.44-7.03) were independently associated with increased hazard for viral load non-suppression. In addition, adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years are less likely to be virally suppressed (HR: 0.55, 95% CI 0.30-0.99).
Conclusions: The dispensary facility level and not using a DTG-based regimen were significantly associated with viral load non-suppression. HIV intervention strategies should ensure a DTG-based regimen utilization in all adolescents living with HIV, and techniques used by higher-level health facilities should be disseminated to lower-level facilities.
{"title":"Barriers to viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy: a retrospective study in Tanga, Tanzania.","authors":"Stella Emmanuel Mushy, Expeditho Mtisi, Simon Mkawe, Eric Mboggo, John Ndega, Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Denice Kamugunya, Edwin Samuel Kilimba, Boniface S Mlay, Aisa Muya, Frida Ngalesoni","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00622-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12981-024-00622-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the decreased incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Tanzania, the number of adolescents living with HIV is increasing. This study aimed to describe factors independently associated with viral load non-suppression among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) on ART in the Tanga region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective study of routinely collected data from ALHIV on ART from October 2018 to April 2022. We extracted data from the Care and Treatment Clinics form number 2 (CTC2) database that included age, sex, BMI, World Health Organization HIV clinical disease stage, marital status, ART duration, viral load suppression, facility level, and Dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimen. We did descriptive analysis using frequencies to describe the study participants' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. The Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to identify factors associated with viral load non-suppression (VLS). Viral load non-suppression was defined as viral load ≥ 1000 copies/ml. A total of 4735 ALHIV on ART were extracted from CTC2, then 2485 were excluded (2186 missed viral load results, 246 were lost to follow-up, and 53 deaths).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>2250 ALHIV on ART were tested for viral load, of whom 2216 (98.62%) adolescents were on first-line ART, and 2024 (89.96%) participants were virally suppressed, while 226 (10.04%) were virally non-suppressed. In addition, 2131 (94.71%) of participants were using a DTG-based regimen; of them, 1969 (92.40%) were virally suppressed. Not using a DTG-based regimen (HR: 9.36, 95% CI 3.41-15.31) and dispensary facility level (HR: 3.61, 95% CI 1.44-7.03) were independently associated with increased hazard for viral load non-suppression. In addition, adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years are less likely to be virally suppressed (HR: 0.55, 95% CI 0.30-0.99).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The dispensary facility level and not using a DTG-based regimen were significantly associated with viral load non-suppression. HIV intervention strategies should ensure a DTG-based regimen utilization in all adolescents living with HIV, and techniques used by higher-level health facilities should be disseminated to lower-level facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"21 1","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11112887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141080436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00616-5
Sandra Abdul Massih, Mohamed G Atta, Chloe L Thio, Jeffrey A Tornheim, Edward J Fuchs, Rahul P Bakshi, Mark A Marzinke, Craig W Hendrix, Ethel D Weld
Introduction: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective renal replacement modality in people with HIV (PWH) with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), particularly those with residual kidney function. Data on pharmacokinetics (PK) of antiretrovirals in patients on peritoneal dialysis are limited.
Methods: A single-participant study was performed on a 49-year-old gentleman with ESKD on PD and controlled HIV on once daily dolutegravir (DTG) 50 mg + tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) 25 mg / emtricitabine (FTC) 200 mg. He underwent serial blood plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cell, and urine PK measurements over 24 h after an observed DTG + FTC/TAF dose.
Results: Plasma trough (Cmin) concentrations of TAF, tenofovir (TFV), FTC, and DTG were 0.05, 164, 1,006, and 718 ng/mL, respectively. Intracellular trough concentrations of TFV-DP and FTC-TP were 1142 and 11,201 fmol/million cells, respectively. Compared to published mean trough concentrations in PWH with normal kidney function, observed TFV and FTC trough concentrations were 15.5- and 20-fold higher, while intracellular trough concentrations of TFV-DP and FTC-TP were 2.2-fold and 5.4-fold higher, respectively. TFV and FTC urine levels were 20 times lower than in people with normal GFR.
Conclusions: In a single ESKD PWH on PD, daily TAF was associated with plasma TFV and intracellular TFV-DP trough concentrations 15-fold and 2-fold higher than those of people with uncompromised kidney function, potentially contributing to nephrotoxicity. This suggests that TFV accumulates on PD; thus, daily TAF in PD patients may require dose adjustment or regimen change to optimize treatment, minimize toxicity, and preserve residual kidney function.
