Molusco contagioso y SIDA

Molluscum contagiosum on tattoo Molusco contagioso em tatuagem

Molluscum contagiosum is a disease caused by a poxvirus characterized by benign self-limited eruption of single or multiple cutaneous spherical and pearly papules. Transmission usually occurs by direct contact with infected hosts. It is reported the case of a 22-year-old Caucasian male who presented characteristic pearly and umbilicated papules strictly located on the region of a tattoo. Histop...

VIH y SIDA en Chile: desafíos para su prevención.

SOCIÉTÉS D ' AFRIQUE & SIDA Understanding and action

Research: viewpoints • Young people and AIDS 2 Current research • Ugandan parents: agents for change 5 • The sexuality of young people in Cameroon 5 • Family environments and sexual relations in Abidjan 7

The rise and fall of Project SIDA.

In Africa, HIV is predominantly spread by heterosexual intercourse. Other sexuallytransmitted diseases (STD) facilitate the dissemination of HIV and core groups are playing animportant role in HIV epidemiology. Parenteral transmission of HIV in Africa must still be considereda major problem. The main strategies of AIDS prevention in Africa are reinforcement of STD controlprogram...

PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDIES ON Sida acuta Burm.f.

Sida acuta Burm.f. (Fam. Malvaceae) is used in Siddha system of medicine and in folk medical practice in Tamil Nadu under the names Arivalmooku pachilai or vattatiruppi. The leaves of this plant are used for their diuretic, demulcent, anthelmintic and wound healing properties. The present paper discusses the anatomy of petiole leaf and stem, microscopic constants, physico-chemical standards and...