Although studies indicate school-based HIV/AIDS education programs effectively reduce risky behaviors, only 33 states and the District of Columbia in US mandate HIV/AIDS education. Ideally, school-based HIV/AIDS education should begin before puberty, or at the latest before first sexual intercourse. In 2011, 20% US states had fewer schools teaching HIV/AIDS prevention than during 2008; this is ...

The behavior of CSF inflammatory pattern in patients with AIDS and/or toxoplasmosis of the CNS is studied in 176 patients, divided in three groups. In the first group, 96 patients with toxoplasmosis and AIDS are considered; in the second group, 50 patients with toxoplasmosis without AIDS; in the third group, 30 AIDS patients without toxoplasmosis nor any other opportunistic infection. It is pos...

study on knowledge and attitude of internal and infectious wards nurses toward aids     zeighami mohammadi sh ٭ [1] , zeinali e [2]     received: august 27, 2011 accepted: october 7, 2011     abstract   background & aims : nurse's knowledge and attitudes related to aids is important as it affects their behavior , willingness to care, and quality of care . the aim of this study was to deter...

The article aims to analyze how the Manchete Magazine approached AIDS pandemic in 1980s. A survey of magazine's texts that addressed was carried out, a total 260 being surveyed during decade. These were divided into 19 categories and category with largest number reports Science, Medicine Health 66 results. Four articles, which highlighted within magazine throughout 1980s, selected: first report...

Introduction: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a worldwide infection. Because of the vast array of manifestations of AIDS and its many atypical presentations, it is becoming increasingly challenging for clinicians to accurately diagnose new lesions. Materials and Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 2007 to 2010, 50 patients with a proven human immunodefici...

A patient experienced depression before being diagnosed as AIDS positive. He was well accepted by family members despite being aware about the infecttivity and fatality of the disease.

HIV infections are zoonoses occurring in communities that hunt chimpanzees (HIV 1) and sooty mangabeys (HIV 2) in the forests of equatorial and West Africa respectively. Most cross species transmission to man probably fizzles out, but the transmission of HIV 1 type M around 1930 eventually resulted in a pandemic that has spread around the world. HIV 2 types A and B have caused epidemics in West...

The enormous diversity of HIV-1 presents a formidable challenge for developing an effective AIDS vaccine. In this issue of Cell, Barouch et al. show that bioinformatically designed antigens, pieced together from multiple HIV immune epitopes, partially protect rhesus macaques from simian-human immunodeficiency virus infection. This "mosaic" approach holds promise for the development of broadly p...