Are men the losers of the antiretroviral treatment scale-up?

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1225-1226

  Johannessen, Asgeir ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; HIV infections; mortality; sex; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79957666873     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834403b8     Document Type: Editorial

References (11)

1. Hawkins C, Chalamilla G, Okuma J, Spiegelman D, Hertzmark E, Aris E, et al. Gender differences in antiretroviral treatment outcomes among HIV-infected adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AIDS 2011; 25:1189-1197.
2. Coetzee D, Hildebrand K, Boulle A, Maartens G, Louis F, Labatala V, et al. Outcomes after two years of providing antiretroviral treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa. AIDS 2004; 18:887-895. (Pubitemid 38553709)
3. Weidle PJ, Malamba S, Mwebaze R, Sozi C, Rukundo G, Downing R, et al. Assessment of a pilot antiretroviral drug therapy programme in Uganda: patients' response, survival, and drug resistance. Lancet 2002; 360:34-40. (Pubitemid 34756490)
4. Johannessen A, Naman E, Ngowi BJ, Sandvik L, Matee MI, Aglen HE, et al. Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis 2008; 8:52.
5. Ferradini L, Jeannin A, Pinoges L, Izopet J, Odhiambo D, Mankhambo L, et al. Scaling up of highly active antiretroviral therapy in a rural district of Malawi: an effectiveness assessment. Lancet 2006; 367:1335-1342.
6. Chen SC, Yu JK, Harries AD, Bong CN, Kolola-Dzimadzi R, Tok TS, et al. Increased mortality of male adults with AIDS related to poor compliance to antiretroviral therapy in Malawi. Trop Med Int Health 2008; 13:513-519. (Pubitemid 351533602)
7. May M, Boulle A, Phiri S, Messou E, Myer L, Wood R, et al. Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes. Lancet 2010; 376:449-457.
8. Ochieng-Ooko V, Ochieng D, Sidle JE, Holdsworth M, Wools-Kaloustian K, Siika AM, et al. Influence of gender on loss to follow-up in a large HIV treatment programme in western Kenya. Bull World Health Organ 2010; 88:681-688.
9. Farley J, Miller E, Zamani A, Tepper V, Morris C, Oyegunle M, et al. Screening for hazardous alcohol use and depressive symptomatology among HIV-infected patients in Nigeria: prevalence, predictors, and association with adherence. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 2010; 9:218-226.
10. Siddiqui RA, Sauermann U, Altmuller J, Fritzer E, Nothnagel M, Dalibor N, et al. X chromosomal variation is associated with slow progression to AIDS in HIV-1-infected women. Am J Hum Genet 2009; 85:228-239.
11. Jarrin I, Geskus R, Bhaskaran K, Prins M, Perez-Hoyos S, Muga R, et al. Gender differences in HIV progression to AIDS and death in industrialized countries: slower disease progression following HIV seroconversion in women. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 168:532-540.