objective: the use of antiretroviral drugs has proven remarkably effective in controlling the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease, but these benefits can be compromised by the development of drug resistance. this study aims to assess the drug resistance profile of the pr gene in highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart)-treated and naïve hiv-1 infected patients. metho...

conclusions this study showed that we must put more effort in translating knowledge into behavior. background it has been reported that three factors may be responsible for the social stigma associated with disease: widespread ignorance, little information and misconceptions about the disease in society. objectives this study is aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about hiv/aids i...

background tuberculosis (tb) is the second-most common cause of death from infectious disease (after those due to hiv/aids). roughly one-third of the world's population has been infected with m. tuberculosis, with new infections occurring in about 1% of the population each year. people with active tb can infect 10-15 other people through close contact over the course of a year. materials a...

hiv/aids because of its transmission methods has cultural, social and psychiatric impacts on patients especially in islamic countries. we investigated depression frequency in an iranian referral center for hiv/aids patients. all patients attending the counseling centre of imam khomeini hospital during 2006 and 2007 who agreed to participate were enrolled. depression was measured by beck depress...

introduction & objective :without doubt, the largest human society’s misfortune after second world war is aids world conquering . at present , the best way of combat is to prevent the disease . giving knowledge to the health personnels and their understanding about risk factors of the disease can promote health and prevention of disease propagation . therefore this study has been done in order ...

objective: studies have identified high prevalence of depression among people living with hiv/aids, but only few studies have looked into this association in this environment. the objectives were to determine the prevalence of major depressive disorder, associated socio-demographic and psychosocial variables in people living with hiv/aids attending an out-patient clinic at the olabisi onabanjo ...

background: hiv and aids have many different epidemiological, social and political aspects. the aim of this study was to determine the research priorities according to the necessary aspects of hiv and aids in iran. methods: the national and international databases were searched to obtain the published articles regarding hiv and aids in iran. all epidemiologic studies were included in this revie...

background: hiv/aids control are one of the most important goals of the health systems. the aim of this study was to determine how hiv/aids control was initiated among policy makers' agenda setting in iran.   methods: a qualitative research (semi-structured interview) was conducted using kingdon's framework (problem, policy and politics streams, and policy windows and policy entrepreneurs) to a...

اندازه‌گیری پرتو گاما در زمینه‌های مختلف تحقیقاتی نیازمند آشکارسازهای کارآمد است. زمینه دزیمتری فوتون آشکارساز جرقه‌ای NaI(Tl) به عنوان یکی از سوسوزن معدنی (غیرآلی)، علت دارا بودن مقدار بالای نور خروجی بسیار حایز اهمیت این پژوهش سعی گردیده است، با کمک کد مونت‌کارلو (MCNPX) مقدمات مشخصه‌یابی توسط و بهره‌گیری روش‌های متفاوت محاسبه دز (تالی‌های 6F، 4*F، 6+F 8*F) انجام شود. طور معمول، یک تابش (شمار...