conclusions the prevalence of mental disorders among the hiv-positive patients in bandar abbas city, iran, was high. the findings of this study demonstrate the need for more attention to improve mental health status of individuals with hiv/aids and further research on the mental health status of hiv-positive patients. background acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) is a fatal disease that...

background: in patients who are hepatitis b virus (hbv) dna-positive, but hbv surface antigen (hbsag) -negative, the infection is referred to as occult hepatitis b infection (obi). occult hbv infection is harmful when other liver diseases are present, and can aggravate liver damage in in patients with chronic liver diseases. in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection the suppression of vir...

Background: Unsafe transfusion practices put patients at high risk of transfusion transmissible infections. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections (including Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] 1 and 2, Hepatitis B Virus [HBV], Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and syphilis) during a period of 18 months among blood donors in the Blood Bank of Lady Hardinge Medical Coll...

Background and Objective: Dyslipidemia has become a common problem in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, especially in patients on combination antiretroviral therapy. In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and metabolic abnormalities in 2 groups of HIV infected patients receiving highly activ...

In most countries, educational programs and condom use is recommended as the most important approaches in controlling HIV infection. We examine the role of different approaches in controlling AIDS epidemics in our region. We find a high failure rate and probably undesirable effects for condom recommendation in epidemiological scale especially considering the low prevalence of HIV infection ...

background: the interaction between hiv and trichomonas vaginalis infection has been widely studied in most developed countries but with scanty information in sub-saharan africa. while many of these studies have examined the prevalence of t. vaginalis infection in hiv positive individuals, no study in nigeria has shown the effect of t. vaginalis on hiv transmission. therefore, the study aimed t...

Abstract Background Increasing blood supply safety is one of the most important goals of blood services in the world. In this study, we reviewed the prevalence rate and the trends of three main infections in whole blood donations and strategies for improving blood safety in Yazd blood transfusion center, Iran. Materials and Methods In this cross sectional study, data on hepatitis B, C and ...

patients and methods in the present cross-sectional study, 109 patients with established hiv infection, who visited a governmental and referral center for hiv screening in tehran (tehran west health center (twhc)) between may 2014 and july 2015 were enrolled according to the convenience sample strategy. after peripheral blood collection, isolation of plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cell...

BACKGROUND Population HIV prevalence across West Africa varies substantially. We assess the national epidemiological and behavioural factors associated with this. METHODS National, urban and rural data on HIV prevalence, the percentage of younger (15-24) and older (25-49) women and men reporting multiple (2+) partners in the past year, HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs), men who h...