BMC Series Focus Issue: HIV and AIDS

Altered gut microbiota correlate with different immune responses to HAART in HIV-infected individuals
Yirui Xie, Jia Sun, Li Wei, Haiyin Jiang, Caiqin Hu, Jiezuan Yang, Ying Huang, Bing Ruan & Biao Zhu
BMC Microbiology volume 21, Article number: 11 (2021)
 

Transcriptomic biomarker pathways associated with death in HIV-infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Irina Vlasova-St Louis, Abdu K. Musubire, David B. Meya, Henry W. Nabeta, Hesham Mohei, David R. Boulware & Paul R. Bohjanen
BMC Medical Genomics volume 14, Article number: 108 (2021)
 

Innate lymphoid cell dysfunction during long-term suppressive antiretroviral therapy in an African cohort
Rose Nabatanzi, Lois Bayigga, Stephen Cose, Glenda Canderan, Sarah Rowland Jones, Moses Joloba & Damalie Nakanjako
BMC Immunology volume 22, Article number: 59 (2021)
 

Identification of novel genes involved in apoptosis of HIV-infected macrophages using unbiased genome-wide screening
Simon X. M. Dong, Frederick S. Vizeacoumar, Kalpana K. Bhanumathy, Nezeka Alli, Cristina Gonzalez-Lopez, Niranjala Gajanayaka, Ramon Caballero, Hamza Ali, Andrew Freywald, Edana Cassol, Jonathan B. Angel, Franco J. Vizeacoumar & Ashok Kumar
BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 655 (2021)
 

Factors related to baseline CD4 cell counts in HIV/AIDS patients: comparison of poisson, generalized poisson and negative binomial regression models
Maryam Farhadian, Younes Mohammadi, Mohammad Mirzaei & Nasrin Shirmohammadi-Khorram
BMC Research Notes volume 14, Article number: 114 (2021)
 

Highly efficient preparation of active S-phenyl-L-cysteine with tryptophan synthase using a chemoenzymatic method
Lisheng Xu, Xingtao Zhang, Guizhen Gao & Sun Yue
BMC Biotechnology volume 19, Article number: 49 (2019)
 

Functional identification of BpMYB21 and BpMYB61 transcription factors responding to MeJA and SA in birch triterpenoid synthesis
Jing Yin, Lu Sun, Ying Li, Jialei Xiao, Siyao Wang, Jie Yang, Ziyue Qu & Yaguang Zhan
BMC Plant Biology volume 20, Article number: 374 (2020)
 

Multi-target QSAR modelling in the analysis and design of HIV-HCV co-inhibitors: an in-silico study
Qi Liu, Han Zhou, Lin Liu, Xi Chen, Ruixin Zhu & Zhiwei Cao
BMC Bioinformatics volume 12, Article number: 294 (2011)

AIDS fighter health defense: protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test a game-based intervention to improve adolescents’ AIDS prevention ability
Jian Tang, Yanhua Chen, Xingli Yu, Jianlan Ren, Mei Li, Yue Luo, Hong Xie & Jing Wen
Study Protocol
BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 469 (2021)
 

Ethical considerations for involving adolescents in biomedical HIV prevention research
Rita Nakalega, Carolyne Akello, Brenda Gati, Clemensia Nakabiito, Monica Nolan, Betty Kamira, Juliane Etima, Teopista Nakyanzi, Doreen Kemigisha, Sophie C. Nanziri, Stella Nanyonga, Maria Janine Nambusi, Emmie Mulumba, Florence Biira, Hadijah Kalule Nabunya, Simon Afrika Akasiima, Joselyne Nansimbe, Joel Maena, Juliet Allen Babirye, Kenneth Ngure & Andrew Mujugira
BMC Medical Ethics volume 22, Article number: 127 (2021)
 

Evaluation of trypan blue stain in a haemocytometer for rapid detection of cerebrospinal fluid sterility in HIV patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Richard Kwizera, Andrew Akampurira, Tadeo K. Kandole, Kirsten Nielsen, Andrew Kambugu, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware & Joshua Rhein on behalf of the ASTRO-CM Study Team
BMC Microbiology volume 17, Article number: 182 (2017)
 

Risk factors for impaired renal function in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adults: cross-sectional study in North-Western Tanzania
Bazil Baltazar Kavishe, Belinda V. Kweka, Dorothea Nitsch, George PrayGod, Kidola Jeremiah, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Suzanne Filteau, Mette Frahm Olsen, Brenda W. Kitilya, Rikke Krogh-Madsen, Henrik Friis & Robert Peck
BMC Nephrology volume 22, Article number: 355 (2021)
 

U.S. transgender women’s preferences for microeconomic interventions to address structural determinants of HIV vulnerability: a qualitative assessment
Tonia Poteat, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Nastacia Pereira, Brittanni N. Wright, Shelby A. Smout, Ashlee N. Sawyer, Lauretta Cathers, Rick S. Zimmerman, Sheila R. Grigsby & Eric G. Benotsch
BMC Public Health volume 21, Article number: 1394 (2021)
 

Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV testing literacy for emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled, trial
Roland C. Merchant, Tao Liu, Melissa A. Clark & Michael P. Carey
Study Protocol
BMC Emergency Medicine volume 18, Article number: 21 (2018)
 

Evaluation of Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for the confirmatory and differential diagnosis of HIV-1/HIV-2 in Japan and reliability of the Geenius Reader in the diagnosis of HIV-2
Shigeru Kusagawa, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Keiji Matsubayashi, Yuji Hoshi, Ken Ishimaru & Isao Hamaguchi
BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 569 (2021)
 

Using genomic signatures for HIV-1 sub-typing
Aridaman Pandit & Somdatta Sinha
BMC Bioinformatics volume 11, Article number: S26 (2010)
 

A randomized group antenatal care pilot showed increased partner communication and partner HIV testing during pregnancy in Malawi and Tanzania
Rohan D. Jeremiah, Dhruvi R. Patel, Ellen Chirwa, Esnath Kapito, Xiaohan Mei, Linda L. McCreary, Kathleen F. Norr, Li Liu & Crystal L. Patil
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth volume 21, Article number: 790 (2021)

Impact of switch from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based regimens to tenofovir alafenamide-based regimens on lipid profile, weight gain and cardiovascular risk score in people living with HIV
Pierre-Emmanuel Plum, Nathalie Maes, Anne-Sophie Sauvage, Frédéric Frippiat, Christelle Meuris, Françoise Uurlings, Marianne Lecomte, Philippe Léonard, Nicolas Paquot, Karine Fombellida, Dolores Vaira, Michel Moutschen & Gilles Darcis
BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 910 (2021)
 

Low levels of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in patients who achieved viral re-suppression without regimen switch: a retrospective study
Chika K. Onwuamah, Jonathan Okpokwu, Rosemary Audu, Godwin Imade, Seema T. Meloni, Azuka Okwuraiwe, Philippe Chebu, Adesola Z. Musa, Beth Chaplin, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Oche Agbaji, Jay Samuels, Oliver Ezechi, Mukhtar Ahmed, Georgina Odaibo, David O. Olaleye, Prosper Okonkwo, Babatunde Lawal Salako, Elliot Raizes, Chunfu Yang, Phyllis J. Kanki & Emmanuel O. Idigbe
Open data
BMC Microbiology volume 20, Article number: 17 (2020)
 

Assessment of the impact of HIV infection and anti-retroviral treatment on the cardiometabolic health of pregnant mothers and their offspring (ARTMOMSBABES)
Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag, Godwill Azeh Engwa, Charles Businge, Mziwohlanga Mdondolo, Magdevy Pajaro Medina & Nandu Goswami
Study Protocol
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders volume 21, Article number: 322 (2021)
 

The development of an effective synthetic route of rilpivirine
Tao Zhang, Jiapei Yang, Zhongxia Zhou, Zhipeng Fu, Srinivasulu Cherukupalli, Dongwei Kang, Peng Zhan & Xinyong Liu
BMC Chemistry volume 15, Article number: 22 (2021)
 

Ethics of HIV cure research: an unfinished agenda
Karine Dubé, John Kanazawa, Jeff Taylor, Lynda Dee, Nora Jones, Christopher Roebuck, Laurie Sylla, Michael Louella, Jan Kosmyna, David Kelly, Orbit Clanton, David Palm, Danielle M. Campbell, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Hursch Patel, Samuel Ndukwe, Laney Henley, Mallory O. Johnson, Parya Saberi, Brandon Brown, John A. Sauceda & Jeremy Sugarman
BMC Medical Ethics volume 22, Article number: 83 (2021)
 

Is treated HIV infection associated with knee cartilage degeneration and structural changes? A longitudinal study using data from the osteoarthritis initiative
Yao Liu, Sarah C. Foreman, Gabby B. Joseph, Jan Neumann, Phyllis C. Tien, Xiaoming Li, Nancy E. Lane, Michael C. Nevitt, Charles E. McCulloch & Thomas M. Link
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders volume 20, Article number: 190 (2019)
 

Effects of nutritional supplementation on glucose metabolism and insulin function among people with HIV initiating ART
Hiwot Amare, Mette F. Olsen, Henrik Friis, Pernille Kæstel, Åse B. Andersen, Alemseged Abdissa, Daniel Yilma, Tsinuel Girma & Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen
BMC Nutrition volume 7, Article number: 60 (2021)
 

HIV treatment engagement in the context of COVID-19: an observational global sample of transgender and nonbinary people living with HIV
Arjee Javellana Restar, Henri M. Garrison-Desany, Tyler Adamson, Chase Childress, Gregorio Millett, Brooke A. Jarrett, Sean Howell, Jennifer L. Glick, S. Wilson Beckham & Stefan Baral
BMC Public Health volume 21, Article number: 901 (2021)