a guide to ageing well with HIV new version 2013 JUSTRI is a UK-based not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to providing resources and education for those with and working with HIV and viral hepatitis. JUSTRI Slide is a free, online, searchable, downloadable slide library with many presentations about HIV and ageing. Access them at www.justrislide.com " I thought that I would be grown up when ...

A novel herpesvirus-like DNA sequence has recently been identified in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS>associated and nonassociated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS),'-5 in human immunodeficiency virus-I (HIV-1)-infected and uninfected subjects with multicentric Castleman's disease:' and in HIV-I-related body-cavity-based lymphomas? These findings have raised the possibility that a new herpesvirus-...

Aziza Ahmed (Northeastern University School of Law) “Human Rights, Epidemiology, and the Co-production of Identity/Risk Narratives in HIV Legal Advocacy” Identity has become the primary prism by which to understand and organize in response to the HIV epidemic. In this article I examine how identity is co-produced by HIV epidemiology and through international human rights activism. Beginning wit...

Background: Not much is known about correlates of HIV-related self-stigma among female sex workers. Using the theory of planned behavior in the Malaysian context, this study investigated the relationships of HIV knowledge, attitudes towards HIV, attitudes towards people living with HIV, perceived social support, self-esteem, and age with HIV-related self-stigma, also how much of the variance in...

HIV risk perceptions and behaviors of 236 commercial sex workers from three major Mozambican urban centers were studied using the International Rapid Assessment, Response and Evaluation (I-RARE) methodology. All were offered HIV testing and, in Maputo, syphilis testing was offered as well. Sixty-three of the 236 opted for HIV testing, with 30 (48%) testing positive for HIV. In Maputo, all 30 re...

Infection with the HIV type 1 (HIV-1) can result both in depletion of CD4(+) T cells and in the generation of dysfunctional CD8(+) T cells. In HIV-1-infected children, repopulation of the peripheral T cell pool is mediated by the thymus, which is itself susceptible to HIV-1 infection. Previous work has shown that MHC class I (MHC I) molecules are strongly up-regulated as result of IFN-alpha sec...

The HIV-1 pandemic affecting over 37 million people worldwide continues, with nearly one-half of the infected population on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Major therapeutic challenges remain because of the emergence of drug-resistant HIV-1 strains, limitations because of safety and toxicity with current HIV-1 drugs, and patient compliance for lifelong, daily treatment regimens. N...

HIV-positive persons and the elderly have increased risk for influenza-related complications, including pneumonia. Using claims data for pneumonia and influenza (P&I) hospitalization in the USA, we described the temporo-demographic trends and in-patient case-fatality in persons aged ≥ 65 years by HIV status. Our results showed a near doubling in the fraction of P&I admissions representing HIV-p...

Plants of the genus Euphorbia have been investigated for different bioactive natural products. I have isolated several new and bioactive diterpenoids from different species of Euphorbia of Iran with myrsinane type skeleton. The structure of the compounds was determined using high resolution mass spectroscopy, 1 D and 2 D NMR spectral data. The stereochemistry of the diterpenoids was determined ...