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January

Impacts of a multipronged initiative with community HIV clinics to support retention and re-engagement in HIV care.

Eaton E, Martorell CT, Sawyer J, Schreibman TS, Felzien GS, Meza Jimenez J, Anderson Chadha C, Carter J, Napolitan C, Simone L, Molloy L, Douglas B.HIV Res Clin Pract. 2025 Dec;26(1):2455814. doi: 10.1080/25787489.2025.2455814.

Key bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria influence each other's growth in biofilms in rich media and media simulating vaginal tract secretions.

Sousa LGV, Muzny CA, Cerca N.Biofilm. 2025 Jan 3;9:100247. doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100247. eCollection 2025 Jun.PMID: 39877232 

Safety and immunogenicity of ascending doses of influenza A(H7N9) inactivated vaccine with or without MF59®.

Frey SE, Brady R, Jackson L, Goepfert P, El Sahly HM, Atmar RL, Rupp R, Creech CB, Abate G, Paulsen G, Weiss J, Wegel A, Roberts PC.Vaccine. 2025 Feb 15;47:126702. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126702. 

New Perspectives on Antimicrobial Agents: Rezafungin.

Forrister NM, McCarty TP, Pappas PG.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Jan 31;69(1):e0064623. doi: 10.1128/aac.00646-23. 

Comprehensive assessment of vaginal infections using a single swab.

Van Der Pol B, Aycock C, Dixon P, Kodsi S, Paradis S, Torres-Chavolla E, Parvu V.Sex Transm Infect. 2025 Jan 29;101(1):17-20. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2024-056263.PMID: 39214691 

"You're in an Image of a Man but Not a Man": A Qualitative Analysis of Intersectional Stigma Among Men with HIV Experiencing Subfertility in Rural Southwestern Uganda.

Pratt MC, Owembabazi MM, Menninger AT, Kanini E, Kansiime BR, Smith PM, Turan JM, Matthews LT, Atukunda EC.AIDS Behav. 2025 Jan 17. doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04611-3. 

Using a participatory approach to identify priorities to advance LHS implementation at an academic medical center.

Eagleson RM, Gibson M, Dobbins C, Van Pelt F, Hall A, Hearld L, Cherrington AL, McMahon J, Jones KT, Mugavero MJ.Learn Health Syst. 2024 May 26;9(1):e10431. doi: 10.1002/lrh2.10431. eCollection 2025 Jan.PMID: 39822918 

Impact of COVID-19 Public Health Measures on Antiretroviral Therapy Use Among Ugandans Living with HIV in Sero-Different Couples.

Muwonge TR, Feutz E, Nsubuga R, Simoni JM, Nambi F, Nakabugo L, Namanda S, Kibuuka J, Thomas D, Katz IT, Thomas KK, Ware NC, Wyatt MA, Kadama H, Mujugira A, Heffron R.AIDS Behav. 2025 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04612-2. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39789392

Stakeholder Perspectives on the Role of Peer Mentors in the Implementation of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy for Use by Adolescents and Young People in Western Kenya: Findings from a Formative Study, KuwaFree! LiveFree!

Bakari S, Whitney B, Dennis M, Hassan S, Bernard C, Kaguiri E, Maju M, Apondi E, Were E, Patel RC.J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2025 Jan-Dec;24:23259582241303579. doi: 10.1177/23259582241303579.PMID: 39801322 

Use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir/rilpivirine in people with HIV and adherence challenges.

Christopoulos KA, Hickey MD, Rana A.Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2025 Jan 1;20(1):11-18. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000904. Epub 2024 Nov 8.PMID: 39633536 

Low food security is associated with frailty status and frailty components among people with HIV.

Ruderman SA, Willig AL, Cleveland JD, Burkholder G, Davey CH, Fleming J, Gripshover B, Katundu M, Buford TW, Jones R, Saag MS, Delaney JAC, Crane HM, Webel AR.AIDS. 2025 Jan 1;39(1):57-63. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004006. Epub 2024 Sep 3.PMID: 39229756

February

Preferences for monthly oral PrEP over other PrEP modalities among a national sample of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the United States.

Gravett RM, Long DM, Biello KB, Mayer KH, Krakower DS, Hill-Rorie J, Lillis RA, Whiteside Y, Elopre L.J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Feb 20. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003651. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39976527

A qualitative exploration of sexually transmitted infection (STI) partner notification preferences and practices among women planning for pregnancy and offered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Durban, South Africa.

Chitneni P, Kriel Y, Mathenjwa M, Beesham I, Qiya B, Smith PM, Bosman S, Jaggernath M, Smit JA, Matthews LT.BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 11;25(1):554. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21714-7.PMID: 39930410 

Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction After Benzathine Penicillin G Treatment in Adults With Early Syphilis: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Dionne JA, Zhu C, Mejia-Galvis J, Workowski K, Batteiger TA, Dombrowski JC, Mayer KH, McNeil CJ, Seña AC, Taylor S, Wiesenfeld HC, Hamill MM, Perlowski C, Hook EW 3rd.JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2459490. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59490.PMID: 39946129 

Bone density changes in young women in Uganda using tenofovir-based HIV preexposure prophylaxis and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate contraception.

