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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"HIV (Viruses)"”.
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Factors that influence Women's capacity to protect themselves from contracting HIV infection in a Zambian community : a case study of Nkonkola area in Mazabuka District
… examined factors that lead to high incidence of HIV/AIDS infection among women in order to establish determinants that influence women' s protection from contracting HIV/AIDS infection. The exercise was done by investigating the subjects' level of awareness of the existence and seriousness of …
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Communication strategies used by National Aids Council (NAC) to combat HIV/AIDS
… is a result of the attachment and study of the HIV/AIDS communication strategies used by National AIDS Council (NAC) to fight HIV/AIDS in Zambia. NAC was established by an act of Parliament in 2002, to coordinate a multisectoral response to HIV and AIDS in the country. Its main role is to …
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Factors that influence Women's capacity to protect themselves from contracting HIV infection in a Zambian community : a case study of Nkonkola area in Mazabuka District
… examined factors that lead to high incidence of HIV/AIDS infection among women in order to establish determinants that influence women' s protection from contracting HIV/AIDS infection. The exercise was done by investigating the subjects' level of awareness of the existence and seriousness of …
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Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of nucleic acids : application to tautomerism and DNA aptamer unfolding dynamics
… a deoxycytidine analog, KP1212, which is an anti-HIV drug. Multiple tautomers, including the normally rare enol tautomers, were found under physiological conditions. This observation supports the rare tautomer hypothesis, which states that each tautomer displays a distinct base-pairing preference, …
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Detection of positive selection resulting from Nevirapine treatment in longitudinal HIV-1 reverse transcriptase sequences
… pregnant women at the onset of labour to inhibit HIV enzyme reverse transcriptase. Viruses which may get transmitted to newborns are deficient in this enzyme, and HIV-1 infection cannot be established, thereby preventing mother to child transmission (MTCT). In some cases, babies get infected and …
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Placing the dead: the spatial distribution and spread of HIV in a major South African city
… a new understanding of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at the municipal level, but at the same time upholding the anonymity of the HIV infected and AIDS sufferers. Innovative research techniques such as the use of GIS (geographic information systems) as a research tool contributed to disclosing …
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Association of gender based violence and depressive symptoms with neurocognitive functioning in HIV positive individuals
… continue to be disproportionally affected by HIV in sub- Sahara Africa. In Zambia for instance, the epidemic now has taken a ‘female face’ with the prevalence rate of 14.3% among women aged between 15 – 49 years (UNAIDS, 2007). Gender Based Violence (GBV) and depression are being recognized as …
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Health Literacy and Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Youth
… health outcomes. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adults with lower health literacy have suboptimal treatment adherence, but this association has not be examined in the adolescent HIV-infected population. Research incorporating more comprehensive models of health literacy including …
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Governing Masculinity: How Structures Shape the Lives and Health of Dislocated Men in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam
… and aggravates their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. My dissertation contributes to social science theory of men and masculinities by bringing to the center of analysis the lived experiences of men in post-socialist settings that are often at the margin in studies on men and masculinities. …
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Patterns and Predictors of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Staphylococcus Aureus Co-Infection among New York State Prison Inmates
… rates are elevated in these settings. Moreover, HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also prevalent. The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational secondary analysis was to describe patterns of S. aureus co-infection with HIV and STIs in two New York State prisons and to …
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Care, caring and coping: attitudes of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and their caregivers towards schooling in a South African Township
… number of children now being orphaned by HIV and AIDS, has increased the roles and responsibilities of grandparents as caregivers in their grandchildren's lives. Not only do grandparents have to care for their grandchildren on a daily basis but they also carry the burden of seeing them …
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Vulnerable children, schooling and the feminisation of the AIDS pandemic in Zambia
… relates to the continuing feminisation of the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Zambia. The study was based on the premise that the girl child is disadvantaged in this area, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic in worsening the situation for female orphans and vulnerable children.
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Barriers of mental health professionals in "willingness to treat" AIDS and HIV seropositive clients
AIDS-related stigma and mental health professionals.
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Barriers of mental health professionals in "willingness to treat" AIDS and HIV seropositive clients
AIDS-related stigma and mental health professionals.
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Blaming the others: refugee men and HIV risk in Cape Town
… group, being polluted and the consequent risk of HIV infection they might face. It also determined the factors that could expose them to the risk of HIV infection while living in exile in South Africa.
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Bayesian Probabilistic Reasoning Applied to Mathematical Epidemiology for Predictive Spatiotemporal Analysis of Infectious Diseases
… in relatively lower influenza prevalence. HIV incidence in Texas from 1989-2002 is analyzed using demographic based epidemic curves. Dynamic Bayesian networks are integrated with probability distributions of HIV surveillance data coupled with the census population data to estimate the …
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