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Open AccessWeek 240 Efficacy and Safety of Fostemsavir Plus Optimized Background Therapy in Heavily Treatment-Experienced Adults with HIV-1
Efficacy and safety of the attachment inhibitor fostemsavir + optimized background therapy (OBT) were evaluated through 48 and 96 weeks in the phase 3 BRIGHTE trial in heavily treatment-experienced (HTE) adult...
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Paris/Ile-de-France area
This st udy aims to evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in locked-down family households to determine viral dynamics and immunity acquisition. COVID-19 individuals and their households in lockdown...
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Open AccessRaltegravir 1200 mg once daily as maintenance therapy in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected adults: QDISS open-label trial
Raltegravir (RAL) has favorable tolerability and safety profile, with few and manageable drug interactions. The use of RAL 1200 mg once daily (qd) for first-line therapy is well established. We assessed effica...
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Open AccessHIV therapeutic vaccine enhances non-exhausted CD4+ T cells in a randomised phase 2 trial
VAC-3S is a therapeutic vaccine comprising a highly conserved HIV-gp41 motif coupled with the CRM197 carrier protein. High levels of anti-3S antibodies (Abs) have been associated with improved protection of CD4+ ...
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Open AccessThe HIV-1 Antisense Protein (ASP) induces CD8 T cell responses during chronic infection
CD8+ T cells recognize HIV-1 epitopes translated from a gene’s primary reading frame (F1) and any one of its five alternative reading frames (ARFs) in the forward (F2, F3) or reverse (R1-3) directions. The 3’ ...
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Open AccessComparative impact of antiretroviral drugs on markers of inflammation and immune activation during the first two years of effective therapy for HIV-1 infection: an observational study
Few studies have compared the impact of different antiretroviral regimens on residual immune activation and inflammation with discordant results. Aim of the study was to investigate the impact of various antir...
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Adjustment of antiretroviral regimen may lead to HBV reactivation even in patients with past HBV infection serological profile
We report a reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient despite a serological profile of past HBV infection with anti-HBs and anti-HBc antibodies, following the int...
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Hepatic steatosis in HIV-HCV coinfected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy is associated with HCV-related factors but not antiretrovirals
In this paper we evaluate the economic gains of a joint deployment of femtocells and macrocells for the provision of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services in urban environments. Frequency bands o...
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Hepatic steatosis in HIV-HCV coinfected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy is associated with HCV-related factors but not antiretrovirals
In this paper we evaluate the economic gains of a joint deployment of femtocells and macrocells for the provision of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services in urban environments. Frequency bands o...
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Open AccessHepatic steatosis in HIV-HCV coinfected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy is associated with HCV-related factors but not antiretrovirals
In HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients, the role of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on hepatic steatosis (HS) remains controversial.
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Open AccessPrescribing and using self-injectable antiretrovirals: How concordant are physician and patient perspectives?
The selection of agents for any treatment regimen is in part influenced by physician and patient attitudes. This study investigated attitudinal motivators and barriers to the use of self-injectable antiretrovi...
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Open AccessToxoplasmosis reactivation following HAART introduction associated with foetal death in a severely immune suppressed HIV-infected woman: an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) consequence?
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A case of acute renal failure associated with diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome
Background A 58-year-old African American man with an uncontrolled HIV infection presented to hospital with nephrotic syndrome and diffuse lymphadenopathy. The patient had been taking highly active antiretroviral...
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High Variability of Indinavir and Nelfinavir Pharmacokinetics in HIV-infected Patients with a Sustained Virological Response on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
To describe plasma concentrations of indinavir alone or combined with ritonavir, and of nelfinavir and its active metabolite M8, and to measure their variabilities in HIV-infected patients treated with a stabl...
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Lung cancer in patients with HIV infection and review of the literature
Background. The improved survival of patients since the use of highly active antiretroviral treatments has lead to the reporting of non-AIDS defining tumors, such as lung cancer.
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Therapeutic vaccines against HIV need international partnerships
The successes of anti-retroviral treatments against HIV are limited today by the cost and toxicity of lifelong administration. An innovative therapeutic strategy has been proposed to boost the immune system of...
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Perturbation of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell repertoires during progression to AIDS and regulation of the CD4+ repertoire during antiviral therapy
The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoire was studied longitudinally by analyzing the varying lengths of the beta chain CDR3 hypervariable region during the course of HIV-1 infection and following combinati...
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Tumor necrosis factor-α, microglia and astrocytes in AIDS dementia complex
The pathogenesis of HIV-associated cognitive changes is poorly understood. Cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) have been postulated to contribute to the mechanism of the neurological complicatio...