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Effects of seropositivity in reproductive choices of women living with HIV/Aids / Efeitos da condição sorológica sobre as escolhas reprodutivas de mulheres HIV positivas

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2009
AIDS epidemiological profile indicates a feminine trend particularly among those in the reproductive age. The study investigated the HIV positive women perception of the seropositivity effects on their reproductive choices.
Ana Carolina Cunha Sant'Anna, Eliane Maria Fleury Seidl   +1 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 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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Virological Characterization of Dual HIV-1/HIV-2 Seropositivity and Infections in Southern Ghana.

, 2008
SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Dual HIV-1/HIV-2 seropositivity (dual seropositivity) is common in West African countries including Ghana. The diagnosis of dual HIV-1/HIV-2 infections is however complicated as HIV-2 DNA is more often not detected in dual ...
Britton, S, Mingle, Jaa, Affram, Rk, Sagoe, Kwc, Dzokoto, A, Sonnerborg, A   +5 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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A CCL5 Haplotype Is Associated with Low Seropositivity Rate of HCV Infection in People Who Inject Drugs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The role of CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and its ligand CCL5 on the pathogenesis of HIV infection has been well studied but not for HCV infection. Here, we investigated whether CCL5 haplotypes influence HIV and HCV seropositivity among 373 Caucasian ...
Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, Merit Pauskar, Eveli Kallas, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Tõnis Karki, Kristi Rüütel, Ave Talu, Katri Abel-Ollo, Anneli Uusküla, Andrew Carrillo, Sunil K Ahuja, Weijing He, Irja Lutsar   +13 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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Telomere Length, Traditional Risk Factors, HIV-related Factors and Coronary Artery Disease Events in Swiss Persons Living with HIV [PDF]

, 2020
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., Hirzel C, Reiss P, Calmy A, Darling KEA, Roth JA, Kootstra NA, Ledergerber B, Schoepf IC, Bernasconi E, Hasse B, Thorball CW, Raffenberg M, Engel T, Wissel K, Fellay J, Tarr PE, Günthard HF, Kouyos RD   +54 more
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Hepatitis D virus infections among injecting drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
In Taiwan, injecting drug use has been the main route of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission since 2005, with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) also having similar transmission routes. This has now become an important public
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Shu-Chi Wang, 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, Jih-Jin Tsai, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source