Issues for women with heterosexually transmitted HIV disease
Tags: HIV infections -- Transmission; WOMEN -- Diseases; HIV-positive persons; CARING
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- Prenatal care and HIV infection. Lancioni, Christina; Harwell, Todd // AIDS Patient Care & STDs;Feb99, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p97
Assesses barriers to prenatal care in two groups of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. HIV-positive women's concerns about access of perinatal care; Misconceptions about vertical transmission and zidovudine efficacy.
- Zidovudine and prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. Legg, Jill J.; Goldschmidt, Ronald H. // American Family Physician;09/01/95, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p745
Editorial. Reports on the findings of AIDS Clinical Trials Group's (ACTG) study which recommends zidovudine therapy for HIV-infected pregnant women. Call for family physicians to encourage HIV-infected women to undergo zidovudine treatment; Precautions; ACTG 076 trial as a study on the use of...
- Maintenance of endemicity in urban environments: a hypothesis linking risk, network structure and geography. Rothenberg, R. // Sexually Transmitted Infections;Feb2007, Vol. 83 Issue 1, p10
In industrialised countries, a rapid epidemic phase of HIV transmission has largely given way to more moderated endemic transmission. The dynamics of endemic transmission may differ substantially from those generating epidemic spread. We hypothesise that three elements play an important role in...
- HIV transmission is possible even when the virus isn't found. Moore, Amy Slugg // RN;Feb99, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p18
Reports that men who are HIV-positive and receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy may still be able to pass on the AIDS-causing virus even when no HIV can be detected in the blood stream or semen. Replication of the HIV.
- HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors among HIV-Infected Persons Who Are Successfully Linked to Care. Metsch, Lisa R.; Pereyra, Margaret; Messinger, Shari; del Rio, Carlos; Strathdee, Steffanie A.; Anderson-Mahoney, Pamela; Rudy, Ellen; Marks, Gary; Gardner, Lytt // Clinical Infectious Diseases;8/15/2008, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p577
Objectives. We examined the relationship between receipt of medical care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and HIV transmission risk behavior among persons who had received a recent diagnosis of HIV infection. Methods. We enrolled 316 participants from 4 US cities and...
- Individual Level Injection History: A Lack of Association with HIV Incidence in Rural Zimbabwe. Lopman, Ben A.; Garnett, Geoff P.; Mason, Peter R.; Gregson, Simon; Binagwaho, Agnes // PLoS Medicine;Feb2005, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p142
Background It has recently been argued that unsafe medical injections are a major transmission route of HIV infection in the generalised epidemics of sub-Saharan Africa. Methods and Findings We have analysed the pattern of injections in relation to HIV incidence in a population cohort in...
- WHO OPTS OUT OF HIV TESTING. Ward, Helen; Miller, Rob // Sexually Transmitted Infections;Aug2009, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p1
The article reports on the significance of introducing the HIV testing in protecting heterosexual people from the risks of HIV infection in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The introduction of HIV testing is specifically intended to identify persons diagnosed with HIV infection to offer them assistance...
- Community outreach with needle exchange helps stem HIV spread. // Nation's Health;Nov95, Vol. 25 Issue 10, p9
Reports that reducing transmission of HIV infections among users is possible with early community involvement, large-scale availability of sterile needles and community outreach to disseminate AIDS information, according to a report published in the October 18, 1995 issue of the `Journal of the...
- SPLASH program seeks to reduce HIV transmission among HIV-positive persons. Sainz, Pablo Jaime // Gay & Lesbian Times;4/28/2005, Issue 905, p16
Reports on the Supporting Positive Living and Sexual Health (SPLASH) program to reduce HIV transmission among HIV-positive persons in San Diego, California. Aim to combine a brief provider intervention with intense counseling; Components of the SPLASH HIV transmission prevention program.
