KIR/HLA Pleiotropism: Protection against Both HIV and Opportunistic Infections [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2006 The compound genotype KIR3DS1/HLA-B Bw4-80I, which presumably favors natural killer cell activation, has been implicated in protection against HIV disease.
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Opportunistic intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among patients living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral therapy in the Central Ethiopia Regional State: a multi-center analytical cross-sectional study. [PDF]
BMC Infect DisBackground Opportunistic infections have several complications and negative impacts on the patients and the family. Despite the improvement in the provision of antiretroviral therapy, opportunistic intestinal parasitic infections are major public health ...
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Introdução: Comprometimento gástrico pode ocorrer em doenças oportunísticas na AIDS, tanto de origem neoplásica quanto infecciosa. Linfoma gástrico, Sarcoma de Kaposi, infecção por citomegalovírus têm sido as mais relatadas.
Isadora de Lima Xavier Andrade +4 more
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Extra-pulmonary manifestations of paracoccidioidomycosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 We present a patient with Paracoccidioidomycosis/HIV coinfection which has been investigated because of chronic monoarthritis and mucocutaneous lesions.
Izabella Picinin Safe +6 more
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The Cost-effectiveness of Preventing AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections [PDF]
JAMA, 1998 Multiple options are now available for prophylaxis of opportunistic infections related to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, because of differences in incidence rates as well as drug efficacy, toxicity, and costs, the role of different types of prophylaxis remains uncertain.To determine the clinical impact, cost, and cost ...
K A, Freedberg +6 more
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Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Background: HIV infection continues to be a major health problem with more than millions of AIDS-related death annually. As CD4+ cell count decreases in HIV/AIDS patients, the risk of opportunistic fungal infections increases resulting in high ...
Ashok Kumar Sharma +4 more
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Isolation of Malassezia spp. in HIV-positive patients with and without seborrheic dermatitis [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2019 Background Malassezia, a skin saprophyte, is frequently isolated from patients with seborrheic dermatitis, which is one of the most common dermatoses in HIV-infected patients. Its role in pathophysiology has not been defined.
Gabriela Moreno-Coutiño +5 more
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Viruses, 2022 The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. Several factors related to the non-suppression of HIV, including interruptions of antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Eldridge Fedricksen Oloumbou +5 more
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A Mouse Model That Mimics AIDS-Related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis: Insights into Pathogenesis
Pathogens, 2021 With the appearance of the worldwide AIDS pandemic four decades ago came a number of debilitating opportunistic infections in patients immunosuppressed by the pathogenic human retrovirus HIV.
Jay J. Oh +2 more
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AIDS-Related Mycoses: Current Progress in the Field and Future Priorities. [PDF]
, 2017 Opportunistic fungal infections continue to take an unacceptably heavy toll on the most disadvantaged living with HIV-AIDS, and are a major driver for HIV-related deaths. At the second EMBO Workshop on AIDS-Related Mycoses, clinicians and scientists from
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