{"title":"Pharmacokinetics of tenofovir alafenamide, emtricitabine, and dolutegravir in a patient on peritoneal dialysis.","authors":"Sandra Abdul Massih, Mohamed G Atta, Chloe L Thio, Jeffrey A Tornheim, Edward J Fuchs, Rahul P Bakshi, Mark A Marzinke, Craig W Hendrix, Ethel D Weld","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00616-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12981-024-00616-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective renal replacement modality in people with HIV (PWH) with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), particularly those with residual kidney function. Data on pharmacokinetics (PK) of antiretrovirals in patients on peritoneal dialysis are limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A single-participant study was performed on a 49-year-old gentleman with ESKD on PD and controlled HIV on once daily dolutegravir (DTG) 50 mg + tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) 25 mg / emtricitabine (FTC) 200 mg. He underwent serial blood plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cell, and urine PK measurements over 24 h after an observed DTG + FTC/TAF dose.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Plasma trough (Cmin) concentrations of TAF, tenofovir (TFV), FTC, and DTG were 0.05, 164, 1,006, and 718 ng/mL, respectively. Intracellular trough concentrations of TFV-DP and FTC-TP were 1142 and 11,201 fmol/million cells, respectively. Compared to published mean trough concentrations in PWH with normal kidney function, observed TFV and FTC trough concentrations were 15.5- and 20-fold higher, while intracellular trough concentrations of TFV-DP and FTC-TP were 2.2-fold and 5.4-fold higher, respectively. TFV and FTC urine levels were 20 times lower than in people with normal GFR.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In a single ESKD PWH on PD, daily TAF was associated with plasma TFV and intracellular TFV-DP trough concentrations 15-fold and 2-fold higher than those of people with uncompromised kidney function, potentially contributing to nephrotoxicity. This suggests that TFV accumulates on PD; thus, daily TAF in PD patients may require dose adjustment or regimen change to optimize treatment, minimize toxicity, and preserve residual kidney function.</p>","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"21 1","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11110198/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections (IP) are a major source of morbidity in people living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), particularly in resource-limited settings, mostly as a result of high viral load. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the magnitude of intestinal parasitic infections and its determinants among patients with HIV/AIDS attending public health facilities in East and West Gojam Zones in Ethiopia.
Methods: Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 people living with HIV visiting public health facilities from December 2022 to May 2023. A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit participants. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect socio-demographics and determinants. The fresh stool was collected from each patient, transported, and tested in accordance with laboratory standard operating procedures of wet mount, formol-ether concentration technique, and modified acid-fast staining. Data were entered and analyzed in the statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. A 95% CI with p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The overall prevalence of IP in patients with HIV/AIDS was 19.3% (63/327). Hookworm was the most identified parasite 33.3% (21/63) followed by E.histolytica 17% (11/63) and G.lamblia 14.3% (9/63). Parasitic infections were significantly higher among viral load > 1000cps/ml (p = 0.035), WHO stage 4 (p = 0.002), CD4 < 200 cell/mm3 (p = 0.001), and bare foot walking (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: IP infections are moderately high among patients with HIV/AIDS in the study area. The proportion of parasites was greatly affected by high viral load, WHO stage 4, CD4 < 200 cell/mm3, and being barefoot; this gives valuable insight to health professionals, health planners and community health workers. As a result, viral load monitoring, and WHO stage controlling were periodically assessed in patients with HIV/AIDS. Health education, awareness creation, routine stool examination, and environmental hygiene were regularly advocated to increase the life of patients with HIV/AIDS.
背景:肠道寄生虫感染(IP)是人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染者发病的一个主要原因,尤其是在资源有限的环境中,这主要是高病毒载量造成的。因此,本研究旨在调查在埃塞俄比亚东戈贾姆区和西戈贾姆区公共卫生机构就诊的艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者中肠道寄生虫感染的严重程度及其决定因素:在2022年12月至2023年5月期间,对前往公共卫生机构就诊的327名艾滋病毒感染者进行了基于机构的横断面研究。采用简单随机抽样技术招募参与者。通过面对面访谈收集社会人口统计数据和决定因素。每位患者的新鲜粪便均被收集、运送,并按照湿装载、甲醇-乙醚浓缩技术和改良酸-ast 染色的实验室标准操作程序进行检测。数据用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)第 20 版进行输入和分析。95% CI 及 p 值 结果:艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者中 IP 的总发病率为 19.3%(63/327)。钩虫是最常见的寄生虫,占 33.3%(21/63),其次是组织溶解性大肠杆菌,占 17%(11/63),羊角风嗜血杆菌占 14.3%(9/63)。在病毒载量大于 1000cps/ml (p = 0.035)、WHO 4 期 (p = 0.002)、CD4 3 (p = 0.001)和光脚行走 (p = 0.001) 的人群中,寄生虫感染率明显较高:结论:在研究地区,艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的 IP 感染率中等偏高。病毒载量高、世卫组织第 4 阶段、CD4 3 和赤脚对寄生虫比例有很大影响;这给卫生专业人员、卫生规划人员和社区卫生工作者提供了宝贵的启示。因此,要定期对艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者进行病毒载量监测和世卫组织阶段控制评估。为提高艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的生活质量,定期倡导健康教育、提高认识、常规粪便检查和环境卫生。
