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Puzzle over viral load

New Scientist, 2020
We don't yet know if being exposed to more coronavirus particles leads to more severe covid-19 symptoms, reports Linda Geddes.
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Reduction of SARS-CoV-2 viral load in saliva after rinsing with mouthwashes containing cetylpyridinium chloride: a randomized clinical study [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Symptomatic patients with COVID-19 typically have a high SARS-CoV-2 viral load in their saliva. Procedures to reduce the viral load in their oral cavity are important for mitigating the viral transmission.
Leticia M. Bezinelli, Luciana Corrêa, Stephany Beyerstedt, Marcella L. Franco, Érika B. Rangel, Carlos Guillermo Benítez, Nelson Hamerschlak, João R.R. Pinho, Debora Heller, Fernanda P. Eduardo   +9 more
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Disease associated with equine coronavirus infection and high case fatality rate. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundEquine coronavirus (ECoV) is associated with clinical disease in adult horses. Outbreaks are associated with a low case fatality rate and a small number of animals with signs of encephalopathic disease are described.ObjectivesThe aim of this ...
Fielding, CL, Giannitti, F, Higgins, JC, Higgins, JK, McIntosh, S, Mete, A, Pusterla, N, Scott, E   +7 more
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Understanding why and how youth-friendly health services improve viral load suppression among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Nigeria: realist evaluation with qualitative comparative analysis

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Introduction Youth-friendly health service (YFHS) approaches are essential to better outcomes for young people. We evaluated attainment of viral load suppression among young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) enrolled in an HIV treatment programme ...
Okikiolu Badejo, Prosper Okonkwo, Edwin Wouters, Sara Van Belle, Christiana Nöstlinger, Marie Laga, Plang Jwanle   +6 more
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Effects of medical male circumcision (MC) on plasma HIV viral load in HIV+ HAART naïve men; Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Medical male circumcision (MC) of HIV-infected men may increase plasma HIV viral load and place female partners at risk of infection. We assessed the effect of MC on plasma HIV viral load in HIV-infected men in Rakai, Uganda.
Godfrey Kigozi, Richard Musoke, Nehemiah Kighoma, Stephen Watya, David Serwadda, Fred Nalugoda, Noah Kiwanuka, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Aaron Tobian, Fredrick Makumbi, Ronald Moses Galiwango, Nelson Sewankambo, James Nkale, Grace Kigozi Nalwoga, Margaret Anyokorit, Tom Lutalo, Ronald Henry Gray, Maria Joan Wawer   +17 more
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Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children: evaluation at 12 months in a routine program in Cambodia. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: Increasing access to highly active antiretroviral therapy to reach all those in need in developing countries (scale up) is slowly expanding to HIV-positive children, but documented experience remains limited. We aimed to describe the clinical,
Akao, K, Ford, N, Gupta, J, Janssens, B, Nerrienet, E, Nouhin, J, Raleigh, B, Soeung, S, Te, V, Vun, M   +9 more
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Change in Viral Load Count and Its Predictors Among Unsuppressed Viral Load Patients Receiving an Enhanced Adherence Counseling Intervention at Three Hospitals in Northern Ethiopia: An Exploratory Retrospective Follow-Up Study

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2020
Gedefaw Diress,1 Melese Linger2 1Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Gedefaw Diress ...
Diress G, Linger M
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Dental caries in association with viral load in children living with HIV in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: a cross‐sectional study

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Oral health status is associated with the overall health among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, it is unclear whether dental caries is associated with the viral load in this population.
Kimiyo Kikuchi, Junko Yasuoka, Sovannary Tuot, Sumiyo Okawa, Sokunthea Yem, Pheak Chhoun, Makoto Murayama, Chantheany Huot, Siyan Yi   +8 more
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Is Higher Viral Load in the Upper Respiratory Tract Associated With Severe Pneumonia? Findings From the PERCH Study. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND.: The etiologic inference of identifying a pathogen in the upper respiratory tract (URT) of children with pneumonia is unclear. To determine if viral load could provide evidence of causality of pneumonia, we compared viral load in the URT of ...
Adrian, Peter V, Antonio, Martin, Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Baillie, Vicky L, Brooks, W Abdullah, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Ebruke, Bernard E, Feikin, Daniel R, Fu, Wei, Goswami, Doli, Hammitt, Laura L, Higdon, Melissa M, Howie, Stephen RC, Karron, Ruth A, Kotloff, Karen L, Levine, Orin S, Li, Mengying, Madhi, Shabir A, Morpeth, Susan C, Murdoch, David R, Mwaba, John, Mwansa, James, O' Brien, Katherine L, Park, Daniel E, PERCH Study Group, Prosperi, Christine, Sawatwong, Pongpun, Scott, J Anthony G, Shi, Qiyuan, Sow, Samba O, Tapia, Milagritos D, Thea, Donald M, Whistler, Toni, Zaman, Khalequ, Zeger, Scott L   +37 more
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Level of viral load suppression in Rwinkwavu District Hospital: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: The Rwinkwavu district hospital faces challenges in understanding and improving the human immunodeficiency virus viral load suppression rates among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Metuschelah Habimana, Rachel Niyogushimwa, Vedaste Ndahindwa, Theoneste Ntakirutimana   +3 more
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