2008
Impact of small reductions in plasma HIV RNA levels on the risk of heterosexual transmission and disease progression
Modjarrad K, Chamot E, Vermund SH. Impact of small reductions in plasma HIV RNA levels on the risk of heterosexual transmission and disease progression. AIDS 2008, 22: 2179-2185. PMID: 18832881, PMCID: PMC2661869, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328312c756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of progressionHeterosexual transmissionDisease progressionHIV RNALog10 incrementAntiretroviral therapyPlasma HIV RNA levelsGreater riskTreatment of coinfectionHIV RNA levelsHIV viral loadViral load changesHIV-1 RNARelative risk estimatesHIV loadAdjunctive careViral loadPlasma levelsHeterosexual contactWorld's HIVAnnual riskHIVAdult populationViral transmissionRisk estimates
1991
Plasma ascorbic acid and beta-carotene levels in women evaluated for HPV infection, smoking, and cervix dysplasia.
Basu J, Palan PR, Vermund SH, Goldberg GL, Burk RD, Romney SL. Plasma ascorbic acid and beta-carotene levels in women evaluated for HPV infection, smoking, and cervix dysplasia. Cancer Epidemiology 1991, 15: 165-70. PMID: 1647869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-carotene levelsHPV infectionCervical dysplasiaClinical statusPap smearPeripheral venous blood samplesImportance of smokingRepeat Pap smearHuman papillomavirus infectionAbnormal Pap smearsVenous blood samplesGrades of severityPlasma ascorbic acidAscorbic acid levelsCervix dysplasiaColposcopy clinicHPV statusPapillomavirus infectionLavage specimenPlasma levelsMean plasmaDysplastic groupBlood samplesDysplasiaSmoking