{"title":"Magnitude of intestinal parasitic infections and its determinants among HIV/AIDS patients attending at antiretroviral treatment centers in East and West Gojam Zones, Northwest, Ethiopia: institution based cross-sectional study.","authors":"Mengistu Endalamaw, Abel Alemneh, Gashaw Azanaw Amare, Abebe Fenta, Habtamu Belew","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00618-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12981-024-00618-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intestinal parasitic infections (IP) are a major source of morbidity in people living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), particularly in resource-limited settings, mostly as a result of high viral load. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the magnitude of intestinal parasitic infections and its determinants among patients with HIV/AIDS attending public health facilities in East and West Gojam Zones in Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 people living with HIV visiting public health facilities from December 2022 to May 2023. A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit participants. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect socio-demographics and determinants. The fresh stool was collected from each patient, transported, and tested in accordance with laboratory standard operating procedures of wet mount, formol-ether concentration technique, and modified acid-fast staining. Data were entered and analyzed in the statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. A 95% CI with p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prevalence of IP in patients with HIV/AIDS was 19.3% (63/327). Hookworm was the most identified parasite 33.3% (21/63) followed by E.histolytica 17% (11/63) and G.lamblia 14.3% (9/63). Parasitic infections were significantly higher among viral load > 1000cps/ml (p = 0.035), WHO stage 4 (p = 0.002), CD4 < 200 cell/mm<sup>3</sup> (p = 0.001), and bare foot walking (p = 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IP infections are moderately high among patients with HIV/AIDS in the study area. The proportion of parasites was greatly affected by high viral load, WHO stage 4, CD4 < 200 cell/mm<sup>3</sup>, and being barefoot; this gives valuable insight to health professionals, health planners and community health workers. As a result, viral load monitoring, and WHO stage controlling were periodically assessed in patients with HIV/AIDS. Health education, awareness creation, routine stool examination, and environmental hygiene were regularly advocated to increase the life of patients with HIV/AIDS.</p>","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"21 1","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11097487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140955739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-16DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00619-2
Siriel Boniface, Anange Lwilla, Hellen Mahiga, Doreen Pamba, Otto Geisenberger, John France, Rebecca Mokeha, Lilian Njovu, Abisai Kisinda, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Michael Hoelscher, Arne Kroidl, Issa Sabi
Background: HIV early infant diagnosis (HEID) at the centralized laboratory faces many challenges that impact the cascade of timely HEID. Point of Care (PoC) HEID has shown to reduce test turnaround times, allow for task shifting and has the potential to reduce infant mortality. We aimed at assessing the feasibility of nurse based PoC-HEID in five facilities of Mbeya region.
Methods: We analysed data from healthcare workers at five obstetric health facilities that participated in the BABY study which enrolled mothers living with HIV and their HIV exposed infants who were followed up until 6 weeks post-delivery. Nurses and laboratory personnel were trained and performed HEID procedures using the Xpert HIV-1 Qual PoC systems. Involved personnel were interviewed on feasibility, knowledge and competency of procedures and overall impression of the use of HIV-1 Qual PoC system in clinical settings.
Results: A total of 28 health care workers (HCWs) who participated in the study between 2014 and 2016 were interviewed, 23 being nurses, 1 clinical officer, 1 lab scientist and 3 lab technicians The median age was 39.5 years. Majority of the nurses (22/24) and all lab staff were confident using Gene Xpert PoC test after being trained. None of them rated Gene Xpert handling as too complicated despite minor challenges. Five HCWs (5/24) reported power cut as the most often occurring problem. As an overall impression, all interviewees agreed on PoC HEID to be used in clinical settings however, about half of them (11/24) indicated that the PoC-HEID procedures add a burden onto their routine workload.
Conclusion: Overall, health care workers in our study demonstrated very good perceptions and experiences of using PoC HEID. Efforts should be invested on quality training, targeted task distribution at the clinics, continual supportive supervision and power back up mechanisms to make the wide-scale adoption of nurse based PoC HEID testing a possibility.
