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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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Vasculitides in HIV Infection [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Rheumatology Reports, 2020
To review the spectrum of vasculitides in HIV-infected patients and to identify the clinical features that characterize vasculitis in sero-positive HIV.Epidemiological studies conducted in the post-HAART era described the rarity of vasculitis in the setting of HIV-infected patients. A study identified histopathological features such as leukocytoclastic
Luis E. Vega, Luis R. Espinoza
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HIV infections in otolaryngology [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Science Monitor, 2012
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection may produce no clinical symptoms for 10 years on average. However, after many years of infection most people develop symptoms that indicate progression of the disease. There are no regular characteristic symptoms or early stage, and no logical sequence of AIDS indicator disorders has been observed.
Dorota Rogowska-Szadkowska   +2 more
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Osteoporosis and HIV Infection [PDF]

open access: yesCalcified Tissue International, 2022
AbstractLife expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) is now close to that of the HIV-uninfected population. As a result, age-related comorbidities, including osteoporosis, are increasing in PLWH. This narrative review describes the epidemiology of bone fragility in PLWH, changes of bone features over the course of HIV infection and their ...
openaire   +3 more sources

High variability of TB, HIV, hepatitis C treatment and opioid substitution therapy among prisoners in Germany

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background In Germany, medical care of prisoners is completely separated from extramural health care. The extent and quality of medical care among prisoners in Germany are therefore largely unknown.
Jana Müller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and low level of awareness among people who recently started injecting drugs in a cross-sectional study in Germany, 2011–2014: missed opportunities for hepatitis C testing

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background In Germany, risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highest among people who inject drugs (PWID). New injectors (NI) are particularly vulnerable for HCV-acquisition, but little is known about health seeking behaviour and opportunities for
Julia Enkelmann   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Antimicrobial Resistance over a Ten-Year Surveillance Period, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008–2017

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2018
Background: In South Africa, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are managed through a syndromic approach at primary healthcare centres (PHCs). Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the predominant cause of male urethritis syndrome.
Ranmini Kularatne   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transmitted drug resistance and subtype patterns of viruses from reported new HIV diagnoses in Germany, 2017–2020

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The transmission of resistant HIV variants jeopardizes the effective use of antiretrovirals for therapy and prophylaxis. Molecular surveillance of new HIV diagnoses with a focus on prevalence and type of resistance associated mutations and the
Uwe Fiebig   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additional challenges in reaching hepatitis C elimination goals in Germany due to the COVID-19 pandemic - descriptive analysis of drug prescription data from January 2018 to June 2021

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
Effectively treating hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections prevents sequelae and onward transmission. In Germany, HCV drug prescriptions have declined since 2015.
Emily D. Meyer   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Article approval pendingTo assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonobstetric infections in a rural Malawian ...
Ahmad   +23 more
core   +3 more sources

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