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Contraception, An International Reproductive Health Journal
ARHP's official journal provides a medium for the rapid communication of advances and new knowledge in all areas of contraception and reproductive health.

Peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last six months are listed here, linked from relevant news stories when appropriate. To learn more on how to best read and interpret the findings from clinical research, see In Brief: Interpreting Research Studies from the Guttmacher Institute.

Prevention

Aberg JA, Kaplan JE, Libman H, et al. Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2009 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. CID. 2009:49;651-681.

Ahoua L, Ayikoru H, Gnauck K, et al. Evaluation of a 5-year Programme to Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV Infection in Northern Uganda. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2010 56 (1):43-52.

Cavanaugh CE, Hansen NB, Sullivan TP.  HIV Risk Behavior in Women With Intimate Partner Violence and PTSDAIDS and Behavior.  2010;14(2):318-327.

Crepaz N, Marshal KJ, Aupont LW, et al. The Efficacy of HIV/STI Behavioral Interventions for African American Females in the United States: A Meta-Analysis. Am J Public Health. Sept 2009.

deBruyn G, Martinson NA, Gray GE.  Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Developments From Sub-Saharan AfricaExpert Rev Anti Infect Ther.  2010;8(1):23-31.

Doyle SM, Kahn JG, Hosang N, Carroll PR. The Impact of Male Circumcision on HIV Transmission. J Urol. 2009 Nov 12.

Ford, N. Highlights of the International AIDS Society Conference. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 Sept; 9(9):528.

French AL, Gawel, SH, Hershow R, et al. Trends in Mortality and Causes of Death Among Women With HIV in the United States: A 10-Year Study. JAIDS. 2009 Aug:51(4);399-406.

Gates Foundation's decade of vaccines The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2010 March 10(3):139.

HIV vaccine trials and tribulations. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. November 2009. 9(11):651.

Kershaw TS, Magriples U, Westdahl C et al. Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for HIV Prevention: Effects of an HIV Intervention Delivered Within Prenatal Care. AJPH. 2009 Nov. 99(11):2079-2086.

Leib S, Thompson DR, Misra S, et al. Estimating Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States. J Urban Health. 2009 Nov 13.

Mamo T, Moseman EA, Kolishetti N, et al.  Emerging Nanotechnology Approaches for HIV/AIDS Treatment and PreventionNanomedicine. 2010;5(2):269-285.

Maynard E, Carballo-Dieguez A, Ventuneac A, et al. Women's Experiences with Anal Sex: Motivations and Implications for STD Prevention. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Guttmacher Institute.2009 Sept; 41(3).

Minniear TD, Gilmore B, Arnold SR, et al. Implementation of and Barriers to Routine HIV Screening for Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2009 Sept. 124(4):1076-84.

Mofenson LM. Prevention of Breast Milk Transmission of HIV: The Time Is Now. JAIDS. 2009 Nov. 52(3):305-308.

Neuhaus J, Angus B, Kowalska JD, et al.  Risk of All-Cause Mortality Associated With Nonfatal AIDS and Serious Non-AIDS Events Among Adults Infected With HIVAIDS.  2010;24(5):697-706.

Purcell DW, Johnson C, Lansky A et al.  Abstract: Calculating HIV and Syphilis Rates for Risk Groups: Estimating the National Population Size of Men Who Have Sex with Men.  Latebreaker #22896 Presented March 10, 2010.  2010 National STD Prevention Conference; Atlanta, GA.

Reilly T, Woodruff SI, Smith L, et al.  Predictors of Unsafe Sex Among HIV Positive Individuals.  J Community Health. 2010;35(2):115-123.

Safeguarding the future of HIV/AIDS initiatives. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 Sept; 9(9):521.

Shephard CW, Gallagher K, Bodach SD, et al. Acute HIV Infection --- New York City, 2008. MMWR Weekly. 2009 Nov. 58(46);1296-1299.

Stuart, GS. Fourteen million women with limited options: HIV/AIDS and highly effective reversible contraception in sub-Saharan Africa. Contraception. 2009 Nov; 80(5):412-416.

Valway S, Jenison S, Keller N et al. Risk Assessment and Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, and Hepatitis Virus Among Long-Distance Truck Drivers in New Mexico, 2004-2006. AJPH. November 2009. 99(11).

Weiss HA, Hankins CA, Dickson K. Male circumcision and risk of HIV infection in women: review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Disease. November 2009. 9(11): 669-677.

Young Holt B, Kibourne-Brook M, Stone, A, et al.  Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Gaining Momentum and Promise (Editorial).  Contraception 2010.

Care

Finocchario-Kessler S, Sweat MD, Dariotis JK, et al. Understanding High Fertility Desires and Intentions Among a Sample of Urban Women Living with HIV in the United States. AIDS Behav. 2009 Nov 12.

Giordano TP, Hartman C, Gifford AL, et al. Predictors of Retention in HIV Care Among a National Cohort of US Veterans. HIV Clin Trials. 2009 Sep-Oct;10(5):299-305.

