Publications by authors named "Cuong Chau"
Objective: To examine the prevalence of HIV in a cohort of people who have used secondary mental health services in the UK.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Routinely collected clinical data from secondary mental health services in South London, UK available for research through the Clinical Record Interactive Search tool at the National Institute for Health and Care Research Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre were matched with pseudonymised national HIV surveillance data held by the UK Health Security Agency using a deterministic matching algorithm.
Article Synopsis
- - The study analyzes the trends and epidemiology of HIV among people who inject drugs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 1981-2019, indicating a low prevalence of HIV in this group despite some fluctuations over the years.
- - From 1987 to 2019, HIV diagnoses among injectors decreased significantly, but late diagnosis remained a concern, with over half diagnosed late in recent years; however, treatment uptake is high among those engaged in care.
- - The report emphasizes the importance of harm reduction programs in containing the HIV epidemic within this population, while noting that risky behaviors, like needle sharing, pose ongoing risks and the potential for future outbreaks.
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) aged up to 45 years attending sexual health clinics (SHC) and HIV clinics began in England as a pilot in June 2016, with national roll-out from April 2018. The recommended course is three doses of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine over one to 2 years. We present the methodology and results of monitoring vaccination uptake (initiation and completion), and attendance patterns, during the pilot phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little is known about retention in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care in HIV-positive women after pregnancy in the United Kingdom. We explored the association between loss to follow-up (LTFU) in the year after pregnancy, maternal place of birth and duration of UK residence, in HIV-positive women in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Methods: We analyzed combined data from 2 national data sets: the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood; and the Survey of Prevalent HIV Infections Diagnosed, including pregnancies in 2000 to 2009 in women with diagnosed HIV.