The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 68(10), 2332-2338 (2013-06-27)
For hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients, continuing therapy (consolidation) for 6-12 months before cessation of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) was recommended. This study aimed to investigate whether a longer period of lamivudine consolidation therapy leads to better outcomes and the
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 64(2), 174-182 (2013-07-31)
This study assessed HIV-hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection in southern Africa in terms of prevalence, viral characteristics, occult HBV, and the effect of lamivudine- versus tenofovir-containing first-line combination antiretroviral treatment (cART) on HBV-related outcomes. A multicenter prospective cohort of HIV-infected
The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 13(11), 927-935 (2013-10-01)
In the primary analysis of SPRING-2 at week 48, dolutegravir showed non-inferior efficacy to and similar tolerability to raltegravir in adults infected with HIV-1 and naive for antiretroviral treatment. We present the 96 week results. SPRING-2 is an ongoing phase
The New England journal of medicine, 369(19), 1807-1818 (2013-11-08)
Dolutegravir (S/GSK1349572), a once-daily, unboosted integrase inhibitor, was recently approved in the United States for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents. Dolutegravir, in combination with abacavir-lamivudine, may provide a simplified
Hepatitis B virus DNA integration occurs early in the viral life cycle in an in vitro infection model via NTCP-dependent uptake of enveloped virus particles
