In 2018, 5.1 per 100,000 persons in the United States assigned females at birth (AFAB) were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV prevention tools, including daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), screening for sexually transmitted infections, treatment, and sexual health counseling, can be implemented into clinical practice to address prevalence of infection among this popul...

Aging and HIV have parallelism in immunodeficiency status because of the appearance of infections or relapse leading to death in both conditions. HIV-RNA is predictor for HIV progression correlated with CD4+ depletion. CD4+ and plasma zinc levels (zincaemia) may be predictors for infections relapse in aging because of zinc relevance for normal immune efficiency against infections and for CD4+ g...

Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are still global health problems. Although the incidence of HIV has decreased from 0.40 people per 1000 to 0.26 who not infected in 2016, trend is concerning. Indonesia ranked 5th as country most at risk HIV/AIDS Asia, so epidemic also a problem Indonesia. Objective: To identify determinants coping s...

Introduction: The first case of HIV-infection in Iran was a hemophilic child who was infected by imported blood products in 1989. Since then, the HIV epidemic in Iran has undergone significant changes. This study investigated the time variations of the epidemiology of reported HIV/AIDS -infections during 2011-2017 in Yazd, Iran. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out us...

Introduction: Despite considerable efforts to control AIDS pandemic, it is still one of the significant infectious concerns worldwide. The advance in medical research has led to the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy with a considerable effect to suppress the disease. However, an effective vaccine capable of eradication the HIV pandemic is not available yet. Failure to develop ...

HIV and AIDS are worldwide health concerns. Opportunistic infections brought on by a weakened immune system the introduction of germs (bacteria, fungi, viruses) into body. Infections (OIs) can cause death in >90% patients. The objective this research is to identify perception factors associated with positive attitude toward preventing opportunistic people living HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This was an...

HIV infection remains a global public health problem. Infections arising from commercial sex workers and injection drug users continue to fuel further spread of HIV, hence threatening Kenya’s Vision 2030 achieving zero new infections. In an attempt study the transmission trend between these two risk groups, deterministic model for is formulated. The designed in such way that it allows free tran...

Background: The global burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is noticeable and important. However, most STIs are curable and all of them are preventable. In this article, we reviewed and evaluated STI prevalence, current services, existing programs, and the challenges of control and management them in Iran. Materials and Methods: The author searched literature published from 2005 ...