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Penile vascular status in young men living with HIV experiencing erectile dysfunction: A comparative cross‐sectional pilot study

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Erectile dysfunction in people living with HIV is a multifactorial disease, but the role of penile vascular status assessed by dynamic penile color Doppler echography is underexplored. Objectives This study assessed penile vascular status in young males living with HIV experiencing erectile dysfunction, comparing them to HIV ...
Giorgio Tiecco, Andrea Delbarba, Cosimo Colangelo, Marco Di Gregorio, Paolo Facondo, Matteo Riva, Carlo Cappelli, Emanuele Focà, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros‐Roldan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and clinical attributes of patients who restart antiretroviral therapy in central and Copperbelt provinces, Zambia: a retrospective longitudinal study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background About 30 % of the patients initiated on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia default treatment. Some of these patients later restart treatment; however, the characteristics of these patients have not been well described and documented.
Chama Mulubwa, Oliver Mweemba, Patrick Katayamoyo, Hikabasa Halwindi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women on followup at Mizan Tepi University Teaching and Tepi General Hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020
Background: The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy has not only improved longevity in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected individuals but in addition has had a significant impact on the rate of mother-to-child transmission of ...
Temesgen Aferu, Gatluak Doang, Ameha Zewudie, Tadesse Nigussie   +3 more
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Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infection in domestic pet cats in Australia and New Zealand: Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention and management

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Progressive feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infection dramatically shortens the lives of infected cats, causing acquired immunodeficiency, aplastic anaemia, lymphoma, leukaemia and other myeloproliferative diseases. The potential impact of regressive FeLV infection on the development of disease remains largely unknown, although there is evidence it ...
ME Westman, SJ Coggins, M van Dorsselaer, JM Norris, RA Squires, M Thompson, R Malik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unintended Pregnancies Observed With Combined Use of the Levonorgestrel Contraceptive Implant and Efavirenz-based Antiretroviral Therapy: A Three-Arm Pharmacokinetic Evaluation Over 48 Weeks

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015
Women receiving efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy plus a contraceptive implant had significantly lower levonorgestrel pharmacokinetics than women not receiving antiretroviral therapy.
K. Scarsi, Kristin M. Darin, S. Nakalema, D. Back, P. Byakika-Kibwika, L. Else, S. Dilly Penchala, A. Buzibye, S. Cohn, C. Merry, M. Lamorde   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ethics of Identifying Individuals Involved in HIV Transmission Events by Phylogenetics in Molecular Surveillance

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Molecular HIV surveillance, involving the collection and analysis of HIV genome sequences, has become an integral part of public health programmes in high‐income countries. By employing phylogenetic analysis, molecular HIV surveillance can identify individuals and their positions within networks of HIV transmission.
Francisca Faber, Lucie Abeler‐Dörner, Stephanie Johnson, Tess Johnson, Euzebiusz Jamrozik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of the Properties of Acid-Base Indicator of Rose (Rosa setigera), Allamanda (Allamanda cathartica), and Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Flowers

Biochemistry Research International, 2015
The need to develop effective alternative for synthetic indicators is the demand of present-day chemistry. The acid-base indicator properties of Rose (Rosa setigera), Allamanda (Allamanda cathartica), and Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) flowers were ...
Stanley I. R. Okoduwa, Lovina O. Mbora, Matthew E. Adu, Ameh A. Adeyi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of antiretroviral therapy on renal function among HIV-infected Tanzanian adults: a retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundData regarding the outcomes of HIV-infected adults with baseline renal dysfunction who start antiretroviral therapy are conflicting.MethodsWe followed up a previously-published cohort of HIV-infected adult outpatients in northwest Tanzania who ...
Bonaventura C T Mpondo, Samuel E Kalluvya, Robert N Peck, Rodrick Kabangila, Benson R Kidenya, Lucheri Ephraim, Daniel W Fitzgerald, Jennifer A Downs   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organoid Models to Study Human Infectious Diseases

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Our manuscript reviews the role of organoids as models for studying human infectious diseases, highlighting their irreplaceable contributions to drug testing and vaccine development for significant infectious diseases including HIV, ZIKV, SARS‐CoV‐2 and MPXV.
Sijing Zhu, Dan Chen, Xinzhi Yang, Liuliu Yang, Yuling Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence rate of modifying or discontinuing first combined antiretroviral therapy regimen due to toxicity during the first year of treatment stratified by age

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Toxicity is the most frequently reported reason for modifying or discontinuing the first combined antiretroviral therapy regimens, and it can cause significant morbidity, poor quality of life and also can be an important barrier to adherence, ultimately ...
Thiago Silva Torres, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Luciane S. Velasque, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn   +4 more
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