Pietro Vernazza
University of St. Gallen
304 Papers
4.6K Citations
Pietro Vernazza is an academic researcher from University of St. Gallen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Viral load. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 287 publications. Previous affiliations of Pietro Vernazza include University Hospital of Lausanne & University Hospital of Basel.
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Papers
Body fat changes among antiretroviral-naive patients on PI- and NNRTI-based HAART in the Swiss HIV cohort study.
James Young,Martin Rickenbach,Rainer Weber,Hansjakob Furrer,Enos Bernasconi,Bernard Hirschel,Philip E. Tarr,Pietro Vernazza,Manuel Battegay,Heiner C. Bucher +9 more
TL;DR: Fat loss is more likely to be reported with increasing exposure to stavudine, and there is no evidence of major differences between PI and NNRTI therapy in the risk of reported body fat changes.
Incidence of HIV-1 Drug Resistance Among Antiretroviral Treatment–Naive Individuals Starting Modern Therapy Combinations
Viktor von Wyl,Sabine Yerly,Jürg Böni,Cyril Shah,Cristina Cellerai,Thomas Klimkait,Manuel Battegay,Enos Bernasconi,Matthias Cavassini,Hansjakob Furrer,Bernard Hirschel,Pietro Vernazza,Bruno Ledergerber,Huldrych F. Günthard +13 more
TL;DR: The inclusion of TDF instead of AZT and ATZ/r was correlated with lower rates of resistance emergence, most likely because of improved tolerability and pharmacokinetics resulting from a once-daily dosage.
CD4+ T-cell count increase in HIV-1-infected patients with suppressed viral load within 1 year after start of antiretroviral therapy.
Marcel Wolbers,Manuel Battegay,Bernard Hirschel,Hansjakob Furrer,Matthias Cavassini,Barbara Hasse,Pietro Vernazza,Enos Bernasconi,Gilbert R. Kaufmann,Heiner C. Bucher +9 more
TL;DR: Long-term CD4+ T-cell increase in drug-naive patients with suppressed VL was higher in regimens without tenofovir, and could influence treatment of older patients and those starting cART at low CD4+, according to clinical relevance.
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Is breastfeeding an equipoise option in effectively treated HIV-infected mothers in a high-income setting?
Christian R Kahlert,Karoline Aebi-Popp,Enos Bernasconi,Begoña Martinez de Tejada,David Nadal,Paolo Paioni,Christoph Rudin,Cornelia Staehelin,Noémie Wagner,Pietro Vernazza +9 more
TL;DR: A shared decision-making process is advocated and a list of topics on which to provide unbiased information for the HIV-infected mother to enable her comprehensive understanding of one or the other decision is suggested.
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Is unsafe sexual behaviour increasing among HIV-infected individuals?
Tracy R. Glass,James B. Young,Pietro Vernazza,Martin Rickenbach,Rainer Weber,Matthias Cavassini,Bernard Hirschel,Manuel Battegay,Heiner C. Bucher +8 more
TL;DR: There was no evidence of a trend in unsafe sex behaviour over time, however, several subgroups were identified as being more likely to report unsafe sex and should be targeted for specific interventions.