OBJECTIVES: We assessed the association between initiation of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) regimens and sexual risk behaviors among HIVinfected women. METHODS: We analyzed data from 724 women who initiated HAART between January 1996 and January 2001 and who had pre-HAART viral loads at or above 400 copies per milliliter. RESULTS: Sexually active women were less likely (odds ratio [OR] = 0.79) to report 2 or more partners during a 6-month period after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation. However, the risk for unprotected sex was higher after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation among all sexually active women (both those who reported 2 or more partners [OR = 1.84] and those who reported 1 partner [OR = 1.22]). CONCLUSIONS: Sexual risk behaviors are associated with receipt of therapy but not with therapeutic response, indicating a risk for transmission among female HAART recipients.
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the association between initiation of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) regimens and sexual risk behaviors among HIVinfected women. METHODS: We analyzed data from 724 women who initiated HAART between January 1996 and January 2001 and who had pre-HAART viral loads at or above 400 copies per milliliter. RESULTS: Sexually active women were less likely (odds ratio [OR] = 0.79) to report 2 or more partners during a 6-month period after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation. However, the risk for unprotected sex was higher after HAART initiation than before HAART initiation among all sexually active women (both those who reported 2 or more partners [OR = 1.84] and those who reported 1 partner [OR = 1.22]). CONCLUSIONS: Sexual risk behaviors are associated with receipt of therapy but not with therapeutic response, indicating a risk for transmission among female HAART recipients.
Authors: L Ahdieh; S J Gange; R Greenblatt; H Minkoff; K Anastos; M Young; M Nowicki; A Kovacs; M Cohen; A Muñoz Journal: Am J Epidemiol Date: 2000-11-15 Impact factor: 4.897
Authors: Tracey E Wilson; Yolanda Barrón; Mardge Cohen; Jean Richardson; Ruth Greenblatt; Henry S Sacks; Mary Young Journal: Clin Infect Dis Date: 2002-01-09 Impact factor: 9.079
Authors: Judith A Cook; Mardge H Cohen; Dennis Grey; Lynn Kirstein; Jane Burke; Kathryn Anastos; Herminia Palacio; Jean Richardson; Tracey E Wilson; Mary Young Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2002-01 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Melanie C Bacon; Viktor von Wyl; Christine Alden; Gerald Sharp; Esther Robison; Nancy Hessol; Stephen Gange; Yvonne Barranday; Susan Holman; Kathleen Weber; Mary A Young Journal: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol Date: 2005-09
Authors: Tracey E Wilson; David Vlahov; Stephen Crystal; Judith Absalon; Susan J Klein; Robert H Remien; Robert H Remein; Bruce Agins Journal: J Urban Health Date: 2006-01 Impact factor: 3.671
Authors: Raphael J Landovitz; Thuy Tien T Tran; Susan E Cohn; Ighovwhera Ofotokun; Catherine Godfrey; Daniel R Kuritzkes; Jeffrey L Lennox; Judith S Currier; Heather J Ribaudo Journal: AIDS Behav Date: 2016-12
Authors: Tonya N Taylor; Jeremy Weedon; Elizabeth T Golub; Stephen E Karpiak; Monica Gandhi; Mardge H Cohen; Alexandra M Levine; Howard L Minkoff; Adebola A Adedimeji; Lakshmi Goparaju; Susan Holman; Tracey E Wilson Journal: AIDS Behav Date: 2015-05