Ophthalmic Disease Prevalence and Incidence among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the AFRICOS Study

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¹ Department of Flight Medicine, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Djibouti.
² United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland.
³ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Mbeya, Tanzania.
⁵ Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Kericho, Kenya.
⁷ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Kisumu, Kenya.
⁸ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁹ Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹⁰ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: grant.a.justin@gmail.com.

PMID: 33316345
PMCID: PMC8192584
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.12.008

Ophthalmic Disease Prevalence and Incidence among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the AFRICOS Study

Morgan M Harvey et al. Ophthalmology. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;128(7):1104-1107.

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.12.008. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

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¹ Department of Flight Medicine, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Djibouti.
² United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland.
³ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Mbeya, Tanzania.
⁵ Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Kericho, Kenya.
⁷ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; HJF Medical Research International, Kisumu, Kenya.
⁸ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁹ Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹⁰ United States Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: grant.a.justin@gmail.com.

PMID: 33316345
PMCID: PMC8192584
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.12.008

Abstract

Ophthalmic disease in people living with HIV (PLWH) and at-risk controls in Sub-Saharan Africa was evaluated. PLWH were more likely to have ophthalmic disease at enrollment, but there was no difference in incidence once enrolled.

Keywords: AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Conjunctivitis; HIV; Ophthalmic disease; Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Ophthalmic Disease Prevalence and Incidence among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the AFRICOS Study

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Ophthalmic Disease Prevalence and Incidence among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the AFRICOS Study

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