Kuhn L,Aldrovandi GM, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Semrau K, et al. Differential Effects of Early Weaning for HIV-Free Survival of Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers by Severity of Maternal Disease. PLoS ONE. 2009. 4(6): e6059.

Lacombe K, Bottero J, Lemoine M, et al. HIV/hepatitis B virus co-infection: current challenges and new strategies. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Nov 8.

Moore ZS, McCoy S, Kuruc J, et al. Number of named partners and number of partners newly diagnosed with HIV infection identified by persons with acute virus established HIV infection. JAIDS. 2009 Dec 1;52(4):509-13.

Prestes-Carneiro LE, Miguel NA, Ascencio EL, et al. Rapid HIV diagnostic test in undocumented pregnant women applied at an inner-city teaching hospital. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2009 Sept-Oct;51(5):273-6.

Simoni JM, Hug D, Frick PA, et al. Peer support and pager messaging to promote antiretroviral modifying therapy in Seattle: a randomized controlled trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Dec 1;52(4):465-473.

Vijayan T, Benin AL, Wagner K, et al. We never thought this would happen: transitioning care of adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection from pediatrics to internal medicine. - AIDS Care. 2009 Oct. 21(10):1222-1229.

Treatment

Birungi, H. Mugisha JF, Obare F, et al. Sexual Behavior and Desires among Adolescents Perinatally Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Uganda: Implications for Programming. J Adoles Health. 2009; 44:184-187.

Bruce RD, Kresina TF, McCance-Katz EF. Medication-assisted treatment and HIV/AIDS: aspects in treating HIV-infected drug users. AIDS. 2009 Nov 11.

Coyne K, Mandalia S, McCullough S, et al. The International Index of Erectile Function: Development of an Adapted Tool for Use in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men. J Sex Med. 2009 Nov 12.

Dionne-Odom J, Osborn MK, Radziewicz H, et al. Acute hepatitis C and HIV coinfection. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 Dec. 9(12):775-783.

Foster SB, et al. Increased incidence of asthma in HIV-infected children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in the National Institutes of Health Women and Infants Transmission Study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Guy R, Gold J, Garcia Calleja JM, et al. Accuracy of serological assays for detection of recent infection with HIV and estimation of population incidence: a systematic review. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 Dec. 9(12):747-759.

Haeri S, Shauer M, Dale M, et al. Obstetric and newborn infant outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women who receive highly active antiretroviral therapy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep. 201(3):315.e1-5.

Katz IT, Shapiro R, Li D, et al. Risk Factors for Detectable HIV-1 RNA at Delivery Among Women Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the Women and Infants Transmission Study. JAIDS. 2010 Jan 8.

Koenig S, Ivers LC, Pace S, et al.  HIV Treatment Programs in Haiti: Aftermath of the EarthquakeHIV Ther. 2010;4(2):145-160.

Leport C, Bouteloup V, Rossert J, et al. Long-Term Evolution and Determinants of Renal Function in HIV-Infected Patients Who Began Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in 1997-1999, ANRS CO8 APROCO-COPILOTE. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 13.

Letourneau EJ, Ellis DA, Naar-King S, et al.  Case Study: Multisystemic Therapy for Adolescents Who Engage in HIV Transmission Risk BehaviorsJournal of Pediatric Psycholoogy.  2010;35(2):120-127.

Losina E, Schackman BR, Sadownik SN, et al. Racial and sex disparities in life expectancy losses among HIV-infected persons in the united states: impact of risk behavior, late initiation, and early discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov. 49(10):1570-8.

Martin Hilber A, Francis SC, Chersich M, et al. Intravaginal Practices, Vaginal Infections and HIV Acquisition: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE 5(2): e9119.

Pant Pai N,Estes M, Moodie EEM, Reingold AL, Tulsky JP. The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV Infected Patients Going in and out of the San Francisco County Jail. PLoS ONE. 2009. 4(9): e7115.

Toro PL, Katyal M, Carter RJ, et al. Initiation of antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in resource-limited countries: CD4+ cell count response and program retention. AIDS. 2009 Dec 7.

Tubiana R, Le Chenadec J, Rouzioux C, et al. Factors associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 despite a maternal viral load <500 copies/ml at delivery: a case-control study nested in the french perinatal cohort (EPF-ANRS CO1). Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Feb 15; 50(4):585-96.

Journal of AIDS/HIV

Advocacy

Bass E, Feuer C, Warren M. AIDS vaccine research and advocacy: an update. BETA. 2009 Winter-Spring;21(2):24-30.

Fauci AS and Folkers GK. Investing to meet the scientific challenges of HIV/AIDS. Health Affairs 28(6):1629-41; (2009).

Germain A, Liljestrand J. Women’s groups and professional organizations in advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Aug;106(2):185-7.

Nierengarten MB. HIV/AIDS programmes for Latino communities in the USA. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Feb 2010; 10(2):76.

Rights of vulnerable people and the future of HIV/AIDS. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Feb 2010; 10(2):67.

UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling, and Projections: Working Group on Measuring Concurrent Sexual Partnerships. HIV: consensus indicators are needed for concurrency. The Lancet 2010 Feb. 375(9715):621-622.