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Two-Year Hepatitis and HIV Seroprevalence in Samples of Patients Admitted to Primary Health Care Centers

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Viral hepatitis and HIV are a global health problem causing acute and chronic infections. The aim of this study was to determine the HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Anti-HCV, anti-HAV IgG and Anti-HIV seropositivity rates in clinical samples sent from ...
Duygu Kübra Tuna, Yalçın Dicle, Elif Aydın   +2 more
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STUDIES ON HBsAG IN HIV SEROPOSITIVE CASES [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 1995
Two hundred and fifty five patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were screened for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) over a period of 3 years. These patients were followed up every 6 month. 10.2% of HIV seropositive cases revealed presence of HBsAg.
P N, Arora, A L, DAS
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HBsAg, Anti-HCV, and Anti-HIV Seroprevalence Among Patients Presenting to a State Hospital between 2014 and 2018

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2019
Introduction: The epidemiology of viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections has been changing worldwide and in Turkey. The aim of this study was to present current information about seropositivity rates in hepatitis B surface ...
Fulya BAYINDIR BİLMAN
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Telomere Length, Traditional Risk Factors, HIV-related Factors and Coronary Artery Disease Events in Swiss Persons Living with HIV

, 2021
BACKGROUND Leukocyte telomere length (TL) shortens with age and is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) events in the general population.
Calmy, A., Kootstra, Neeltje A, Günthard, Huldrych F, Engel, T., Reiss, Peter, Tarr, Philip E, Wissel, K., Roth, J.A., Hirzel, Cédric, Engel, Tanja, Darling, Katharine E A, Schoepf, Isabella C, Fellay, J., Hirzel, C., Calmy, Alexandra, Darling, KEA, Ledergerber, B., Raffenberg, Marieke, Bernasconi, Enos, Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Kouyos, Roger D, Hasse, Barbara, Fellay, Jacques, Kootstra, N.A., Wissel, Kerstin, Raffenberg, M., Thorball, C.W., Kouyos, R.D., Thorball, Christian W, Günthard, H.F., Ledergerber, Bruno, Schoepf, I.C., Roth, Jan A, Hasse, B., Tarr, P.E., Reiss, P., Bernasconi, E.   +36 more
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Reaching the unreached: Performance of an enhanced peer outreach approach to identify new HIV cases among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in HIV programs in West and Central Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Finding new HIV-positive cases remains a priority to achieve the UNAIDS goals. An enhanced peer outreach approach (EPOA) was implemented to expand the delivery of HIV services to female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) in three ...
Tiffany A Lillie, Navindra E Persaud, Meghan C DiCarlo, Dismas Gashobotse, Didier R Kamali, Magda Cheron, Lirica Nishimoto, Christopher Akolo, Hally R Mahler, Maria C Au, R Cameron Wolf   +10 more
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Gender differences in the risk of HIV infection among persons reporting abstinence, monogamy, and multiple sexual partners in northern Tanzania.

PLoS ONE, 2008
BackgroundMonogamy, together with abstinence, partner reduction, and condom use, is widely advocated as a key behavioral strategy to prevent HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Keren Z Landman, Jan Ostermann, John A Crump, Anna Mgonja, Meghan K Mayhood, Dafrosa K Itemba, Alison C Tribble, Evaline M Ndosi, Helen Y Chu, John F Shao, John A Bartlett, Nathan M Thielman   +11 more
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CCR5 haplotypes influence HCV serostatus in Caucasian intravenous drug users. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Up to 90% HIV-1 positive intravenous drug users (IDUs) are co-infected with HCV. Although best recognized for its function as a major co-receptor for cell entry of HIV, CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of HCV ...
Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, Andrew Carrillo, Nathan Harper, Merit Pauskar, Maarja Sadam, Tõnis Karki, Tõnu Krispin, Ulvi-Kaire Kongo, Tatiana Jermilova, Kristi Rüütel, Ave Talu, Katri Abel-Ollo, Anneli Uusküla, Sunil K Ahuja, Weijing He, Irja Lutsar   +16 more
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Pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 before the COVID-19 pandemic era in Cameroon: A comparative analysis according to HIV-status

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
BackgroundThe lower burden of COVID-19 in tropical settings may be due to preexisting cross-immunity, which might vary according to geographical locations and potential exposure to other pathogens. We sought to assess the overall prevalence of SARS-CoV-2
Abba Aissatou, Abba Aissatou, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Désiré Takou, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Collins Chenwi Ambe, Collins Chenwi Ambe, Alex Durand Nka, Alex Durand Nka, Alex Durand Nka, Sandrine Claire Djupsa, Grâce Beloumou, Laura Ciaffi, Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket, Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket, Audrey Rachel Mundo Nayang, Willy Leroi Togna Pabo, René Ghislain Essomba, René Ghislain Essomba, René Ghislain Essomba, Edie G. E. Halle, Marie-Claire Okomo, Marie-Claire Okomo, Marie-Claire Okomo, Anne-Cecile ZK. Bissek, Rose Leke, Rose Leke, Yap Boum, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Carla Montesano, Carlo-Federico Perno, Vittorio Colizzi, Vittorio Colizzi, Vittorio Colizzi, Alexis Ndjolo, Alexis Ndjolo   +43 more
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Anal, penile, and oral high-risk HPV infections and HPV seropositivity in HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The effects of single or multiple concordant HPV infections at various anatomical sites on type-specific HPV seropositivity are currently unknown. In this cross-sectional study we assessed whether high-risk HPV infections at various anatomical sites (i.e.
Vera M van Rijn, Sofie H Mooij, Madelief Mollers, Peter J F Snijders, Arjen G C L Speksnijder, Audrey J King, Henry J C de Vries, Arne van Eeden, Fiona R M van der Klis, Hester E de Melker, Marianne A B van der Sande, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff   +11 more
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Resisting and challenging stigma in Uganda : the role of support groups of people living with HIV [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Global scale up of antiretroviral therapy is changing the context of HIV-related stigma. However, stigma remains an ongoing concern in many countries. Groups of people living with HIV can contribute to the reduction of stigma.
Grace W Mwai, Morten Skovdal, Seeley, Janet, Janet Seeley, Gitau Mburu, David Bitira, Ian Hodgson, Mwai, Grace W., Stegling, Christine, Mala Ram, Christine Stegling, Skovdal, Morten, Mburu, Gitau, Ram, Mala, Bitira, David, Mwai, Grace W, Hodgson, Ian   +16 more
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