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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)"”.
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Assessment of nutritional status in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
… was carried out on thirteen patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Estimates of body fat and skeletal muscle were measured using triceps-skinfold, mid-arm circumference, mid-arm muscle area, and creatinine height index. Body weight was compared to standards for height and …
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Formal and informal communication patterns among AIDS researchers: An investigation based on collaboration and productivity
The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has become a major health problem in the world and is discussed in the literature of many disciplines. Using bibliometric techniques and a mailed questionnaire, 87 international, AIDS researchers were studied in detail to determine whether or not …
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of managing chronic diarrhoea diseases in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome adult patients in an academic hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
The high burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related chronic diarrhoea diseases (CDD) has strained the meager resources of the health sector and yet the effectiveness of management strategies leaves much to be desired. As study was done at a …
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Market orientation, donor relations, and performance of South African HIV/AIDS care providers
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has reached pandemic proportions. In 2007, UNAIDS (2007) reported that 33.2 million people were living with HIV, 2.5 million were newly infected, and 2.1 million people died due to HIV and its associated disease, Acquired Immunodeficiency …
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HIV-1 protease as a target for antiretroviral therapy
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV employs three enzymes in its lifecycle, including a protease that enables maturation of polyprotein precursors. Despite decades of progress studying the lifecycle of HIV and elaboration of …
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Pharmacogenetics of stavundine : role of genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA and polymerase gamma among adult Malawian HIV/AIDS patients
… malaria and human immunodefiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Genomics research has the potential to improve the health of Africans through identification of genetic markers associated with either disease susceptibility or therapeutic drug response. This project was …
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Data integration for the analysis of uncharacterized proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
… but the deadly synergy of the disease with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the emergence of drug resistant strains are threatening to compromise gains in tuberculosis control. In fact, the development of active tuberculosis is the outcome of the …
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African American Caregivers of Children Affected by Hiv/Aids
The Human Immunodeficiency Disease (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have reached an epidemic proportion in many African American communities. There is a significant amount of stigma and denial associated with HIV/AIDS in these communities, leaving people with minimal knowledge …
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A formative and outcome evaluation of a community based antiretroviral therapy adherence programme : the case of Sizophila, Cape Town, South Africa
… wellbeing among people accessing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related services in the Hannan-Crusaid Centre. The goal of the evaluation was to assess the Sizophila programme implementation and to determine the impact of the home visit …
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CANNABINOIDS DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) AND CP55,940 ABLATE SPECIFIC CHEMOKINE AND CYTOKINE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN BV-2 MOUSE MICROGLIAL CELLS ACTIVATED WITH HIV-1 PRO-INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN TAT
… Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART) to combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HANDs) still remain a dire issue. HIV can enter the brain through infected monocytes and infect microglia, the …
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How Latinas Come to Know about AIDS and AIDS Prevention
… the largest minority group in the United States. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is occurring at a disproportionately high rate among Latinos. As care-giver and health decision-maker in the family, the Latina needs to know about AIDS and AIDS prevention. This research identified and …
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Current HIV/AIDS Infection Rates: Categorization and Stigmatization
<p>Since the early 1980s, when the correlates of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were first identified, certain segments of the population were thought to be at greater risk than others for contracting the disease (Centers for Disease Control, 1981). This classification of the population …
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Teenage pregnancy and HIV/AIDS awareness in three high schools in the Western Cape
… questions about teenage pregnancy and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) awareness directly affecting the economically troubled community, namely Mitchells Plain, in which the three schools are situated. Despite this concern about HIV for South …
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Exploring the Experiences of HIV Positive Pregnant Women on Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi
<p>Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be the primary conduct that HIV is transmitted to children worldwide. The problem of HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is having a great impact on the world's children. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS …
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The inhibition of HIV-1 activity by crude mucus and purified mucin (mucous glycoproteins) from saliva, breast milk and the cervical tract of normal subjects, HIV positive individuals and patients with HIV-AIDS
… is a also known to inhibit the activity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). According to the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) worldwide an estimated 38.6 million people were living with HIV in 2005 with 401 …
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Experiences of children living in HIV/AIDS-affected child-headed families at Rufaro Community Triangle in Chiredzi District of Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Background: Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is one of the major public health problems that has negatively impacted mostly orphans leaving in child-headed families in the world. A child- headed family is defined as a family, living under the same …
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Biochemical and Functional characterization of the LEDGF/p75-MeCP2 Interaction in Tumor Cells
… in cancer cells. LEDGF/p75 is also involved in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) since it interacts with HIV-1 integrase to facilitate the integration and replication of the HIV virus in human cells. In addition, LEDGF/p75 has been shown to interact with MLL (mixed lineage …
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Art Therapy and People with HIV/AIDS a Grant Proposal: Group Art Therapy Program for the San Mateo County AIDS Program
<p>Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a diagnosis that indicates the development of a currently terminal illness - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). People living with HIV/AIDS experience a vast scope of irrevocable losses. The bereavement process for HIV/AIDS-related losses …
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Cryptosporidiosis in the Immunosuppressed Mouse and in Cell Culture
… cases to date have occurred in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Persons with abnormal humoral or cellular immune function, and even normal subjects, have also been affected.</p> <p>To determine whether or not mice, when experimentally immunosuppressed, would develop …
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To Design and Develop Semi-Saturated and Unsaturated Bicyclic Heterocycles for Fragment-Based Drug Discovery (FBDD) Campaigns
… flow.<br/><br/>Chapter 5 describes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is the sixth leading cause of mortality and it is estimated that 35 million of people are infected. A NMR fragment screen and following X-ray crystallography have …
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