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    • A decade of HAART in Latin America: Long term outcomes among the first wave of HIV patients to receive ... 
      Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Giganti, Mark J.; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Cahn, Pedro; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Pape, Jean W.; Padgett, Denis; Sierra Madero, Juan; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Duda, Stephany N.; McGowan, Catherine C.; Shepherd, Bryan E. (Public Library Science, 2017)
      Background In Latin America, the first wave of HIV-infected patients initiated highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) 10 or more years ago. Characterizing their treatment experience and corresponding outcomes across ...
    • Assessing the HIV Care Continuum in Latin America: progress in clinical retention, cART use and viral suppression 
      Rebeiro, Peter F.; César, Carina; Shepherd, Bryan E.; De Boni, Raquel B.; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Rodríguez, Fernanda (Int Aids Society, 2016)
      Introduction: We assessed trends in HIV Care Continuum outcomes associated with delayed disease progression and reduced transmission within a large Latin American cohort over a decade: clinical retention, combination ...
    • Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de la infección por VIH en inmigrantes latinoamericanos versus ... 
      Rodríguez, M. Fernanda; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Cortés Moncada, Claudia (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2015)
      Background: There has been an increasing number of immigrants to Chile in the last years, especially from South American countries. The phenomenon of immigration and its consequences has been studied by international literature, ...
    • CD4 response up to 5 years after combination antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus-infected ... 
      Luz, Paula M.; Belaunzarán Zamudio, Pablo; Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Caro Vega, Yanink; Hoces, Daniel; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Blevins, Meridith; Pape, Jean W.; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; Cahn, Pedro; Veloso, Valdilea G.; McGowan, Catherine C.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Shepherd, Bryan E. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      We describe CD4 counts at 6-month intervals for 5 years after combination antiretroviral therapy initiation among 12 879 antiretroviral-naive human immunodeficiency virusinfected adults from Latin America and the Caribbean. ...
    • Cluster of Imported Vivax Malaria in Travelers Returning From Peru 
      Weitzel, Thomas; Labarca, Jaime; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Rosas, Reinaldo; Balcells Marty, María Elvira; Perret, Cecilia (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
      We report a cluster of imported vivax malaria in three of five Chilean travelers returning from Peru in March 2015. The cluster highlights the high risk of malaria in the Loreto region in northern Peru, which includes ...
    • Correlates of efavirenz exposure in chilean patients affected with human immunodeficiency virus reveals a ... 
      Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Siccardi, Marco; Chaikan, Ammara; Owen, Andrew; Zhang, Guijun; Porte, Charles J L La (2013)
      OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of demographics and single-nucleotide polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2B6, 2A6, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B7, and the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) genes on efavirenz ...
    • Duration of Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation: Association with ... 
      Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Wehbe, Firas H.; McGowan, Catherine C.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Duda, Stephany N.; Jenkins, Cathy A.; González, Elsa; Carriquiry, Gabriela; Schechter, Mauro; Padgett, Denis; César, Carina; Sierra Madero, Juan; Pape, Jean W.; Masys, Daniel R.; Sterling, Timothy R. (PLoS ONE, 2013)
      Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) decreases mortality risk in HIV-infected tuberculosis patients, but the effect of the duration of anti-tuberculosis therapy and timing of anti-tuberculosis therapy initiation in ...
    • Early retention in care neither mediates nor modifies the effect of sex and sexual mode of HIV acquisition ... 
      Coelho, Lara; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Castilho, Jessica L.; Caro Veja, Yanink; Mejía, Fernando A.; César, Carina; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; McGowan, Catherine C.; Veloso, Valdilea G.; Sterling, Timothy R.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Luz, Paula M. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2018)
      Early retention in care, sex, and sexual mode of HIV acquisition has been associated with mortality risk among persons living with HIV (PLWH). We assessed whether early retention in care mediates or modifies the association ...
    • Evaluating the care cascade after antiretroviral therapy initiation in latin America 
      Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Mejìa, Fernando A.; Padgett, Denis; Belaunzarán Zamudio, Pablo; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Giganti, Mark J.; McGowan, Catherine C.; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Rebeiro, Peter F. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018)
      © The Author(s) 2017.Accelerating antiretroviral therapy (ART) administration, improving retention, and achieving viral suppression in low- and middle-income countries must be prioritized. We evaluated trends and disparities ...
    • Haplotype structure of CYP2B6 and association with plasma efavirenz concentrations in a Chilean HIV cohort 
      Carr, Daniel F.; la Porte, Charles J L; Pirmohamed, Munir; Owen, Andrew; Cortés Moncada, Claudia (2010)
      Objectives: Efavirenz is extensively metabolized by CYP2B6, and associations between CYP2B6 polymorphisms and plasma efavirenz exposure have been reported. The objective of this study was to investigate CYP2B6 haplotype ...
