Vannappagari et al., Prenatal exposure to dolutegravir and outcomes
Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes following prenatal exposure to dolutegravir. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Vannappagari et al. on behalf of the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry (APR) and the European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPICC) aimed to retrospectively assess fetal and neonatal outcomes following maternal dolutegravir use during pregnancy. Of 265 pregnancies reported […]
Willemse et al., Hepatocellular carcinoma screening in hepatitis B/C virus co‐infected HIV patients
Low compliance with hepatocellular carcinoma screening guidelines in hepatitis B/C virus co-infected HIV-patients with cirrhosis. Journal of Viral Hepatitis Willemse et al. for the Collaboration of Observational HIV on behalf of Epidemiological Research Europe (COHERE) in EuroCoord aimed to assess compliance with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening guidelines in a large European cohort of HIV‐infected […]
Kusejko et al., Self-reported neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV
Self-reported neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV: Characterizing clusters of patients with similar changes in self-reported neurocognitive impairment 2013-2017 in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases Kusejko et al. aimed to study potential factors known to influence neurocognitive performance among people living with HIV. The author team included all SHCS patients […]
Wojtowicz et al. Interleukin-4 polymorphism and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
IL-4 polymorphism influences susceptibility to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in HIV-positive patients. AIDS Wojtowicz et al. aimed to describe the role of polymorphisms from 21 candidate genes encoding relevant fungal pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and cytokines/chemokines with regards to the predisposition to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in the patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study […]
Ruffieux et al., Mortality from suicide among people living with HIV
Mortality from suicide among people living with HIV and the general Swiss population: 1988-2017. Journal of the International AIDS Society Ruffieux et al. for the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) and the Swiss National Cohort (SNC) aimed to assess the mortality rates due to suicide in persons living with HIV and the general population […]
Santos et al., Longitudinal CNS penetration effectiveness score and neurocognitive impairment
Cross-sectional and cumulative longitudinal central nervous system penetration effectiveness scores are not associated with neurocognitive impairment in a well treated aging human immunodeficiency virus-positive population in Switzerland. Open Forum Infectious Diseases Santos et al. for the Neurocognitive Assessment in the Metabolic and Aging Cohort (NAMACO) Study Group aimed to examine (1) the relationship between neurocognitive […]
Chiappini et al., Neonatal prophylaxis toxicity in infants
Severe haematologic toxicity is rare in high risk HIV-exposed infants receiving combination neonatal prophylaxis. HIV Medicine The European Pregnancy and Paediatric HIV Cohort Collaboration (EPPICC) study group in EuroCoord aimed to examine haematological toxicity in infants born to women with HIV infection at high risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT), and specifically to […]
Bachmann et al., Determinants of HIV-1 reservoir size and long-term dynamics during suppressive ART
Determinants of HIV-1 reservoir size and long-term dynamics during suppressive ART. Nature Communications. Bachmann et al. aimed to examine how the size of the HIV-1 reservoirs changes in the long term and what factors affect the changes or size of the reservoir. In this longitudinal observational study including patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, […]
Rohner et al., Regional cervical cancer risk in HIV-pos women
Cervical cancer risk in women living with HIV across four continents: A multicohort study. International Journal of Cancer Rohner et al. compared invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence rates in Europe, South Africa, Latin and North America among women living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) between 1996 and 2014. They analyzed cohort data from […]
Lodi et al., Comparing randomized and observational studies
Effect estimates in randomized trials and observational studies: comparing apples with apples. American Journal of Epidemiology It is important to have valuable methods to compare effects found in randomized trials with such found in observational studies. Effect estimates from randomized trials and observational studies may not be directly comparable because of differences in study design, […]