2000
Improved Antioxidant Status Among HIV-Infected Injecting Drug Users on Potent Antiretroviral Therapy
Tang A, Smit E, Semba R, Shah N, Lyles C, Li D, Vlahov D. Improved Antioxidant Status Among HIV-Infected Injecting Drug Users on Potent Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000, 23: 321-326. DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200004010-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive IDUsHIV-negative IDUsAntiretroviral therapySerum antioxidant levelsLutein/zeaxanthinStudy subjectsART regimenAntioxidant levelsSerum levelsDrug usersProtease inhibitorsLow serum antioxidant levelsPotent antiretroviral therapyInjecting Drug UsersExcess oxidative stressOxidative stress levelsΒ-cryptoxanthinAlcohol intakeSerum antioxidantsDietary intakeAntioxidant statusSignificant overall differenceΑ-tocopherolSerum αDrug useImproved Antioxidant Status Among HIV-Infected Injecting Drug Users on Potent Antiretroviral Therapy
Tang A, Smit E, Semba R, Shah N, Lyles C, Li D, Vlahov D. Improved Antioxidant Status Among HIV-Infected Injecting Drug Users on Potent Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000, 23: 321-326. DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200004010-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV-positive IDUsHIV-negative IDUsAntiretroviral therapySerum antioxidant levelsLutein/zeaxanthinStudy subjectsART regimenAntioxidant levelsSerum levelsDrug usersProtease inhibitorsLow serum antioxidant levelsPotent antiretroviral therapyInjecting Drug UsersExcess oxidative stressOxidative stress levelsΒ-cryptoxanthinAlcohol intakeSerum antioxidantsDietary intakeAntioxidant statusSignificant overall differenceΑ-tocopherolSerum αDrug useImproved antioxidant status among HIV-infected injecting drug users on potent antiretroviral therapy.
Tang A, Smit E, Semba R, Shah N, Lyles C, Li D, Vlahov D. Improved antioxidant status among HIV-infected injecting drug users on potent antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2000, 23: 321-6. PMID: 10836754, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200004010-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive IDUsHIV-negative IDUsAntiretroviral therapySerum antioxidant levelsLutein/zeaxanthinStudy subjectsART regimenAntioxidant levelsSerum levelsDrug usersProtease inhibitorsLow serum antioxidant levelsSerum alpha-tocopherol levelsAlpha-tocopherolPotent antiretroviral therapyAlpha-tocopherol levelsExcess oxidative stressOxidative stress levelsAlcohol intakeSerum antioxidantsDietary intakeAntioxidant statusSignificant overall differenceDrug useHIV
1996
Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injecting Drug Users
Thomas D, Shih J, Alter H, Vlahov D, Cohn S, Hoover D, Cheung L, Nelson K. Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injecting Drug Users. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1996, 174: 690-695. PMID: 8843204, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.4.690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum HCV RNA concentrationHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionHCV RNA concentrationHIV infectionVirus infectionAlanine aminotransferaseDrug usersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunosuppressionCD4 cells/HIV-negative patientsHIV-positive IDUsStage of HIVCD4 lymphocyte countHCV RNA levelsSerum ALT levelsHIV-negative participantsHuman immunodeficiency virusInjecting Drug UsersRNA concentrationSemiannual visitsALT levelsHCV infectionHIV RNAHIV seroconversion