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The World Journal of AIDS is an international journal uniquely devoted to HIV/AIDS with an objective to provide the best quality information, research data and education on all aspects of HIV/AIDS that help in better understanding of HIV/AIDS and improve the quality of patient care. The journal aims to foster the exch…
Jacques Simpore, Eveline Compaore, Joseph Sawadogo, Florencia Djigma, Djeneba Ouermi, Marina Martinetto, Virginio Pietra, Fernando Fabó, Henk A.M.J. ten Have, Alberto García
Context: In Burkina Faso, there are young HIV-serodiscordant partners who want to get married and wish to procreate. Objectives: The purpose of this research was: 1) to assess the sexual behaviour of young people in Burkina Faso, 2) to estimate their knowledg…
Paluku Bahwere, Hedwig Deconinck, Theresa Banda, Steve Collins
Wasting has been observed as a common feature of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease since the first reports and its presence increases the risk of death. There is no consensus on how to manage wasting associated with HIV. The goal of this study wa…
U. Shankarkumar, A. Shankarkumar
We attempted to study the role of HLA HLA-A, B, DRB1 and DQB1 in HIV-1 patient’s co infected with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). A total of 102 HIV-1 + patients co-infected with pulmonary tuberculosis and 200 healthy controls were included in HLA analysis. HLA…
Sheri M. Shimizu, Dominic C. Chow, Victor Valcour, Kamal Masaki, Beau Nakamoto, Kalpana J. Kallianpur, Cecilia Shikuma
Background: The frequency of neurocognitive impairment (NCI) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected individuals remains high despite the availability of potent antiretroviral therapy (ART). The concurrence of depression among HIV-infected patients wi…
Gus W. Krucke, Benjamin L. Cooper, Deanna E. Grimes, Richard M. Grimes
Purpose. Twenty-six HIV patients with biopsy diagnosed spongiotic dermatitis (SD) were studied to determine their demographic and clinical characteristics. The condition was also investigated to determine if it was linked to the immune reconstitution inflamma…
Apezteguia Fernández Carolina, Hernández Muniesa Belén, Vicente Sánchez María del Pilar, Álvarez García Ana, Ruiz Jiménez Marta, Ramos Amador José Tomás
We report the case of a Nigerian adolescent recently arrived to Spain, who presented at the emergency room with severe respiratory distress. She had been previously diagnosed of HIV-1 discontinuing antiretroviral therapy, what was hidden by the family. This c…
Alfred A. Shihata, Steven A. Brody
Objectives: (A) HIV prevention, using a mechanical cervical barrier in combination with microbicide. (B) Prevention of pregnancy. (C) Shield the cervix to prevent sperm penetration and Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and HIV virus invasion. Methods: We investigated a ne…
Nayana A. Ingole, Seema M. Kukreja, Preeti R. Mehta
Purpose: For commencement of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), CD4 count and/or WHO clinical staging is used as the guide in India. In western countries along with clinical and immunological criteria, HIV-1 viral load is also used to start the patient on treatmen…
Laurence Briant, Bernard Gay, Christian Devaux, Nathalie Chazal
Late steps of HIV-1 life cycle are determinant for optimal dissemination of the virus to new target cells. These steps include assembly of structural precursors, budding of the new particle and maturation into fully infectious virions. Each step is finely tun…
Carlos Tornero, Consuelo Lapuebla, Ana Ventura, Julian Diaz, Maricarmen Mafe
Zinc (Zn) is a key micronutrient for correct immune function and its deficiency correction has been shown to be useful in HIV-infected but most of the studies included a significant proportion of patients without adequate virological control. It would be inte…
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The World Journal of AIDS is an international journal uniquely devoted to HIV/AIDS with an objective to provide the best quality information, research data and education on all aspects of HIV/AIDS that help in better understanding of HIV/AIDS and improve the quality of patient care. The journal aims to foster the exch… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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