BACKGROUND In the context of AVAHAN, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, general population surveys (GPS) were carried out between 2006 and 2008 in Belgaum (northern), Bellary (mid-state) and Mysore (southern) districts of Karnataka state, south India. Data from these three surveys were analysed to understand heterogeneity in HIV risk. METHODS Outcome variables w...

Study of the peculiarity HIV spread, first all in cities led to formulation syndemic concept — mutually enhancing set social, behavioral and biological characteristics which most frequently mentioned is a combination substance abuse, victimization (experience violence) presence HIV-infection or AIDS (SAVA syndrome). The prevalence this not studied detail Russian Federation. goal present study w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present report was to observe the trend of seroprevalence rates of HIV seropositivity for routine services at Siriraj Hospital for 13 years. MATERIAL AND METHOD The prevalence rate of HIV seropositivity was analyzed in three groups of subjects: 1) patients who attended the hospital with HIV related diseases; 2) pregnant women at first visit to the antenatal care clini...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of HIV-1 infection in childbearing women in Nova Scotia. DESIGN An anonymous, unlinked seroprevalence study using "leftover" cord bloods. The study was done in 2 stages: I-Halifax Co. women delivering between February 1, 1992 and December 31, 1993; II-non-Halifax Co. women delivering between November 15, 1993 and December 15, 1994. RESULTS Of 9,115 deli...

the purpose of this study was to assess the possible correlation between brucella and hiv infections. iran is a country where hiv infection is expanding and brucellosis is prevalent. in the present study, 184 hiv infected patients were assigned and for all of them hiv infection was confirmed by western blot test. in order to identify the prevalence rate of brucella infection and systemic brucel...

Background: Scleroderma is a chronic systemic disorder that affects the connective tissues. It is characterized by several immune manifestations, inflammation, vascular damage, and fibrosis. Some of the viral infections with complex mechanisms are involved in the development and progression of many autoimmune diseases, such as scleroderma. The present study aimed to investigate the serological ...

background: toxoplasma gondii , the obligate intracellular parasite is life threatening in aids patients. diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based on serological methods especially increasing of igm and igg titers, but finding of parasite or its components (antigenemia) may be beneficial method in order to detection of acute toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients. methods: ninety-four serum sam...

Mass testing of dogs in Canada for the presence of Dirofilaria immitis has been ongoing since 1977. Since that time, there have also been changes in the diagnostic tests available to detect the presence of heartworm and changes in the therapy for heartworm, which necessitate a reevaluation of heartworm screening as currently practiced in Canada. The principles of evidence-based medicine were us...

OBJECTIVES Sentinel surveys in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, have shown low prevalence of HIV-1 but high HIV-2 prevalence before 1998. Guinea-Bissau experienced a civil war in 1998-1999. To examine specifically the trends of HIV prevalence from antenatal surveys in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau in 1987-2004, and whether the civil war in 1998-1999 could have an effect on HIV prevalence levels af...