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HIV infection [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015
More than 75 million people worldwide have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and there are now approximately 37 million individuals living with the infection. Untreated HIV replication causes progressive CD4(+) T cell loss and a wide range of immunological abnormalities, leading to an increased risk of infectious and oncological ...
Steven G, Deeks   +3 more
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A Pandemic within Other Pandemics. When a Multiple Infection of a Host Occurs: SARS-CoV-2, HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

open access: yesViruses, 2021
By the middle of 2021, we are still immersed in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Carmen María González-Domenech   +5 more
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Effect of Intranodally Administered Dendritic Cell-Based HIV Vaccine in Combination With Pegylated Interferon α-2a on Viral Control Following ART Discontinuation: A Phase 2A Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
IntroductionFunctional cure has been proposed as an alternative to lifelong antiretroviral therapy and therapeutic vaccines represent one of the most promising approaches.Materials and MethodsWe conducted a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled ...
Lorna Leal   +66 more
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Abnormal Shift in B Memory Cell Profile Is Associated With the Expansion of Circulating T Follicular Helper Cells via ICOS Signaling During Acute HIV-1 Infection

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Interactions between T follicular helper (Tfh) cells and germinal center B cells are essential for the differentiation of B cells and specific antibody responses against HIV-1 infection.
Xiaofan Lu   +14 more
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Acceptability and usability of HIV self-tests in two European countries: findings from surveys of clients at non-governmental organisations in Lithuania and Italy

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Uptake of HIV self-tests (HIVST) remains low in Europe. We conducted two separate surveys to understand facilitators and barriers to the use of HIVST in two European countries, as part of the EU INTEGRATE Joint Action.
Sophie G. Nash   +8 more
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Weak SARS-CoV-2-specific responses of TIGIT-expressing CD8+ T cells in people living with HIV after a third dose of a SARS-CoV-2 inactivated vaccine

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal, 2023
. Background:. T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif domains (TIGIT), an inhibitory receptor expressed on T cells, plays a dysfunctional role in antiviral infection and antitumor activity.
Junyan Jin   +15 more
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Latent tuberculosis screening and treatment in HIV: highly acceptable in a prospective cohort study

open access: yesERJ Open Research, 2022
Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk of re-activation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Although UK and international guidelines identify this group as a priority for LTBI screening and treatment, data on attitudes of ...
Helena A. White   +8 more
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Targeting the HIV reservoir: chimeric antigen receptor therapy for HIV cure

open access: yesChinese Medical Journal, 2023
. Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce the viral load in the plasma to undetectable levels in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals, ART alone cannot completely eliminate HIV due to its integration into the host cell genome ...
Shuang Li   +6 more
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Primary HIV infection [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent HIV/AIDS Reports, 2004
Primary HIV infection refers to the events surrounding acquisition of HIV infection. It is associated with a nonspecific clinical syndrome that occurs 2 to 4 weeks after exposure in 40% to 90% of individuals acquiring HIV. Patients identified before seroconversion often have very high plasma HIV RNA titers that, without treatment, gradually decrease to
Joanne, Stekler, Ann C, Collier
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Paediatric HIV infection [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1997
Globally paediatric HIV infection represents a major setback to child health. The World Health Organisation estimates that over 20 million adults and 1.5 million children have been infected with HIV since the pandemic began 20 years ago. World wide over a thousand children a day are born with HIV.
M, Sharland   +4 more
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