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Application of the Chinese Version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in People Living With HIV: Preliminary Reliability and Validity

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) has been a widely used instrument measuring sleep quality among people living with HIV (PLWH) in China while its psychometric properties have yet to be examined in this population.
Dong-Qin Yan, Yun-Xiang Huang, Yun-Xiang Huang, Xi Chen, Min Wang, Jie Li, Dan Luo   +6 more
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Rational design 2.0: transitioning from static structural biology to computational prioritization and iterative vaccine optimization for RSV

Frontiers in Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in infants and older adults worldwide. Although vaccines based on the fusion (F) protein have shown progress, their efficacy remains limited by antigenic ...
Xiulong Wei, Xiulong Wei, Jing Chen, Jing Chen, Zhaolong Li, Zhaolong Li   +5 more
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Cholesterol efflux responds to viral load and CD4 counts in HIV+ patients and is dampened in HIV exposed

Journal of Lipid Research, 2018
Cholesterol efflux (CE) capacity has been inversely associated with atherosclerosis and may provide an insight on inflammation occurring in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) individuals. We address this by studying CE in HIV patients at different stages
Olivia Tort, Tuixent Escribà, Lander Egaña-Gorroño, Elisa de Lazzari, Montserrat Cofan, Emma Fernandez, José Maria Gatell, Esteban Martinez, Felipe Garcia, Mireia Arnedo   +9 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic in adolescents from a Brazilian metropolis (1978-2017)

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among adolescents is increasing. This study aimed to analyze this current situation in Rio de Janeiro City.
Stella Regina Taquette, Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues   +1 more
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Cytokine dynamics in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of HIV/AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis receiving antifungal therapy

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundCytokines in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are critical to the pathogenesis of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (HCM). Previous studies focused on baseline cytokine levels, but changes during antifungal therapy are underexplored.
Rui Su, Shuwei Zhao, Jun Liu, Chongxi Li, Yuye Li, Yingkui Cao, Zhenghui Yang, Hongbin Li   +7 more
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Low Cluster of Differentiation 4+ T Cell Count in People Living with HIV/AIDS Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy Visiting a Reference Laboratory: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a lentivirus that causes human immunodeficiency virus infection and over time, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Samikshya Kandel, Sundar Khadka, Mahesh Lamsal, Bimlesh Jha, Sunil Paudyal , Swotantra Gautam, Sagar Poudel, Mukunda Sharma, Jeena Amatya   +8 more
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Brain Lesions Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era: A Single-center Experience in Japan

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with human immunodeficiency virus-related brain lesions who underwent neurosurgical procedures in the antiretroviral therapy era.
Yosuke FUJIMI, Katsunori ASAI, Dai WATANABE, Tomoko UEHIRA, Yonehiro KANEMURA, Nobuyuki IZUTSU, Shuhei KAWABATA, Hideki KURODA, Masayoshi KIDA, Mao KANECHI, Keiko OKUSU, Yoshitsugu NISHIJIMA, Takaaki MATSUMOTO, Toshiyuki FUJINAKA   +13 more
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Chinese Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (2024 Edition)

Xiehe Yixue Zazhi
In 2005, the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Professional Group of Society of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Medical Association formulated the "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS" in China (hereinafter referred to as the "Guideline").
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Professional Group of Society of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention   +1 more
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Lymph node co-infection of Mycobacterium avium complex and cytomegalovirus in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient

Infectious Disease Reports, 2013
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients are known to have an increased tendency for developing opportunistic infections. However, there are no reports of simultaneous lymph node involvement of cytomegalovirus and Mycobacterium avium complex in a ...
Arya Hedjazi, Marzieh Hosseini, Amin Hoseinzadeh   +2 more
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Aplastic anemia associated to systemic lupus erythematosus in an AIDS patient: a case report

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2013
Aplastic anemia is a bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by peripheral cytopenias and hypocellular bone marrow. Although aplastic anemia is idiopathic in most cases, rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus are recognized as causes ...
Leonardo Rodrigues de Oliveira, Thais Camargos Ferreira, Fernando de Freitas Neves, Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Meneses   +3 more
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