Demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed human monkeypox virus cases in individuals attending a sexual health centre in London, UK: an observational …

N Girometti, R Byrne, M Bracchi, J Heskin… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Historically, human monkeypox virus cases in the UK have been limited to
imported infections from west Africa. Currently, the UK and several other countries are …

Transmission of monkeypox virus through sexual contact–A novel route of infection

J Heskin, A Belfield, C Milne, N Brown… - Journal of …, 2022 - journalofinfection.com
We read with interest the article published in this journal by Pezzati et al. on the use of rapid
lateral flow assays to detect antibodies induced by vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical features and management of individuals admitted to hospital with monkeypox and associated complications across the UK: a retrospective cohort …

DL Fink, H Callaby, A Luintel, W Beynon… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The scale of the 2022 global mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak
has been unprecedented. In less than 6 months, non-endemic countries have reported more …

2019 update of the European AIDS Clinical Society Guidelines for treatment of people living with HIV version 10.0

L Ryom, A Cotter, R De Miguel, C Béguelin… - HIV …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Guidelines cover key aspects of
HIV management with major updates every two years. Guideline highlights The 2019 …

Safety implications of combined antiretroviral and anti-tuberculosis drugs

M Cerrone, M Bracchi, S Wasserman… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Antiretroviral and anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs are often co-administered in
people living with HIV (PLWH). Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during TB …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma

A Dalla Pria, DJ Pinato, M Bracchi, M Bower - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a mesenchymal tumour caused by KS-associated herpesvirus and
is an AIDS-defining illness. Despite a decline in incidence since the introduction of …

Antiretroviral therapy alone versus antiretroviral therapy with a kick and kill approach, on measures of the HIV reservoir in participants with recent HIV infection (the …

S Fidler, W Stöhr, M Pace, L Dorrell, A Lever, S Pett… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) cannot cure HIV infection because of a persistent
reservoir of latently infected cells. Approaches that force HIV transcription from these cells …

Increasing use of 'party drugs' in people living with HIV on antiretrovirals: a concern for patient safety

M Bracchi, D Stuart, R Castles, S Khoo, D Back… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Use of 'party drugs', a particular set of recreational drugs used in the context of 'ChemSex', is
frequent among MSM living with HIV. A recently published observational study showed that …

Cerebrospinal fluid inhibitory quotients of antiretroviral drugs in HIV-infected patients are associated with compartmental viral control

A Calcagno, M Simiele, MC Alberione… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Antiretroviral concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are variable; darunavir and
efavirenz show levels several times higher than HIV-1 95% inhibitory concentrations (IQ95) …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in patients with HIV

R Jones, M Nelson, M Bracchi, D Asboe, M Boffito - The lancet HIV, 2020 - thelancet.com
Evidence is evolving that protease inhibitors developed for the treatment of HIV, both
lopinavir and darunavir boosted by ritonavir or cobicistat, are not efficacious against severe …