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Reproductive health characteristics among women living in severe poverty in urban Haiti

Reproductive Health
Background Data on women’s reproductive health in settings facing extreme poverty are limited. We describe the reproductive health characteristics across the life course of women living in urban Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and identify factors associated with
Wheytnie Alexandre, Anju Ogyu, Rodney Sufra, Lily D. Yan, Marie M. Deschamps, Catherine Bennett, Jean William Pape, Laura C. Alonso, Vanessa Rouzier, Margaret L. McNairy   +9 more
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A gammaherpesvirus complement regulatory protein promotes initiation of infection by activation of protein kinase Akt/PKB. [PDF]

, 2010
Viruses have evolved to evade the host's complement system. The open reading frames 4 (ORF4) of gammaherpesviruses encode homologs of regulators of complement activation (RCA) proteins, which inhibit complement activation at the level of C3 and C4 ...
Stewart, James P., Stipan, J., Adler, Heiko, James P Stewart, Adler Barbara, Adler, Barbara, Heiko Adler, Beatrix Steer, Barbara Adler, Jonjic Stipan, Stipan Jonjic, Steer, Beatrix, Steer Beatrix, Steer, B., Adler Heiko, Stewart James P., Adler, H., Adler, B., Jonjic, Stipan, James P. Stewart, Stewart, J.P.   +20 more
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Retention in Care among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Haiti with PMTCT Option B

AIDS Research and Treatment, 2016
Background. Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV relies on engagement in care during the prenatal, peripartum, and postpartum periods. Under PMTCT Option B, pregnant women with elevated CD4 counts are provided with antiretroviral prophylaxis ...
Jodie Dionne-Odom, Courtney Massaro, Kristen M. Jogerst, Zhongze Li, Marie-Marcelle Deschamps, Cleonas Junior Destine, Redouin Senecharles, Moleine Moles Aristhene, Joseph Yves Domercant, Vanessa Rouzier, Peter F. Wright   +10 more
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics, staging, and outcomes of individuals with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma at an university hospital [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017
: Background: Kaposi's sarcoma continues to be the most common human immunodeficiency virus - associated neoplasm with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Catarina Tenório de Lima, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo, Heberton Medeiros de Teixeira, Josemir Belo dos Santos, Vera Magalhães da Silveira   +4 more
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Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Film [PDF]

, 2013
[ES] El sarcoma de Kaposi, una enfermedad maligna cutánea, históricamente infrecuente, de curso indolente que afectaba a hombres de edad avanzada, emergió en los años 80 como una manifestación cutánea frecuente y fácilmente reconocible del Síndrome de ...
Holliday, Alex C., Wagner, Richard F. Jr.   +1 more
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Kaposi’s sarcoma associated with chronic myeloid leukemia and imatinib mesylate therapy

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Kaposi's sarcoma is associated with immunosuppression and human herpesvirus 8 infection, while rarely described in myeloid malignancies. Here, we illustrate a rare case of chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, who ...
Matteo D’Addona, Luca Pezzullo, Valentina Giudice, Bianca Serio, Carlo Baldi, Pio Zeppa, Carmine Selleri   +6 more
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Perineal Kaposi’s sarcoma : a rare presentation [PDF]

, 2022
O sarcoma de Kaposi é uma neoplasia maligna associada à infecção pelo herpes vírus humano 8 em doentes imunossupressos. O sarcoma de Kaposi Epidêmico é o tipo epidemiológico mais frequente e afeta indivíduos VIH-positivos.
Lima, Patrícia Cardoso Motta, Ghezzi, Caroline Lorenzoni Almeida, Ghezzi, Tiago Leal   +2 more
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Revealed by Oral Kaposi’s Sarcoma

, 2016
Kaposi’s sarcoma is the malignant proliferation of the endothelial cell vessels. It is a systemic, malignant and multifactor disease. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions.
Nadia Akhdari, H Atarguine, Hanane Rais, Noura Tassi, Hanane Atarguine, Soundous Benmoussa, Ouafa Hocar, Fayçal Abbad, Said Amal, Fatima Ihbibane   +9 more
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Disseminated HIV-Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma With High CD4 Cell Count And Low Viral Load

Galicia Clínica, 2017
Kaposi’s sarcoma is considered an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness and is caused by human herpesvirus 8. It has been associated with patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who have CD4 T lymphocytes
Diana Pereira Anjos, Ana João Sá, André Paupério, Mari Mesquita   +3 more
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Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus microRNAs [PDF]

, 2012
Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human pathogenic -herpesvirus strongly associated with the development of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and B cell proliferative disorders, including primary effusion lymphoma (PEL).
Eva Gottwein, Eva eGottwein
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