    • Hepatitis B and C virus infection among HIV patients within the public and private healthcare systems in ... 
      Weitzel, Thomas; Rodríguez, Fernanda; Noriega, Luis Miguel; Marcotti, Alejandra; Durán, Luisa; Palavecino Oñate, Carla; Porte, Lorena; Aguilera, Ximena; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Cortés Moncada, Claudia (Public Library Science, 2020)
      Background Coinfections of HIV patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are mayor public health problems, contributing to the emerging burden of HIV-associated hepatic mortality. Coinfection ...
    • Hepatitis B prevalence and influence on HIV treatment outcome and mortality in the Chilean AIDS Cohort 
      Otto Knapp, Ralf; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Saavedra, Felipe; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Weitzel, Thomas (Elsevier, 2013)
      Objectives: To analyze the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection and its influence on mortality and treatment outcome within a large AIDS cohort in Chile. Methods: Clinical and epidemiological data from the ...
    • HIV viral load suppression in adults and children receiving antiretroviral therapy-results from the IeDEA ... 
      Jiamsakul, Awachana; Kariminia, Azar; Althoff, Keri N.; Cesar, Carina; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Davies, Mary Ann; Do, Viet Chau; Eley, Brian; Gill, John; Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran; Machado, Daisy Maria; Moore, Richard; Prozesky, Hans; Zaniewski, Elizabeth; Law, Matthew (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      Background: Having 90% of patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and achieving an undetectable viral load (VL) is 1 of the 90: 90: 90 by 2020 targets. In this global analysis, we investigated the proportions of adult and ...
    • Images in clinical tropical medicine Zika Virus infection presenting with postauricular lymphadenopathy 
      Weitzel, Thomas; Cortés Moncada, Claudia (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)
    • Incidence of virological failure and major regimen change of initial combination antiretroviral therapy in ... 
      César, Carina; Jenkins, Cathy A.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Padgett, Denis; Mejía, Fernando; Ribeiro, Sayonara Rocha; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Pape, Jean W.; Sierra Madero, Juan; Fink, Valeria; Sued, Omar; McGowan, Catherine; Cahn, Pedro (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background Access to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expanding in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, and South America) and the Caribbean. We assessed the incidence of and factors associated with regimen ...
    • Incidence of virological failure and major regimen change of initial combination antiretroviral therapy in ... 
      Array, Array; Cesar, Carina; Jenkins, Cathy A.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Padgett, Denis; Mejía, Fernando; Ribeiro, Sayonara Rocha; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Pape, Jean W.; Madero, Juan Sierra; Fink, Valeria; Sued, Omar; McGowan, Catherine; Cahn, Pedro; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Reyes, (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Background: Access to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expanding in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, and South America) and the Caribbean. We assessed the incidence of and factors ...
    • Increased mortality after tuberculosis treatment completion in persons living with Human Immunodeficiency ... 
      Koenig, Serena P.; Kim, Ahra; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Cesar, Carina; Veloso, Valdilea; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda E.; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; McGowan, Catherine C.; Sterling, Timothy R.; Pape, Jean W. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      We assessed the association between cured tuberculosis (TB) and mortality among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Latin America. We compared survival among persons with and without TB at enrollment ...
    • Temporal Trends in Age at HIV Diagnosis in Cohorts in the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and ... 
      Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Caro Vega, Yanink Neried; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Turner, Megan; Carriquiry, Gabriela; Fink, Valeria; Luz, Paula M.; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Rouzier, Vanessa; Padgett, Denis; Jayathilake, Karu; McGowan, Catherine C.; Person, Anna K. (Springer, 2015)
      In the United States (USA), the age of those newly diagnosed with HIV is changing, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). A retrospective analysis included HIV-infected adults from seven sites in the Caribbean, ...
    • Time to HAART initiation after diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS ... 
      Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Caro Vega, Yanink; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Grinsztejn, V; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Cortés Moncada, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; Carriquiry, Gabriela; Fink, Valeria; Jayathilake, Karu; Person, Anna K.; McGowan, Catherine; Sierra Madero, Juan (Public Library Science, 2016)
      Background Since 2009, earlier initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) after an opportunistic infection (OI) has been recommended based on lower risks of death and AIDS-related progression found in ...
    • Tuberculosis in Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Lower Income Countries: Availability and Use of ... 
      Cortés Moncada, Claudia (PLOS ONE, 2013)
      Objectives: In resource-constrained settings, tuberculosis (TB) is a common opportunistic infection and cause of death in HIV-infected persons. TB may be present at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but it is ...