Background: Hemophilia A and B are the most frequent congenital coagulation disorders. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B, C and human immunodeficiency viruses among hemophilic patients in Hamadan, Iran. Patients and Methods: In this study, patients with hemophilia A and B treated in Hamedan Hemophilia Center, Hamedan, Iran, were screened for hepatitis B, C and...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to understand the association between HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and to estimate HIV epidemic potential among PWIDs using HCV prevalence. DESIGN/METHODS Using data from a systematic review of HIV and HCV among PWID in MENA, we conducted two analyses, stratified by H...

background: intestinal protozoa transmitted by food are the most common opportunistic parasites among the hiv+/aids patients. as, there is no report about prevalence of food-borne intestinal parasites in such patients in yazd, so this study was performed to determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoa in the hiv+/aids patients in comparison with hiv- individuals. methods: a case-control stud...

background: hsv2 has an important role in acquiring and transmitting hiv through genital ulcers. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of this virus in hiv infected subject in kermanshah, iran. methods: this descriptive study was performed among 170 hiv positive patients (case group) and 165 non-hiv cases (control group)) referred to behavioral counseling center of kermanshah, we...

Investigating the Effects of Changing Pattern AIDS Transmission on Prevalence Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV by Microscopic and Molecular Methods

Studies of HIV in Guinea-Bissau began in 1987 estimating an HIV-2 prevalence of 9% in adults above 14 years in urban Bissau. No HIV-1 infection was found at that time. The first case of HIV-1 infection was identified in 1989, when one case of dual infection of HIV-1+HIV-2 was detected. Over the last 20 years the two viruses have shown a different pattern of spread in the country; the prevalence...

background: the aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of intestinal parasitic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) patients in iran in comparison with non-hiv individuals. methods: a total of hiv+/aids patients (group i) and 1220 clinically healthy individuals (group ii) were submitted to coproparasitological examination from 2003 t...

Sexually transmitted co-infections increase HIV infectiousness through local inflammatory processes. The prevalence of STI among people living with HIV/AIDS has implications for containing the spread of HIV in general and the effectiveness of HIV treatments for prevention in particular. Here we report a systematic review of STI co-infections in people living with HIV/AIDS. We focus on STI contr...