infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a progressive condition which may cause endothelial dysfunction and liver damage leading to coagulopathy. with adventure of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart), life expectancy has prolonged in hiv positive patients but several acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)-related conditions such as coagulopathies are responsible for ass...

conclusion upon these results, immigration and family deprivation are potent risk factors for occurrence of infection results among 274 patients with hiv infection/aids (224 male and 50 female) in sistan and baluchestan province in southeast of iran, 65 cases (41 male, 24 female) were from saravan (a city in sistan and baluchestan). out of 41 men with hiv/aids in saravan, 21 cases had a history...

Background: Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs) have anestablished role in the development of cervical cancer. However, the presence of underlying conditions such as HIV/AIDS is necessary for this to occur. This studyaimed to evaluate the prevalence of HPV DNA in plasma samples from HIV-positive patients in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Plasma specimens from 95 patients diagnosed with HIV infection from Te...

background and purpose: tgf-β is a potent regulator and suppressor of the immune system and overproduction of this cytokine may contribute to immunosuppression in hiv-infected patients. increasing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted in increasingly frequent of fungal infections, including oral candidiasis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the plasma levels of tgf-β under i...

hiv epidemic in iran is in the focused stage and still less than 70 thousand hiv positive people are recognized. given that there are more than 2000 private and governmental addiction treatment centers in iran covering more than half a million patients, there is a great potential for these centers to recognize hiv positive cases of iran, in case of précised planning. current article tried to ev...

We examine the effects of HIV-infection on school attendance in Zimbabwe using recent nationally representative data 11,673 children aged 6–18 years. employ a non-linear multivariate decomposition approach to how HIV affects gender gaps attendance. find between HIV-positive boys and girls HIV-negative positive girls. About 44% gap both cohorts is attributed differences observable characteristic...

background: it is unclear whether knowing of current hiv status is associated with change in injecting behaviors among people who inject drugs (pwid) in iran. the objective of the present study was to determine whether awareness of hiv positive status is associated with a reduction in injecting risk behaviors, after matching for socio-demographic characteristics . methods : five hundred male pw...

Background Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is considered a risk factor for progression of liver disease in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This disease progression is reported to be more significant in those with concomitant HIV infection. We aimed to determine the prevalence rate of OBI in a sample of HIV-positive patients. Materials and Methods: Sixty-six HIV-infected pati...