{"title":"Xpert HIV-1 qual point-of-care testing for HIV early infant diagnosis in Tanzania: experiences and perceptions of health care workers in a 2016 study.","authors":"Siriel Boniface, Anange Lwilla, Hellen Mahiga, Doreen Pamba, Otto Geisenberger, John France, Rebecca Mokeha, Lilian Njovu, Abisai Kisinda, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Michael Hoelscher, Arne Kroidl, Issa Sabi","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00619-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12981-024-00619-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>HIV early infant diagnosis (HEID) at the centralized laboratory faces many challenges that impact the cascade of timely HEID. Point of Care (PoC) HEID has shown to reduce test turnaround times, allow for task shifting and has the potential to reduce infant mortality. We aimed at assessing the feasibility of nurse based PoC-HEID in five facilities of Mbeya region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed data from healthcare workers at five obstetric health facilities that participated in the BABY study which enrolled mothers living with HIV and their HIV exposed infants who were followed up until 6 weeks post-delivery. Nurses and laboratory personnel were trained and performed HEID procedures using the Xpert HIV-1 Qual PoC systems. Involved personnel were interviewed on feasibility, knowledge and competency of procedures and overall impression of the use of HIV-1 Qual PoC system in clinical settings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 28 health care workers (HCWs) who participated in the study between 2014 and 2016 were interviewed, 23 being nurses, 1 clinical officer, 1 lab scientist and 3 lab technicians The median age was 39.5 years. Majority of the nurses (22/24) and all lab staff were confident using Gene Xpert PoC test after being trained. None of them rated Gene Xpert handling as too complicated despite minor challenges. Five HCWs (5/24) reported power cut as the most often occurring problem. As an overall impression, all interviewees agreed on PoC HEID to be used in clinical settings however, about half of them (11/24) indicated that the PoC-HEID procedures add a burden onto their routine workload.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, health care workers in our study demonstrated very good perceptions and experiences of using PoC HEID. Efforts should be invested on quality training, targeted task distribution at the clinics, continual supportive supervision and power back up mechanisms to make the wide-scale adoption of nurse based PoC HEID testing a possibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"21 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11097447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140955740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-15DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00613-8
Stella M Migamba, Tamara Nsubuga Nyombi, Edirisa Juniour Nsubuga, Andrew Kwiringira, Augustina Delaney, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Mary Nakafeero, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Phoebe Monalisa-Mayambala, Lilian Bulage, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R Harris
Background: Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) recommends a first HIV DNA-PCR test at 4-6 weeks for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed infants (HEI) and immediate return of results. WHO recommends initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) ≤ 7 days from HIV diagnosis. In 2019, MOH introduced point-of-care (POC) whole-blood EID testing in 33 health facilities and scaled up to 130 facilities in 2020. We assessed results turnaround time and ART linkage pre-POC and during POC testing.
Methods: We evaluated EID register data for HEI at 10 health facilities with POC and EID testing volume of ≥ 12 infants/month from 2018 to 2021. We abstracted data for 12 months before and after POC testing rollout and compared time to sample collection, results receipt, and ART initiation between periods using medians, Wilcoxon, and log-rank tests.
Results: Data for 4.004 HEI were abstracted, of which 1.685 (42%) were from the pre-POC period and 2.319 (58%) were from the period during POC; 3.773 (94%) had a first EID test (pre-POC: 1.649 [44%]; during POC: 2.124 [56%]). Median age at sample collection was 44 (IQR 38-51) days pre-POC and 42 (IQR 33-50) days during POC (p < 0.001). Among 3.773 HEI tested, 3.678 (97%) had test results. HIV-positive infants' (n = 69) median age at sample collection was 94 (IQR 43-124) days pre-POC and 125 (IQR 74-206) days during POC (p = 0.04). HIV positivity rate was 1.6% (27/1.617) pre-POC and 2.0% (42/2.061) during POC (p = 0.43). For all infants, median days from sample collection to results receipt by infants' caregivers was 28 (IQR 14-52) pre-POC and 1 (IQR 0-25) during POC (p < 0.001); among HIV-positive infants, median days were 23 (IQR 7-30) pre-POC and 0 (0-3) during POC (p < 0.001). Pre-POC, 4% (1/23) HIV-positive infants started ART on the sample collection day compared to 33% (12/37) during POC (p < 0.001); ART linkage ≤ 7 days from HIV diagnosis was 74% (17/23) pre-POC and 95% (35/37) during POC (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: POC testing improved EID results turnaround time and ART initiation for HIV-positive infants. While POC testing expansion could further improve ART linkage and loss to follow-up, there is need to explore barriers around same-day ART initiation for infants receiving POC testing.
