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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"HIV Virus"”.
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Formulation of Hyaluronidase Enzyme Sensitive Topical Nanomicrobicides for HIV Virus Transmission Prevention
… and nanofiber) delivery system loaded with anti-HIV topical microbicides for HIV prevention in women. In chapters 1 and 2, the overview of the problem, research objectives as well as the literature review of the technical and scientific background of this dissertation are introduced. In chapter …
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HIV/AIDS responses in the Western Cape: the implementation of treatment programmes in construction companies
HIV/AIDS poses a threat to the productivity and growth of organisations. The construction sector not only stands to be threatened by the disease, but also poses as a contributor to the spread of the HIV virus. A combined survey and case study approach was employed to determine the responses to …
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Survival, virological and immunological outcomes of HIV-infected children accessing ART at South African primary health care clinics
South Africa faces the world’s largest pediatric HIV epidemic. Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the only effective treatment for HIV virus suppression. Pediatric HIV care has traditionally been provided in academic research and tertiary care facilities, however efforts to improve ART …
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Micellar properties of spermicidal and microbicidal quaternary ammonium surfactants
… have potent activity against spermatozoa and the HIV virus. Consequently, quaternary ammonium lipids are key components in spermicidal and antiseptic formulations. Surface-active quaternary ammonium lipids, containing a hydrophobic and hydrophilic moiety, will aggregate into micelles when …
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on health care provision: Perceptions on nurses currently working in one regional hospital in Namibia
Studies on the impact of HIV/AIDS on health workers conducted in the health sector in different countries in Southern Africa have shown that health workers are affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. This has affected the provision of care rendered by nurses negatively. The high workload emanating from …
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Stigma in the Post Crisis Age: External Barriers to Accessing HIV Treatment, Internalized Trauma, and Strategies of Support in Orlando, Florida
… memo confirming popular medical opinion that an HIV positive person with an undetectable viral load was unable to transmit the HIV virus. While treatment and prevention options are advancing, this advancement may not translate directly into reduced stigma, which is produced and reproduced by …
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RNA transmission and expression from inert HIV candidate vaccine virus-like-particles
HIV-1 Gag virus-like-particles (VLPs) produced in various expression systems are potent stimulators of both cellular and humoral immune responses in animal models. The encapsidation of large concentrations of random cellular RNA species is known to accompany the assembly of HIV virus particles. …
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Biochemical and Functional characterization of the LEDGF/p75-MeCP2 Interaction in Tumor Cells
… 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 leukemia)/menin transcription complex in leukemia cells to facilitate the …
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Sexual and gender-based violence and its effects on married women: A case of Ngombe compound in Lusaka district
… should be thoroughly screened of STIs and the HIV virus. 3. Health personnel attending to violence survivors should undergo some kind of training in SGBV issues. 4. Drop-in-centres should be improved by including a police post, legal clinic and tight security in addition to the usual …
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Sexual and gender-based violence and its effects on married women: A case of Ngombe compound in Lusaka district
… should be thoroughly screened of STIs and the HIV virus. 3. Health personnel attending to violence survivors should undergo some kind of training in SGBV issues. 4. Drop-in-centres should be improved by including a police post, legal clinic and tight security in addition to the usual …
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Caregiver Burden And Coping Responses For Females Who Are The Primary Caregiver For A Family Member Living With Hiv/aids In Kenya
… care for a family member that is living with HIV/AIDS is potentially even more stressful because of social meanings associated with HIV/AIDS infection (Stajduhar, 1998) and the contagious nature of the HIV virus (Powell-Cope & Brown, 1992). Research indicates that most caregivers are female …
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Corpovoz: ARThivISMO dissidente como estratégia de (r)existência em dança
… (re)existence of artists bodies in the hiv/aids movement, problematizing and resisting the epidemics of aids discourse Bessa (1997), going beyond hiv virus proposing dissidents works and debating the intersection of art/dance/performance. We seek to understand the political agency that …
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Dynamics of Naive and Memory CD4 T-cells in Chronically Infected HIV Patients Post-Injection of Down-Modulated CCR5 Memory CD4-Cells
HIV/AIDS, a sexually transmitted diseases continues to affect the lives of millions of individuals worldwide. This retrovirus targets CD4 T-cell populations, the main driver of the immune system by using the chemokine co-receptor 5 (CCR5). Despite the success of the highly active antiretroviral …
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Exploring the role of traditional healers can play in minimizing the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in South Central District of KwaZulu-Natal region
… traditional healers can play in minimizing the HIV/AIDS epidemics in the North South Central district of KwaZulu-Natal region. The aim of the study is to explore the role that can be played by traditional healers with an aim of reducing HIV/AIDS to a minimum through development of partnership …
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An exploration of patients' preferences and priorities for end-of-life care at Titanjane Clinic for Palliative Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
… Clinic. Most participants were infected with the HIV virus. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews that were recorded and afterwards transcribed verbatim. A thematic framework was used to inform the systematic approach to data analysis. Results In December 2015 and January 2016, …
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Characterization of structure and dynamics of membrane proteins from solid-state NMR
… and C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of influenza A virus M2 and 2) HIV-1 glycoprotein gp4l membrane-proximal external region and transmembrane domain (MPER-TMD) in a near native membrane environment. The cytoplasmic domain of M2 is necessary for membrane scission and virus shedding. The M2(22-71) …
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Identification and Quantification using HPLC-ES/MS of Four Pentacyclic Oxindole Alkaloids in Uncaria tomentosa Wild Type
… allergies, and those people infected with the HIV virus (4, 5). In the current research study we examine the concentrations of metabolites in the roots, leaves, and stems of U. tomentosa by establishing a method to accurately quantitate the concentrations of metabolites. In particular, we are …
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Mathematical modeling of infectious disease
… cells that survive population contraction after virus clearance. However, the mechanisms that regulate memory cell development remain unclear. The first half of this thesis explores the defending immune system using mathematical models of lymphocyte differentiation, expansion, and contraction to …
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Governmentality/Animacy/Mythology: A Biopolitical and Rhetorical Mosaic of HIV Stigma in a Time of PrEP-aration
… the end stages of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and an estimated 39 million are living with HIV today. While various factors such as poverty, lack of education, and poor access to treatment and healthcare compound the epidemic across the world, the endemic in the industrialized west …
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Investigating the Unique Mechanism of Action of CADA Analogs for Down-Modulating CD4, Sortilin, and ACE2
… the replication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human herpesvirus type 7 in cell cultures. It works by down-modulating human CD4 (hCD4) and blocking co-translational translocation of the nascent protein across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, which prevents the entry of …
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