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ReviewCureus2016

Current Scenario of HIV/AIDS, Treatment Options, and Major Challenges with Compliance to Antiretroviral Therapy.

Adnan Bashir Bhatti, Muhammad Usman, Venkataramana Kandi

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Review in Cureus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Developing Antiviral Vaccines Based on AttenuatedPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  12. Antiparasitic Activities of Compounds Isolated fromAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  14. Triazolyl Ru(II), Os(II), and Ir(III) complexes as potential HIV-1 inhibitors.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Adnan Bashir BhattiDepartment of Medicine, Capital Development Authority Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad UsmanDepartment of Medicine, Jinnah Hospital Lahore (JHL)/Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC), Lahore, Pakistan.
Venkataramana KandiDepartment of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the causative organism of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the inability of modern medicine to find a cure for it has placed HIV as one of the most dreaded pathogens of the 21(st) century. With millions of people infected with HIV, it was once thought to result in "medical apocalypse". However, with the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), it is now possible to control HIV. Adherence to ART helps to keep the viral load under control and prolong the time of progression to AIDS, resulting in near normal life expectancy. Even with the introduction of ART, a substantial number of patients fail to adhere due to a variety of reasons, including adverse side effects, drug abuse, mental disorders, socioeconomic status, literacy, and social stigma. With the availability of so many options for HIV treatment at each stage of the disease progression, physicians can switch between the treatment regimens to avoid and/or minimize the adverse effects of drugs. Close monitoring, major social reforms, and adequate counselling should also be implemented to circumvent other challenges.

Indexed as

aidsantiretroviral therapydrug adverse effectshighly active antiretroviral therapy (haart)hivhiv/aids

Identifiers

PMID27054050
PMCPMC4818110

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