O114 NNRTI mutations are efficiently transmitted within clusters of new HIV infections

New Wave of Sexually-Transmitted HIV in Iran

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

HIV transmission and sexually transmitted infections.

Clinical Medicine Vol 8 No 3 June 2008 323 © Royal College of Physicians, 2008. All rights reserved. HIV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) which causes AIDS and death in most of those infected after a median of 8–10 years. Where antiretroviral therapy is available, HIV is now regarded as a manageable chronic condition. Prevention remains a high priority and the potential to reduce the n...

Importance of sexually transmitted infections in funding for HIV within proposals to the Global Fund

INTRODUCTION Yearly, an estimated 448 million treatable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur worldwide. Over 80% of all new HIV infections are acquired through sexual transmission. The enormous burden of morbidity and mortality due to STIs impact directly on quality of life, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and child health, and indirectly as cofactors for HIV transmission. Sexually...

Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep.

The emergence of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, following on from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic, led to concerns about the potential risk of iatrogenic transmission of disease by blood transfusion and the introduction of costly control measures to protect blood supplies. We previously reported preliminary data demonstrating the transmission of BSE and natural scrapie by...