Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients and also occurs frequently in HIV-negative patients. A retrospective cohort study was conducted among patients with cryptococcosis. Clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, treatment, and outcomes for 149 HIV-positive and 29 HIV-negative patients were compared. Neurological invo...

The dissemination of the dengue virus (DENV) in endemic regions with HIV is a public health concern greater importance when there evidence vertical transmission DENV during pregnancy. Herein, we investigated among HIV-infected pregnant women Luanda, capital city Angola. This was part cross-sectional study carried out on 42 newly diagnosed HIV. A total 36 plasma samples from HIV-positive were sc...

HIV-positive women have abortions at similar rates to their HIV-negative counterparts, yet little is known about clinical outcomes of abortion for HIV-positive women or the best practices for abortion provision. To fill that gap, we conducted a literature review of clinical outcomes of surgical and medication abortion among HIV-positive women. We identified three studies on clinical outcomes of...

There has been limited involvement of HIV-negative children in HIV disclosure studies; most studies conducted on the effects of disclosure on children have been with HIV-positive children and HIV-positive mother-child dyads. Seven HIV-positive and five HIV-negative children participated in a larger study conducted to understand the lived experiences of HIV-positive parents and their children du...

Background Several case reports and studies have alluded to an increased prevalence of venous thrombosis in human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-positive) patients. Although a relationship between HIV infection and thrombotic disease has been suggested, the mechanisms predisposing to thrombosis have not been fully elucidated. Aim A prospective study, to determine possible coagulation fact...

background and objective: patients with thalassemia major have an abnormality in hemoglobin synthesis and ineffective hematopoiesis and for this reason with respect to disease severity should receive one or more fresh blood unit every 15-30 days. since transfusion of blood products has been known as one of the routes of hiv infection, therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalen...

conclusions: it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral and spiritual training was effective for the improvement of mental health of hiv positive drug addicts. results: the result of the present research showed that cognitive-behavioral trainings with an emphasis on spirituality were effective for improving quality of life, regarding general aspects of mental and physical health, sub-scales ...