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Silvia Guillemi

Clinical Professor Department of Family Medicine at University of British Columbia
Verified email at bccfe.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Humoral immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination in people living with HIV receiving suppressive antiretroviral therapy

…, M Hedgcock, MG Romney, R Barrios, S Guillemi… - npj Vaccines, 2022 - nature.com
Humoral responses to COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV (PLWH) remain
incompletely characterized. We measured circulating antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute leukocyte telomere length in HIV-infected and uninfected individuals: evidence of accelerated cell senescence in HIV-associated chronic obstructive …

JCY Liu, JM Leung, DA Ngan, NF Nashta, S Guillemi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has extended the longevity of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)-infected individuals. However, this has resulted in greater awareness of …

Dose-response effect of incarceration events on nonadherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users

…, T Kerr, J Buxton, T Rhodes, S Guillemi… - Journal of infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
(See the editorial commentary by Flanigan and Beckwith, on pages 1201–3 .) Background.
Although some studies have identified impressive clinical gains for incarcerated HIV-…

[HTML][HTML] Female gender predicts lower access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a setting of free healthcare

C Tapp, MJ Milloy, T Kerr, R Zhang, S Guillemi… - BMC infectious …, 2011 - Springer
Background Barriers to HIV treatment among injection drug users (IDU) are a major public
health concern. However, there remain few long-term studies investigating key demographic …

Homelessness as a structural barrier to effective antiretroviral therapy among HIV-seropositive illicit drug users in a Canadian setting

…, J Buxton, S Parashar, S Guillemi… - AIDS patient care and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Despite the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-seropositive injection drug
users (IDU) continue to suffer from elevated levels of morbidity and mortality. Evidence is …

Emergent drug resistance with integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimens

…, WW Zhang, J Toy, L Akagi, VD Lima, S Guillemi… - Aids, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To estimate the incidence of and risk factors for emergent resistance to integrase
strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) and nucleoside (-tide) reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI…

Methadone maintenance therapy promotes initiation of antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users

S Uhlmann, MJ Milloy, T Kerr, R Zhang, S Guillemi… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Despite proven benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)‐infected injection drug users (IDU) do not access treatment even in settings with …

Inspiratory muscle function in unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis

…, G Contreras, R Moreno, S Guillemi… - American Review of …, 1986 - atsjournals.org
Pulmonary function has been extensively studied in unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis (UDP),
but there is scarce information regarding inspiratory muscle function in this condition. We …

[HTML][HTML] People with HIV receiving suppressive antiretroviral therapy show typical antibody durability after dual COVID-19 vaccination, and strong third dose …

…, R Pantophlet, MG Romney, R Barrios, S Guillemi… - medRxiv, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Longer-term humoral responses to two-dose COVID-19 vaccines remain
incompletely characterized in people living with HIV (PLWH), as do initial responses to a third …

Risk of myocardial infarction among people living with HIV: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

…, MW Hull, SA Lear, M Bennett, S Guillemi… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading non-AIDS-defining causes of
death among HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals. However, the evidence surrounding specific …