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Identification of serodiscordant couples, their clinical and laboratory characteristics, and vulnerabilities of HIV transmission risk in Northeastern Brazil in the era of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2020
Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of HIV serodiscordants couples and their seronegative partners who were candidates for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrPE), and the knowledge about behavioural measures to reduce virus transmission. Methods: The research
Maíra Gomes Monteiro, Adriana Farrant Braz, Kledoaldo Lima, Heloísa Ramos Lacerda   +3 more
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Oral manifestations in HIV-positive individuals under highly active antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence data

BMC Oral Health
This study aims to analytically explore the prevalence of oral manifestations in HIV-positive patients who are receiving or are not receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
Thais Suzigan Dagnoni, Luiz Renato Paranhos, Vinícius Lima de Almeida, Walbert de Andrade Vieira, João Botelho, Verena Paula Stern Netto, Micena Roberta Miranda Alves e Silva, Ademir Franco, Rui Barbosa de Brito Júnior   +8 more
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Benefit of viral load testing for confirmation of immunological failure in HIV patients treated in rural Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
Objective  Viral load testing is used in the HIV programme of Chiradzulu, Malawi, to confirm the diagnosis of immunological failure to prevent unnecessary switching to second-line therapy.
Badri, Bisson, Calmy, Ekouevi, Ferradini, Kantor, Keiser, Lebon, Mee, Moore, Murri, Reynolds, van Oosterhout, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +14 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disseminated kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: A rare entity in an Indian patient

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2016
AIDS-associated disseminated Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a rare entity, especially in India due to the low prevalence of human herpes virus-8 infections in Indian population.
Biswanath Behera, Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Devinder Mohan Thappa, Pampa Ch Toi, Kolar Vishwanath Vinod   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limited effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive injecting drug users on the population level [PDF]

, 2017
There is evidence that HIV-positive injecting drug users benefit less than other risk groups from highly active antiretroviral therapy that has been available since 1996.
Aguado, Ildefonso Hernádez, Boufassa, Faroudy, Brettle, Raymond P., Coutinho, Roel A., Fontanet, Arnaud, McMenamin, Jim, Prins, Maria, Robertson, J. Roy, Schiffer, Veronique, van Asten, Liselotte C., Zangerle, Robert   +10 more
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Drug-Drug Interactions Among Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Medications [PDF]

, 2015
One-fourth of individuals diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus concomitantly have the hepatitis C virus infection. Since the discovery of highly active antiretroviral therapy, liver complications have become the leading cause of morbidity and ...
Gandhi, Mona A., Kaur, Kirpal, Slish, Judianne   +2 more
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Humanized immune system animal models and their recent applications

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
In this review, we provide an updated and comprehensive overview of the current state of humanized immune system animal model research. We discuss the variety of techniques used to produce humanized mice with their respective strengths and weaknesses, and evaluate the advantages and limitations of these models, including issues with incomplete immune ...
Nicolas Skuli, Rudra B. Amin, A’ishah Bakayoko, Marisa Kruidenier, Sahara Aqui, Sarah J. Skuli, Terence P. Gade   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lamivudine’s hypersensitivity in an HIV infected patient: case report

Medicina, 2017
Relevance: To report a case of hypersensitivity to lamivudine, a medicine that is considered safe and is indicated as part of the initial therapy for HIV infected patients.
Vitor R. G. A. Valviesse, Leonardo I. de Pinho, Rodrigo F. Freitas, Andrea G. Varon, Alberto S. Lemos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is unclear what the outcomes are in patients who are lost to programmes ...
Martin W. G. Brinkhof, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Matthias Egger, Sean Emery, M Egger, A Mocroft, FJ Palella Jr, P Braitstein, CT Yiannoutsos, MW Brinkhof, S Rosen, M Dahab, DW Krebs, M-W An, P Ive, RP Dalal, JK-L Yu, EH Geng, GP Bisson, M Maskew, M Hochgesang, M McGuire, A Billy, G Lurton, K Deribe, K Joshi, A Muwanga, L Ferradini, A Boulle, JS Stringer, JF Etard, M Forster, R Zachariah, AP Hardon, S Weiser, A Ammassari, A Ammassari, S Rueda, EJ Mills   +38 more
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