<i>Bartonella henselae</i> and <i>Bartonella quintana</i> seroprevalence in HIV-positive, HIV-negative and clinically healthy volunteers in Gauteng, South Africa

Comparative study on toxoplasma serology among HIV positive and HIV negative illicit drug users in Ahvaz, Iran

Comparative study on toxoplasma serology among HIV positive and HIV negative illicit drug users in Ahvaz, Iran

Legal knowledge, needs, and assistance seeking among HIV positive and negative women in Umlazi, South Africa

BACKGROUND The rights of women and people living with HIV (PLHIV) are protected under South African law, yet there is a gap in the application of these laws. While there are numerous systemic and social barriers to women's and PLHIV's exercise of their legal rights and rights to access social services, there has been little effort to document these barriers as well as legal needs and knowledge ...

hiv stigma: perceptions from hiv positive and hiv negative patients in a community dental clinic

background. in the medical sense, stigma has been defined as the collection of negative attitudes and beliefs that are directed at people living with a particular condition or disease process. a cohort study was conducted to explore the hiv stigma that is perceived by hiv positive individuals versus that perceived by the general population within a community based dental clinic. methods. two se...

HIV screening in healthy volunteers.

Oral manifestations and related factors of HIV positive patients in south-east of Iran

Introduction: Oral manifestations can be the first signs of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and a useful marker for the progression of this disease. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations and examine their relationship with socio-demographic factors in HIV-positive patients in the health centers affiliated to Zahedan...