HIV, hepatitis B, and sexual behaviour

Outcome of Intravenous Immunoglobulin-Transmitted HTLV-I, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV infections

Prevalence of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infection among hemodialysis patients in Jenin District (Palestine)

Background and Aims: End-stage renal disease patients treated by hemodialysis (HD) are more susceptible for infection by viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Infection by these viruses is promoted by the characteristic immunological dysfunction that develops in renal failure and interferes with the patient's ability to eliminate these viruses. Prevalence of these v...

Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus and its relation with hepatitis B virus and HIV.

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent of transmission of hepatitis C virus in sexual partners of intravenous drug misusers and to examine the relation between the prevalences of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections in homosexual men and intravenous drug misusers and their sexual partners. DESIGN Serum samples collected between 1984 and 1988 were tested for hepatitis B virus ma...

Sexual co-transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C viruses.

Materials and methods A total of 270 patients attending the STD clinic of JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, were randomly included in the study irrespective of age and sex. A detailed examination was done to rule out any underlying STD. All the patients were screened for syphilis (VDRL), HIV infection (enzyme immunoassay for detection of antibodies to HIV-1, HIV-1 group 0 and HIV-2), HBV infection (r...

HIV-positive people, risk and sexual behaviour.

For a long time, the sexual behaviour of HIV-infected persons did not receive any serious attention for a variety of reasons. Initially, diagnosis of HIV-infection appeared to imply a death sentence. In this context, the sex life of those infected seemed a secondary issue making prevention focused on sexual behaviour hard to imagine. Furthermore, the conviction that stigmatisation should be avo...