in endemic regions visceral leishmaniasis is one of the most common opportunistic infections in hiv positive patients. simultaneous infection with leishmania and hiv has been reported in some countries but there's no such report from iran in medical literature. patient was a 27-year-old man admitted with chief complaints of intermittent abdominal pain, anorexia and vomiting since 6 months ago. ...

in a study to determine the influence of sexual behaviour to hiv contamination, in 22 patients infected with aids in iran, this survey was conducted. the subjects were 21 male and one female. one of the male patients was from uganda, another was an intravenous drug addict, and one patient has been abroad for sometime. one of the patients had been abroad and received blood there, and other patie...

unfortunately, we do not know how many perinatally (human immunodeficiency virus) hiv-infected pepole are living in contries today, while knowing these informations is necessary. unaids reports that there are 3.4 million children under 15 years of age with hiv and 2 million adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. although the vast majority of children were perinatally infected, older childr...

Background & aim: Knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards HIV/AIDS patients could affect the quality of care provision. Thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for HIV/AIDS patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, af...