Trichomonas vaginalis treatment reduces vaginal HIV-1 shedding.

Background: Vaginal HIV-1 shedding has been associated with Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection and could play a role in HIV transmission. The purpose of the study was to examine if effective TV treatment reduces the presence of vaginal HIV-1 RNA.

Methods: TV+ women attending an HIV outpatient clinic in New Orleans, LA, who resolved infection (n = 58) and TV-negative controls (n = 92), matched on antiretroviral therapy (ART) were examined and interviewed at baseline, 1, and 3 months.

Alcohol consumption and HIV-1 vaginal RNA shedding among women.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between alcohol consumption and HIV-1 vaginal shedding.

Method: HIV-1 infected women attending a large urban HIV primary care clinic in New Orleans, LA, between June 2002 and October 2004 who underwent a gynecological exam, were 18 years of age or older, and provided informed consent were included. Subjects underwent exams and were interviewed using a computer-assisted survey at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months.

Reproductive decision-making among HIV-Infected women.

Objective: To describe factors related to reproductive decision-making among HIV-infected women.

Materials And Methods: A sample of HIV-infected women (N=104) who received care at an HIV clinic in the southern United States were interviewed about their reproductive decision-making. Women who became pregnant subsequent to HIV diagnosis were compared to women who did not become pregnant, and women who underwent a sterilization procedure subsequent to HIV diagnosis were compared to women who did not get sterilized.

Vaginal swabs versus lavage for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis among HIV-positive women.

Objectives: Cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) is often used for research and may be easier and more accurate than vaginal swabs as a specimen collection method.

Goal: The goal of this study was to compare (CVL) with vaginal swabs for the detection of bacterial vaginosis (BV) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV).

Study: CVL and vaginal swabs were collected from 216 HIV-infected women.

Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in women from three clinical settings.

Prevalence of 27 human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes was assessed in 1,331 women in three clinical settings: Family planning clinic (low-risk HIV-, n = 202, 21.3% HPV+), colposcopy clinic (high-risk HIV-, n = 854, 34.3% HPV+), and HIV outpatient clinic (HIV+, n = 275, 48.

Women and human immunodeficiency virus: unique management issues.

Women currently account for an increasing proportion of the US population infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although women suffer from similar HIV-related complications as men, they also can have unique gynecologic manifestations, such as cervical dysplasia or severe pelvic inflammatory disease. Other gender-specific management issues include contraception and pregnancy.

Distribution of human papillomavirus type 16 variants in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-positive and -negative women.

The prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 variant lineages was characterized in a cross-sectional study of 24 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)-positive and 33 HIV-negative women in New Orleans. The European prototype was the predominant variant in the HIV-negative women (39.4 %), while in the HIV-positive women the European 350G variant was predominant (29.