2020
Integrating and Interpreting Findings from the Latest Treatment as Prevention Trials
Brault MA, Spiegelman D, Abdool Karim SS, Vermund SH. Integrating and Interpreting Findings from the Latest Treatment as Prevention Trials. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2020, 17: 249-258. PMID: 32297219, PMCID: PMC7260110, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-020-00492-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial
Thomas R, Burger R, Harper A, Kanema S, Mwenge L, Vanqa N, Bell-Mandla N, Smith P, Floyd S, Bock P, Ayles H, Beyers N, Donnell D, Fidler S, Hayes R, Hauck K, Team H, Hargreaves J, Watson-Jones D, Godfrey-Faussett P, Cori A, Pickles M, Mandla N, Yang B, James A, Vermaak R, Makola N, Hoddinott G, Naidoo V, Bond V, Simwinga M, Mwinga A, Kosloff B, Limbada M, Bwalya J, Ngulube C, Fraser C, Eshleman S, Agyei Y, Cummings V, Catalano D, Emel L, Bunts L, Noble H, Burns D, Kouda A, Sista N, Moore A, White R, Headen T, Miller E, Hinson K, Vermund S, Barnes M, Horn L, Mwango A, Baldwin M, Wolf S, Hughes E. Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. The Lancet Global Health 2017, 5: e1133-e1141. PMID: 28964756, PMCID: PMC5640509, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30367-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-negative peopleHIV-positive individualsHIV-negative individualsAntiretroviral therapyHealth-related qualityHIV careHRQoL scoresHIV statusHerpes simplex virus type-2 statusNational InstituteHPTN 071 (PopART) studyHPTN 071 (PopART) trialLaboratory-confirmed HIVType 2 statusCross-sectional baseline surveyLarge cross-sectional surveyRecreational drug useCross-sectional surveyPresident's Emergency PlanGeneral population sampleHRQoL informationBetter HRQoLHIV-negativeHIV progressionHRQoL data
2013
Can Combination Prevention Strategies Reduce HIV Transmission in Generalized Epidemic Settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Plan in South Africa and Zambia
Vermund SH, Fidler SJ, Ayles H, Beyers N, Hayes RJ. Can Combination Prevention Strategies Reduce HIV Transmission in Generalized Epidemic Settings in Africa? The HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Plan in South Africa and Zambia. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2013, 63: s221-s227. PMID: 23764639, PMCID: PMC3739051, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318299c3f4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV Prevention Trials NetworkHPTN 071 (PopART) studyHPTN 071HIV incidenceHIV transmissionHome-based HIV testingVoluntary medical male circumcisionGeneralized epidemic settingsLinkage of HIVUniversal antiretroviral therapyChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherHIV viral loadCommunity health workersMedical male circumcisionCommunity-randomized trialIntervention strategiesCombination prevention strategiesAntiretroviral therapyHIV acquisitionSeropositive personsTuberculosis servicesHIV testingViral loadTuberculosis transmission