Selected Journal Articles on HIV
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These select articles were conducted by VA scientists, funded by the VA, or involve VA patients.
Epidemiology
- Medical intensive care unit admission among patients with and without HIV, hepatitis C virus, and alcohol-related diagnoses in the United States: a national, retrospective cohort study, 1997-2014.

Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Steel T, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] - Prevalence of HIV, HCV and HBV among homeless and non-homeless United States Veterans.

Noska AJ, Belperio PS, Loomis TP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 July 15;65(2):252-8.
Prevention and Transmission
- Brief Report: Incidence of HIV in a Nationwide Cohort Receiving Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention

Van Epps P, Wilson BM, Garner W, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Dec 15;82(5):427-430. - Roadblocks to PrEP: What Medical Records Reveal About Access to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis

Skolnik AA, Bokhour BG, Gifford AL, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Nov 8. - Health Care Facility Characteristics are Associated with Variation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Initiation in Veteran's Health Administration

Maier MM, Gylys-Colwell I, Lowy E, Van Epps P, et al. AIDS Behav. 2019 Jul;23(7):1803-1811. - Medication adherence in a nationwide cohort of Veterans initiating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection

Van Epps P, Maier M, Lund B, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Mar 1;77(3):272-8. - Accessibility and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in the VHA

Chartier M, Gylys-Cowell I, van Epps P, et al. Fed Pract. 2018 March;35(2):S42-S48.
HIV Testing
Clinical Management
- How will new guidelines affect CD4 testing in Veterans with HIV?

Barnett PG, Schmitt SK, Yu W, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 3. pii: ciw194. [Epub ahead of print]. - Veterans' perspectives on interventions to improve retention in HIV care.

Minick SG, Stafford CL, Kertz BL, et al. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 1;11(2):e0148163. - Correction: Veterans' perspectives on interventions to improve retention in HIV care.

Minick SG, Stafford CL, Kertz BL, et al. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 3;11(3):e0151011. - HIV care continuum applied to the US Department of Veterans Affairs: HIV virologic outcomes in an integrated health care system

Backus L, Czarnogorski M, Yip G, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 1;69(4):474-80. - The continuum of HIV care in a Veterans' Affairs clinic

Mangal JP, Rimland D, Marconi VC. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2014 May;30(5):409-15. - National quality forum performance measures for HIV/AIDS care: The Department of Veterans Affairs' experience

Backus LI, Boothroyd DB, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(14):1239-1246. - Impact of cigarette smoking on mortality in HIV-positive and HIV-negative veterans

Crothers K, Goulet J, Rodriguez-Barradas M, et al. AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 June; 21(3 Suppl): 40-53.
HIV-Related Conditions
- Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, Freiberg MS, So-Armah K, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Crothers KA, Re VL 3rd, Butt AA, Lim JK, Kim JW, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Brittain EL. Association between HIV and incident pulmonary hypertension in US Veterans: a retrospective cohort study.

Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 Jul;2(7):e417-e425. doi: 10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00116-1. Epub 2021 Jun 16. PMID: 34296203; PMCID: PMC8294078. - Lung function in men with and without HIV

Kunisaki KM, Nouraie M, Jensen RL, et al. AIDS. 2020;34(8):1227-1235. - Improved discrimination of mortality with Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 in HIV-positive individuals.

Tate JP, Sterne JAC, Justice AC, et al. AIDS. 2019 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print] - Cardiovascular outcomes among HIV-infected veterans receiving atazanavir: a US national historical cohort study.

Lafleur J, Bress AP, Rosenblatt L, et al. AIDS. 2017 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print] - Immunological and infectious risk factors for lung cancer in U.S. veterans with HIV: a longitudinal cohort study.

Sigel K, Wisnivesky J, Crothers K, et al. Lancet HIV. 2017 Feb;4(2):e67-e73. - Weight gain and incident diabetes among HIV-infected Veterans initiating antiretroviral therapy compared with uninfected individuals.

Herrin M, Tate JP, Akgün, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Oct 1;73(2):228-36. - The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index and neurocognitive change: A longitudinal study.

Marquine MJ, Montoya JL, Umlauf A, et al; HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program Group. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 1;63(5):694-702. - Disparities in hepatitis C testing in U.S. Veterans born 1945-1965.

Sarkar S, Esserman DA, Skanderson M, et al. J Hepatol. 2016 Aug;65(2):259-65. - Cascade of care for hepatitis C virus infection within the US Veterans Health Administration.

Maier MM, Ross DB, Chartier M, et al. Am J Public Health. 2016 Feb;106(2):353-8. - Time trends in cancer incidence in persons living with HIV/AIDS in the antiretroviral therapy era: 1997-2012.

Park LS, Tate JP, Sigel K, et al. AIDS. 2016 Apr 8. [Epub ahead of print]. - Comparison of risk and age at diagnosis of myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease, and non-AIDS-defining cancer in HIV-infected versus uninfected adults

Althoff KN, McGinnis KA, Wyatt CM, et al; Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS). Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 15;60(4):627-38. - A chronic kidney disease risk score to determine tenofovir safety in a prospective cohort of HIV-positive male veterans

Scherzer R, Gandhi M, Estrella MM, et al. AIDS. 2014 Jun 1;28(9):1289-95.
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