Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) [PDF]
5 Assessment According to current knowledge, HIV-1 has been transmitted via blood and blood products in Germany since 1979. With the introduction of antibody testing of blood and plasma donations in 1985, transmission of infections via blood, blood components and plasma products has been dramatically reduced.
Reinhold E. Schmidt+22 more
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Normalization of Negative Stigma Against HIV/AIDS Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature [PDF]
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a public health problem that stigmatizes its victims. Mental attacks, as a result of labeling and discrimination, result in psychological suffering and well-being for persons
Machmud, Muslimin+2 more
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) [PDF]
With the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have achieved tremendous gains in life expectancy. Persons with perinatal HIV infection now commonly live into adulthood but have comorbidities associated with pediatric HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS ...
Angela Hall+2 more
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Immunity to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection [PDF]
The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996 revolutionized life expectancy and quality of life of people infected by HIV in the developed Countries. Nowadays, HIV-infected patients can positively think that their life expectancy is comparable to that of people of the same age and with the same pattern of risk factors Indeed ...
Torti, C, Paiardini, M, GORI, ANDREA
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Complement-Mediated Virus Infectivity Neutralisation by HLA Antibodies Is Associated with Sterilising Immunity to SIV Challenge in the Macaque Model for HIV/AIDS. [PDF]
Sterilising immunity is a desired outcome for vaccination against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and has been observed in the macaque model using inactivated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV).
A Morner+61 more
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The role of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 in infection with feline immunodeficiency virus [PDF]
Infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) leads to the development of a disease state similar to AIDS in man. Recent studies have identified the chemokine receptor CXCR4 as the major receptor for cell culture-adapted strains of FIV, suggesting ...
Ackley C. D.+50 more
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The comparative value of feline virology research: can findings from the feline lentiviral vaccine be translated to humans? [PDF]
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus of domestic cats that shares several similarities with its human counterpart, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Beczkowski, Paweł M.+5 more
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Cellulose acetate phthalate, a common pharmaceutical excipient, inactivates HIV-1 and blocks the coreceptor binding site on the virus envelope glycoprotein gp120 [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), a pharmaceutical excipient used for enteric film coating of capsules and tablets, was shown to inhibit infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and several herpesviruses. CAP formulations
A Boyum+55 more
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Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]
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
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Liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected patients: 2-year treatment outcomes in Bihar, India [PDF]
Reports on treatment outcomes of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in India are lacking. To our knowledge, none have studied the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B in VL-HIV coinfection.
Alvar+34 more
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