{"title":"Rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation following rollout of point-of-care early infant diagnosis testing, Uganda, 2018-2021.","authors":"Stella M Migamba, Tamara Nsubuga Nyombi, Edirisa Juniour Nsubuga, Andrew Kwiringira, Augustina Delaney, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Mary Nakafeero, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Phoebe Monalisa-Mayambala, Lilian Bulage, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R Harris","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00613-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12981-024-00613-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) recommends a first HIV DNA-PCR test at 4-6 weeks for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-exposed infants (HEI) and immediate return of results. WHO recommends initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) ≤ 7 days from HIV diagnosis. In 2019, MOH introduced point-of-care (POC) whole-blood EID testing in 33 health facilities and scaled up to 130 facilities in 2020. We assessed results turnaround time and ART linkage pre-POC and during POC testing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated EID register data for HEI at 10 health facilities with POC and EID testing volume of ≥ 12 infants/month from 2018 to 2021. We abstracted data for 12 months before and after POC testing rollout and compared time to sample collection, results receipt, and ART initiation between periods using medians, Wilcoxon, and log-rank tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data for 4.004 HEI were abstracted, of which 1.685 (42%) were from the pre-POC period and 2.319 (58%) were from the period during POC; 3.773 (94%) had a first EID test (pre-POC: 1.649 [44%]; during POC: 2.124 [56%]). Median age at sample collection was 44 (IQR 38-51) days pre-POC and 42 (IQR 33-50) days during POC (p < 0.001). Among 3.773 HEI tested, 3.678 (97%) had test results. HIV-positive infants' (n = 69) median age at sample collection was 94 (IQR 43-124) days pre-POC and 125 (IQR 74-206) days during POC (p = 0.04). HIV positivity rate was 1.6% (27/1.617) pre-POC and 2.0% (42/2.061) during POC (p = 0.43). For all infants, median days from sample collection to results receipt by infants' caregivers was 28 (IQR 14-52) pre-POC and 1 (IQR 0-25) during POC (p < 0.001); among HIV-positive infants, median days were 23 (IQR 7-30) pre-POC and 0 (0-3) during POC (p < 0.001). Pre-POC, 4% (1/23) HIV-positive infants started ART on the sample collection day compared to 33% (12/37) during POC (p < 0.001); ART linkage ≤ 7 days from HIV diagnosis was 74% (17/23) pre-POC and 95% (35/37) during POC (p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>POC testing improved EID results turnaround time and ART initiation for HIV-positive infants. While POC testing expansion could further improve ART linkage and loss to follow-up, there is need to explore barriers around same-day ART initiation for infants receiving POC testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"21 1","pages":"31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11094911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140943801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-11DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00620-9
Gregory H Taylor, Neha Sheth Pandit
Background: Angiolipomas have been well described in patients with HIV exposed to protease inhibitors with possible resolution after switching to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimens. Resolution of symptoms have occurred with switches to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based regimens; however, little is known regarding the development of angiolipomas when switching from NNRTI- to modern, integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimens. We describe a patient who underwent switch therapy from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine/efavirenz (TDF/FTC/EFV) to tenofovir alafenamide/FTC/bictegravir (TAF/FTC/BIC) who later developed angiolipomas.
Case presentation: A 55-year-old male had been on TDF/FTC/EFV for 8 years before switching to TAF/FTC/BIC. Nineteen months after antiretroviral switch, the patient presented with multiple lesions in the upper extremities and abdomen. Diagnostic biopsies revealed non-encapsulated angiolipomas and HHV-8 and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease was ruled out. New lesions continued to appear 29 months after ART switch, after which now lesions appeared and prior lesions remained stable with no increase in size noted. No surgical intervention or change in antiretroviral therapy was needed.
Conclusions: Angiogenesis may have been suppressed with TDF/FTC/EFV treatment, however when switched to TAF/FTC/BIC, promoted the growth of angiolipomas. Clinicians should be aware of the impact of switching to modern ART therapies resulting in possible adipogenesis.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00621-8
Roberto Benoni, Francesco Cavallin, Virginia Casigliani, Annachiara Zin, Dara Giannini, Izilda Chaguruca, Vasco Cinturao, Fernando Chinene, Giulia Brigadoi, Daniele Donà, Giovanni Putoto, Carlo Giaquinto
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has put the provision of health services globally at risk. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it had a major impact on HIV services. However, there is a lack of data on the post-pandemic period. This study aims to evaluate the resumption of HIV services and retention in care for adolescents and young people in the period following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using interrupted time series analysis. Three periods were considered: pre-pandemic (form June 2019 to March 2020), pandemic (form April 2020 to March 2022) post-pandemic (from April 2022 to March 2023). Six outcome measures were considered: number of outpatient visits, HIV tests, HIV positivity ratio, the antiretroviral treatment (ART) non-adherence ratio, recall ratio, and the return ratio for adolescent and young adults on ART.
Results: During the study period, 447,515 outpatient visits and 126,096 HIV tests were recorded. After a reduction at the beginning of the pandemic period, both visits and tests increased during the pandemic (p < 0.05) and decreased in the post-pandemic (p < 0.05), recovering the pre-pandemic trends. The HIV positivity ratio slightly decreased from 3.3% to 1.7% during the study period (p < 0.05). The ART non-adherence ratio decreased from 23.4% to 2.4% throughout the study period (p < 0.05), with a drop at the beginning of the post-pandemic period (p < 0.05). The recall ratio increased during the study period (p < 0.05) with a drop at the beginning of the pandemic and post-pandemic periods (p < 0.05). The return ratio decreased at the beginning of the pandemic (p < 0.05) but returned to the pre-pandemic ratio in the post-pandemic period.
Conclusions: The post-pandemic values of the investigated outcomes were comparable to pre-pandemic period, or even improved. Differently from other services, such as the community activities, that have been severely affected by COVID-19 pandemic, the HIV service system has shown resilience following emergency situation.
