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Showing 1 to 20 of 422 for “"HIV-infected"”.
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Survival of South-African HIV infected patients
… results in scarce availability of HIV prognostic tools such as CD4+ T-Lymphocyte (CD4) count and HIV viral load. To facilitate counselling and clinical decisions in this setting, widely available and inexpensive markers of prognosis are required. Chapter one gives an overview of the …
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Child care workers and HIV infected/affected children
… faced by child care workers working with HIV infected/affected children, their causes, what support is available to them and, finally, current and recommended coping strategies. The study explored the perceptions of 8 child care workers through 2 focus groups using a semi-structured …
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Sepsis-Related Hospitalizations and Outcomes in HIV-Infected Veterans
… of hospitalizations and death especially among HIV-infected patients. However, little is known about the impact of sepsis hospitalizations, hospital mortality, and hospital length of stay (LOS) in HIV-infected patients in the modern era of HIV and sepsis care. Methods: This was a multicenter, …
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The psychosocial challenges experienced by HIV-infected educators in Mpumalanga
The impact of HIV and AIDS has threatened to destroy the education sector in South Africa. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the psychosocial challenges that HIV-infected educators experienced in Nkangala District, Mpumalanga. The objectives of this study were the following: To …
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SMAC Mimetics Sensitize HIV-Infected Cells to MG1-Mediated Death
The main challenge in finding an HIV cure is the targeting and elimination of the HIV reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T-cells and persistently infected macrophages. While these cells are phenotypically indistinguishable from their healthy counterparts, they display impairments in their …
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Vitamin A status of HIV-infected adults in South Africa
… serum or plasma vitamin A levels in adults with HIV disease. Limited data suggests that HIV-infected adults from developing countries show even lower vitamin A levels. Factors that contribute to a low vitamin A status include a poor intake, malabsorption and repeated episodes of infections …
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Restoration of cellular immunity in HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy
During the course of HIV pathogenesis, the virus induces multiple defects in immune cells, altering their functional ability to efficiently control HIV itself and other infections. Whilst the widespread implementation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to reduced morbidity and mortality in …
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Effects of different antiretroviral treatments on gut microbiota of hiv-infected patients
… a crucial role in the maintenance of health. HIV infection has been associated with a disturbance in gut microbiota (dysbiosis). Increased bacterial translocation and alterations to gut microbiota composition have been observed in HIV-infected patients and contribute to immune activation and …
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The burden of Perinatal Tuberculosis in HIV-infected mothers and their infants
… of tuberculosis (TB) and the largest number of HIV-infected people in the world. HIV infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection and TB disease is most common during a woman’s reproductive age, particularly in South African women. HIV co-infection increases the risk of TB disease …
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DTI-based tractographic analysis of white matter alterations in HIV infected children
… children born with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continue to demonstrate neurodevelopmental abnormalities. Often, there is a link between structural and functional abnormalities. Previously, we found HIV-associated changes in white matter and functional networks in a cohort of 7-year-old HIV …
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Radiological progression of lung disease in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected children
… abnormalities in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC's). Aim: To investigate the evolution of CXR abnormalities in HIV-infected children in LMIC's, to correlate this with the severity of HIV-disease, and to assess the impact of …
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The incidence and impact of Human Papillomavirus in HIV infected transplant patients
… risk phenotype. Human imunnodeficiency virus (HIV) positive transplant patients have two modes of immunosuppression - the disease itself and the additional immunosuppression required after transplantation, which intuitively places them at a higher risk for this type of infection, if compared to …
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Delirium amongst HIV-infected general medical admissions in Cape Town, South Africa
… length of stay. Limited data are available from HIV-infected acute hospital admissions in developing countries. We conducted a prospective study of delirium amongst acute medical admissions in South Africa - a developing country with universal ART access and high burdens of TB and noncommunicable …
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Pneumonia in HIV-infected children admitted to hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… information on the aetiology and outcome of HIV-associated pneumonia in African children and no comprehensive data from South Africa. Studies of HIV-infected adult in Africa reported that the spectrum of pulmonary disease differs from that of developed countries with tuberculosis and pyogenic …
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Metabolic complications resulting from the use of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients
… (ART) has extended the life expectancy of those infected with HIV, it is also associated with a number of metabolic complications, such as dysglycaemia, insulin resistance and lipodystrophy. Lipodystrophy is characterised by an increase in trunk fat (lipohypertrophy) and/or a decrease in limb fat …
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Investigation of High Molecular weight adiponectin in HIV -Infected patients on antiretroviral therapy
… HMW adiponectin levels and susceptibility to HIV-induced lipodystrophy. Although total adiponectin levels have been shown to be significantly reduced in patients with HIVinduced lipodystrophy, there is no information on whether HMW adiponectin, which appears to be the most biologically active …
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Kidney tissue characterization using magnetic resonance in HIV infected individuals undergoing kidney biopsy
… complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Kidney biopsy is the gold standard for assessing causation, but being invasive, it carries increased risk in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is noninvasive and may serve as an alternative to …
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Structural organization in 9-year-old HIV-infected children and HIV-exposed children
… (ART) in children, studies continue to report HIVrelated neurodevelopmental damage and delays. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies have identified brain regions and cognitive domains vulnerable to the effects of HIV infection and exposure in children. As most studies focus on a single …
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