HIV/AIDS is an increasingly important cause of cardiovascular (CVD) morbidity world-wide. We sought to evaluate the prevalence CVD risk factors in HIV positive (HIV+) adults and assessment these risks using Framingham score (FRS). A cross-sectional study adult clients clinic at Jos University Teaching Hospital. One hundred fifty HIV+ selected randomly with 50 (age sex matched) negative (HIV-) p...

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, asymptomatic or with acquired immunodeficiency virus, produced 10-fold less interleukin 12 (IL-12) free heavy chain and fivefold less biologically active IL-12 heterodimer than PBMC from uninfected healthy donors when challenged in vitro with the common human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. In c...

background: pulmonary tuberculosis is still the most common form of tuberculosis in hiv infected patients having differ­ent presentations according to the degree of immunosuppression. this study appraised the impact of hiv infection on clini­cal, laboratory and radiological presentations of tuberculosis. methods: the clinical, laboratory and radiological presentations of pulmonary tb in 56 hiv-...

Caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico e sociodemográfico dos indivíduos que buscaram a Profilaxia Pós-Exposição sexual, de risco ao HIV, em um Centro Saúde no município Florianópolis, Estado Santa Catarina.Estudo descritivo, exploratório quantitativo, prontuários banco dados. Identificou-se 84 prontuários, entre janeiro 2019 julho 2022. Foram eliminados 51 sendo avaliados 33 prontuários. O carac...

Background Cryptococcosis is one of the major causes mortality among HIV patients worldwide. Though most often associated with late stage infection/AIDS, a significant number cases occur in other immunocompromised such as solid organ transplant recipients and hematological malignancies. Immunocompromised are heterogeneous group their increases constantly. Since little known about incidence clin...

Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a threat to global health and the need for finding new methods of antivirus research, in particular against HIV has increased in recent years. In this study, we investigated the ability of the cold atmospheric pressure plasma jet (CAPPJ) using helium to inhibit the replication of HIV virions. Methods: Single cycle replicable HIV (SCR-HIV) ...