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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 ...
    • Cancer in HIV-infected persons from the caribbean, central and South America 
      Fink, Valeria I.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Cesar, Carina; Krolewiecki, Alejandro; Wehbe, Firas; Cortés, Claudia P.; Ramírez, Brenda Crabtree; Padgett, Denis; Shafaee, Maryam; Schechter, Mauro; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Bacon, Melanie; McGowan, Catherine C.; Cahn, Pedro; Masys, Daniel (2011)
      Background: HIV-infected individuals have heightened cancer risk. With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the frequency of some AIDS-defining cancers (ADC) has decreased although certain non-AIDS-defining ...
    • Cohort Profile: Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV research (CCASAnet) collaboration ... 
      Mcgowan, Catherine C.; Cahn, Pedro; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Padgett, Denis; Pape, Jean W.; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Schechter, Mauro; Masys, Daniel R. (2007)
    • Cross-sectional analysis of late HARRT initiation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Late testers and late ... 
      Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Caro Vega, Yanink; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Wehbe, Firas; Cesar, Carina; Cortés, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; Koenig, Serena; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Cahn, Pedro; McGowan, Catherine C.; Masys, Daniel; Sierra Madero, Juan Juan; The CCASAnet Team, (2011)
      Background: Starting HAART in a very advanced stage of disease is assumed to be the most prevalent form of initiation in HIV-infected subjects in developing countries. Data from Latin America and the Caribbean is still ...
    • Durability of efavirenz compared with boosted protease inhibitor based regimens in antiretroviral naive ... 
      Caro Vega, Yanink; Belaunzaran Zamudio, Pablo F.; Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda E.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Pape, Jean W.; Padgett, Denis; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; McGowan, Catherine C.; Sierra Madero, Juan G. (Oxford University Press, 2018)
      Background. Efavirenz (EFV) and boosted protease inhibitors (bPIs) are still the preferred options for firstline antiretroviral regimens (firstline ART) in Latin America and have comparable short-term efficacy. We assessed ...
    • Health outcomes among HIV-positive Latinos initiating antiretroviral therapy in North America versus Central ... 
      Cesar, Carina; Koethe, Jonh R.; Giganti, Mark J.; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Althoff, Keri N.; Napravnik, Sonia; Mayor, Ángel; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Padgett, Denis; Sierra Madero, Juan Juan; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Sterling, Timothy R.; Willig, James; Levison, Julie; Kitahata, Mari; Rodríguez Barradas, María; Moore, Richard D.; McGowan, Catherine; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Cahn, Pedro (Int Aids Society, 2016)
      Introduction: Latinos living with HIV in the Americas share a common ethnic and cultural heritage. In North America, Latinos have a relatively high rate of new HIV infections but lower rates of engagement at all stages of ...
    • 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 ...
    • Is substance use associated with HIV cascade outcomes in Latin America? 
      De Boni, Raquel; Peratikos, Meridith; Shepherd, Bryan; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Cortés, Claudia; Padgett, Denis; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Pablo; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Duda, Stephany; McGowan, Catherine (Public Library of Science, 2018)
      The HIV care cascade has improved in Latin America over the last decade. However, the influence of alcohol and noninjected drug use (NIDU) on cascade outcomes is mostly unknown. This study estimated the association of ...
    • Monitoring of HIV treatment in seven countries in the WHO region of the Americas Suivi du traitement du VIH ... 
      Belaunzarán Zamudio, Pablo; Caro Vega, Yanink; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Luz, Paula M.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Cesar, Carina; Cahn, Pedro; Cortés, Claudia; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Pape, Jean W.; Padgett, Denis; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; McGowan, Catherine (World Health Organization, 2015)
      © 2015, World Health Organization. All Rights Reserved. Objective To determine the prevalence of adequate monitoring and the costs of measuring CD4+ T-lymphocytes (CD4+ cell) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral ...
    • Mortality during the first year of potent antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected patients in 7 sites ... 
      Tuboi, Suely H.; Schechter, Mauro; McGowan, Catherine C.; Cesar, Carina; Krolewiecki, Alejandro; Cahn, Pedro; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Pape, Jean W.; Padgett, Denis; Madero, Juan Sierra; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Masys, Daniel R.; Shepherd, Bryan E. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009)
      BACKGROUND:: Although nearly 2 million people live with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean, mortality rates after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have not been well described. METHODS:: Five ...
    • Proposal for diagnostic criteria of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I- associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) 
      De Castro-Costa, Carlos M.; Araújo, Abelardo Q.C.; Barreto, Márcio M.; Takayanagui, Osvaldo M.; Sohler, Marzia P.; Da Silva, Eduardo L.M.; De Paula, Sônia M.B.; Ishak, Ricardo; Ribas, João G.R.; Rovirosa, Luis C.; Carton, Herwig; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Hall, William W.; Mo (2006)
      After the first description of TSP/HAM in 1985 and the elaboration of WHO's diagnostic criteria in 1988, the experience of the professionals in this field has increased so that a critical reappraisal of these diagnostic ...
    • Rates and reasons for early change of first HAART in HIV-1-infected patients in 7 sites throughout the ... 
      Cesar, Carina; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Krolewiecki, Alejandro J.; Fink, Valeria I.; Schechter, Mauro; Tuboi, Suely H.; Wolff Reyes, Marcelo; Pape, Jean W.; Leger, Paul; Padgett, Denis; Madero, Juan Sierra; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Sued, Omar; Mcgowan, Catherine C.; Masys, Daniel R.; Cah (2010)
      Background: HAART rollout in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased from approximately 210,000 in 2003 to 390,000 patients in 2007, covering 62% (51%-70%) of eligible patients, with considerable variation among ...
    • The Population Impact of Late Presentation with Advanced HIV Disease and Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy in ... 
      Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Pablo F.; Caro Vega, Yanink N.; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Rebeiro, Peter F.; Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda E.; Cortés, Claudia P.; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Mejía, Fernando; Padgett, Denis; Pape, Jean W.; Rouzier, Vanessa; Veloso, Valdilea G.; Wagner Cardoso, Sandra; McGowan, Catherine C.; Sierra Madero, Juan G. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      Late presentation to care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation with advanced HIV-disease are common in Latin America. We estimated the impact of these conditions on mortality in the region. We included adults ...
    • Use of third line antiretroviral therapy in Latin America 
      Cesar, Carina; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Jenkins, Cathy A.; Ghidinelli, Massimo; Castro, Jose Luis; Veloso, Valdiléa Gonçalves; Cortés, Claudia P.; Padgett, Denis; Crabtree Ramírez, Brenda; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Fink, Valeria; Duran, Adriana; Sued, Omar; McGowan, Catherine C. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      © PLOS ONE 2014. Background: Access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is expanding in Latin America. Many patients require second and third line therapy due to toxicity, tolerability, failure, or a combination ...