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Self-management is the most important strategy to improve quality of life in patients with a chronic disease. Despite the increasing number of people living with HIV (PLWH) in low-income countries, very little research on self-management is conducted in this setting. The aim of this research is to understand the perspectives of service providers and experts on the importance of self-management for PLWH. A systematizing expert interview type of qualitative methodology was used to gain the perspectives of experts and service providers. The study participants had experience in researching, managing, or providing HIV service in east and southern African (ESA) countries. All the interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and translated to English. The quality of the transcripts was ensured by randomly checking the texts against the audio record. A thematic analysis approach supported by Atlas TI version 9 software. PLWH face a variety of multi-dimensional problems thematized under contextual and process dimensions. The problems identified under the contextual dimension include disease-specific, facility-related, and social environment-related. Problems with individual origin, such as ignorance, outweighing beliefs over scientific issues, low self-esteem, and a lack of social support, were mostly highlighted under the process dimensions. Those problems have a deleterious impact on self-management, treatment outcomes, and the quality of life of PLWH. Low self-management is also a result of professional-centered service delivery in healthcare facilities and health service providers’ incapacity to comprehend a patient’s need beyond the medical concerns. Participants in the study asserted that patients have a significant stake in enhancing treatment results and quality of life through enhancing self-management. HIV patients face multifaceted problems beyond their medical issues. The success of medical treatment for HIV is strongly contingent upon patients’ self-management practices and the supportive roles of their family, society, and health service providers. The development and integration of self-management practices into clinical care will benefit patients, their families, and the health system.
自我管理是提高慢性病患者生活质量的最重要策略。尽管低收入国家的艾滋病病毒感染者(PLWH)人数不断增加,但在这种情况下开展的有关自我管理的研究却少之又少。本研究旨在了解服务提供者和专家对艾滋病毒感染者自我管理重要性的看法。研究采用了系统化的专家访谈定性方法,以了解专家和服务提供者的观点。研究参与者在东部和南部非洲(ESA)国家具有研究、管理或提供艾滋病服务的经验。所有访谈都进行了录音、转录并翻译成英文。通过将文本与录音进行随机核对,确保了记录誊本的质量。采用 Atlas TI 第 9 版软件支持的主题分析方法。PLWH 面临着各种多维度的问题,这些问题被归纳为背景维度和过程维度。在背景维度下确定的问题包括与疾病有关、与设施有关和与社会环境有关的问题。在过程维度下,主要强调的是源于个人的问题,如无知、对科学问题的信念过强、自卑和缺乏社会支持。这些问题对 PLWH 的自我管理、治疗效果和生活质量产生了有害影响。自我管理程度低也是医疗机构以专业为中心提供服务以及医疗服务提供者无法理解患者在医疗问题之外的需求的结果。本研究的参与者认为,通过加强自我管理来提高治疗效果和生活质量与患者息息相关。艾滋病患者面临着医疗问题之外的多方面问题。艾滋病毒医疗的成功与否,在很大程度上取决于患者的自我管理实践以及家庭、社会和医疗服务提供者的支持作用。发展自我管理实践并将其纳入临床护理将使患者、其家庭和医疗系统受益。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00610-x
Sara Bohnstedt Mørup, Preston Leung, Cavan Reilly, Brad T. Sherman, Weizhong Chang, Maja Milojevic, Ana Milinkovic, Angelike Liappis, Line Borgwardt, Kathy Petoumenos, Roger Paredes, Shweta S. Mistry, Cameron R. MacPherson, Jens Lundgren, Marie Helleberg, Joanne Reekie, Daniel D. Murray
Human genetic contribution to HIV progression remains inadequately explained. The type 1 interferon (IFN) pathway is important for host control of HIV and variation in type 1 IFN genes may contribute to disease progression. This study assessed the impact of variations at the gene and pathway level of type 1 IFN on HIV-1 viral load (VL). Two cohorts of antiretroviral (ART) naïve participants living with HIV (PLWH) with either early (START) or advanced infection (FIRST) were analysed separately. Type 1 IFN genes (n = 17) and receptor subunits (IFNAR1, IFNAR2) were examined for both cumulated type 1 IFN pathway analysis and individual gene analysis. SKAT-O was applied to detect associations between the genotype and HIV-1 study entry viral load (log10 transformed) as a proxy for set point VL; P-values were corrected using Bonferroni (P < 0.0025). The analyses among those with early infection included 2429 individuals from five continents. The median study entry HIV VL was 14,623 (IQR 3460–45100) copies/mL. Across 673 SNPs within 19 type 1 IFN genes, no significant association with study entry VL was detected. Conversely, examining individual genes in START showed a borderline significant association between IFNW1, and study entry VL (P = 0.0025). This significance remained after separate adjustments for age, CD4+ T-cell count, CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio and recent infection. When controlling for population structure using linear mixed effects models (LME), in addition to principal components used in the main model, this was no longer significant (p = 0.0244). In subgroup analyses stratified by geographical region, the association between IFNW1 and study entry VL was only observed among African participants, although, the association was not significant when controlling for population structure using LME. Of the 17 SNPs within the IFNW1 region, only rs79876898 (A > G) was associated with study entry VL (p = 0.0020, beta = 0.32; G associated with higher study entry VL than A) in single SNP association analyses. The findings were not reproduced in FIRST participants. Across 19 type 1 IFN genes, only IFNW1 was associated with HIV-1 study entry VL in a cohort of ART-naïve individuals in early stages of their infection, however, this was no longer significant in sensitivity analyses that controlled for population structures using LME.
