Objetivo: Analisar os fatores sociodemográficos e comportamentais associados à positividade ao Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) em usuários de um Centro Testagem Aconselhamento (CTA). Método: Estudo transversal com 5.229 que realizaram o teste rápido para HIV, registrados no Sistema Informação do CTA. As análises bivariadas multivariadas foram realizadas utilizando-se a regressão logístic...

BACKGROUND Growth failure is common among HIV-infected infants, but there are limited data on the effects of HIV exposure or timing of HIV acquisition on growth. METHODS Fourteen thousand one hundred ten infants were enrolled in the Zimbabwe Vitamin A for Mothers and Babies trial in Zimbabwe before the availability of antiretroviral therapy or co-trimoxazole. Anthropometric measurements were ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate intrathecal immune activation parameters and HIV-RNA in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) of advanced naïve HIV-infected patients and to evaluate their dynamics before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of HIV RNA, proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-10, INF-γ, TNF-α, TGF-β1, and TGF-β2)...

Adherence on taking ARV drugs in adolescents is the main issue success of treatment. treatment related to improving quality life infected with HIV. Aim: To summarize factors adherence HIV medication using adolescents. Method: This article a review journal articles drugs. Article reviewed were past five years, 2015-2019, search strategy involving from following database including Science Direct,...

The role of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in Th1 cell differentiation is well established. The heterodimer p70, composed of a p40 and a p35 chain, is the biologically active form. IL-12 production by human monocytes is enhanced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and inhibited by IL-10 and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individu...

Objective To examine neurodevelopment during the first 12 months of life in infants born to HIV infected mothers. Methods Infants born to HIV infected mothers, who were receiving prenatal zidovudine monotherapy, were followed up at the Infectious Disease Clinic, Chiang Mai University Hospital and enrolled in this study. Neurodevelopmental assessment was administered at the age of 12 months by u...

AbstractBackground There is currently no evidence suggesting that COVID-19 takes a different course in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral treatment compared to the general population. However, little known about relation between specific HIV-related factors and severity of disease. Methods We performed retrospective analysis cases collected through an on-line sur...