Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education in Schools
... ABSTRACT. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ep- idemic has grown during the past 15 years. Education remains a critical component of our efforts ...
5
Characteristics relating to the interiorization of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
... Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is considered a major public health problem. In recent decades, few diseases have generated as much interest from the scientific community and health ...
5
Differential Diagnosis and Association of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Systemic Erythematous Lupus: A Brief Review
... infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and systemic lupus erythe- matosus (SLE) are multisystem diseases whose diagnosis and treatment remain challenging in medical ...
7
Accelerated neutrophil apoptosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
... Neutrophil (PMNL) function defects occur as a consequence of HIV infection. This study examined PMNL apoptosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to determine if ...
7
Pneumocystis carinii antigenemia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
... The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and significance of Pneumocystis carinii antigenemia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS and clinically o[r] ...
5
Respiratory Failure in Children With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Acquired lmmunodeficiency Syndrome-Related Complex
... lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis may have a better prognosis than lung disease due to infectious causes, but children with lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis in whom acute respirat[r] ...
8
Acquired Circulating Anticoagulants in Children With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
... If normal plasma does not restore the prolonged patient APTT to the control level (ie, APTT of the mixture is longer than APTT of the control sub- ject), then a circulating anticoagulant[r] ...
5
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education in Schools
... Those trained would then: (1) conduct education programs for teachers, school adminis- trators, parent groups, community groups, psychol- ogists and other mental health personnel, and st[r] ...
5
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in an Infant With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
... cytomegalovirus retinitis in the German liter- ature’2, ocular manifestations of AIDS in children have not previously been described, although they may be seen in as many as 94% of adult[r] ...
7
Risky Business: Adolescents and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
... There are three new features that distinguish the second decade of the human immunodeficiency vi rus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic among youth from the first d[r] ...
5
Risk factors affecting the mortality of HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the cART era: a retrospective cohort study in China
... Globally, tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodefi- ciency virus (HIV) co-infection is a major public health problem. It has been estimated that more than one-third of individuals with HIV infection develop active TB in- ...
9
Antiretroviral therapy related adverse effects: Can sub-Saharan Africa cope with the new “test and treat” policy of the World Health Organization?
... AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; ART: Antiretroviral therapy; CVD: Cardiovascular disease; DM: Diabetes mellitus; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; NRTI: Nucleoside analogue re[r] ...
5
Evaluation of passive particle agglutination test for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus
... A gelatin particle agglutination assay was compared with indirect immunofluorescence by using 663 serum samples from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and acquired immunodeficiency synd[r] ...
5
Surveillance of Pediatric HIV Infection
... human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance should expand to include perinatal HIV ex- posure and HIV infection as well as AIDS to delineate ...
7
Opium trade and the spread of HIV in the Golden Crescent
... FSWs: Female sex workers; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; HIV/AIDS: Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HS[r] ...
10
School Placement for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children: The Baltimore City Experience
... HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; CDC, Centers for Disease Control; AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics; BCHD, Baltimore City Health Department[r] ...
8
The Use of Oral Acyclovir in Otherwise Healthy Children With Varicella
... Acyclovir-resistant varicella- zoster virus infection after chronic acyclovir therapy in patients with the. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)[r] ...
5
China’s biggest, most neglected health challenge: non-communicable diseases
... HIV/AIDS: Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; IMF: International Monetary Fund; MDGs: Millennium Development Goals; NCDs: Non-communicable diseases; NCMS: Ne[r] ...
6
Drug manufacturing and access to medicines: the West African story. A literature review of challenges and proposed remediation
... Human immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome; HLTF: High Level Task Force on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems; LDC: Least Developed Countries; MA: ...
15
An unexpected diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus 2 infection in an overseas visitor: a case report
... lower and there is a longer period of asymptomatic infec- tion with a slower decline in CD4 cell counts [2, 3]. This ultimately means that there is a slower progression to acquired immunodeficiency ...
5