Anna Stoliaroff-Pépin,Roberto F Speck,Pietro Vernazza
Anna Stoliaroff-Pépin
The number of new HIV-1 infections remains stable in Switzerland over the last years thanks to the effective prevention programs. However, the aim to halve the new HIV infection rate has not been reached. Early identification of patients at...
Manuel Battegay,David Hans-U Haerry,Jan Fehr et al.
Manuel Battegay et al.
Psychological and social factors have a deep impact on the treatment of HIV-infection, from the readiness to start antiretroviral therapy to treatment adherence over time. Among psychological factors, anxiety may affect HIV-infected persons...
David Nadal,Romaine Arlettaz,Christoph Berger
David Nadal
The frequency of HIV mother-to-child transmission in Switzerland is nowadays < 1 %, if the pregnant woman receives successful anti-HIV treatment and the newborn apt post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and is not breast-fed. The interdisciplinar...
[HIV and pregnancy] [0.03%]
[人类免疫缺陷病毒与怀孕]
Vineeta Bansal Zweifel,Christoph Berger,David Nadal et al.
Vineeta Bansal Zweifel et al.
The use and success of antiretroviral treatment in HIV-positive people has led to a reduction of vertical transmission of HIV. Pregnancy in HIV-positive women became more common. The success of prophylactic measures has led to a dramatic ch...
Jan Fehr,Verena Schärer,Cédric Hirzel et al.
Jan Fehr et al.
Hepatitis B and C virus infections are a leading cause of death in HIV-positive patients. Furthermore, the management of these infections is complicated. Psychosocial problems and comorbidities are frequent barriers to the optimal managemen...
Barbara Hasse,Enos Bernasconi,Hansjakob Furrer et al.
Barbara Hasse et al.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved quality of life and increased life expectancy of HIV-infected individuals. Opportunistic diseases are less common, and mortality has declined. Consequently, patterns of mortality and morbidity are c...
Cornelia Staehelin,Luigia Elzi,Rainer Weber et al.
Cornelia Staehelin et al.
Incidence as well as morbidity and mortality of opportunistic infections (OI) have declined remarkably since the availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART). Nearly half of all persons infected with HIV however do not know their HIV-stat...
Dominique L Braun,Johannes Nemeth,Huldrych F Günthard
Dominique L Braun
Primary HIV-infection (PHI) encompasses the first 6 months after HIV infection. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that PHI accounts for approximately half of onward transmissions. Between 25 and 90 % of patients with PHI present with an ac...
[Antiretroviral therapy] [0.03%]
抗逆转录病毒疗法
Amrei von Braun,Hansjakob Furrer,Manuel Battegay et al.
Amrei von Braun et al.
Antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV, as we know it today, is nothing less than a huge success story in modern medical history. What used to be an almost certain death-sentence was transformed into a very manageable chronic disease by means ...
Jörg Schüpbach,Christoph Berger,Jürg Böni et al.
Jörg Schüpbach et al.
The diagnosis "HIV infection" has severe consequences. False positive or false negative HIV results must be avoided. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health generated a concept for HIV testing which also includes the characterization of H...