Heffron R, Muwonge TR, Thomas KK, Zewdie K, Ssebuliba T, Stein G, Morrison S, Badaru J, Nakyanzi A, Bambia F, Mugwanya K, Wyatt C, Matovu F, Yin MT, Mujugira A.AIDS. 2025 Feb 1;39(2):123-132. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004029. Epub 2024 Oct 8.PMID: 39729557 

Equal Access, Equal Outcomes: Telehealth Utilization Around the COVID-19 Pandemic among People Living with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder in the Deep South.

Bradford WS, England J, Bratches RWR, Eaton EF.AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb;29(2):684-688. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04550-5. Epub 2024 Nov 15.PMID: 39546147 

"Society Isn't Designed for Us to Win": Trauma and Sexual Healthcare Experiences Among Transgender Women in the Southeastern United States.

Van Gerwen OT, Muzny CA, Turan B, Siwakoti K, Batey DS.Adv Biol (Weinh). 2025 Feb;9(2):e2400200. doi: 10.1002/adbi.202400200. Epub 2024 Aug 26.PMID: 39185803

Towards a shared understanding of the learning health system in a large academic-based health system: A qualitative analysis.

Varley AL, Horton TV, Pisu M, Durant RW, Mugavero MJ, Cherrington AL, Riggs KR.Health Serv Manage Res. 2025 Feb;38(1):22-30. doi: 10.1177/09514848241254928. Epub 2024 May 15.PMID: 38749492

Initiation, cessation and relapse of tobacco smoking over a 3-year period among participants aged ≥15 years in a large longitudinal cohort in rural South Africa.

Sewpaul R, Olivier S, Ngubane H, Zulu T, Sithole M; Vukuzazi Team; Hanekom WA, Kruse G, Rigotti NA, Siedner MJ, Wong EB, Reddy KP.PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Feb 25;5(2):e0004126. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004126. eCollection 2025.PMID: 39999138

March

Chlamydia trachomatis-specific interferon-γ-producing CD8 T-cells are associated with lower chlamydia bacterial load in reinfected women.

Geisler WM, Legg SB, Moylan DC, Gupta K, Van Der Pol B, Tiwari H, Sabbaj S.Immunohorizons. 2025 Mar 26;9(5):vlaf004. doi: 10.1093/immhor/vlaf004.PMID: 40165713

Perceived benefits and barriers to the use of long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Western Kenya: qualitative findings from the KuwaFree! LiveFree! Study.

Hassan SA, Munyoro D, Maju M, Biegon W, Bakari S, Kaguiri E, Jumah A, Omollo M, Obare V, Bernard C, Apondi E, Were E, Patel RC.Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 Mar 7;12:1518719. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1518719. eCollection 2025.PMID: 40124681

Bacterial Vaginosis - Time to Treat Male Partners.

Muzny CA, Sobel JD.N Engl J Med. 2025 Mar 6;392(10):1026-1027. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2500373.PMID: 40043241 

The Impact of Testosterone Therapy on the Vaginal Microbiota of Transgender Men and Non-Binary People: A Prospective Study.

Van Gerwen OT, Aaron KJ, Kay ES, Siwakoti K, Pontius A, Richter S, Sherman ZA, Graves KJ, Tamhane A, Elnaggar JH, Luo M, Toh E, Nelson DE, Van Wagoner NJ, Taylor CM, Muzny CA.J Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 3:jiaf114. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf114. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40037329

Safety of combined long-acting injectable cabotegravir and long-acting injectable rilpivirine in virologically suppressed adolescents with HIV (IMPAACT 2017/MOCHA): a phase 1/2, multicentre, open-label, non-comparative, dose-finding study.

Moore CB, Baltrusaitis K, Best BM, Moye JH, Townley E, Violari A, Heckman B, Buisson S, Van Solingen-Ristea RM, Capparelli EV, Marzinke MA, Lowenthal ED, Ward S, Krotje C, Milligan R, Agwu AL, Huang J, Cheung SYA, McCoig C, Yin DE, Roberts G, Crauwels H, Van Eygen V, Zabih S, Masheto G, Ounchanum P, Aurpibul L, Korutaro V, Gaur AH; IMPAACT 2017 Collaborators for the IMPAACT 2017 Team.Lancet HIV. 2025 Mar;12(3):e191-e200. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00344-8.PMID: 40049924 

Clinical evaluation of computer-aided digital x-ray detection of pulmonary tuberculosis during community-based screening or active case-finding: a case-control study.

Scott AJ, Perumal T, Pooran A, Oelofse S, Jaumdally S, Swanepoel J, Gina P, Mthiyane T, Qin ZZ, Fehr J, Grant AD, Wong EB, van der Walt M, Esmail A, Dheda K.Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Mar;13(3):e517-e527. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00516-3.PMID: 40021309