{"title":"The association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms within type 1 interferon pathway genes and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load in antiretroviral-naïve participants","authors":"Sara Bohnstedt Mørup, Preston Leung, Cavan Reilly, Brad T. Sherman, Weizhong Chang, Maja Milojevic, Ana Milinkovic, Angelike Liappis, Line Borgwardt, Kathy Petoumenos, Roger Paredes, Shweta S. Mistry, Cameron R. MacPherson, Jens Lundgren, Marie Helleberg, Joanne Reekie, Daniel D. Murray","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00610-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00610-x","url":null,"abstract":"Human genetic contribution to HIV progression remains inadequately explained. The type 1 interferon (IFN) pathway is important for host control of HIV and variation in type 1 IFN genes may contribute to disease progression. This study assessed the impact of variations at the gene and pathway level of type 1 IFN on HIV-1 viral load (VL). Two cohorts of antiretroviral (ART) naïve participants living with HIV (PLWH) with either early (START) or advanced infection (FIRST) were analysed separately. Type 1 IFN genes (n = 17) and receptor subunits (IFNAR1, IFNAR2) were examined for both cumulated type 1 IFN pathway analysis and individual gene analysis. SKAT-O was applied to detect associations between the genotype and HIV-1 study entry viral load (log10 transformed) as a proxy for set point VL; P-values were corrected using Bonferroni (P < 0.0025). The analyses among those with early infection included 2429 individuals from five continents. The median study entry HIV VL was 14,623 (IQR 3460–45100) copies/mL. Across 673 SNPs within 19 type 1 IFN genes, no significant association with study entry VL was detected. Conversely, examining individual genes in START showed a borderline significant association between IFNW1, and study entry VL (P = 0.0025). This significance remained after separate adjustments for age, CD4+ T-cell count, CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio and recent infection. When controlling for population structure using linear mixed effects models (LME), in addition to principal components used in the main model, this was no longer significant (p = 0.0244). In subgroup analyses stratified by geographical region, the association between IFNW1 and study entry VL was only observed among African participants, although, the association was not significant when controlling for population structure using LME. Of the 17 SNPs within the IFNW1 region, only rs79876898 (A > G) was associated with study entry VL (p = 0.0020, beta = 0.32; G associated with higher study entry VL than A) in single SNP association analyses. The findings were not reproduced in FIRST participants. Across 19 type 1 IFN genes, only IFNW1 was associated with HIV-1 study entry VL in a cohort of ART-naïve individuals in early stages of their infection, however, this was no longer significant in sensitivity analyses that controlled for population structures using LME.","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140838781","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}
<p><b>Correction to: AIDS Research and Therapy (2024) 21:18</b></p><p><b>https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00605-8</b>.</p><p>In this article [1], the statement in the Funding information section was incorrectly given as ‘The study was not funded’ and should have read ’ The secondary data analysis was not funded’.</p><ol data-track-component="outbound reference"><li data-counter="1."><p>Mapingure M, Chingombe I, Dzinamarira T, Moyo B, Samba C, Murigo D, Mugurungi O, Mbunge E, Makota RB, Murewanhema G, Musuka G. Presence of tuberculosis symptoms among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Zimbabwe. AIDS Res Ther. 2024;21(1):18.</p></li></ol><p>Download references<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" role="img" width="16"><use xlink:href="#icon-eds-i-download-medium" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></use></svg></p><h3>Authors and Affiliations</h3><ol><li><p>ICAP in Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Munyaradzi Mapingure, Innocent Chingombe & Tafadzwa Dzinamarira</p></li><li><p>AIDS and TB Programmes, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Brian Moyo & Owen Mugurungi</p></li><li><p>GALZ, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Chesterfield Samba & Delight Murigo</p></li><li><p>Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini</p><p>Elliot Mbunge</p></li><li><p>Department of Biological Sciences and Ecology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Rutendo Birri Makota</p></li><li><p>Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Grant Murewanhema</p></li><li><p>International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Godfrey Musuka</p></li></ol><span>Authors</span><ol><li><span>Munyaradzi Mapingure</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Innocent Chingombe</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Tafadzwa Dzinamarira</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Brian Moyo</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Chesterfield Samba</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Delight Murigo</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Owen Mugurungi</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Elliot Mbunge</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span
