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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"HIV control"”.
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Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
… alarming rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection led South Africa to become the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) roll out programme, leading to multiple co-morbidities. Although good results from HIV control were obtained through ART, the area of HIV and DM co-morbidity …
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Modeling HIV-1 Infection and Immune Responses Under Drugs of Abuse
The frequent use of drugs of abuse among HIV infected individuals is a major concern. Drugs of abuse, such as opiates, have been widely associated with enhanc ing HIV replication, accelerating disease progression, and diminishing host-immune responses. Moreover, opiates such as morphine have also …
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Modeling HIV-1 Infection in the Brain: The Effect of the Blood-Brain Barrier
… antiretroviral therapy (ART), the development of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remains a major concern among HIV infected patients. As many ART drugs may fail to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the long-term presence of viral RNA in the brain is considered to be …
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Assessing the effectiveness of integrated non-communicable disease and antiretroviral adherence clubs in Cape Town, South Africa
The growing burden of HIV and non- communicable disease (NCD) syndemic in Sub Saharan Africa, has necessitated introduction of integrated models of care in order to leverage existing HIV care infrastructure for NCDs. However, there is paucity of literature on long term treatment outcomes for …
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Temporal resolution and speech perception in noise of adults with and without HIV with normal audiometric results
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is now in its third decade and it is growing to be one of the greatest health challenges the world has to face. At the end of 2018, the UNAIDS estimated that there were about 37.9 million people globally infected with HIV and AIDS. It was also …
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Multimodal neuroimaging signatures of early cART-treated paediatric HIV - Distinguishing perinatally HIV-infected 7-year-old children from uninfected controls
Introduction: HIV-related brain alterations can be identified using neuroimaging modalities such as proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS), structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and functional MRI (fMRI). However, few studies have combined multiple …
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Novel peptide antigens provide insights into the recognition process by T cells
… gene HLA-B have recently been associated with HIV control (tryptophan), or progression (arginine) to AIDS. My findings showed that the same polymorphism in position 97 in the mouse protein Ld resulted in a very significant affect on the repertoire of self-peptides that bound to the alleles. …
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Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District
The convergence of TB and HIV epidemics is a deadly threat to gains In survival among populations (Corbett et al., 2003). The dual epidemics are particularly pervasive in Africa, where HIV has been the single most Important factor contributing to the incidence of TB over the last 10 years. In …
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Acceptability of Haart by HIV-Positive Tuberculosis Patients in Livingstone District
The convergence of TB and HIV epidemics is a deadly threat to gains In survival among populations (Corbett et al., 2003). The dual epidemics are particularly pervasive in Africa, where HIV has been the single most Important factor contributing to the incidence of TB over the last 10 years. In …