HIV

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

• Rates and predictors of newly diagnosed HIV infection among veterans receiving routine once-per-lifetime HIV testing in the Veterans Health Administration
  Goetz MB, Hoang T, Kan VL, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 15;69(5):544-50.
• A budget impact analysis of rapid human immunodeficiency virus screening in Veterans Administration emergency departments
  Gidwani R, Goetz MB, Kominski G, et al. J Emerg Med. 2011 Jan 27.
• Need to improve routine HIV testing of U.S. Veterans in care: results of an Internet survey
  Valdiserri RO, Nazi K, McInnes DK, et al. J Community Health. 2010 Jun;35(3):215-9.

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.

HIV/HCV Coinfection

• Engagement in the hepatitis C care cascade among homeless Veterans, 2015.
  Noska AJ, Belperio PS, Loomis TP, et al. Public Health Rep. 2017 Mar/Apr;132(2):136-139.

Transgender Patients

• Mental health and medical health disparities in 5135 transgender veterans receiving healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: a case-control study
  Brown GR, Jones KT. LGBT Health. 2015 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print]