Women and AIDS
Tags: AIDS (Disease); WOMEN -- Diseases; HIV infections -- Transmission; SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
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- ANTIBIOTIC USE PROTECTS AGAINST STIS BUT NOT HIV. // International Family Planning Perspectives;Sep2004, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p109
Reports on a clinical trial in Kenya showing that prophylactic antibiotic use helps prevent some sexually transmitted infections (STI), but not HIV-transmission. Association between STI and HIV transmission; Azithromycin treatment of women; Risk of HIV infection.
- Detection of HIV-1 dual infections in highly exposed treated patients. // Virology Journal;2011, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p392
The article focuses on a study conducted to demonstrate HIV-1 dual infections in highly exposed treated patients. It is stated that blood samples were collected from 23 HIV positive patients with the risk of reinfection from Buenos Aires during the study. The study shows that HIV dual infection...
- Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Diversity and Tropism in 145 Patients With Primary HIV-1 Infection. Rieder, Philip; Joos, Beda; Scherrer, Alexandra U.; Kuster, Herbert; Braun, Dominique; Grube, Christina; Nieder�st, Barbara; Leemann, Christine; Gianella, Sara; Metzner, Karin J.; B�ni, J�rg; Weber, Rainer; G�nthard1, Huldrych F. // Clinical Infectious Diseases;12/15/2011, Vol. 53 Issue 12, p1271
Background. In the context of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), current findings suggest that the mucosal barrier is the major site of viral selection, transforming the complex inoculum to a small, homogeneous founder virus population. We analyzed HIV-1...
- More Americans under 30 are planning to be tested for infection with HIV. Klitsch, M. // Family Planning Perspectives;Jul/Aug94, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p184
The article reports on the awareness of Americans on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) as depicted by the 1992 National Health Interview Survey. Survey shows that most Americans are familiar with the terms AIDS and HIV and that they have enough...
- Structural and Social Contexts of HIV Risk Among African Americans. Friedman, Samuel R.; Cooper, Hannah L.F.; Osborne, Andrew H. // American Journal of Public Health;Jun2009, Vol. 99 Issue 6, p1002
HIV continues to be transmitted at unacceptably high rates among African Americans, and most HIV-prevention interventions have focused on behavioral change. To theorize additional approaches to HIV prevention among African Americans, we discuss how sexual networks and drug-injection networks are...
- Better sex care checks spread of HIV. Berger, Abi // New Scientist;9/2/95, Vol. 147 Issue 1993, p4
Highlights the need for prompt and effective treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) to check the spread of HIV. Results achieved by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in checking the disease in Tanzania; Suggested precautions; Importance of treating...
- PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF. // New Republic;12/20/2004, Vol. 231 Issue 25, p10
Focuses on a television interview with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist regarding a House Government Affairs Committee report on federally funded abstinence programs. Report that the abstinence programs are giving out false information about condoms, HIV/AIDS transmission, and the prevention...
- Prophylaxis after nonoccupational exposure to HIV. Lucas, Beverly D. // Patient Care;2/15/1999, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p17
Focuses on the recommendation of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for patients who are at medium risk of HIV transmission in the United States. Comparison of the magnitude of occupational and nonoccupational HIV exposures; Prophylaxis with zidovudine and lamivudine; PEP as an unproven clinical...
- Relative prevalence of different sexually transmitted infections in HIV-discordant sexual partnerships: data from a risk network study in a high-risk New York neighbourhood. Friedman, S. R.; Bolyard, M.; Sandoval, M.; Mateu-Gelabert, P.; Maslow, C.; Zenilman, J. // Sexually Transmitted Infections;Feb2008, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p17
Objective: To determine infection patterns of sexually transmitted infections that facilitate HIV transmission among HIV-discordant couples. Methods: 112 initial respondents were recruited in an impoverished neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. Their sexual (and injection) partners were...
