Paioni et al., Viral suppression and retention in HIV care during the postpartum period among WLWH
Viral suppression and retention in HIV care during the postpartum period among women living with HIV: a longitudinal multicenter cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe Paioni et al. assessed the postnatal retention in care, viral suppression and infant follow-up among pregnant women living with HIV (WLWH) in the Swiss Mother and Child […]
Riebensahm et al., Aumento del grasso del fegato nelle persone che vivono con HIV
Aumento del grasso del fegato nelle persone che vivono con HIV. Open Forum Infectious Diseases L’aspettativa di vita delle persone che vivono con HIV è nettamente aumentata in Svizzera nel corso degli ultimi anni. La conseguenza è che talune complicanze come l’obesità e il diabete stanno diventando più rilevanti. Una delle conseguenze di queste malattie […]
Riebensahm et al., Leberfettvermehrung bei Menschen mit HIV
Leberfettvermehrung bei Menschen mit HIV. Open Forum Infectious Diseases Die Lebenserwartung von Menschen mit HIV hat in der Schweiz in den letzten Jahren deutlich zugenommen. Dies hat zur Folge, dass Komplikationen wie Übergewicht und Diabetes in den Fokus rücken. Eine Folge dieser Erkrankungen stellt die Leberfettvermehrung (Steatose) dar. In dieser Studie wurden Faktoren untersucht, die […]
Riebensahm et al., Augmentation de la graisse du foie chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH
Augmentation de la graisse du foie chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH. Open Forum Infectious Diseases L’espérance de vie des personnes vivant avec le VIH a nettement augmenté en Suisse au cours des dernières années. Cela a pour conséquence que les complications telles que l’obésité et le diabète deviennent plus importantes. L’une des conséquences de […]
Schöpf et al., Epigenetic ageing in people with HIV
Epigenetic ageing accelerates before antiretroviral therapy and decelerates after viral suppression in people with HIV in Switzerland: a longitudinal study over 17 years. The Lancet Accelerated epigenetic ageing can occur in untreated HIV infection and is partially reversible with effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). Previously, the authors showed in a longitudinal study over 17 years in […]
Crisinel et la., Successful implementation of new Swiss recommendations on breastfeeding of infants born to WLWH
Successful implementation of new Swiss recommendations on breastfeeding of infants born to women living with HIV. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. In the Swiss Mother and Child HIV Cohort Study (MoCHiV), Crisinel et al. investigated the motivational factors for breastfeeding among women with HIV in Switzerland. They also evaluated the […]
Blondet et al., Scores to predict type 2 diabetes in HIV
Comparison of five different risk scores to predict incident type 2 diabetes in the Swiss HIV cohort study. AIDS Blondet et al. aimed to assess the capacity of five diabetes risk scores (the Kraege score, the FINDRISC versions 1 and 2, the Swiss Diabetes Association (SDA) score [15], and the Balkau clinical risk score […]
Hachfeld and Atkinson et al., Does menopause transition influence viral suppression and adherence in women with HIV?
Does menopause transition influence viral suppression and adherence in women living with HIV? Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Hachfeld and Atkinson et al. evaluated the occurrence of depression, the need for psychiatric care, and intravenous drug use in women with HIV who transition through menopause in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. In addition, trends […]
Avery and Kleynhans et al., Leukocyte count and CAD events in PWHIV
Leukocyte count and coronary artery disease events in people with HIV: A longitudinal study. Clinical Infectious Disease Avery and Kleynhans et al. assessed the association between blood leukocyte count and coronary artery disease (CAD) events among people with HIV (PWH) in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). In this nested case-control study, the authors applied […]
Aebi-Popp et al., Übertragung von antiretroviralen Medikamenten in die Muttermilch und Wirkstoffbelastung des Säuglings
Übertragung von antiretroviralen Medikamenten in die Muttermilch und Wirkstoffbelastung des Säuglings. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Seit 2018 können Frauen mit HIV mit nicht nachweisbarer Viruslast stillen, wenn sie dies wünschen. Studien haben in der Tat ein sehr geringes Risiko einer Übertragung von HIV durch die Muttermilch bei antiretroviral behandelten Frauen mit nicht nachweisbarer Viruslast gezeigt. […]