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Angela Cescon
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 32
Citations - 2664
Angela Cescon is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Cohort. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 32 publications receiving 2293 citations. Previous affiliations of Angela Cescon include St. Paul's Hospital & Simon Fraser University.
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Closing the gap: increases in life expectancy among treated HIV-positive individuals in the United States and Canada.
Hasina Samji,Angela Cescon,Robert S. Hogg,Robert S. Hogg,Sharada P. Modur,Keri N. Althoff,Kate Buchacz,Ann N. Burchell,Mardge H. Cohen,Kelly A. Gebo,M. John Gill,Amy C. Justice,Gregory D. Kirk,Marina B. Klein,P. Todd Korthuis,Jeffrey N. Martin,Sonia Napravnik,Sean B. Rourke,Timothy R. Sterling,Michael J. Silverberg,Stephen G. Deeks,Lisa P. Jacobson,Ronald J. Bosch,Mari M. Kitahata,James J. Goedert,Richard D. Moore,Stephen J. Gange +26 more
TL;DR: A 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on ART in the U.S. or Canada is expected to live into their early 70 s, a life expectancy approaching that of the general population.
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Immunodeficiency at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
Dorita Avila,Keri N. Althoff,Catrina Mugglin,Kara Wools-Kaloustian,Manuel Koller,François Dabis,Denis Nash,Thomas Gsponer,Somnuek Sungkanuparph,Catherine C. McGowan,Margaret T May,David A. Cooper,Cleophas Chimbetete,Marcelo Wolff,Ann C. Collier,Hamish McManus,Mary-Ann Davies,Dominique Costagliola,Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez,Romanee Chaiwarith,Angela Cescon,Morna Cornell,Lameck Diero,Praphan Phanuphak,Adrien Sawadogo,Jochen Ehmer,Serge Eholié,Patrick C.K. Li,Matthew P. Fox,Neel R. Gandhi,Elsa González,Christopher K C Lee,Christopher J. Hoffmann,Andrew Kambugu,Olivia Keiser,Rossana Ditangco,Hans Prozesky,Fiona C Lampe,Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy,Mari M. Kitahata,Emmanuel Lugina,Rita Lyamuya,Saphonn Vonthanak,Valeria Fink,Antonella d'Arminio Monforte,Paula M. Luz,Yi Ming Arthur Chen,Albert Minga,Jordi Casabona,Albert Mwango,Jun Yong Choi,Marie-Louise Newell,Elizabeth A. Bukusi,Kapella Zacharia Ngonyani,Tuti Parwati Merati,Juliana A. Otieno,Mwebesa B. Bosco,Sam Phiri,Oon T Ng,Kathryn Anastos,Jürgen K. Rockstroh,Ignacio Santos,Shinichi Oka,Geoffrey Somi,Christoph Stephan,Ramón Teira,Deo Wabwire,Gilles Wandeler,Andrew Boulle,Peter Reiss,Robin Wood,Benjamin H. Chi,Carolyn Williams,Jonathan A C Sterne,Matthias Egger +74 more
TL;DR: Median CD4 cell counts at the start of cART increased 2000–2009 but remained below 200 cells/&mgr;L in LIC and MIC and below 300 cells/ &mgr:L in HIC.
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Women and Vulnerability to HAART Non-Adherence: A Literature Review of Treatment Adherence by Gender from 2000 to 2011
Cathy M. Puskas,Jamie I Forrest,Surita Parashar,Kate Salters,Angela Cescon,Angela Kaida,Cari L. Miller,David R. Bangsberg,David R. Bangsberg,Robert S. Hogg,Robert S. Hogg +10 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that in multiple studies from developed countries, female gender often predicts lower adherence, and the unique circumstances of HIV–positive women require specialized care to increase adherence to ART.
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End-Stage Renal Disease Among HIV-Infected Adults in North America
Alison G. Abraham,Keri N. Althoff,Yuezhou Jing,Michelle M. Estrella,Mari M. Kitahata,C. William Wester,Ronald J. Bosch,Heidi M. Crane,Joseph J. Eron,M. John Gill,Michael A. Horberg,Amy C. Justice,Amy C. Justice,Marina B. Klein,Angel M. Mayor,Richard D. Moore,Frank J. Palella,Chirag R. Parikh,Michael J. Silverberg,Elizabeth T. Golub,Lisa P. Jacobson,Sonia Napravnik,Gregory M. Lucas,Gregory D. Kirk,Constance A. Benson,Ann C. Collier,Stephen L. Boswell,Chris Grasso,Kenneth H. Mayer,Robert S. Hogg,Richard Harrigan,Julio S. G. Montaner,Angela Cescon,John T. Brooks,Kate Buchacz,Kelly A. Gebo,Benigno Rodriguez,Jennifer E. Thorne,James J. Goedert,Sean B. Rourke,Ann N. Burchell,Anita Rachlis,Robert F. Hunter-Mellado,Steven G. Deeks,Jeffrey N. Martin,Michael S. Saag,Michael J. Mugavero,James H. Willig,Robert Dubrow,David Fiellin,Timothy R. Sterling,David W. Haas,Sally Bebawy,Megan Turner,Stephen J. Gange,Kathryn Anastos,Rosemary G. McKaig,Aimee M. Freeman,Carol Lent,Stephen E. Van Rompaey,Eric Webster,Liz Morton,Brenda Simon,Bryan Lau,Jinbing Zhang,Shari Modur,David B. Hanna,Peter F Rebeiro,Cherise Wong,Adell Mendes +69 more
TL;DR: The risk of ESRD remains high among HIV-infected individuals in care but is declining with improvements in virologic suppression, coincident with notable increases in both the prevalence of viral suppression and the prevalenceof E SRD risk factors including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hepatitis C virus coinfection.
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U.S. Trends in Antiretroviral Therapy Use, HIV RNA Plasma Viral Loads, and CD4 T-Lymphocyte Cell Counts Among HIV-Infected Persons, 2000 to 2008
Keri N. Althoff,Kate Buchacz,H. Irene Hall,Jinbing Zhang,David B. Hanna,Peter F Rebeiro,Stephen J. Gange,Richard D. Moore,Mari M. Kitahata,Kelly A. Gebo,Jeffrey N. Martin,Amy C. Justice,Michael A. Horberg,Robert S. Hogg,Timothy R. Sterling,Angela Cescon,Marina B. Klein,Jennifer E. Thorne,Heidi M. Crane,Michael J. Mugavero,Sonia Napravnik,Gregory D. Kirk,Lisa P. Jacobson,John T. Brooks +23 more
TL;DR: The NA-ACCORD is the largest cohort of HIV-infected adults in clinical care in the United States that is demographically similar to PLWH-US in 2008, and increases were observed in the percentage of prescribed HAART, the percentage who achieved a suppressed HIV VL, and the median CD4 cell count at death.