更正:AIDS Research and Therapy (2024) 21:18https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00605-8.In 这篇文章[1]中,资助信息部分的声明错误地表述为 "该研究未获得资助",应为 "二次数据分析未获得资助"。Mapingure M, Chingombe I, Dzinamarira T, Moyo B, Samba C, Murigo D, Mugurungi O, Mbunge E, Makota RB, Murewanhema G, Musuka G. 津巴布韦 HIV 阳性男男性行为者 (MSM) 中结核病症状的存在。AIDS Res Ther.2024;21(1):18.下载参考文献作者和单位津巴布韦国际艾滋病规划署,哈拉雷,津巴布韦Munyaradzi Mapingure, Innocent Chingombe & Tafadzwa Dzinamarira艾滋病和结核病计划,卫生和儿童保健部,哈拉雷,津巴布韦Brian Moyo & Owen MugurungiGALZ,哈拉雷,津巴布韦Chesterfield Samba &;Delight MurigoDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, EswatiniElliot MbungeDepartment of Biological Sciences and Ecology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZimbabweRutendo Birri MakotaUnit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZimbabweGrant MurewanhemaInternational Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Harare、津巴布韦Godfrey Musuka作者Munyaradzi Mapingure查看作者发表的文章您也可以在PubMed谷歌学术中搜索该作者Innocent Chingombe查看作者发表的文章您也可以在PubMed谷歌学术中搜索该作者Tafadzwa Dzinamarira查看作者发表的文章您也可以在PubMed谷歌学术中搜索该作者您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar中搜索这位作者Owen Mugurungi查看作者发表的作品您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar中搜索这位作者Elliot Mbunge查看作者发表的作品您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar中搜索这位作者Rutendo Birri Makota查看作者发表的作品您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar中搜索这位作者您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar 中搜索该作者Grant Murewanhema查看作者发表的作品您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar 中搜索该作者Godfrey Musuka查看作者发表的作品您也可以在 PubMed Google Scholar 中搜索该作者通信作者:Godfrey Musuka。出版者注Springer Nature对已出版地图中的管辖权主张和机构隶属关系保持中立。原文的在线版本可在以下网址找到:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00605-8.Open Access 本文采用知识共享署名 4.0 国际许可协议进行许可,该协议允许以任何媒介或格式使用、共享、改编、分发和复制,只要您适当注明原作者和来源,提供知识共享许可协议的链接,并说明是否进行了修改。本文中的图片或其他第三方材料均包含在文章的知识共享许可协议中,除非在材料的署名栏中另有说明。如果材料未包含在文章的知识共享许可协议中,且您打算使用的材料不符合法律规定或超出许可使用范围,则您需要直接从版权所有者处获得许可。要查看该许可的副本,请访问 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/。除非在数据的信用行中另有说明,否则知识共享公共领域专用免责声明(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)适用于本文提供的数据。转载与许可引用本文Mapingure, M., Chingombe, I., Dzinamarira, T. et al. Correction:津巴布韦 HIV 阳性男男性行为者(MSM)的结核病症状。AIDS Res Ther 21, 26 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00617-4Download citationAccepted:12 April 2024Published: 29 April 2024DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00617-4Share this articleAnyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:Get shareable linkSorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative
{"title":"Correction: Presence of tuberculosis symptoms among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Zimbabwe","authors":"Munyaradzi Mapingure, Innocent Chingombe, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Brian Moyo, Chesterfield Samba, Delight Murigo, Owen Mugurungi, Elliot Mbunge, Rutendo Birri Makota, Grant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka","doi":"10.1186/s12981-024-00617-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00617-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Correction to: AIDS Research and Therapy (2024) 21:18</b></p><p><b>https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00605-8</b>.</p><p>In this article [1], the statement in the Funding information section was incorrectly given as ‘The study was not funded’ and should have read ’ The secondary data analysis was not funded’.</p><ol data-track-component=\"outbound reference\"><li data-counter=\"1.\"><p>Mapingure M, Chingombe I, Dzinamarira T, Moyo B, Samba C, Murigo D, Mugurungi O, Mbunge E, Makota RB, Murewanhema G, Musuka G. Presence of tuberculosis symptoms among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Zimbabwe. AIDS Res Ther. 2024;21(1):18.</p></li></ol><p>Download references<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"16\" role=\"img\" width=\"16\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-eds-i-download-medium\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"></use></svg></p><h3>Authors and Affiliations</h3><ol><li><p>ICAP in Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Munyaradzi Mapingure, Innocent Chingombe & Tafadzwa Dzinamarira</p></li><li><p>AIDS and TB Programmes, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Brian Moyo & Owen Mugurungi</p></li><li><p>GALZ, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Chesterfield Samba & Delight Murigo</p></li><li><p>Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini</p><p>Elliot Mbunge</p></li><li><p>Department of Biological Sciences and Ecology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Rutendo Birri Makota</p></li><li><p>Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Grant Murewanhema</p></li><li><p>International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Harare, Zimbabwe</p><p>Godfrey Musuka</p></li></ol><span>Authors</span><ol><li><span>Munyaradzi Mapingure</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Innocent Chingombe</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Tafadzwa Dzinamarira</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Brian Moyo</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Chesterfield Samba</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Delight Murigo</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Owen Mugurungi</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span> </span>Google Scholar</span></p></li><li><span>Elliot Mbunge</span>View author publications<p>You can also search for this author in <span>PubMed<span","PeriodicalId":7503,"journal":{"name":"AIDS Research and Therapy","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140838715","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}