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Neonatal Tetanus Immunity in Nigeria: The Effect of HIV Infection on Serum Levels and Transplacental Transfer of Antibodies

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016
Background. Tetanus toxoid immunisation of pregnant mother has remained the most effective strategy in eliminating neonatal tetanus. Impaired production and/or transplacental transfer of antibodies may affect the effectiveness of this strategy.
Muhammad Faruk Bashir, Hassan Abdullahi Elechi, Mohammed Garba Ashir, Adamu Ibrahim Rabasa, David Nadeba Bukbuk, Ahmadu Baba Usman, Modu Gofama Mustapha, Mohammad Arab Alhaji   +7 more
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Prevalences and associated risk factors of HCV/HIV co-infection and HCV mono-infection among injecting drug users in a methadone maintenance treatment program in Taipei, Taiwan

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Injecting drug users (IDUs) in Taiwan contributed significantly to an HIV/AIDS epidemic in 2005. In addition, studies that identified risk factors of HCV/HIV co-infection among IDUs were sparse. This study aimed to identify risk factors of HCV/
Yen Yung-Feng, Yen Muh-Yong, Su Lien-Wen, Li Lan-Huei, Chuang Peing, Jiang Xiao-Ru, Deng Chung-Yeh   +6 more
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TLR Activation Pathways in HIV-1–Exposed Seronegative Individuals [PDF]

The Journal of Immunology, 2010
Abstract TLRs trigger innate immunity that recognizes conserved motifs of invading pathogens, resulting in cellular activation and release of inflammatory factors. The influence of TLR activation on resistance to HIV-1 infection has not been investigated in HIV-1 exposed seronegative (ESN) individuals.
M. Biasin, L. Piacentini, S. Lo Caputo, V. Naddeo, P. Pierotti, M. Borelli, D. Trabattoni, F. Mazzotta, G. M. Shearer, M. Clerici   +9 more
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Measles among migrants in the European Union and the European Economic Area [PDF]

, 2015
Aims: Progress towards meeting the goal of measles elimination in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) by 2015 is being obstructed, as some children are either not immunized on time or never immunized.
Bacci, Sabrina, Ingleby, Jonathan D., Mckee, Martin, Mladovsky, Philipa, Noori, Teymur, Odone, Anna, Rechel, Bernd, Shadwick, Rebecca, Suk, Jonathan E., Tillmann, Taavi, Williams, Gemma   +10 more
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Association of time-to-treatment with outcomes of Pneumocystis pneumonia with respiratory failure in HIV-negative patients

Respiratory Research, 2019
Background The prevalence of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) and associated hypoxic respiratory failure is increasing in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients. However, no prior studies have evaluated the effect of early anti-PCP treatment on
Ryoung-Eun Ko, Soo Jin Na, Kyungmin Huh, Gee Young Suh, Kyeongman Jeon   +4 more
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Cochlear Function Among HIV-Seropositive and HIV-Seronegative Men and Women [PDF]

Ear & Hearing, 2014
There is limited research about cochlear function in adults who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive (+). The aim of the present study was to collect measures of cochlear function in a large sample of adults with, or at risk for, HIV infection, to evaluate associations between HIV status, HIV treatment, and cochlear function.Distortion ...
Peter, Torre, Howard J, Hoffman, Gayle, Springer, Christopher, Cox, Mary, Young, Joseph B, Margolick, Michael, Plankey   +6 more
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The CARMA Study: Early Infant Antiretroviral Therapy - Timing Impacts on Total HIV-1 DNA Quantitation 12 Years Later [PDF]

, 2021
Background. Strategies aimed at antiretroviral therapy (ART)-free remission will target individuals with a limited viral reservoir. We investigated factors associated with low reservoir measured as total human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) DNA in
Bamford A., De Rossi A., Dominguez-Rodriguez S., Fidler K., Foster C., Giaquinto C., Gkouleli T., Heaney J., Nastouli E., Navarro M., Palma P., Rojo P., Rossi P., Tagarro A., Watters S.   +14 more
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Association of HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 DNA detection and serological response in unvaccinated adolescent women [PDF]

, 2013
Antibodies directed against the human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 protein are detected in approximately 70% of individuals with HPV infections. The factors associated with a serological response are not characterized.
Brown, Darron R., Ermel, Aaron, Shew, Marcia, Tong, Yan, Tu, Wanzhu   +4 more
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Linfoma primário de cavidade pleural em paciente imunocompetente Primary effusion lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2005
O linfoma primário de cavidade é um tipo raro de linfoma não-Hodgkin que acomete principalmente pacientes imunocomprometidos e, mais raramente, pacientes imunocompetentes.
Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S Vargas, Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira, Marcelo A C Vaz, Maria Mirtes Sales, Luis C Moreira, Roberta Karla Barbosa de Sales   +6 more
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Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) among a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian women

BMC Cancer, 2017
There is limited data in Ghana on the epidemiology of HPV and cervical neoplasia and their associations with HIV. This study aimed to compare among HIV-1 seropositive and HIV-seronegative Ghanaian women: (1) the prevalence, genotype distribution and risk
D. Obiri-Yeboah, P. Akakpo, M. Mutocheluh, Emmanuel Adjei-Danso, G. Allornuvor, D. Amoako-Sakyi, Y. Adu-Sarkodie, P. Mayaud   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source