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Mapping the spatial distribution and characteristics of HIV seropositivity among women in Ethiopia. A spatial analysis [PDF]

Global Epidemiology
Background: Although promising effort has been made so far, HIV remains a public health concern. Women in Ethiopia are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for a majority of new infections and HIV -related deaths.
Tegene Atamenta kitaw, Amanuel Tadesse Koyas, Bruktawite Afework Tekle, Ribka Nigatu Haile   +3 more
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Geospatial pattern of HIV seropositivity and its predictors among women in Ethiopia. A spatial and multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundAlthough promising efforts have been made so far, HIV remains a public health concern. Women in Ethiopia are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for a majority of new infections and AIDS-related deaths.
Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Biruk Beletew Abate, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ribka Nigatu Haile   +3 more
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Implementation of blanket provider-initiated testing and counselling: Predictors of HIV seropositivity among infants, children and adolescents in Cameroon [PDF]

Public Health in Practice, 2020
Objectives: The number needed to test (NNT) to identify a child infected with HIV remains high in the context of the implementation of the blanket provider-initiated testing and counselling (bPITC) strategy.
H.A. Yumo, D.N. Nsame, P.B. Kuwoh, M.B. Njabon, I. Sieleunou, J.J.N. Ndenkeh, G. Tene, P. Memiah, C. Kuaban, M. Beissner   +9 more
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Anti-HIV seropositivity was related to HBsAg seropositivity among injecting drug users in Taiwan [PDF]

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
In Taiwan, the number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection via drug injection has been increasing since 2003. Due to HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) having similar transmission routes, HBV and HIV infections among injecting drug ...
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Shu-Chi Wang, Jeng-Fu Yang, Ko Chang, Wei-Ru Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Jih-Jin Tsai, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu   +14 more
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HIV seropositivity, patterns, and clinico-epidemiological profile of sexually transmitted infection patients attending the Suraksha Clinic of a tertiary care public hospital in southern Rajasthan, India—a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The current study aimed to determine the clinical-epidemiological profile, patterns, and HIV seropositivity among STI patients attending the Suraksha Clinic by the National AIDS Control Organization in southern Rajasthan, India.
Shikha Mehta, Rajath Rao, Sharad Mehta, Keerti Singh   +3 more
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Vaccine-induced HIV seropositivity: A problem on the rise [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Virology, 2011
Vaccine-induced antibodies to envelope proteins frequently cause HIV seroconversion in uninfected recipients of HIV vaccine candidates and may thus have an impact on the vaccinee's ability to donate blood or acquire a life insurance policy.To determine the occurrence of positive test results when commonly used HIV immunoassays are used to screen sera ...
Eva Van Braeckel, Marguerite Koutsoukos, Patricia Bourguignon   +2 more
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Assessment of levels and trends of HIV infections among different subgroup populations of Gujarat State – Prioritization of the districts

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: In India, HIV prevalence varies by region and high-risk groups. General population rates have decreased in high prevalence states through HIV Sentinel Surveillance among pregnant women, while low-moderate prevalence states show variable ...
Suchit Kamble, Padum Narayan, Arvind Panndey, Vinita Verma, Chinmoyee Das   +4 more
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Hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injection drug users (IDUs) with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in southern Taiwan.
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Jih-Jin Tsai, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Jeng-Fu Yang, Ko Chang, Wei-Ru Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Ming-Lung Yu, Wan-Long Chuang   +13 more
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A study on prevalence of HIV and its associated risk factors in patients visiting tertiary care center of North India

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: India is home to the second largest population of people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with an estimated 5.134 million infections.
Astha, Arti Agrawal, Ankita Soni , Neetu Chauhan , Priyanka Sahu , Sanjeev Kumar   +5 more
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Seroprevalence of IgM and IgG Antibodies to Toxoplasma infection in healthy and HIV-positive adults from Northern Nigeria

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
Introduction: We examined the seroprevalence of toxoplasma infection in HIV-negative and -positive adults from Zaria, Northern Nigeria, and assessed its relationship with demographic, clinical, and immunological findings.
Dimie Ogoina, Geoffrey C Onyemelukwe, Bolanle O Musa, Reginald O Obiako   +3 more
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