Background The optimal time for the initiation of antiretroviral therapy for asymptomatic patients
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is uncertain. Methods We conducted …

Background Insufficient data are available from single cohort studies to allow estimation of
the prognosis of HIV-1 infected, treatment-naive patients who start highly active antiretroviral …

Background Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly increased survival
among HIV-positive adults in the United States (US) and Canada, but gains in life expectancy …

Background Health care for people living with HIV has improved substantially in the past
two decades. Robust estimates of how these improvements have affected prognosis and life …

Background. Anal cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting individuals infected
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), although few have evaluated rates separately for …

Background: Cancer is increasingly common among persons with HIV. Objective: To examine
calendar trends in cumulative cancer incidence and hazard rate by HIV status. Design: …

Background Bacteremia with the Mycobacterium avium complex is common in patients with
the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), but the most effective treatment for this …

Background . Initiatives to improve early detection and access to human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) services have increased over time. We assessed the immune status of patients at …

Objective: HIV infection and low CD4+ T-cell count are associated with an increased risk of
persistent oncogenic human papillomavirus infection—the major risk factor for cervical cancer…

Background. There are few recent data on the rates of AIDS-defining opportunistic infections
(OIs) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients in care in the United …