Safety and practicality of an excisional lymph node study driving HIV cure research in South Africa
IntroductionStudying diseased human tissues offers better insights into the intricate interactions between pathogens and the human host. In conditions such as HIV and cancers, where diseases primarily manifest in tissues, peripheral blood studies are ...
Trevor Khaba+9 more
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Diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis and host RNA expression in Africa [PDF]
Improved diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in children are needed. We hypothesized that transcriptional signatures of host blood could be used to distinguish tuberculosis from other diseases in African children who either were or were not infected with ...
Amelia C. Crampin+26 more
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P3.390 Factors Predicting Attitude of First Year University Students towards STI and HIV in Ogun State,Nigeria [PDF]
Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are global problems and currently over 100 million STIs occur each year in people within the 15–24 age bracket.
Adekeye, Olujide A
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Restriction of HIV-1 replication in monocytes is abolished by Vpx of SIVsmmPBj. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Human primary monocytes are refractory to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) or transduction with HIV-1-derived vectors.
Silke Schüle+7 more
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Evolutionary interplay between viruses and R‐loops
Viruses interact with specialized nucleic acid structures called R‐loops to influence host transcription, epigenetic states, latency, and immune evasion. This Perspective examines the roles of R‐loops in viral replication, integration, and silencing, and how viruses co‐opt or avoid these structures.
Zsolt Karányi+4 more
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE INCIDENCE OF HIV INFECTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND KUZBASS
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection) is one of the most severe non-epidemic and socially caused infectious diseases worldwide. HIV infection is an infectious anthroponotic chronic disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, slowly ...
Андрей Георгиевич Петров+5 more
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Adolescente com Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana – compreendendo crenças e valores da família
Objective: to understand how the beliefs and values of the families of HIV-positive adolescents for Human Immunodeficiency Virus influence family dynamics.
Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro+5 more
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Identification of a novel retroviral gene unique to human immunodeficiency virus type 2 and simian immunodeficiency virus SIVMAC [PDF]
Human and simian immunodeficiency-associated retroviruses are extraordinarily complex, containing at least five genes, tat, art, sor, R, and 3' orf, in addition to the structural genes gag, pol, and env.
Hahn, Beatrice H.+7 more
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Drug-Drug Interactions Among Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Medications [PDF]
One-fourth of individuals diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus concomitantly have the hepatitis C virus infection. Since the discovery of highly active antiretroviral therapy, liver complications have become the leading cause of morbidity and ...
Gandhi, Mona A.+2 more
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Paroxysmal Dyskinesias Secondary to HHV‐6A Encephalitis: The First Case Report and Literature Review
ABSTRACT Paroxysmal dyskinesias encompasses a spectrum of conditions marked by intermittent involuntary movements, with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias being the most common phenotype. Central nervous system infection is a rare cause of paroxysmal dyskinesias.
Zhuoran Wang+5 more
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