Publications by authors named "M Hessamfar"

We investigated people living with HIV (PLWH)'s exposure to COVID-19 pandemic stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth, and substance use. PLWH in the ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA cohort's QuAliV study (Nouvelle Aquitaine, France) completed an adapted CAIR Lab Pandemic Impact Questionnaire (C-PIQ) and reported substance use between 9/2021 to 3/2022. We described cumulative stressor exposure (score 0-16) and explored variation by PLWH characteristics (demographic, HIV-related, risk factors, psychosocial).

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  • The study aimed to evaluate how well the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 predicts specific causes of death in people with HIV (PWH) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), which could improve targeted healthcare interventions.
  • It involved analyzing data from over 59,000 PWH who started ART between 2000 and 2018, calculating their VACS scores and examining the relationship between these scores and causes of death through various statistical models.
  • Findings revealed that the VACS Index 2.0 was particularly effective at predicting deaths from AIDS-related causes and other measurable health issues, but less reliable for predicting suicides or accidental deaths.
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Background: This study aimed to compare the humoral responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in people living with HIV (PWH) and HIV-negative individuals.

Methods: We included PWH with an undetectable viral load under ART and HIV-negative participants from the French nationwide ANRS COV-POPART cohort who had received two doses of vaccine as a primary vaccination. We compared humoral response between controls and PWH, stratified by CD4 cell count (<200/mm and ≥200/mm CD4 cell counts) at 1, 6, and 12 months after primary vaccination.

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Background: Mortality rates among people with HIV have fallen since 1996 following the widespread availability of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). Patterns of cause-specific mortality are evolving as the population with HIV ages. We aimed to investigate longitudinal trends in cause-specific mortality among people with HIV starting ART in Europe and North America.

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